Month: October 2011
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Prof. Lomonaco talks on Quantum Knots, Quantum Braids and Quantum Computing
CSEE processor Samuel J. Lomonaco is giving a talk on his research on quantum computing as part of the Joint Quantum Institute seminar series sponsored by UMCP and NIST. The talk will be given at 12:30pm Monday 17 October, in room 1201 in the Physics building at College Park. Quantum knots and quantum braids: Their…
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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
This October is the the eighth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center. According to the DHS, cyber threats present some of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face, not…
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DiCaprio to play Alan Turing in a new biopic 'The Imitation Game'
Warner Brothers is said to have purchased the rights to a script The Imitation Game by screenwriter Graham Moore about British mathematician Alan Turing who made many important contributions to computer science. Leonardo DiCaprio is supposedly interested in playing Turing and is "chasing the project" and Ron Howard is rumored to be interested in in…
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Maryland Cyber Challenge finals ahead
When Dr. Rick Forno came to UMBC in the fall of 2010, he came with a plan: a weekend competition at UMBC for students interested in cybersecurity. But, what was originally conceived as a casual Saturday afternoon event, evolved into the Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference (MDC3), a state-wide competition that promises generous scholarships for…
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Dennis Ritchie, inventor of the C programming language, has died
Sad news. Rob Pike reports on Google Plus that Dennis Ritchie died at his home this weekend after a long illness. Ritchie created the C programming language and was a key contributor to Unix. In 1983 he received the Turing Award with his long time colleague Ken Thompson for the development of operating systems theory…
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talk: Optical Sensors for Biotechnology & Bioengineering
EE Graduate Seminar Optical Sensors for Biotechnology and Bioengineering Yordan Kostov, PhD Research Associate Professor UMBC Center for Advanced Sensor Technology 11:30am-12:45pm, Friday 14 October 2011, ITE 231 Interaction of the light with the matter is one of the fundamental interactions in the nature. It is used in a variety of fields, stretching from telecommunications…
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Delali Dzirasa (’04, Computer Engineering) receives 2011 UMBC Young Alumni Rising Star Award
UMBC Alumni Association presents awards each year honoring alumni for their professional and personal achievements and service to the University. This year's Young Alumni Rising Star Award is being given to Delali Dzirasa (’04, Computer Engineering) who is the founder and president of Fearless Solutions, LLC. While an undergraduate, Delali Dzirasa was a member of…
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Ralph Semmel (Ph.D. CS '92) is UMBC Alumnus of Year for Engineering and IT
Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association presents awards to honor alumni for their professional and personal achievements and service to the University. The 2011 awards will be presented on Thursday, October 14, 2011, at an awards ceremony in the Albin O. Kuhn Library on the UMBC campus. To attend, please RSVP online. This year's Alumnus…
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Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference
The Maryland Cyber Challenge & Conference (MDC3) will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 21-22 at the Baltimore Convention Center. See the Web site for the schedule and to register. The MDC3 is open to anyone who’s interested in advancing, studying or working in the field of cybersecurity, including IT and cybersecurity professionals, corporate…
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Google introduces the Dart web programming language
Google unveiled its new web programming language Dart today. It's described as a "class-based optionally typed programming language for building web applications". Dart has a native virtual machine and can also be compiled into JavaScript, allowing it to run on current browser. Google says it it exploring adding the Dart virtual machine to the…