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About UMD
The University of Maryland, College Park is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 40,700 students, 14,000 faculty and staff, and nearly 400,000 alumni all dedicated to the pursuit of Fearless Ideas. Located just outside Washington, D.C., UMD discovers and shares new knowledge every day through a renowned research enterprise and programs in academics, the arts and athletics.
Rankings
—NSF
—Forbes’ America’s Top Colleges
— U.S. News & World Report
Research
As one of the world’s premier research institutions, the University of Maryland (UMD) strives to transform lives by discovering new knowledge and putting it to work to benefit the state, nation, and global community. The breadth of research across UMD schools and colleges is fueled by more than 4,600 faculty who are developing innovative, research-driven solutions to critically important national and international challenges.
— National Academy of Inventors
— National Science Foundation
with the University of Maryland, Baltimore
People
Faculty
Our faculty have appointments in computer science, biology, cell biology and molecular genetics, entomology, and more.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Our postdocs have expertise in machine learning, continual learning, microbial ecology, security & privacy, and more.
Student Researchers
Graduate students come from one of three programs: biological sciences, computer science, or applied mathematics & statistics, and scientific computation.
Research (old)
CBCB brings together researchers from many disciplines, including computer science, molecular biology, genomics, genetics, mathematics, statistics, and health computing, all of whom aspire to gain a better understanding of how life works.
Disease Prevention & Monitoring
We’re able to track and help prevent deadly diseases like cholera through remote sensing and cross-institutional partnerships.
Software & Digital Tools
We’re developing open-source software and other digital tools for processing, organizing, indexing and querying high-throughput genomics data.
Machine Learning & Health
We’re using AI and machine learning to develop novel therapeutic protocols for diagnosing and treating debilitating conditions like Parkinson’s disease.
Microbiome & The Environment
We’re forming robust interdisciplinary partnerships in pursuit of a deeper understanding of complex microbial communities.
Education
CBCB currently supports more than 40 graduate students, mostly at the Ph.D. level. Our diverse academic community allows our students to collaborate across disciplines—machine learning researchers working with data scientists and epidemiologists, or computational biologists working with entomologists, are but two examples. Graduate students come from one of three University of Maryland graduate programs. Click the buttons below to learn more about each program.
Fall 2025 Courses
Spring 2025 Courses
CBCB Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Faculty in the CBCB regularly mentor undergraduate students in research projects. Since the creation of the Center in 2003, hundreds of undergraduate students have conducted research in the center. Many of them have pursued graduate studies and several are now faculty themselves.