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University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

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The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) at the University of Maryland, College Park, is home to ten academic departments[3] and a dozen interdisciplinary research centers and institutes.[4] CMNS is one of 13 schools and colleges within the University of Maryland, College Park.[5]

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In January 2015, CMNS had 339 tenure/tenure-track faculty members, 39,380 alumni, 4,912 undergraduate students and 1,424 graduate students.[5] In October 2010, the University of Maryland's College of Chemical and Life Sciences and College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences merged to form the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.[6]

CMNS students receive national awards, including Rhodes, Truman, Goldwater, Fulbright and Hollings Scholarships;[7] National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships;[8][9] and NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships.[10][11] In addition, undergraduate and graduate students conduct research in faculty research laboratories on campus or in the wide range of federal laboratories, research institutes and private companies in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (formerly the Department of Meteorology) is an academic department at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Affiliated institutions

The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) is a joint center between the Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Geology, and Geographical Science at the University of Maryland, in cooperation with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ESSIC also administers the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, which is a joint center with the NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).[12]

The NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, which houses NCEP's Weather Prediction Center, the Climate Prediction Center, the Ocean Prediction Center, and the Environmental Modeling Center, as well as the Air Resources Laboratory, is located in the University of Maryland's research park M Square. The department has various collaborations with NOAA laboratories as well as NASA Goddard.[13]

Rankings

The University of Maryland’s undergraduate computer science program ranks 9th among the country’s public institutions and 18th overall in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges.” In 2019, UMD was ranked 14th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in atmospheric science. In 2018, it was ranked 9th.[14] In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for best global universities in geosciences, UMD was ranked 12th in 2019.[15] In the 2010 United States National Research Council rankings, the department was ranked in the top 10 national doctoral programs by both the average regression rank and the average survey rank.[16] Its department of computer science is ranked 13th according to Computer Science Open Rankings, which combines scores from multiple independent rankings.[17]

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  2. "About CMNS". College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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  4. "Research Centers and Institutes". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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  7. "About ESSIC". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  8. "Program Overview". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. Carton, James A. "History of the AOSC Academic Program" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  10. "Kuiper Prize Winners". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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  15. "National Medal of Science Winners". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  16. "Rita Colwell". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  17. "CMNS Circle of Discovery Winners". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  18. "Tracking the Elusive Viroid". ARS Timeline. USDA ARS. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  19. "Michael Fisher CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  20. "Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal Winners". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  21. "Elisabeth Gantt". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  22. "Sylvester Gates". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  23. "AAAS Fellows" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  24. "Neils Gehrels CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  25. "Oscar Greenberg CV" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  26. "Mohammad Hajiaghayi CV" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  27. "Eugenia Kalnay CV". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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  29. "Jonathan Katz CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  30. "Samir Khuller Awards". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  31. "John Mather". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  32. "ACM Fellows". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  33. "Jack Minker". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  34. "Brief CV for Charles W. Misner" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  35. "Sergei Novikov CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  36. "Jogesh Pati CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  37. "William Phillips CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  38. "Hanan Samet". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  39. "Ben Shneiderman CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  40. "Sreenivasan CV". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  41. "The Williams Lab". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  42. "Ellen Williams CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  43. "Bennett CV" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  44. "Charles Bennett". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  45. "R. Paul Butler Vita". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  46. "Constance Cepko". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  47. "Gary Christian". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  48. "George Dantzig" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  49. "Nobel Prize Davis Bio". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  50. "Charles Fefferman CV" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  51. "About the Fischells". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  52. "Hauptman Bio". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  53. "Tobin Marks CV". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  54. "Willie May Bio". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  55. "Alumni Honors". Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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