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Cyberdawgs make it to CyberWatch regional competition
The UMBC’s Cyber Defense club, the Cyberdawgs, will be one of eight schools vying for the win at the CyberWatch Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Regional Finals. The competition, the first of its kind to focus on the operational aspects of protecting and managing an existing “commercial†network infrastructure, will take place at the Johns…
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New T-SITE scholarship program targets tech transfer students
Next fall, a new scholarship program geared toward transfer students majoring in technology fields will offer ten students the support—both financial and otherwise—that they need. It’s called T-SITE (Transfer-Scholarships in Information Technology and Engineering), and similar to the previous SITE (Scholars in Information Technology and Engineering) program, is supported by an NSF S-STEM grant. The…
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Professor desJardins attends Grace Hopper and Frontiers of Engineering Education Conferences
Dr. Marie desJardins had the opportunity to attend two invitation-only professional development events in November 2011. The Senior Women's Summit at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Portland, Oregon, brought together senior women who are leaders in their fields in academia, industry, and research labs. The event featured a panel on career…
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Need Homework Help? Ask Dan…
A Sophomore Computer Science major, Dan Maselko has been a tutor in the Computer Science Help Center since last fall. Dan Maselko got hooked on computer science in high school. “When I took my first computer programming course in tenth grade,” he says, “I realized how easy and fun it was for me to get…
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Next Century Corporation Comes to the Classroom
This semester, the students in Susan Mitchell’s Software Design and Development course were hand-picked. After applying and being interviewed, ten students were chosen based on their “go-getter” attitude. Why the selectivity? Susan ’s CMSC 345 course this semester is a trial course that’s being taught in collaboration with Next Century Corporation, a Maryland-based technology company.…
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The Princeton Review recognizes UMBC's Video Game Design program
UMBC has earned an honorable mention on The Princeton Review’s recently released list: “Top Schools to Study Video Game Design for 2012.” The recognition places UMBC among schools like Georgia Institute of Technology, UC Santa Cruz, and Northeastern University. Released annually, the list features 50 schools from around the country, including their “top ten” undergraduate…
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In the News: driverless cars and digital intersections
The buzz about driverless cars erupted after Google received a patent for the technology in December of last year. Since then, the project has been steadily moving forward. A few days ago, Google started testing their vehicles on Nevada roads, following approval by the state’s Legislative Commission. With the inevitability of autonomous transportation creeping closer,…
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He dances, he climbs, he teaches Computer Science: Meet Max
Meet Max, a Teaching Assistant who loves climbing mountains, swing dancing, and Artificial Intelligence. “I’ve never been bored in my life,” says Maksym Morawski (call him Max), a Computer Science graduate student who spends most of his free time scaling mountains. Originally from Silver Spring, Max moved to Baltimore in 2006 to study Computer Science…
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In the News: Forno on cloud security
Military personnel are facing an increasing security threat posed by their smart phones and other mobile devices, argues an article on DefenseSystems.com. While the potential of mobile devices to leak personal secrets has been a cause for concern for all, the issue has the potential to be devestating for soldiers who could unwittingly leak crucial…
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CSEE Professor Dr. Tulay Adali Named IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer
Congratulations to CSEE Professor Tulay Adali, who has been named a 2012 IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer. Nominated by the Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee, Dr. Adali is one of only five Distinguished Lecturers appointed this year. The position commits Dr. Adali to travel around to world to present her current research,…