Category: CSEE
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Oracle updates Java 7 to fix dangerous security exploits
TL;DR version: if you have Java 7 on your computer, update it. Now. The Java programming language helped to make the Web popular in the mid 1990s by its invention of the Web applet. The idea was powerful and enabled complex programs to be automatically downloaded when you visited a Web page and run securely…
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PhD defense: Supporting Citizen Science and Biodiversity Informatics on the Semantic Web
10am Fri 12/14: Joel Sachs will defend his dissertation on “Supporting Citizen Science and Biodiversity Informatics on the Semantic Web” at 10:00am on Friday, December 14, 2012 in room 325b in the ITE building at UMBC.
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CSEE professor Kargupta and co-authors win IEEE 10-Year Highest-Impact Paper Award
On December 12, CSEE professor Hillol Kargupta will receive the 10-year Highest-Impact Paper Award from the IEEE International Data Mining Conference (ICDM) in Brussels, Belgium. The winning paper—“On the Privacy Preserving Properties of Random Data Perturbation Techniques”—discusses privacy-preserving data mining and it also received the 2003 ICDM Best Paper Award. It is co-authored by former…
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JOB: Summer research experience for undergrads in cybersecurity and privacy
The TRUST Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TRUST REU) is a nine-week summer program in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trustworthy Systems, was established to promote access to graduate education among undergraduates who have been educationally or economically disadvantaged and who may not have exposure to the academic environment of a research university. The goal of the TRUST…
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Global Game Jam returns to UMBC, Register Now!
UMBC will once again host the Global Game Jam. The weekend-long game development event will be held this year from January 25-27. UMBC is one of hundreds of host sites around the world. Other local sites include College Park, the Universities at Shady Grove, and George Mason. “I expect an exciting mix of students, friends,…
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JOB: CyberSecurity internships and part-time positions
CyberPoint is seeking Paid Summer Intern Scientists and a Jr. IT Specilist. US Citizenship required. APPLY VIA UMBCworks. CyberPoint delivers innovative, leading-edge cyber security products, solutions and services to customers worldwide. We discover the threats and vulnerabilities that expose data, systems, and infrastructure to compromise, and we design defenses that provide critical protection. Our approach…
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NITRD Seeks Comments on Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan
The NITRD Senior Steering Group (SSG) for Cybersecurity R&D issued a request for public comments on the Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan . The SSG seeks comments on the progress over the past year in the research areas identified in the strategic plan, the strategic plan's impact in orienting private sector cybersecurity R&D activities, the…
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Talk: Energy Efficient Platforms for High Performance and Embedded Computing, 1pm 12/7
1pm Fri 12/7: Tinoosh Mohsenin talks about her research on Energy Efficient Platforms for High Performance and Embedded Computing at 1:00pm Friday, 7 December 2012 in room ITE 227 at UMBC
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UMBC Cyber Scholars Program accepting applications
The new UMBC Cyber Scholars Program is seeking applicants. Incoming Freshman for the Fall 2013 school year, current students, and transfer students interested in careers in cybersecurity are encouraged to apply by January 15, 2013. Starting Fall 2013, the Scholarship program will support 15-20 students annually with financial awards of $5,000-15,000 per year. The scholarship…
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MS Defense: Simultaneous Feature Acquisition and Cost Estimation
11am Thr 12/6: Zachary Kurtz will defend his MS Thesis on Simultaneous Feature Acquisition and Cost Estimation at 11:00am on Thursday, 6 December 2012, in ITE 325b at UMBC.