Category: Computer Engineering
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UMBC researcher spotlighted in celebration of National Chemistry Week
October 19-25th is National Chemistry Week (NCW). The theme for this year is “The Sweet Side of Chemistry: Candy.” In conjunction with this week-long celebration of chemistry, each day the National Science Foundation has been highlighting a different “sweet molecule” in a stop-motion video post. These posts also give mention to the lead scientist(s) working…
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Computer Engineering researchers develop system to detect dangerous driving behaviours
CSEE Professor Chintan Patel and computer engineering student Gurashish Singh recently demonstrated a prototype system that can detect distracted driving behavior at the ATPA expo, the largest gathering of industries involved with transportation. Their novel wearable proximity sensor-based system alerts drivers who show signs of falling asleep, being distracted or driving dangerously. The project is a…
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hackUMBC '14 concludes
Last weekend, over 170 college and high school students converged upon UMBC for the second hackUMBC hackathon. This free event, spanning 24 continuous hours, brought students together to create, make, or otherwise “hack” together new technology projects, either individually or as a team. As with many hackathons, there was no limit to the type of…
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Baltimore Code Craftmanship MeetUp, 6:30pm Thr 9/18, Betamore
The Baltimore Code Craftsmanship meetup group will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30pm on Thursday, September 18 at Betamore (1111 Light St.) in Baltimore (map). The meetup is for the students and software developers in the Baltimore area that care about the quality of their work and want to practice and improve their programming skills,…
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CSEE Alum Stephan Sherman unveils new multiplayer game for iPhone 6
UMBC Alumnus and Meyerhof Scholar Stephan Sherman (BS ’00, M8) spoke at Apple’s new product event on Tuesday and described his company’s VainGlory game, which will run on the new iPhones using under iOS 8, taking advantage of Metal graphics API, larger screen and faster processors on the iPhone 6. Stephan is…
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New Eclipse research cluster for robust, smart hardware systems
The new Eclipse research custer includes three collaborating labs at UMBC that focus on low-level hardware design to data analytics. Current projects include wearable computing, hardware security, and human assisted computer vision. Professor Nilanjan Banerjee’s Mobile, Pervasive, and Sensor System Lab performs research in cyber-physical systems spanning mobile systems, renewable-energy driven systems, and low power…
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hackUMBC '14 Registration Opens
The second hackUMBC is coming! (And has nothing to do with security.) hackUMBC ’14 will take place on the weekend of 27-28 September (Saturday into Sunday). The event is open to students of any skill level, from innovators and entrepreneurs to designers and hardcore coders. Its purpose is to allow students to mingle and collaborate…
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MS defense: S. Viseh, Low Power On-board Processor for A Tongue Assistive Device, 12pm Tue 8/5
Sina Viseh will defend his MS thesis, Low Power On-board Processor for A Tongue Assistive Device, at Noon on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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MS defense: P. Pappachan, Remedy: A Semantic and Collaborative Approach to Community Health-Care, 10am Thr 7/31
Primal Pappachan will defend his MS thesis, Remedy: A Semantic and Collaborative Approach to Community Health-Care, at 10:00am on Thursday, 31 July 2014, in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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UMBC researchers developing textile-based sensors to control devices
CSEE professor Nilanjan Banerjee was interviewed at the Microsoft Faculty Summit on UMBC research that is developing sensors that can be sewn into textiles such as clothing or bedding and used control devices though gestures.