Author: Tim Finin
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Ralph Semmel (Ph.D. CS '92) is UMBC Alumnus of Year for Engineering and IT
Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association presents awards to honor alumni for their professional and personal achievements and service to the University. The 2011 awards will be presented on Thursday, October 14, 2011, at an awards ceremony in the Albin O. Kuhn Library on the UMBC campus. To attend, please RSVP online. This year's Alumnus…
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Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference
The Maryland Cyber Challenge & Conference (MDC3) will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 21-22 at the Baltimore Convention Center. See the Web site for the schedule and to register. The MDC3 is open to anyone who’s interested in advancing, studying or working in the field of cybersecurity, including IT and cybersecurity professionals, corporate…
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Google introduces the Dart web programming language
Google unveiled its new web programming language Dart today. It's described as a "class-based optionally typed programming language for building web applications". Dart has a native virtual machine and can also be compiled into JavaScript, allowing it to run on current browser. Google says it it exploring adding the Dart virtual machine to the…
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Bayes' theorem found guilty by a UK judge?
Ruling limits use of statistical reasoning in legal arguments A UK judge in murder trial ruled that Bayes' Theorem and similar statistical analyses can no longer be used to argue for the soundness of evidence in such trials. The Guardian has the story, A formula for justice. "It's not often that the quiet world of…
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The Women Who Made Google Plus
This year, October 7 has been designated as Ada Lovelace Day, a day to honor Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. She is widely regarded as the first computer programmer for her work with Charles Babbage who developed an early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. ReadWriteWeb commemorated the day with a story on the…
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Contest to forecast wind power from a wind farm
If you are interested in machne learning you might check out the American Meteorological Society Wind Power Prediction Contest. It is sponsored by the AMS Committee on AI Applications to Environmental Science, Energy, and Probability and Statistics. The goal is to compare various statistical learning techniques to predict wind power production. This contest considers a wind…
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An Evening With General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.), 6pm 10/27, ITE 102
Cybersecurity Guest Lecture An Evening With General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.) 6:00-8:00pm Thursday, 27 Oct. 2011 Room 102, Information Technology and Engineering UMBC is proud to announce this opportunity for students and faculty to meet with General Hayden to hear his perspectives and discuss current issues regarding cybersecurity. The evening is sponsored by Next Century…
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Do you know the right programming languages?
Do you know the right programming languages? Depending on your objective, the most important one to know might be Java, Python, PhP, C, or even Haskell. IEEE Spectrum has a short article on The Top 10 Programming Languages that is based on data from David Welton's Programming Languages Popularity site which "attempts to collect a…
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Free Linux installation help at the 2011 UMBC Linux Insallfest
Got Linux? If you've ever wanted to try Linux but didn't know where to start, bring your computer to the Linux Installfest this Friday. The UMBC Linux Users Group will hold a Linux Install Fest from 10:30am to 4:30pm on Friday 7 October on Main Street in the Commons. Experts from the Linux Users Group will…
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talk: Integrated Lifecycle of IT Services in Cloud Environments, 1pm Fri 10/7
CSEE Colloquium Integrated Lifecycle of IT Services in Cloud Environments Karuna Pande Joshi University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1:00pm Friday 7 October 2011, ITE 227, UMBC Virtualized service models are now emerging and redefining the way information technology (IT) is delivered. Managing these services efficiently over the cloud is an open challenge. For my PhD…