Category: Faculty and staff
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Gymama Slaughter: The Art of Powering Implantable Electronics
The Art of Powering Implantable Electronics UMBC professor Gymama Slaughter give a short talk at the Grit-X event on her recent research on powering implantable devices for medical applications. The number of smart implantable devices is on the rise, especially as we approach the ramping up of the “internet of things.” A key challenge for…
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Marie desJardins receives UC Berkeley Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science
Prof. Marie desJardins receives UC Berkeley Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science CSEE professor Marie desJardins has been selected for the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor desJardins received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley…
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CSEE faculty Banerjee and Slaughter to give short talks at UMBC Grit-X, Sat. 10/14, UMBC
Two CSEE faculty give short talks at UMBC Grit-X Back by popular demand from UMBC’s 50th Anniversary weekend, it’s Grit-X! Head to UMBC’s Black Box Theatre on Saturday, 14 October 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to noon, and be enlightened by short TED-style talks from some of the most intriguing alumni and faculty minds. See the…
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Marie desJardins receives award for inspiring women to pursue careers in computing, engineering and math
Professor Marie desJardins was selected for the 2017 A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award by the Anita Borg Institute. The annual award recognizes an educator who has developed innovative teaching practices and approaches that attract girls and women to computing, engineering, and math. As part of the award Dr. desJardins will take part in…
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UMBC researchers develop AI system to design clothing for your personal fashion style
AI system designs clothing for your personal fashion style Everyone knows that more and more data is being collected about our everyday activities, like where we go online and in the physical world. Much of that data is being used for personalization. Recent UMBC CSEE Masters student Prutha Date explored a novel kind of…
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Prof. Gymama Slaughter to develop bioreactors for life-saving organ transplants
UMBC’s Gymama Slaughter to develop bioreactors that could pause the clock for life-saving organ transplants UMBC’s Gymama Slaughter will develop a bioreactor to extend the viability of lifesaving human organs as they await transplant through a major new grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. Funding for the project totals nearly…
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UMBC’s Prof. Cynthia Matuszek receives NSF award for robot language acquisition
Professor Cynthia Matuszek has received a research award from the National Science Foundation to improve human-robot interactions by enabling them to understand the world from natural language in order to take instructions and learn about their environment naturally and intuitively. The two-year award, Joint Models of Language and Context for Robotic Language Acquisition, will support…
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Meet the Staff: Alex Hart
Name: Alex Hart Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park Hometown: Baltimore, MD (Go O’s and Ravens!) Current role: As an Accountant I, Alex provides business services support to the CSEE department in the areas of contracts and grants/projects, which includes account monitoring, financial reporting, projections, reconciliations, etc. She…
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UMBC computer scientists explain how AI can help translate legalese before online users click “agree”
Every day, people interact with large amounts of text online, including legal documents they might quickly skim and sign without full, careful review. In an article recently published in The Conversation, Karuna Joshi, research associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, and Tim Finin, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, explain how…
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Prof. Marie desJardins named by Forbes as one of 21 women who are advancing AI research
An article on Forbes’ site this week cites UMBC’s Professor Marie desJardins as one of 21 women who are advancing A.I. research. The article notes that artificial intelligence is “eating the world, transforming virtually every industry and function” and highlights women who are AI educators, researchers and business leaders who are driving the development and…