Month: December 2012
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Global Game Jam returns to UMBC, Register Now!
UMBC will once again host the Global Game Jam. The weekend-long game development event will be held this year from January 25-27. UMBC is one of hundreds of host sites around the world. Other local sites include College Park, the Universities at Shady Grove, and George Mason. “I expect an exciting mix of students, friends,…
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JOB: CyberSecurity internships and part-time positions
CyberPoint is seeking Paid Summer Intern Scientists and a Jr. IT Specilist. US Citizenship required. APPLY VIA UMBCworks. CyberPoint delivers innovative, leading-edge cyber security products, solutions and services to customers worldwide. We discover the threats and vulnerabilities that expose data, systems, and infrastructure to compromise, and we design defenses that provide critical protection. Our approach…
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JOB: Summer Internships at NIST in MD and Colorado
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking for students for its paid Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF.) SURF offers students in STEM fields PAID summer research under the guidance of one NIST's scientists and engineers. The 11-week program at NIST's Gaithersburg, MD campus is May 23 through August 9. There is also…
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NITRD Seeks Comments on Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan
The NITRD Senior Steering Group (SSG) for Cybersecurity R&D issued a request for public comments on the Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan . The SSG seeks comments on the progress over the past year in the research areas identified in the strategic plan, the strategic plan's impact in orienting private sector cybersecurity R&D activities, the…
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CS student Blossom Metevier panelist at CSEdWeek discussion, Fueling the Future
UMBC Sophomore Blossom Metevier (Computer Science ’15) will be a panelist at the CSEdWeek panel discussion: Fueling the Future: Celebrating Computer Science Education Week and Computer Science in K-12 Classrooms and Policy. The event will give congressional staff and STEM education stakeholders and overview of the state and prospects of K-12 computer science education.
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Talk: Energy Efficient Platforms for High Performance and Embedded Computing, 1pm 12/7
1pm Fri 12/7: Tinoosh Mohsenin talks about her research on Energy Efficient Platforms for High Performance and Embedded Computing at 1:00pm Friday, 7 December 2012 in room ITE 227 at UMBC
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talk: Parallel Real-Time OLAP on Multi-Core Processors
3pm 12/6Dr. Frank Dehne talks on “Parallel Real-Time OLAP on Multi-Core Processors” at 3:00pm on Thursday, 6 December 2012 in room ITE 456 at UMBC.
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UMBC Cyber Scholars Program accepting applications
The new UMBC Cyber Scholars Program is seeking applicants. Incoming Freshman for the Fall 2013 school year, current students, and transfer students interested in careers in cybersecurity are encouraged to apply by January 15, 2013. Starting Fall 2013, the Scholarship program will support 15-20 students annually with financial awards of $5,000-15,000 per year. The scholarship…
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MS Defense: Simultaneous Feature Acquisition and Cost Estimation
11am Thr 12/6: Zachary Kurtz will defend his MS Thesis on Simultaneous Feature Acquisition and Cost Estimation at 11:00am on Thursday, 6 December 2012, in ITE 325b at UMBC.