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)
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.UMD’s Team RoboScout Delivers Again
ECE Ph.D. Student Srijal Poojari member of UMD team that placed 2nd in DARPA Triage ChallengeVishkin Receives 2026 IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award
Recognized for his seminal contributions to the parallel random-access machine theory and as the inventor of fundamental work-efficient parallel algorithms.UMD Engineering & HII Partner to Accelerate Defense Technologies
University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering partners with HII's Mission Technologies DivisionWith Passive Approach, New Chips Reliably Unlock Color Conversion
Professors Mohammad Hafezi and Yanne Chembo part of group that have designed and tested chips that convert one color of light into many colors.Clark Foundation Invests $51.7M to Support Engineering Scholarships, Programming
Latest Series of Commitments Adds to Legacy of Giving at UMDECE Announces Recipients of 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Award recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to their fieldsNew Initiatives Push Toward Safe & Reliable Autonomous Systems
University of Maryland organizations advancing the Development, Test & Evaluation, Verification & Validation of AutonomyLed by Professor Mohammad Hafezi, Researchers Identify Groovy Way to Beat Diffraction Limit
Paper published in journal Science AdvancesUMD Provides "Cool" Research Experience for Two School Teachers
During a steamy summer, two educators collaborate with UMD researchers on new dehumidification technologies.Other professional society fellows
- Eurographics
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
- IEEE Virtual Reality Academy
- Washington Academy of Science Distinguished Career in Computer Science