Category: Computer Science
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Prof. Oates receives NSF grant to develop distributed machine learning technology
Future machine learning systems will learn from multiple datasets without requiring that they be shared or consolodated in one location. UMBC CSEE Professor Tim Oates recently received a grant from NSF, “Truly Distributed Deep Learning: Representation and Computation”, to develop new architectures for deep learning systems that are distributed, allowing greater scale and control over…
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talk: Correlation analysis with small sample sizes, 2pm Tue 6/18, UMBC
Correlation analysis with small sample sizes Peter Schreier, Univ. of Paderborn, Germany 2:00-3:00 Tuesday, 18 June 2019, ITE 325B, UMBC Most common techniques for correlation analysis (e.g., canonical correlation analysis) require sufficiently large sample support, but in many applications only a limited number of samples are available. Correlation analysis with small sample sizes poses some…
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CMSC 291: Continued Computer Science for Non-Majors
New for Fall 2019! CMSC 291 Continued Computer Science for Non-Majors This fall, Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special topics course designed for all non-computer science, non-computer engineering majors. The 3-credit course will be a continuation and extension of CMSC 201 Computer Science I and taught in the popular Python programming language. The catalog description…
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CMSC 201: Computer Science I for Non-Majors — Fall 2019
Fall 2019CMSC 201 Computer Science I Section for Non-Majors This fall, Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special section of CMSC 201 Computer Science I designed for all non-computer science, non-computer engineering majors. The course will cover the same content and have the same rigor as all other CMSC 201 sections and prepare students to continue…
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talk: Security for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems, 12-1 5/3, ITE 227
UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Security for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems Prof. Anupam Joshi, UMBC 12:00–1:00pm, Friday, 3 May 2019, ITE 227 Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are increasingly embedded in our everyday life. Security incidents involving them are often high-profile because of their ability to control critical infrastructure. Stuxnet and the Ukrainian power-grid attack are some notorious…
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talk: The Evolution of Mobile Authentication, 1pm 4/30, ITE325, UMBC
The Evolution of Mobile Authentication Prof. Keith Mayes, Royal Holloway University of London 1:00pm Tuesday 30 April 2019, ITE325, UMBC Mobile communication is an essential part or modern life, however it is dependent on some fundamental security technologies. Critical amongst these technologies, is mobile authentication, the ability to identify valid users (and networks) and enable…
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IBM Watson Cloud Academy Workshop, 9-5 May 3
IBM Cloud Academy Workshop 9am-5pm Friday, May 3, 2019 UMBC will host an all-day IBM Watson Cloud Academy Workshop 9am-5pm on May 3 taught by Prof. Anand Singh of NCSU. All faculty, students and staff are welcome to attend. We also welcome government and industry partners. Register for the free workshop here. The workshop will…
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Meet Your Professor: Dr. Cynthia Matuszek, 12-1 Mon 4/15, ITE231
Meet Your Professor: Dr. Cynthia Matuszek On April 15th, come join the Computer Science Education Club for the third installment of its Spring 2019 Meet Your Professor series featuring Dr. Cynthia Matuszek. The Meet Your Professor events provide students with the opportunity to learn more about their professors, including how they achieved their position, what…
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talk: Why are memory-corruption bugs still a thing?, 10:30am Mon 4/8, ITE325
Why are memory-corruption bugs still a thing? The challenges of securing software at an assembly level Doug BrittonCTO, RunSafe Security Inc. 10:30-11:30 Monday, 8 April 2019, ITE346 Methods to chip away at the danger of memory-corruption bugs have been available for some time. Why has the going-price of memory-corruption-based exploits not spiked? If the methods…
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Meet Your Professor: Dr. Frank Ferraro, 12-1 Mon 3/25, ITE 239
Prof. Ferraro’s teaching and research areas include AI, language understanding and machine learning Meet Your Professor: Dr. Frank Ferraro Find out about Machine Learning and NLP classes 2:00-1:00 Monday, 25 March 2019, ITE 239 Next Monday, March 25th, join the Computer Science Education Club for its second installment of the “Meet Your Professor” Spring 2019…