Category: Faculty and staff
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Prof. Ting Zhu receives NSF CAREER award to develop Internet of Things technology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Ting Zhu, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, its prestigious CAREER Award for his work to significantly improve the existing sensing capabilities of common technologies, such as cell phones. The five-year grant will total nearly $500,000. “We congratulate Dr. Zhu on his NSF CAREER Award,…
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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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UMBC Prof. Tinoosh Mohsenin receives NSF CAREER Award for Deep Learning Technologies
Tinoosh Mohsenin, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance her research on energy efficient implementation of deep learning technologies and machine learning algorithms that are developed to function similarly to the brain. Her award totals $475,104 over five years. Mohsenin’s research…
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Wikileaks hack highlights importance of cyberdefense basics, UMBC experts write
The Central Intelligence Agency’s latest leak is the most recent major hack exposing information that could possibly compromise national security. In The Conversation, Anupam Joshi and Rick Forno, explain that this hack is a reminder of how cyberdefense strategies must be continually improved to ensure sensitive information is protected. Joshi is a professor and chair…
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Prof. Gymama Slaughter on the body as a battery at Baltimore’s Light City festival
How can we begin to use our body as a power source? The same way we use a battery: by harnessing its chemical energy. As part of the annual Baltimore Light City Festival: A Festival of Light, Music and Innovations, Dr. Gymama Slaughter will present her research work on “The body as a battery –…
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talk: Semantic Approach to Automating Big Data and Cloud, 12pm Mon 2/20
A Semantically Rich Approach to Automating Big Data and Cloud Dr. Karuna Joshi University of Maryland, Baltimore County 12:00pm Monday, 20 February 2017, ITE 325b, UMBC With the explosion of Big Data and the growth of data science, there is an urgent need to automate the data lifecycle of generation, ingestion, analytics, knowledge extraction, and…
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CSEE faculty on securing the president’s smartphone and avoiding “cyber-fatigue”
Professor Anupam Joshi, chair of the CSEE Department and director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity With a new administration in the White House, securing the president’s smartphone is a national security priority, but exactly what steps are taken to secure the phone are not made public. In a new article in The Conversation, Anupam…
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UMBC places 7th at Pan-Am Team Chess Championship
UMBC Chess finished seventh overall at the 2016 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27–30. The UMBC Chess A team finished in 10th place, with victories over the Texas Tech D team, the University of Oklahoma A team, the Columbia University B team, and the Arizona State University team. The…
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Prof. Marie desJardins elected a Member-at-large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
UMBC CSEE Professor Marie desJardins was elected as a as Member-at-Large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Professor desJardins will serve a four-year term as one of four AAAS members representing the field of Information, Computing, and Communication. AAAS members-at large are charged with assessing the performance and role of their section…
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UMBC cybersecurity instructor selected for prestigious Brookings Legis Congressional Fellows Program
Diana Parr, adjunct instructor in UMBC’s Cybersecurity Graduate Program, has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Brookings Legis Congressional Fellows Program. The year-long program allows professionals in the public and private sectors to work on Capitol Hill alongside individual members of the U.S. Congress or on a congressional committee to understand the policy-making…