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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Penny Rheingans
Dr. Penny Rheingans, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, co-directs UMBC's VAnGOGH lab, where she uses her knowledge in data visualization to solve problems in a variety of application areas. “I think it’s a really cool area because it allows me to synthesize things from a number of areas,” says Rheingans of the field,…
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin
Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin, professor of computer science and electrical engeineering, runs UMBC's Engergy Efficient High Performance Computing Lab, where she works to develop highly accurate, low-power communications and healthcare devices. Currently, Dr. Mohsenin is pursuing three distinct projects in conjunction with her lab that fall within the realm of digital signal processing (DSP) and…
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Fow-Sen Choa
Dr. Fow-Sen Choa, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, uses a Chemical Vapor Desposition System to grow semiconductors that are used for chemical detection and breath analysis using photo-acoustic (PA) effects. In addition, he has been working with undergraduate students at UMBC on projects dealing with flying robots, Fourier analysis of music instrument, x-ray…
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Course Highlights: CMPE 691
CMPE 691: MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) Professor: Dr. Gymama Slaughter, Assistant Professor Semester: Fall 2011 Time: MW 4:00-5:15 Credits: 3 This course exposes graduate students to the latest developments in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). MEMS is a rapidly growing field that combines micron-scale mechanical structures with microelectronics circuits, which have many applications in…
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Course Highlights: CMSC 677
CMPE 677: Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems Professor: Dr. Sergei Nirenburg, Professor Semester: Fall 2011 Time: MW 5:30-6:45 Credits: 3 Room: ITE 277 This course teaches students fundamental techniques for developing intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, including: cognitive, logic-based, reactive, and belief-desire-intention architectures; inter-agent communication languages and protocols; distributed problem-solving, planning and constraint…
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Yelena Yesha
Dr. Yelena Yesha is the Director of the Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA) and the site director of the Multicore Computational Center (MC2), and has been doing exciting research with cloud computing through the centers. To read more about Dr. Yesha’s research pursuits, see her full research profile.
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Curtis Menyuk
Dr. Curtis Menyuk, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, specializes in the theory and simulation of opitcal and photonic systems. A member of UMBC's Computational Photonics Laboratory, he is currently interested in short-pulse lasers and time and frequency transfer networks. "One of the central themes in my career has been an interest in solitons,”…
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Tülay Adali
Dr. Tülay Adali, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, specializes in statistical signal processing.Since 1992, Dr. Adali has been the director of the Machine Learning for Signal Processing Lab (MLSP-Lab) at UMBC. Currently, she has been working on diagnosing schizophrenia by analyzing functional MRI and other medical imaging data. To read more about…
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Dr. desJardins promoted to full professor
The CSEE Department wishes to extend its congratulations to Dr. Marie desJardins for her recent promotion from associate professor to full professor. Dr. desJardins began teaching at UMBC in 2001 as an assistant professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and since then has taught courses in areas such as artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems and…
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Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Marc Olano
Dr. Marc Olano is the director of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department's Game Development Track and has been pursuing research in computer graphics and computer hardware for more than twenty years. Currently, he is working at Firaxis Games on texture compression for the Civilization V video game and collaborating with Dr. Erle Ellis…