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Regli, William

Regli, William

Professor
Computer Science
The Institute for Systems Research
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
4153 Iribe Center
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Dr. Regli is a computer scientist who has focused his career on interdisciplinary and use-inspired problems spanning engineering, artificial intelligence and computational modeling and graphics. His most recent activities have deployed cyber-infrastructure systems to capture and curate engineering and science data in order to ensure long-term sustainability. Dr. Regli’s current interests include computational tools to exploit the properties of advanced materials, additive manufacturing systems and enabling new paradigms for design and production. He has published more than 250 technical articles and his research has spawned two start-up technology companies (one focused on mobile communications for public safety, the other on information management in edge networks) and resulted in five foundational U.S. Patents in the area of 3D CAD search.

He was the sixth director of the Institute for Systems Research, from 2018-2019. From 2014 to 2017 Regli served on the leadership team of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as Deputy Director (9/2014-12/2016) and then Acting Director (1/2017-7/2017) of the Defense Sciences Office (DSO). During his tenure, DSO initiated programs in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, design and manufacturing, social science, applied mathematics, physical sciences and advanced sensing technologies. Regli’s other government service includes as a Scientific Adviser to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the areas of information technology and manufacturing (2010-2014) and as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (1995-1997). For his contributions, Regli received the DARPA Meritorious Public Service Medal (2018).

Dr. Regli holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland at College Park and Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Saint Joseph's University. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); an elected senior member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI); and a Fellow of the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his “contributions to 3D search, design repositories and intelligent manufacturing.”

Honors and Awards

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science “for his work at the interface between science and government primarily at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,” 2020

Fellow of the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for "contributions to 3D search, design repositories and intelligent manufacturing," 2017

Artificial intelligence, solid modeling and graphics, CAD/CAM, integration science, mechanical design, and wireless networks


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William Regli named AAAS Fellow

Regli was elected “for his work at the interface between science and government primarily at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.”

Clark School welcomes Dr. William Regli

Regli, formerly of DARPA, is the sixth director of the Institute for Systems Research.

William Regli named sixth director of ISR

Regli, an ISR alumnus, will begin his appointment in January 2018.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  • Fellow, 2020