Author: Web Master
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UMBC alumnus Sean Kennedy featured on InTheCapital.com for BeerGivr app
"I owe you a beer" is a phrase that's thrown around a lot with very little follow through. UMBC Alumnus Sean Kennedy (Information Systems '06) created a smartphone application that could change that. BeerGivr allows you to virtualy send your buddy a brew. When a friend wants to buy you a drink but can't make…
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Computer Science Education Mini-Summit addresses CS Curricula problem
Did you know that Computer Science isn’t a required course in most Maryland High Schools (or colleges for that matter)? For most students, a lack of exposure early on translates to total avoidance once they reach college. For a subject as ubiquitous as computing, it is essential to Maryland's continued success as a technology leader…
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Technology as a teaching tool: an infographic
Take a look at the latest infographic from Edudemic.com. (Click here for a version that you can actually read.) It's called "Components of a 21st Century Classroom" and it looks at how technology, like computers, tablets, and other mobile devices, are being increasingly incorporated into the classroom. With number like "1 in 5 students have…
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UMD professor pushes for better Computer Science education in high schools
In a recent essay in the Baltimore Sun, James M. Purtilo, a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, outlines the myriad ways that Maryland is failing to support Computer Science education at the High School level. First, Purtilo cites the state's failure to require Computer Science as a…
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New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, an Inspiration for Computer Science Women
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) "Despite the growing numbers of successful women in once male-dominated professions like medicine and law, computer science remains overwhelmingly a boys club." So says a recent NPR article that discusses the arrival of Marissa Mayer as Yahoo's new president and CEO. As one of Google's first employees, Mayer helped develop…
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Picking your PC: Computer Recommendations for Incoming Freshman
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TechCouncil of Maryland reveals new career resource, CORE
Photo courtesy www.techcouncilmd.com If you're tired of sifting through sketchy jobs on Craigslist, why not try the TechCounil of Maryland (TCM)'s new job resource CORE (Career Opportunities REsources). CORE's database is full of jobs in the areas of biotechnology, information technology, and business. "CORE will help our region's companies attract and match talented individuals, students,…
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UMBC students show-off original video games at Gamescape 2012
Tired of playing Diablo III? If you head to Gamescape next weekend, you'll have a chance to try your hand at over a dozen original video games dreamed up by local students and indie game developers. As part of Artscape–the country's largest free arts festival–the annual three-day video game celebration will take place in MICA's…
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Computer Science Alumni on working at Google
It's got a bowling alley, a piano in the lobby, a T-Rex skeleton, and eighteen cafeterias. It might sound like a theme-park, but it's the Googleplex, a.k.a. Google headquarters, located in Mountain View, California. This extremely enlightened workplace, which features a slew of employee benefits like a free shuttle to work, laundry services, and even…
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Computer Science Alumnus, Harry Chen, featured in UMBC Magazine
Photo Courtesy UMBC Magazine In its latest issue, dubbed "Tech Trekkers", UMBC Magazine features Computer Science alumnus Harry Chen, one of the key players in the development of the iPhone 4S's digital assisant, Siri. While you may have heard about Harry through an article we posted last year, the UMBC Magazine article goes deeper into…