Category: In the News
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CSEE Faculty Cynthia Matuszek and William Smith win 2022 UMBC Faculty Awards
In 2018, The Office of the Provost at UMBC established a faculty award program to recognize excellence among tenured faculty in all three colleges. Awardees were selected based on the promise and strength of their scholarship and teaching at UMBC. This year’s faculty awards include two CSEE faculty members- Cynthia Matuszek, who has received the…
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UMBC, State of Maryland launch Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing
Governor Larry Hogan yesterday announced the launch of the Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing (MIIC) at UMBC during a cybersecurity summit in Annapolis. Governor Larry Hogan yesterday announced the launch of the Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing (MIIC) at UMBC during a cybersecurity summit in Annapolis.
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Rick Forno discusses DNC hack on NPR
On June 14, the Democratic National Committee announced that its computer system had been hacked. Rick Forno, director of UMBC’s graduate program in cybersecurity and assistant director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, discussed the “ongoing process” of stopping such attacks during a long-form discussion segment on the WOSU Radio’s “All Sides” show. Forno made…
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talk: Down the rabbit hole: An Android system call study, 10:30 Mon 3/28
Phd student Prajit Kumar Das talks about his research on detecting Android malware by analyzing system calls.
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Rick Forno discusses Apple-FBI iPhone situation with BBC Radio
Dr. Rick Forno, Cybersecurity Graduate Program Director and Assistant Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, offered comments to BBC Radio Five regarding the issue of Apple being compelled by a federal judge to facilitate FBI access to an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernadino attackers. During the interview, he provided initial…
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Alexa, get my coffee: Using the Amazon Echo in Research
Megan Zimmerman will describe work on using Amazon Echo as an interface to personal assistant agents at 10:30am Monday, 7 December 2015 in ITE 346 at UMBC
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Apply to CRA-W 2016 Grad Cohort Workshop by Nov. 30
Participants at the CRA-W 2016 Grad Cohort Workshop will learn graduate school survival skills, receive mentoring, and develop networks with senior female computing researchers. Apply by Nov. 30.
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talk: Is your personal data at risk? App analytics to the rescue
Prajit Kumar Das talks about his research on detecting Android malware: Is your personal data at risk? App analytics to the rescue, 10:30am Mon 9/28, ITE 346, UMBC
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Rick Forno talks to NPR about military data privacy
Military's Use Of Social Security Numbers A Vulnerability For Veterans By Patricia Murphy – KUOW (Seattle Public Radio) A massive data breach at the federal Office of Personnel Management has exposed the Social Security numbers and personnel records of nearly every federal worker. The implications for federal employees, military service members and the intelligence community…
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Summer text analysis research jobs, on-campus
A new, interdisciplinary research project offers a total of five positions to graduate or undergraduate students from multiple disciplines who exhibit the right combination of initiative, skills and sandboxability.