Month: August 2011
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President Freeman Hrabowski on UMBC's Cybersecurity Strategy
UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski was recently interviewed by The Daily Record on UMBC's educational and research programs in cybersecurity and their importance to the region and nation. "We anticipate significant growth in this area over the next five years as the nation continues to stand up our cybersecurity resources. In addition, cybersecurity has implications for…
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Google Maps Hurricane Irene tracker
click on the image to go to the Hurricane Irene tracker Google's Crisis Response team has a Hurricane Irene tracker that overlays Google maps. The application shows the hurricane path along with several additional, customizable layers of data: weather radar, cloud imagery, storm surge probabilities. evacuation routes and shelter sites.
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Google describes challenges in detecting Web-based malware
A new Google technical report, Trends in Circumventing Web-Malware Detection documents that it has become difficult to identify malicious Web sites as antivirus software is becoming less effective against them. The researchers analyzed four years' worth of data from 160 million Web pages using its Safe Browsing service, which warns users when they attempt to…
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Talk: Opportunities in Computational Materials Science
Opportunities in Computational Materials Science Juana Moreno and Randall Hall Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University 1:00pm Friday 9 September 2011, ITE 227 The White House Materials Genome Initiative intends to double the speed with which we discover, develop, and manufacture new materials. In order for this initiative to be successful an unprecedented…
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New CSEE graduate student orientation, 9am Thr 8/25
The CSEE department will hold an orientation session for new graduate students in its Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering programs at 9:00am Thursday August 25 in Lecture Hall 8 (ITE 102). Here is the schedule. 09:00-09:30am Registration 09:30-09:45am Welcome, CSEE Department Chair Dr. Gary Carter 09:45-10:15am Success Strategies, Dr. Tim Finin 10:15-10:45am CSEE…
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Chintan Patel
Dr. Chintan Patel, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, specializes in VLSI design and test and has been working on projects dealing with power supply modeling, noise estimation, current measurements circuits and hardware security. “Today’s complex devices operating at very low power supply voltages are very susceptible to even minor variations in the…
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Final MDC3 cyber challenge team registration session 9/7
The Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference (MDC3) will provide an opportunity for students and professionals to network in a fun environment while participating in exciting games and learning about computer safety and cybersecurity skills. MDC3 teams of up to six players will compete in one of three categories: high school, college and university, and industry…
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George Dyson on the birth of the computer
In his 2003 TED talk, George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer — from its 17th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.
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A Google a Day puzzles improve Web searching skills
The three Rs (Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic) were the education basics of generations past, but maybe now we should add a fourth, information Retrieval. We all turn to Web search engines like Bing and Google whenever we need to know something and the technology has revolutionized how we access and even think about information. But…
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AAAI grants Dr. desJardins Senior Member status
“I was delighted and honored to be selected as one of the Senior Members who were named in the first year of the Senior Member Program,” says Dr. Marie desJardins, who was recently granted Senior Member Status by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Senior Members, of which there are a maximum…