Month: December 2013
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UMBC places 2nd in PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championship
UMBC chess director and CSEE Professor Alan Sherman just shared the final results of the 2013 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Team Championship which was held over the past four days in Lubbock Texas. UMBC place second after Webster Univ. and ahead of Illinois and Teach Tech. The top four qualifying schools from the PanAms go on…
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Fall update on CWIT, T-SITE and Cyber Scholars programs
The Fall 2013 edition of the Center for Women in Technology’s newsletter, CWIT Update, describes CWIT’s recent events and initiatives, highlighting accomplishments of the CWIT students, updates from CWIT alumni, and information on two scholar programs that CWIT helps to manage: Transfer Scholars in Information Technology and Engineering and Cyber Scholars.
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Prof. Charles LaBerge cited for work on advancing aviation safety
CSEE Professor Charles Laberge was recently recognized for more than thirty years of service helping to develop technical standards critical to aviation safety by RTCA, the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics.
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Prof. Anupam Joshi discusses Target credit/debit card data breach on NBC and ABC news
Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity and CSEE professor Anupam Joshi discusses the recent breach of credit/debit card data in which Target lost information on 40 million credit and debit cards.
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UMBC Training Centers receives grant to support Cyber Operations students
UMBC Training Centers received a $5,000 grant financed by the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore (EAGB) that will be used to defer tuition costs for students in the Cyber Operations Program. According to Tom Sadowski, President and CEO of EAGB: “This contribution reflects EAGB’s commitment to growing the cybersecurity industry and talent base within the…
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Prof. desJardins receives NSF research award for CS education development
UMBC CSEE Professor Marie desJardins received a research award from NSF focused on increasing the expertise of Maryland high school teachers for teaching computer science, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of computer science classes offered in Maryland and the number and diversity of students taking them.
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UMBC to host 2014 Global Game Jam site, Jan 24-26
UMBC will host a Global Gam Jam site, January 24-26. Registration is free but space is limited.
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Prof. Gymama Slaughter receives NSF award for self-powered biosensing microsystems
Prof. Gymama Slaughter wins prestigious NSF award for research on self-powered biosensing microsystems to simultaneously generates bioelectricity and monitor glucose.
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Hacker School: spend 12 weeks in NYC developing as a programmer
Hacker School is a free, full-time, immersive school in New York for becoming a better programmer. Participants come from around the world to spend 12 weeks writing code and growing as programmers. Three sessions are run each year, with one in the summer. Hacker School is largely unstructured, self-directed, and project-based with optional activities and…
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First hackUMBC concludes successfully
The inaugural hackUMBC hackathon was a smashing success! Held in the UMBC Skylight Room from 7:00pm Friday to 7:00pm Saturday this past weekend, UMBC’s first-ever hackathon was open to all UMBC students of any skill level, from innovators and explorers to designers and hardcore coders. Its purpose was to allow students to mingle and collaborate…