Category: Education
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Workshop on Solvers for Large, Sparse Linear Systems, July 17-18
Workshop on Solvers for Large, Sparse Linear Systems Monday and Tuesday, 17-18 July 2017 Engineering Room 022, UMBC UMBC will host a free, two-day workshop for faculty and students on solvers for large, sparse linear systems on Monday and Tuesday, July 17-18 in Engineering 022 at UMBC. Thanks to UMBC Prof. Matthias Gobbert for organizing…
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CyberCorps SFS students to meet at UMBC, Friday May 26
CyberCorps SFS Spring Meeting at UMBC 9am-1pm, Friday, 26 May 26 2017, ITE 456, UMBC open to the public Six CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) students from Montgomery College and Prince George’s Community College will present their results solving IT security problems for their county governments. In spring 2017, these students worked collaboratively in a…
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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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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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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…
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In Hour of Code, UMBC students give Baltimore youth hands-on intro to computing careers
At one table, thirteen Lakeland Elementary/Middle School students from Baltimore used tablets to create patterns of colorful shapes through code. At another station, the students composed music and played games on laptops by completing circuits connected to bananas and celery. The scene in UMBC’s Commons last Thursday was just what Gabrielle Salib ‘17, interdisciplinary studies,…
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UMBC Hour of Code, 11-2 Dec 7-8, Main Street
The CS Education student org, with support from the CS Matters in Maryland CS education project, is planning UMBC’s first-ever Hour of Code event. Hour of Code is an initiative that organizes hands-on learning experiences for students of all ages during CS Education Week (December 5-11, 2016, coinciding with Admiral Grace Hopper’s birthday). UMBC’s Hour…
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CSEE lecturers receive grant to reduce academic integrity violations in CS classes
CSEE lecturers Gibson and Dixon received a Hrabowski Fund for Innovation seed grant will look at ways in which the campus can reduce academic integrity violations in CS classes
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UMBC to help promote computing and engineering in Howard County Public School System
UMBC will collaborate with the Howard County Public School System to increase STEM opportunities for students.