Category: Computer Science
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talk: Labrou on Studying Internet Latency via TCP Queries to DNS, 1:30pm Fri 2/27
Verisign principal data architect Dr. Yannis Labrou on using big data analytics to dynamically estimate Internet latency, 1:30pm Fri. Feb. 27 in ITE 456 at UMBC
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ArtBytes hackathon this weekend at the Walters Art Museum
Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum will host ArtBytes 3, its third annual hackathon, this weekend from 6pm Friday to 3pm Sunday. Technology and creative communities will work together at the museum to build programs and applications that enhance the museum experience for visitors. $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. It’s a great opportunity for students…
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MS defense: Real-time Realistic Rendering of Sunrise and Sunset on the Ocean
Yuping Zhang will defend her MS thesis, “Real-time Realistic Rendering of Sunrise and Sunset on the Ocean”, at 10am on Monday, 9 February 2015 in ENG 005 at UMBC.
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talk: Chaum's Protocol for Detecting Man-in-the-Middle, 12pm Fri 1/30
Chaum’s Protocol for Detecting Man-in-the-Middle: Explanation, Demonstration, and Timing Studies for a Text-Messaging Scenario Prof. Alan T. Sherman UMBC Cyber Defense Lab 12-1pm Friday, 30 January 2015, ITE 228, UMBC We explain, demonstrate, and evaluate Chaum’s 2006 protocol for detecting a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) of text-messaging network communications. MitM attacks pose serious risks to many network…
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CSEE faculty develop wearable systems to monitor sleep quality
Profs. Nilanjan Banerjee, Ryan Robucci and Chintan Patel and Dr. Richard Allen at Johns Hopkins University were awarded a TEDCO MD Innovation Initiative grant to develop a wearable system that can non-intrusively monitor sleep quality in a home setting.
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Two tenure-track positions for Computer Science at UMBC
The UMBC CSEE department has two tenure-track faculty positions for its Computer Science program and is especially interested in candidates whose research areas include security and data analytics and related fields. Apply by January 15, 2015.
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The Great Escape: online AI Game programming contest
The Great Escape is an online international multiplayer coding contest being held for 2 weeks from February 6th starting at 12:00 pm EST to February 20th at 5:00 pm EST. The Great Escape will be a thrilling multiplayer Artificial Intelligence Battle, where students will have to: Program the best bot to escape a maze by trapping…
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Phd proposal: Zhang on Brain Network Visualization Techniques
PhD Dissertation Proposal Design and Validation of Brain Network Visualization Techniques: A Unified Approach Guohao Zhang Time and Place: 8:00-10:00am, 22 Jan 22 2015, ITE325 We propose a unified approach to understand why and how visualization works, motivated by scientists’ difficulties in obtaining insights from increasingly complex data that involves multi-modality brain networks from structural…
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Baltimore-area Hadoop Users Group Meetup, 1st meeting 2015-02-19
Don Miner and Brandon Wilson have started a Baltimore-area Meetup group for Hadoop users to discuss Hadoop technology and use cases. The first meeting is 7-9:30pm Thur. Feb. 19 at AOL/Advertising.com, 1020 Hull St, Baltimore.
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UMBC Places 3rd at MHacks
Two of UMBC’s regular hackathon participants took 3rd place at MHacks, a competitive 1000 student hackathon at the University of Michigan this past weekend! CSEE students Michael Bishoff (President, HackUMBC) and Sekar Kulandaivel created a haptic feedback suit that makes virtual reality more immersive. To do this, the team created 12 vibrating modules that are…