Author: Tim Finin
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UMBC’s Alan Sherman and colleagues receive over $5M in NSF support for cybersecurity education
UMBC’s Alan Sherman and colleagues receive over $5M in NSF support for cybersecurity education The National Science Foundation recently awarded Alan Sherman, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE), and his colleagues, two grants totaling over five million dollars to support students and research at UMBC. Tools to assess learning One of the two…
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talk: Legal Aspects of Privacy and Data Protection, 12-1 Fri 11/9
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Legal Aspects of Privacy and Data Protection Razvan Miutescu Privacy Counsel, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 9 November 2018, ITE 227, UMBC Privacy and data security continue to be topics of interest for organizations of all sizes. In addition to being concerned about cyber crimes and data breaches…
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talk: Unbiased Decisions with Biased Data, Nov 14
Differential Fairness for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Systems: Unbiased Decisions with Biased Data Prof. James Foulds Information Systems, UMBC 5:30-7:30 14 November 2018 MD-AI Meetup, Emerging Technology Centers, Baltimore With the rising influence of machine learning algorithms on many important aspects of our daily lives, there are growing concerns that biases inherent in…
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Alumni startup at bwtech@UMBC earns unique award for AI work with UMBC research team
Alumni startup RedShred earns unique award for AI work with UMBC research team The artificial intelligence startup RedShred—cofounded by two UMBC alumni and housed in the bwtech@UMBC incubator—has received a rare Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Science Foundation to expand in a new direction, in collaboration with UMBC faculty and…
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Professional Graduate Programs Open House, Sat. 10/20 (CYBR, DATA, …)
Professional Graduate Programs Open House, Sat. 10/20 The Fall Open House for UMBC’s Professional Programs (Main Campus offerings) takes place on Saturday, October 20 in the first floor of PAHB from 9:30-11:30am. Students interested in exploring and/or pursuing these graduate programs (degrees and/or certificates) or just want to learn more about these fields are encouraged…
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talk: Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing, 2:30pm Fri 10/12
UMBC Quantum Computation Seminar Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing Dr. Omar Shehab, IonQ, Inc. & Univ of Maryland 2:30-3:30pm, Friday, 12 October 2018, ITE 325B, UMBC We are entering into the era of commercial quantum computing. I will talk about why making quantum computers is so hard. You will also know how the first generation programming…
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UMBC students win top prize at Maryland Cyber Challenge
Busy teams of students clustered around laptops in a room overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday, focused on solving as many challenges as possible during a “capture-the-flag” style competition. After hours of intense competition in cyberspace, UMBC’s team emerged victorious, named champions of the college division of the 2018 Maryland Cyber Challenge. Started in 2011,…
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talk: Results of a student study of UMBC computer systems security
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Results from the January 2018 SFS Research Study at UMBC Enis Golaszewski, CSEE, UMBC 12:00-1:00pm Friday, 12 October 2018, ITE 227 January 22-26, 2018, UMBC SFS scholars worked collaboratively to analyze the security of a targeted aspect of the UMBC computer system. The focus of this year’s study…
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MD-AI Meetup holds 1st event at UMBC 6-8pm Wed 10/3, 7th floor library
MD-AI Meetup holds 1st event at UMBC 6-8pm Wed 10/3, 7th floor library A new Maryland-based meetup interest group has been established for Artificial Intelligence (MD-AI Meetup) and will have its first meeting at UMBC this coming Wednesday (Oct 3) from 6:00-8:00pm in the 7th floor of the library. The first meeting will feature…
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Machine learning and AI for cybersecurity: a technical chat with DISA
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: A Technical Chat with the Defense Information Systems Agency James Curry Lead Engineer–DoD Cyber Security Range Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 28 September 2018, ITE 227, UMBC A broad reaching brief on the scope and scale of the DISA Mission, followed by…