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)
ECE Research Scientist Chaohan Cui Awarded DARPA Award
Will develop photonic quantum processorTen Students Selected for Apple Program
UMD Engineering students were celebrated for being accepted to highly selective Apple mentorship programMaryland Engineering: Top 10 in the Country, 8 Years Running
Three degree programs were ranked in the top 10 among publics. All were in the top 25.Stuntman Crashes and Burns—Repeatedly
ECE Alum Warren Hull '11 Flips, Fights, Tumbles Across New York SetsAnticipation Builds as Zupnik Hall Nears Completion
The new, sustainable hub for interdisciplinary engineering is on schedule for completion.MATRIX Lab Workshop Focuses on Fielding Autonomous Systems
An event by University of Maryland organizations gathers ideas to improve test and evaluationOmniSpeech Launches Real-Time Voice Deepfake Detection
Developed by Professor Carol Espy-Wilson, OmniSpeech AI Detect™ brings cutting-edge speech research to everyday digital security.Cyber-Physical Systems Graduate Featured on Popular Local Media Podcast, The MocoShow
Alim Saidkhodjaev graduated in May 2025 at the age of 19Sudden Breakups of Monogamous Quantum Couples Surprise Researchers
Research team led by Professor Mohammad Hafezi published findings in January edition of Science.REACH Student Wins Prestigious ARO Scholars Award
Stella Alumonah named an ARO Scholar for her contributions to auditory neuroscience and selected as one of four recipients nationwide.Other professional society fellows
- Eurographics
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
- IEEE Virtual Reality Academy
- Washington Academy of Science Distinguished Career in Computer Science