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Tom Goldstein

Also known as Thomas Goldstein

Tom Goldstein is the Volpi-Cupal Endowed Professor of computer science at the University of Maryland and director of the University of Maryland Center for Machine Learning. He completed a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at UCLA in 2010 and joined the Maryland faculty in 2014 after postdoctoral work at Stanford University and Rice University. In 2012 he received the DiPrima Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and in 2017 he was named a Sloan Research Fellow. His work on watermarking language models received an Outstanding Paper Award at ICML in 2023. In 2024, Binoculars, a detector of text from large language models that he led, won the information sciences category of the University of Maryland Invention of the Year.

Works
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Timeline

  1. 2010

    A doctorate at UCLA

    He completes a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at UCLA in 2010.

  2. 2012

    The DiPrima Prize

    The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awards him the Richard C. DiPrima Prize in 2012.

  3. 2014

    Joining the Maryland faculty

    After postdoctoral work at Stanford University and Rice University, he joins the University of Maryland in 2014.

  4. 2017

    A Sloan Research Fellowship

    In 2017, he is named a Sloan Research Fellow. He is an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Maryland.

  5. 2018

    Visualizing how networks learn

    He presents work at NeurIPS in 2018 on visualizing how the design of neural networks affects the way they learn.

  6. 2023

    A watermark for language models

    His work on watermarking language models receives an Outstanding Paper Award at ICML in 2023.

  7. 2024

    Binoculars wins an invention prize

    He leads Binoculars, which detects text generated by large language models at an almost 90% success rate. The project wins the information sciences category of the University of Maryland Invention of the Year in 2024.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and center director

    As of October 2026, he is the Volpi-Cupal Endowed Professor of computer science at the University of Maryland and director of the University of Maryland Center for Machine Learning.

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  1. College Welcomes 11 New Faculty Members This Fall | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland cmns.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. Tom Goldstein Named Interim Director of UMD Center for Machine Learning | UMD Department of Computer Science cs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. Richard C. DiPrima Prize - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. Goldstein, Froehlich Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships | University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies umiacs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  5. Assistant Professor Jon Froehlich and Assistant Professor Tom Goldstein named Sloan Fellows for 2017 | UMD Department of Computer Science cs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  6. DSP Alums Selected as Sloan Fellows dsp.rice.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  7. Hal Daumé III and Tom Goldstein Selected as Pier Giorgio Perotto Endowed Professors | UMD Department of Computer Science cs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  8. Visualizing the Loss Landscape of Neural Nets proceedings.neurips.cc. Checked 16 October 2026.
  9. Tom Goldstein - University of Maryland Computer Science cs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  10. 2023 Awards icml.cc. Checked 16 October 2026.
  11. Goldstein Leads Team to Invention of the Year Honors | University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies umiacs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  12. Goldstein Leads Team to Invention of the Year Honors — NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) trails.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  13. Profile Page for Goldstein trails.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  14. CS Faculty: G | UMD Department of Computer Science cs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  15. Thomas Goldstein | University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies umiacs.umd.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.