Institute for Systems Research

Welcome to ISR!

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision

Communications & Networks

Control, Optimization and Modeling

Energy Systems

Micro & Nanosystems

Neuroscience and Computational Biology

Operations Research, Decision Making

Robotics and autonomy

Security

Systems Engineering; Engineering Design

Founded in 1985

Originally the Systems Research Center, ISR is one of the National Science Foundation's original six engineering research centers.

Interdisciplinary by nature

More than 60 ISR faculty, from 13 departments and five University of Maryland colleges, develop basic solution methodologies and tools for a wide range of systems problems.

Graduate systems education

ISR offers M.S., M.Eng. and certificate options in systems engineering with a variety of specializations and both thesis and non-thesis options.

Enabling technologies

ISR research addresses issues associated with the technical development of systems.

Analysis and design tools

Engineering and biological system frontiers can be pushed because engineers have powerful analysis and design tools that ISR was key in developing.

News & Events

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Aug 5, 2026

New Speech Model Reads Mouth Movement Across Languages

New system estimates tongue, lip, and airflow movements from audio alone, even in languages it was never...

Aug 4, 2026

ISR/ECE Team Earns Best Presentation Award at IEEE PEASA

Jul 24, 2026

Securing Edge Devices for the Post-Quantum Era

Jul 24, 2026

University System of Maryland and NASA Sign Five-Year Space Act...

Jul 23, 2026

New Graduate Program Teaches Real-World Autonomy Skills

Event

NanoColloquium: Kornelius Nielsch - Material Interfaces taking Control of Thermoelectric Transport

October 2, 2026