Month: September 2013
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Prof. Tinoosh Mohsenin gets NSF award for seizure detection signal processing architectures
Professor Tinoosh Mohsenin received a research award from the National Science Foundation to develop multi-physiological signal processing architectures for seizure detection. The award will provide $100,000 over a two year duration to support Dr. Mohsenin and her students working on this project.
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Prof. Gymama Slaughter receives NSF award to develop nanoelectrode probe arrays
CSEE Professor Gymama Slaughter received a two-year research research award from the National Science Foundation to develop and evaluate nanoelectrode probe arrays to better detect and extract intracellular signals. Data from these signals will help in restoring functional loss of limb control of individuals with spinal cord injury or stroke.
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NSA grant supports MDC3 student prizes
CSEE's Dr. Richard Forno, Cybersecurity GPD and Assistant Director of UMBC's Center for Cybersecurity, has received an $84K grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) to fund the prizes for student winners at the 2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge and Competition (MDC3) finals that will take place at the CyberMaryland 2013 conference in Baltimore on October…
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IEEE Colloquium on Sensor Devices, 9/25
The Baltimore Chapter of IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits is co-hosting a free, one-day Colloquium on Sensor Devices from 10:00 to 5:00 on Wednesday, September 25 at UMCP.
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CSEE/IS welcome back picnic 11:30-1:30, Wed 9/18
There will be a welcome back picnic students, faculty and staff of the CSEE and IS departments on, Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Atrium of the Engineering Building.
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CSEE Hi Tea starts 3pm Fri. 11/13
Hi Tea is back with a bang! Registration is now open for the Fall 2013 CSEE Hi Tea Competition. Hi Tea is a student-run social event held (nearly) every Friday from 3:00 to 3:30 in the third floor hallway of the ITE building outside the CSEE Department suite (325 ITE). All students, staff, faculty and…
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UMBC Linux Users Group meets 12-1 Wednesdays in ITE234 starting 9/11
The UMBC Linux Users Group (LUG) will meet during the Fall 2013 semester on Wednesdays starting on September 11 from Noon to 1:00pm in ITE 234. If you are interested in becoming a member, please come to a few meetings and check it out. The UMBC LUG was established in 1997 as an organization of…
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UMBC Game Developers Club to meet Noon Wed. 9/11
UMBC Game Developers Club will meet at Noon on Wednesday September 11 in Engineering 005a. Prospective members and the curious are welcome.
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Today is the 66th anniversary of the first computer bug
Sixty-six years ago today (on 1947-09-09) operators of the Mark II Aiken Relay Computer being tested at Harvard found a dead moth trapped between points of Relay #70 in Panel F. Dr. Grace Hopper made an entry in the Mark II log book and identified it as the "first actual case of bug being found".…
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