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UMD, NIST Announce Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science

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Category: Department News
Published: Thursday, November 06 2014 10:04

The University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have announced the creation of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), with the support and participation of the Research Directorate of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). QuICS includes Physics Professor Christopher Monroe and adjunct faculty members Alexey Gorshkov, Jacob Taylor, Eite Tiesinga and Carl Williams.

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UMD and NIH Researchers Receive $1.7M BRAIN Grant

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Category: Research News
Published: Wednesday, October 01 2014 10:26

losertA University of Maryland-led research team, which includes Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert, has been awarded a three-year $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new imaging technologies and data analysis techniques that will further our understanding of how large networks of neurons in the brain interact to process sensory information. This knowledge will help researchers identify the precise interactions between millions of nerve cells that drive behavior, like decision-making and speaking, and alterations in these interactions that may be responsible for disorders such as schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

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