Month: September 2013
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Professor Jian Chen receives NIST grant for immersive metrology research
Professor Jian Chen received a research award from the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) Measurement Science and Engineering research grant program to discover new immersive metrology, visualization, and analysis tools for interacting with and understanding multi-valued volumes of large scientific data in immersive display environments. The research will explore new approaches to integrate…
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talk: Thermal light N-qubits, 2:30 Tue 10/1 ITE325b
UMBC Quantum Computation Seminar Thermal light N-qubits Yanhau Shih Physics Department, UMBC 2:30-4:00 Tuesday, 1 October 2013, ITE 325b This talk will discuss a few recent experiments on Nth-order interference of N independent and incoherent thermal fields from their intensity fluctuation correlation measurement. The observed interference is similar to that of entangled states. These experiments…
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JOB: Autodesk Scaleform (Greenbelt, MD)
Autodesk Scaleform, makers of popular user interface libraries for video games, have two positions open in their Greenbelt, MD office: Graphics/Rendering Engineer: https://autodesk.taleo.net/careersection/ADSK_gen/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=13WD13966 Software Engineer: https://autodesk.taleo.net/careersection/ADSK_gen/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=13WD13819
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Free ebook helps teens manage online safety (this week only)
Security expert Linda McCarthy has written a 48-page book, Digital Drama: Staying Safe While Being Social Online, aimed teens and their families on how to manage online behavior to enhance safety, security and privacy. McCarthy is an author and computer security consultant with more than twenty years of industry experience in educating families, security auditing,…
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CSEE Prof. Nicholas receives research funding to study Malicious Software
Professor Charles Nicholas has received research funding from the National Science Foundation to develop better ways to detect malicious software (malware) and defend computers against it. The award will provide up to $75,000 over the next year to support the research of Dr. Nicholas and his students. The process of creating malware has become more…
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Prof Marie desJardins talks on teaching and diversity in CS education and research
CSEE Professor Marie desJardins was one of three UMBC professors who spoke at a recent UMBC Provost’s luncheon and new faculty seminar on Great Teachers Talk about Teaching. She was joined by Professor James Grubb (History) and Manil Suri (Mathematics & Statistics), who also spoke at the seminar. Dr. desJardins will also be talking on…
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Considering graduate school in a STEM program?
UMBC students interested in learning more about pursuing a graduate program in a STEM area should consider taking advantage of a free GEM GRAD Lab event to be held at the University of Virginia on Saturday, September 28th. UMBC is a co-sponsor, along with UVA and VA Tech and will provide free bus transportation. See…
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Narock & Finin receive NSF grant for EarthCube semantic cyberinfrastructure research
Dr. Tom Narock (Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute) and Professor Tim Finin (CSEE) are part of a team that receive a one-year, $300,000 award from the National Science Foundation to apply semantic technologies to support the data representation, discovery and integration needs in EarthCube, an NSF program that aims to transform geoscience research by developing community-guided…
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talk: Computer-Assisted Reasoning In Digital Forensics (Noon, Fri 9/20)
Dr. Eoghan Casey, an internationally recognized expert in digital forensics and data breach investigations, will talk on ‘Computer-Assisted Reasoning In Digital Forensics’ from 12-1 on Friday, September 20 in room 229 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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Graduate Cybersecurity Program Webinar
On Wednesday, September 25, from 6:30 – 7:30PM, Dr. Rick Forno, Cybersecurity GPD and Assistant Director of UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity, will host an evening webinar discussing UMBC’s graduate cybersecurity programs. Topics to be discussed include: Program design and curriculum (both MPS degree & Certificate) Eligibility and Application Information UMBC’s approach to graduate cybersecurity education…