Month: September 2011

  • UMBC named NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center

    UMBC has been named an NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center following the submission of a proposal by Dr. Marc Olano, professor, and Dr. Shujia Zhou, research associate professor of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department. The NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center Program will provide UMBC with enough high-end GPUs to upgrade the UMBC GAIM (Games, Animation…

  • talk: How to raise capital in MD, 4pm Tue 9/27

    How to Raise Capital in Maryland Art Jacoby Managing Partner, Maryland Cyber Investment Partners 4:00pm Tuesday 27 September 2011 Courtyard Meeting Room Maryland Clean Energy TechnologyIncubator (CETI) UMBC Sounth Campus Capital is the fuel your business needs to drive growth but raising it will be one of the most daunting challenges you will face as…

  • Take the NSA Cryptochallenge, 11-5 Friday 9/30, The Commons

    NSA will be at the Commons for this year's CryptoChallenge competition. Stop by and test your skills against their cryptographic brain teasers and maybe score some great giveaways. Join them for some friendly competition from 11:00am to 5:00pm on Friday 30 September at the Commons Outside Terrace or Main Street if it rains. Bring your…

  • Undergraduate Researcher Profile: Joshua Sunday

    Joshua Sunday is a Senior majoring in Computer Engineering. He has been doing research in Dr. Slaughter's Bioelectronics Laboratory since last Spring. To learn more about Joshua's research pursuits, read his research profile.

  • talk: Intelligent Agents in the OntoAgent Cognitive Architecture

    EE Graduate Seminar Intelligent Agents in the OntoAgent Cognitive Architecture Professor Sergei Nirenburg Director, Institute for Language and Information Technologies Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County 11:30am-12:45pm Friday 30 September 2011, ITE 231 OntoAgent is a constantly evolving cognitive architecture that facilitates development of and experimentation with artificial intelligent agents (ontoagents).…

  • Considering graduate school in a computing field?

    The Computing Community Consortium has a new web site for undergraduates in computing fields hoping to learn more about doing research, summer research opportunities, and the process for applying to graduate school. The website contains: A section on what graduate school in computer science is all about, including frequently asked questions with answers by current…

  • Modern Threat Environment and the Impact of Technology Shifts

    Cybersecurity Lecture Modern Threat Environment and the Impact of Technology Shifts Neal Ziring Information Assurance Technical Director National Security Agency 6-7pm Tuesday 20 September 2011 in ITE 102 (LH 8) Neal Ziring will give a special guest lecture in CYBR620 (Introduction to Cybersecurity) on the modern threat environment and the impact of shifts in technology,…

  • Undergraduate Researcher Profile: Patrick Macatangga

    Patrick Macatangga is a Senior majoring in Computer Engineering. Currently, he is working on an interdisciplinary research project that combines the areas of chemistry, biology, and electrical engineering. To learn more about Patrick's research pursuits, read his research profile.

  • EE seminar: Thesis/Dissertation Accomplished: How To Do It! 11:30am 9/23, ITE 231

    EE Graduate Seminar Thesis/Dissertation Accomplished: How To Do It! Wendy Y. Carter-Veale, Ph.D. Program Coordinator, PhD Completion Project/PROMISE Director, Educational Research Institute 11:30am-12:45pm, Friday 23 September 11, ITE 231 It is very important for graduate students, MS/PhD, to understand and be prepared for the thesis/dissertation process. The structure of and writing the thesis/dissertation is…

  • Learn about graduate programs in CSEE

    UMBC's Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE) Department has research active graduate progams in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Currently, our department has over 250 graduates students who hail from all parts of the globe. To learn more about our graduate programs, take a look at our new graduate program brochures: Computer Engineering…