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Jasmine Jones
Jasmine Jones is a Senior pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Human-Computer Interaction in an International Cultural Context. What sort of research are you doing? I enjoy exploring different types of interfaces and interaction techniques. I’m particularly interested in how human factors, like culture, gender, and age, affect the…
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Sheriff Jolaoso
Sheriff Jolaoso is a Senior majoring in Computer Engineering. What sort of research are you doing? I am conducting research analyzing electroencephalographical (EEG) data in order to find and establish trends between humans under specific testing conditions. How long have you been doing this research? What inspired you to become involved/ how did you become…
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Chitra Gadwal
Chitra Gadwal is a Sophomore majoring in Computer Science. What sort of research are you doing? I am currently collaborating with Dr. Amy Hurst from the Information Systems (IS) department and Jasmine Jones, a Computer Science major. A lot of elderly people have trouble learning how to use computers; we will be studying data on…
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CS Ph.D. student, Adrian Rosebrock, talks about website/iPhone app, Chic Engine
Fashion Forward Chic Engine, a website and iPhone app created by Computer Science Ph.D. student Adrian Rosebrock helps you find clothes you see on friends, strangers, or online. Just snap a photo, and let Chic Engine do the rest. CSEE: Tell us about your “ah-ha” moment with Chic Engine. What inspired you to start it?…
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Computer Science Mini-Summit reveals trouble with high school CS curricula
Filling the Black Hole On August 8, 2012, Computer Education for the 21st Century’s Computer Science Education Mini-Summit revealed the problem with high school Computer Science curricula, and, more importantly, what’s being done to fix it. Photos: Shelby Clarke “High School is a black hole for most students with respect to Computer Science,” says Jan…
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CSEE professor Tinoosh Mohsenin to speak at Grace Hopper conference, 10/3
Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 3rd, Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin will speak at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference at the Baltimore Convention Center. She will talk about a "A Many-core Platform for Intelligent Biomedical Systems". Her presentation will be on "Data Intensive Computing" in the New Investigators session starting at 10:45 am. For more…
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List of tech companies at UMBC job fair, 10/3
Don’t miss UMBC’s largest job fair of the year, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 3rd from 11:30 to 3:30 in the RAC. Over 125 companies will be in attendance, many that are looking for Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering majors to join their teams. Here’s a list of some of the technology companies that will…
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CSEE alumna Kyla McMullen becomes first U Michigan African American woman to earn CS Ph.D.
One of a Kind A Computer Science alumna becomes the first African-American woman in history to get a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. “Bittersweet.” That’s how Kyla McMullen (CS, B.S. ’05) describes what it feels like to be the first African American woman at the University of Michigan to graduate with…
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UMBC CSEE Department is hiring new Computer Science professors
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department invites applications for several non-tenure track positions in Computer Science at the rank of Lecturer and Professor of the Practice, to begin in Spring 2013 (January 2013) or Fall 2013 (August 2013). Candidates with interest and experience in all Computer Science areas…
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CS alumna Stephanie Hill ('86) to be honored at UMBC's Outstanding Alumni of the Year Awards
Computer Science alumna (’86) Stephanie C. Hill will be honored at this year’s Outstanding Alumni of the Year Awards on October 11, 7:30 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuhn Library. Hill is the president of Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions-Civil division. In May, she submitted a guest post to the Washington post entitled…