Author: Tim Finin
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Attacking and Defending the Automotive CAN Bus
MS Thesis Defense Attacking and Defending the Automotive CAN Bus Jackson Schmandt 12:30pm Thursday, 8 December, 2016, ITE 325b, UMBC The scope and complexity of Automotive Computer Networks have grown drastically in the last decade. Once present only in high end vehicles, multi-use infotainment systems are now included in base models of some economy vehicles.…
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UMBC cybersecurity instructor selected for prestigious Brookings Legis Congressional Fellows Program
Diana Parr, adjunct instructor in UMBC’s Cybersecurity Graduate Program, has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Brookings Legis Congressional Fellows Program. The year-long program allows professionals in the public and private sectors to work on Capitol Hill alongside individual members of the U.S. Congress or on a congressional committee to understand the policy-making…
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talk: Biomedical Engineering Projects at UMBC’s Center for Advanced Sensor Technology
UMBC CSEE Research Seminar Biomedical Engineering Projects at CAST Dr. Yordan Kostov UMBC Center for Advanced Sensing Technology 1-2pm, Friday, 9 December 2016, ITE 229 The Center for Advanced Sensor Technology is currently leading two projects: “Biologics manufacturing on demand,” funded by DARPA, and “A wearable asthma trigger monitoring system with integrated physiological monitor,” funded…
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Event: Wanted, One Million IT Security Specialists by 2018
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to join CWIT and STEMRules for a lunch event to hear from and network with diverse professionals from across the cybersecurity industry. Wanted: One Million IT Security Specialists by 2018 You Could be One of Them 12-1:30pm Friday, 2 December 2016 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery (1st floor) Lunch…
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talk: Genetic ancestry predicts striatal dopamine D2 receptors, 1pm Dec 2, ITE229
UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Genetic ancestry predicts striatal dopamine D2 receptors Dr. Corinde Wiers National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 1-2pm Friday, 2 December 2016, ITE 229, UMBC Genetic ancestry was recently found to be associated with cortical geometry, cortical surface, and total brain volume in humans. Despite ethnic differences in allele…
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talk: Dr. Phyllis Schneck (DHS) on The Need for Speed in Cybersecurity
CHMPR Distinguished Lecturers Series The Need for Speed Dr. Phyllis A. Schneck Deputy Under Secretary of Cybersecurity Department of Homeland Security 3:30pm Thursday, 1 December 2016, UC 310 3:00pm Coffee, tea, and cookies As computers get faster, they change the world. Processors get smaller, the number of devices with processors gets bigger, and the amount…
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UMBC Hour of Code, 11-2 Dec 7-8, Main Street
The CS Education student org, with support from the CS Matters in Maryland CS education project, is planning UMBC’s first-ever Hour of Code event. Hour of Code is an initiative that organizes hands-on learning experiences for students of all ages during CS Education Week (December 5-11, 2016, coinciding with Admiral Grace Hopper’s birthday). UMBC’s Hour…
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PhD defense: Deep Neural Networks in Real-Time Embedded Systems
PhD Dissertation Defense Deploying Deep Neural Networks in Real-Time Embedded Systems Adam Page 10:00am Monday, 21 November 2016, ITE 325b Deep neural networks have been shown to outperform prior state-of-the-art solutions that rely heavily on hand-engineered features coupled with simple classification techniques. In addition to achieving several orders of magnitude improvement, they offer a number…
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talk: Mobile Security Architectures, Threats & Mitigation, 6-8pm Tue 11/15
Mobile Security Architectures, Threats and Mitigation Joshua Franklin, NIST 6:00-8:00pm Tuesday, 15 November 2016 Building III Room 2226, UMBC@Universities at Shady Grove directions Cellular technology plays an increasingly large role in society as it has become the primary portal to the internet for a large segment of the population. One of the main drivers making…
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talk: Preventive Neuromonitoring of Critically-ill Infants Using Advanced Signal Processing, 1pm Fri 11/11
The UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Presents Preventive Neuromonitoring of Critically-ill Infants Using Advanced Signal Processing Techniques Rathinaswamy B. Govindan Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine Fetal Medicine Institute Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC 1:00-2:00pm, Friday, 11 November 2016, ITE 229, UMBC Several early life complications (caused by, e.g., maternal illness, premature birth, complications during…