Lin, Ming
Professor
Dr. Barry Mersky and Capital One Endowed Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Dr. Barry Mersky and Capital One Endowed Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Computer Science
Maryland Robotics Center
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
Maryland Robotics Center
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
5162 Brendan Iribe Center
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
- M.S., University of California at Berkeley
- B.S., University of California at Berkeley
HONORS
- ACM Fellow
- IEEE Fellow
- Eurographics Fellow
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
- IEEE Virtual Reality Academy
- National Academy of Inventors
- Washington Academy of Science Distinguished Career in Computer Science Award
- John R. & Louise S. Parker Distinguished Professor
- IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award
- Beverly W. Long Distinguished Term Professor
- Carolina WOWS Scholar
- Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement
- IBM/UNC Junior Faculty Development Award
- Honda Research Initiation Award
- NSF CAREER Award
TEACHING
- Invited Tutorials (not including keynotes) for GDC 1999, 2000, 2003; ACM SMA 2002; CASA 2004; ACM VRCIA 2006; IEEE VR 2010.
- Courses for SIGGRAPH (Asia) 1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2010, 2014 (Sample Slides from 2000 and 2003)
- Algorithms and Analysis (Spring 2016); Also offered in Spring 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and Fall 2009, 2008 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2002, Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999, Spring 1999.
- Everyday Computing Fall 2013; Spring 2011
- Everyday Computing (HONORS) (Fall 2015)
- Physically-Based Modeling, Simulation and Animation; Also offered in (Fall 2014); Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2002, Spring 2000, Fall 1995.
- Computational Geometry and Applications (Fall 1998)
- Robotics: An Introduction (Fall 2006)
- Motion Planning and Synthesis (Fall 2003 as a guest lecturer and course co-designer)
Mohamed Elnoor: Advancing Robotics and Building Community
Ph.D. student active in ECE and International Student OrganizationsHow the Brain Builds Meaning from Sound
A new study from UMD’s Institute for Systems Research offers hope for improving hearing technology and supporting individuals with speech and language challenges.Yu Joins Recipients of Best Paper Award at ASPLOS
Selected Best Paper Award at 2025 ACM International ConferenceCelebrating APIDA and SWANA Maryland Engineers
Join us this April, as we celebrate Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and Southwest Asian and North African Heritage Month.ECE Student Ben Westgard Named RSAC 2025 Security Scholar
Selected to attend upcoming conference in San FranciscoTrio of ECE Graduate Students Honored by University of Maryland
Receive Outstanding Graduate Assistant AwardsThe Clark School Celebrates Women and Multiracial Engineers and Engineering Professionals
Join us this March as we celebrate Women’s History Month and Multiracial Heritage Month.Carole Teolis and Rama Chellappa Inducted into Innovation Hall of Fame
Recognized for outstanding achievements in their fieldsThe Clark School Celebrates the Legacy and Impact of Black Engineers
At the A. James Clark School of Engineering, we honor the contributions of Black engineering trailblazers, whose accomplishments improve our society through innovation and leadership.ECE Alum Aamer Jaleel (Ph.D. ’06) Elevated to IEEE Fellow
Recognized for High-Performance Cache Design and Memory-Aware SchedulingOther professional society fellows
- Eurographics
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
- IEEE Virtual Reality Academy
- Washington Academy of Science Distinguished Career in Computer Science