Month: July 2014
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CyberNEXS comes to UMBC
The UMBC Graduate Cybersecurity Program is pleased to announce that it will incorporate the CyberNEXS virtual training environment within its courses and activities during AY14-15. Assistant CYBR GPD Ben Shariati was instrumental in bringing this technical capability to the CYBR program, beginning with CYBER 620 at Shady Grove this fall. Through CyberNEXS, students are able…
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MS defense: P. Pappachan, Remedy: A Semantic and Collaborative Approach to Community Health-Care, 10am Thr 7/31
Primal Pappachan will defend his MS thesis, Remedy: A Semantic and Collaborative Approach to Community Health-Care, at 10:00am on Thursday, 31 July 2014, in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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MS defense: M. Madeira, Analyzing Opinions in the Mom Community on Youtube, 2pm Wed 7/30
Morgan Madeira will defend her MS thesis, Analyzing Opinions in the Mom Community on Youtube, at 2:00pm on Wednesday, June 30, 2014 in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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MS defense: A. Hendre, Cloud Security Control Recommendation System, 8:30 Thr 7/31
Amit Hendre will defend his MS thesis, Comparison of Cloud Security Standards and a Cloud Security Control Recommendation System at 8:30am on Thursday, 31 July 2014 in room 346 if the ITE building at UMBC.
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MS defense: S. Padalkar, Android Malware Detection and Classification, 10:30 Wed 7/30
Satyajit Padalkar will defend his MS thesis, Android Malware Detection and Classification using Machine Learning Techniques, at 10:30am on Wednesday, 30 July 2014 in room 325b in the ITE building at UMBC.
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Victoria Lentz '15 Wins HP/SWISS Cybersecurity Scholarship
Earlier this year HP and the Scholarship for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS) selected UMBC undergraduate Victoria Lentz (Computer Science, 2015) and ten other female cybersecurity students from across the U.S. to receive scholarships. Lentz was in the first cohort of students to be accepted into the UMBC Cyber Scholars Program, which began in Fall…
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JOB: eFX Data Scientist for State Street
Title: eFX Data Scientist, AVP Job Role: Quantitative Analysis, Global Markets Sales & Trading, Boston JOB DESCRIPTION Purpose of Role: To enhance the bank’s real-time Electronic FX market making trading system, improving quality and distinctiveness of price generation and risk management. Major Responsibilities: Analyze proprietary order flow data to find patterns in client behavior,…
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UMBC researchers developing textile-based sensors to control devices
CSEE professor Nilanjan Banerjee was interviewed at the Microsoft Faculty Summit on UMBC research that is developing sensors that can be sewn into textiles such as clothing or bedding and used control devices though gestures.
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It's official: House declares CS ∈ STEM
By voice vote, the US House of Representatives passed HR 5031, the STEM Education Act of 2014, to define STEM education to include computer science, and to support existing STEM education programs at the National Science Foundation.
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UMBC #10 in Top Affordable Computer Science Degree Programs list
UMBC was cited as #10 in a list of the “Top 15 Affordable Computer Science Degree Programs” based on five key points of comparison extracted from several data sources.