Author: Tim Finin
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Hacker School: spend 12 weeks in NYC developing as a programmer
Hacker School is a free, full-time, immersive school in New York for becoming a better programmer. Participants come from around the world to spend 12 weeks writing code and growing as programmers. Three sessions are run each year, with one in the summer. Hacker School is largely unstructured, self-directed, and project-based with optional activities and…
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UMBC ACM student chapter
UMBC’s ACM student chapter has a new website that will be used to announce its activities and events as well as news about computing related opportunities and resources. The chapter is open to both undergraduate and graduate students interested in computing from all majors. Joining is free and is a great way to meet other…
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talk: Lomonaco on Shor's Algorithm (part 2), 2:30-3:00 Tue 12/3
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Quantum Computing Seminar Shor’s Algorithm Part 2 Samuel Lomonaco, CSEE, UMBC 2:30-3:00 Tuesday, 3 December 2013, ITE 325b As requested in the last seminar, we will devote this seminar to stepping through the complete Shor algorithm (from beginning to end) to factor the “enormous” integer 21. This talk will based…
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talk: Simson Garfinkel on Finding privacy leaks and stolen data with bulk data analysis
12/6: Dr Simson Garfinkel of the Naval Postgraduate School will talk on ‘Finding privacy leaks and stolen data with bulk data analysis and optimistic decoding’ from Noon to 1:00pm on Friday, December 6 in room 229 of the ITE building.
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MS defense: Kulkarni, Hyperglycemic challenge and distribution of adipose tissue in Non-human primates using fMRI
Tanmay A. Kulkarni will defend his masters thesis, Hyperglycemic challenge and distribution of adipose tissue in Non-human primates using fMRI, at 11:30am on Monday, December 2, 2013 in room 234 of the ITE building.
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HackUMBC hackathon: relax before finals and see what you can build in 24 hours
hackUMBC is a 24 hour hackathon for UMBC students held in the UMBC Skylight room from 7:00pm Friday December 6 to 7:00pm Saturday December 7. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and caffeine will be provided. The event is open to all UMBC students of any skill level, from innovators to designers to hardcore coders. Join other hackers…
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2014 CRA-Women Graduate Cohort Workshop Applications due Dec 4
CRA-Women is accepting applications for the 2014 Graduate Cohort for Women. Cohort activities will kick off with a workshop 11-12 April 2014 in Santa Clara, CA. This workshop is the cornerstone of CRA-W’s efforts to increase the ranks of senior women in computing by building and mentoring nationwide communities of women during their graduate studies.…
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UMBC to compete in 2013 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship
CSEE Professor and director of the chess program Alan Sherman with the team that will represent UMBC at the 2013 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship next month in Lubbock, Texas. The top four qualifying schools from the PanAms go on to compete in the Final Four of college chess, held in the spring. The…
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MS defense: Amoah on Fabrication & Characterization of a Pd Nanowire-based Glucose Biofuel Cell
Kweku Amoah will defend his MS thesis, Fabrication and Characterization of a Pd Nanowire-based Glucose Biofuel Cell, at 10:00am on Monday, November 25, 2013 in room 346 of the ITE building.
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talk: Problem with Print: publishing born digital scholarship, 4pm 11/25
UMBC Professor Helen Burgess will talk on “The Problem with Print: publishing born digital scholarship” from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the Galleryy of the A. O. Kuhn Library at UMBC on Monday, November 25, 2013. A reception, sponsored by the Libby Kuhn Endowment Fund, follows the program.