Category: Computer Science
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Virtual Reality Design for Science student projects, 12-1:30 Wed. 5/10, ITE 201b
Everyone is invited to see presentations and demonstrations of six class projects done by the 17 students in CMSC 491/691, Virtual Reality Design for Science, taught by CSEE Professor Jian Chen this spring. The demonstrations and presentations will take place 12:00-1:30pm Wednesday, 10 May 2017 in the π² Immersive Hybrid Reality Lab located in room 201b in the…
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CS Ed Club’s Meet Your Prof. Series: Marie desJardins, Noon Mon May 8, ITE227
This semester, the CS Education Club has started a mini lecture series for students to interact with faculty outside of the classroom. They will have Dr. Marie desJardins as their next speaker. She will give an informal presentation followed by a discussion at 12:00 Noon on Monday May 8 in ITE 227. Light snacks and…
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talk: Data-Driven Applications in Smart Cities, 1pm Fri May 5
UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Data-Driven Applications in Smart Cities—Data and Energy Management in Smart Grids Zhichuan Huang University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1:00-2:00pm, Friday, 5 May 2017, ITE 231 The White House announced the Smart Cities Initiative with an $160 million investment to address emerging challenges in this inevitable urbanization. Under the scope of this…
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talk: Human-Like Strategies for Language-Endowed Intelligent Agents, 11am Fri 4/48, UMBC
The UMBC Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR) is pleased to present as part of our distinguished lecture series Human-Like Strategies for Language-Endowed Intelligent Agents Dr. Sergei Nirenburg Professor of Cognitive Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 11:00am Friday, 28 April 2017, ITE 325b Artificial intelligent agents functioning in human-agent teams must correctly interpret perceptual…
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2017 Maryland Computing Education Summit, Thur. April 27, CCBC
Are you interested in K-12 computing education in Maryland? Would you like to learn more about what’s happening across the state to increase access to computing education for all students (PreK-20)? If so, please consider registering for the 2017 Maryland Computing Education Summit on Thursday, April 27th. This event, which will be held at…
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UMBC Prof. Tinoosh Mohsenin receives NSF CAREER Award for Deep Learning Technologies
Tinoosh Mohsenin, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance her research on energy efficient implementation of deep learning technologies and machine learning algorithms that are developed to function similarly to the brain. Her award totals $475,104 over five years. Mohsenin’s research…
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talk: Quantum plane and plucking polynomial of rooted trees, 1pm 4/7
UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Quantum plane and plucking polynomial of rooted trees Józef H. Przytycki George Washington University 1:00-2:00pm, Friday, 7 April 2017, ITE 231 We describe here a new invariant of rooted trees and following up state sum invariant of pointed graphs. We argue that the invariant is interesting on it own, and that…
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Wikileaks hack highlights importance of cyberdefense basics, UMBC experts write
The Central Intelligence Agency’s latest leak is the most recent major hack exposing information that could possibly compromise national security. In The Conversation, Anupam Joshi and Rick Forno, explain that this hack is a reminder of how cyberdefense strategies must be continually improved to ensure sensitive information is protected. Joshi is a professor and chair…
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Microsoft launches competition to create collaborative AI system to play Minecraft
A Microsoft Research team challenged PhD students to craft an advanced AI-based system that can collaborate with people in playing the popular Minecraft game, offering three $20K prizes. Minecraft was chosen because it offers an environment that, which relatively simple in some ways, it requires advances in areas that are still difficult for artificial…
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Free screening: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, 3-5 Fri 3/31, UMBC
Join the UMBC Computer Science Education Club and the Center for Women in Technology for a free screening of the award winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap. The documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain…