Category: News
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2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge
The 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge is Underway The annual NSA Codebreaker Challenge consists of a series of tasks that are worth a varying amount of points based on their difficulty. Schools will be ranked according to the total number of points accumulated by their students. Solutions may be submitted at any time for the duration…
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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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Webinar on NSA Codebreaker challenge and student opportunities, Sept 9
NSA will hold an NSALive Adobe Webinar on Thursday, September 9, 2021, from 4-6 pm EST to learn about the National Security Agency and Student Program opportunities, as well as a deep dive into the 2021 Codebreaker Challenge.
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UMBC’s Donna Ruginski and bwtech@UMBC finalists for CAMI’s Maryland Cybersecurity Awards
Congratulations to UMBC’s Donna Ruginski and bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park for their selection as finalists in the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland’s Fifth Annual Maryland Cybersecurity Awards.
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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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CSEE alumna Patricia Ordóñez featured in People of ACM interview
CSEE alumna Patricia Ordóñez featured in People of ACM interview Every month ACM, the oldest and largest professional society devoted to computing, features an interview with two of its nearly 100,000 members from more than 100 countries. In July, UMBC CSEE alumna Patricia (Patti) Ordóñez in its People of ACM series. Dr. Ordóñez received her…
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UMBC and Georgia State receive $3M NIMH grant to improve data-driven diagnosis of mood disorders
UMBC and Georgia State receive $3M NIMH grant to improve data-driven diagnosis of mood disorders UMBC and Georgia State University have received a $3 million five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for research supporting the diagnosis of mood disorders. Tulay Adali, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE) and distinguished…
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UMBC partners with UMD, Army Research Lab to advance AI and autonomy through $68M collaboration
This post was adapted from a story was written by UMBC News staff that first appeared on news.umbc.edu. From surveillance tools to autonomous machines, countries around the world are ramping up their military artificial intelligence (AI) assets. Such robust technologies are necessary to protect the United States from surprise attacks, which occur these days not only…
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UMBC to receive over $63 million in NASA renewal of CRESST II space science consortium
UMBC to receive over $63 million in NASA renewal of CRESST II space science consortium Adapted from a UMBC News article written by Sarah Hansen. NASA has committed $178 million to extend support for the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II) through 2027. Founded in 2006 and renewed…
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talk: Thinking Like an Attacker: Towards a Definition and Non-Technical Assessment of Adversarial Thinking, 12-1pm ET 4/30
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Thinking Like an Attacker:Towards a Definition and Non-Technical Assessment of Adversarial Thinking Prof. Peter A. H. PetersonDepartment of Computer ScienceUniversity of Minnesota Duluth 12:00–1:00 pm ET, Friday, 30 April 2021via WebEx “Adversarial thinking” (AT), sometimes called the “security mindset” or described as the ability to “think like an attacker,”…