February 20, 2026

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FROOT Lab at UMD

Prof. Alan Liu leads the FROOT Lab in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Our research focuses on practical, high-impact infrastructure problems at the intersection of systems, networking, and AI.

  • AI for network and system operations
  • Cloud and data infrastructure reliability
  • Service mesh performance and control
  • Approximation-first computing and data processing

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  • Research: Active research directions
  • Publications: Recent and selected papers
  • Team: Current members, incoming members, and alumni
  • Join: PhD/MS/undergraduate opportunities