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How undergraduate research spelled success for alumnus Gevorg Grigoryan
Research Proactive A Computational Biologist and Dartmouth professor, Alumnus Gevorg Grigoryan says his undergraduate research at UMBC was crucial to his success. Kids typically see college as a chance to get away from their parents. That wasn’t the case with alumnus Gevorg Grigoryan (B.S. CS, BioChem ’02), who did research with his dad in UMBC’s…
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Meet the Students: Rebecca Chhay (CS '14)
Originally from Silver Spring, MD, Rebecca is a Computer Science major and an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the UMBC MAPLE (Multi-Agent Planning and Learning) Lab. About Rebecca When did you become interested in Computer Science? High School. What area of Computer Science interests you the most? (Truth be told) Job Security; Feeling like a…
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Making the Abstract Approachable: Teaching innovation in UMBC's CSEE Department
Making the Abstract Approachable How UMBC's Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department is using innovative teaching techniques to engage and inspire undergraduates. Gone are the days of stuffy lectures and drowsy students. At least, this is true of UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department, where hands-on labs, industry simulations, new teaching methods, honors courses,…
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talk: Modeling the dynamics of pulsed optical fiber lasers that rely on nonlinear polarization rotation
CSEE Colloquium Modeling the dynamics of pulsed optical fiber lasers that rely on nonlinear polarization rotation Brian Marks Research Scientist UMBC Computational Photonics Laboratory 1 pm Friday, 2 November 2012, ITE 227, UMBC Ultrashort pulse lasers are important tools in time and frequency metrology, atomic spectroscopy, and medical applications. Passively modelocked fiber lasers are…
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talk: Emerging Challenges in High Performance Computing
CSEE Colloquium Emerging Challenges in High Performance Computing: Resilience and the Science of Embracing Failure John. T. Daly Advanced Computing Systems Program at the Department of Defense / Center for Exceptional Computing 1:00 p.m. Friday, 9 November 2012, ITE 227, UMBC Resilience is about keeping the application workload running to a correct solution in…
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Meet the Students: Beatrice Garcia (CS '16)
Originally from Frederick, MD, Beatrice Garcia is a Freshman Computer Science major and a Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) Scholar. About Beatrice When did you become interested in Computer Science? I've always liked computers and technology in general. I was always tinkering with the next new gadget. So, I decided to take a…
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UMBC ACM Tech Talk Series 10/24: Oates on Machine Learning
11:45 10/14: UMBC Professor Tim Oates will talk about machine learning and how it makes an impact on your daily life as part of the UMBC ACM student chapter’s tech talk series at 11:45am on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 in room 239 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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talk: Computational Science at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
3pm Thr 11/1: Dr. Paul Messina will talk about Computational Science at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility on Thurs. 11/1 at 3:00pm pm in ITE 456.
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UMBC Cyberdawgs place 2nd at MDC3
The UMBC Cyberdawgs triumphed at the Maryland Cyber Challenge & Conference (MDC3) yesterday. The team placed second at the MDC3 finals, held Wednesday at the Baltimore Convention Center. This is the first year that UMBC’s Cyberdawgs have placed in MDC3. In its second year, it is already the state’s biggest Cybersecurity battle. The UMBC…
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Northrop Grumman Foundation and UMBC announce UMBC Cyber Scholars Program
UMBC is partnering with the Northrop Grumman Foundation to launch the UMBC Cyber Scholars Program. Funded by a generous $1 million grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation, and facilitated by the new UMBC Center for Cybersecurity and the UMBC Center for Women in Technology, the scholarship program is slated to launch this January, according to…