Category: Graduate
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Microsoft at UMBC Tue 9/6 to discuss internship and full-time positions
Microsoft will be on campus to meet with undergraduate and graduate students interested in internship and full-time positions in the Seattle area. Interested students should come to the the Skylight Room in the Commons between 6:30 and 7:30pm on Tuesday September 6. There are opportunities for Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Systems…
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President Freeman Hrabowski on UMBC's Cybersecurity Strategy
UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski was recently interviewed by The Daily Record on UMBC's educational and research programs in cybersecurity and their importance to the region and nation. "We anticipate significant growth in this area over the next five years as the nation continues to stand up our cybersecurity resources. In addition, cybersecurity has implications for…
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Google describes challenges in detecting Web-based malware
A new Google technical report, Trends in Circumventing Web-Malware Detection documents that it has become difficult to identify malicious Web sites as antivirus software is becoming less effective against them. The researchers analyzed four years' worth of data from 160 million Web pages using its Safe Browsing service, which warns users when they attempt to…
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New CSEE graduate student orientation, 9am Thr 8/25
The CSEE department will hold an orientation session for new graduate students in its Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering programs at 9:00am Thursday August 25 in Lecture Hall 8 (ITE 102). Here is the schedule. 09:00-09:30am Registration 09:30-09:45am Welcome, CSEE Department Chair Dr. Gary Carter 09:45-10:15am Success Strategies, Dr. Tim Finin 10:15-10:45am CSEE…
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Final MDC3 cyber challenge team registration session 9/7
The Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference (MDC3) will provide an opportunity for students and professionals to network in a fun environment while participating in exciting games and learning about computer safety and cybersecurity skills. MDC3 teams of up to six players will compete in one of three categories: high school, college and university, and industry…
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A Google a Day puzzles improve Web searching skills
The three Rs (Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic) were the education basics of generations past, but maybe now we should add a fourth, information Retrieval. We all turn to Web search engines like Bing and Google whenever we need to know something and the technology has revolutionized how we access and even think about information. But…
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Microsoft graduate fellowship programs
Microsoft has two generous graduate fellowship programs that are open to full-time students in all three of the core CSEE graduate programs: Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. These will provide support starting with the 2012-13 academic year and have application deadlines of October 6, 2011. The nominations come from the University, must be…
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AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarships
The Associated Press and Google announced a scholarship program to foster digital and new media skills in student journalists. The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program will provide $20,000 to six undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at "the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media during the 2012-2013 academic…
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UIST Student Innovation Contest
The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology sponsors a Student Innovation Contest (SIC) with the goal of innovating new interactions on state-of-the-art hardware. They give you the latter, and you show them what you can do. This year they will be working with the new Microsoft TouchMouse. In addition to supplying you the…
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Talk: Smart Grid Demand Response, 4pm Wed 8/17
Demand Response; What is it and What are the Business Opportunities? Dr. Bjorn Frogner 4:00pm Wednesday, 17 August 2011 Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator UMBC South Campus Bjorn will discuss the aspect of the Smart Grid called Demand Response (DR). DR is where the action is in the Smart Grid. Implementation of DR is made…