Category: Faculty and staff
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UMBC faculty Karimi and Yus help team win 2nd place in Sandpit Challenge on Digital Trust
A research team that includes UMBC CSEE faculty Naghmeh Karimi and Roberto Yus won the second place prize in the 2022 INCS-CoE Sandpit Challenge on Digital Trust. The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence (INCS-CoE) is an international collaboration of government, industry, and academic organizations that have partnered to explore pioneering efforts to address cybersecurity…
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Prof. Matuszek receives prestigious NSF CAREER award for robotics research
CSEE professor Cynthia Matuszek received a presigeous NSF CAREER award to support her research on improving the ability of robots to interact with people in everyday environments. The five-year award provides nearly $550,000 to support research by Dr. Matuszek and her students in the Interactive Robotics and Language lab.
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UMBC Computer Science open-rank, tenure-track faculty position
UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dept. invites applications for an open-rank, tenured/tenure-track position in Computer Science to begin in the Fall of 2022.
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UMBC Professor Mohamed Younis elected Fellow of the IEEE
CSEE Professor Mohamed Younis has been elected as Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to protocols, architecture, and analysis of multi-hop wireless networks.
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Five CSEE Faculty included in World Ranking of Top Computer Scientists in 2021
Five CSEE Faculty in 2021 World Ranking of Top Computer Scientists* On May 10, 2021, Guide2Research released the 7th edition of the annual ranking for top scientists in the area of computer science and electronics. Many metrics were considered in measuring the research profiles of over 6300 computer scientists worldwide in order to determine their…
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Prof. Anthony Johnson selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award
Professor Anthony Johnson selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award CSEE Professor Anthony Johnson has been selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Johnson is being honored specifically for decades of principled leadership and steadfast service to The Optical Society…
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Prof. Chein-I Chang honored by journal special issue dedication
Prof. Chein-I Chang honored by journal special issue dedication CSEE Professor Chein-I Chang was recently honored by the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing by dedicating an upcoming special issue to him. The special issue is on Hyperspectral imaging and data exploitation, a topic that Professor Chang has pioneered…
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Visiting Prof. Ed Raff’s forthcoming book: Inside Deep Learning
Ed Raff’s book Inside Deep Learning is being published by Manning. He’s a Chief Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton and both an alumnus of and visiting assistant professor in the UMBC CSEE department.
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Prof. Sherman receives Hrabowski Fund for Innovation award to develop quantum computing teaching material
CSEE Professor Alan Sherman received a seed award from UMBC’s Hrabowski Fund for Innovation to develop educational material for quantum algorithms. The project, Evaluation and Enhancement of a Learning Unit on Quantum Algorithms, will involve a multidisciplinary team that will assess and enhance materials for a two-week learning unit for quantum algorithms.
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New NSF grant to improve human-robot interaction
Drs. Matuszek, Ferraro and WInder received an NSF award for research on semi-supervised deep learning for domain adaptation in robotic language acquisition.