Category: News
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Internship: Web Developer for MD FiRST
Photo Courtesy governor.maryland.gov Motorola Solutions is looking for an intern to work on the state's new Maryland FiRST website. Maryland FiRST, or Maryland First Responders Interoperable Radio System Team, will connect Maryland's first responders over a secure 700 MHz radio system. The following is a job description, taken from a UMBC News post: It will…
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Northrop Grumman and UMBC's Cync program a success after first year
Photo Courtesy bioparks.aurp.net A year ago, Northrop Grumman partnered with bwtech@UMBC to form the Cync program with the goal of “identifying, developing, and commercializing technologies that will meet the cybersecurity needs of the DOD, DHS, DOJ and Intelligence communities,” says the website. Since then, the program has supported five technology startups—AccelerEyes, Five Directions, KoolSpan, Oculis…
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Robot stock trader loses $400M in 45 minutes
Bugs in Knight Capital Group’s algorithmic trading software lost $400M in 45 minutes, distrupted the markets, and caused the company to lose 75% of its own value.
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Getting to Know CSEE at UMBC
Welcome class of 2016! We're so glad you chose to study Computer Science or Computer Engineering at UMBC! Now that you're here, we thought you might like a little tour of our department so that you can make the most of the next four years. We don't promise they'll be easy, but we do promise…
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Forbes names Baltimore one of "America's Coolest Cities"
We’ve known it all along, but now it’s official: we’re cool. At least, Forbes thinks so. The magazine rated the country’s 65 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Divisions and came up with a list of the top 20 coolest cities in America. Among the expected winners like New York, NY (#10), San Francisco, CA…
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Dinghade MS defense: Approach to Unwrap a 3D Fingerprint to a 2D Equivalent
10am 8/8: Ravikiran Dighade will defend his MS thesis, “An Approach to Unwrap a 3D Fingerprint to a 2D Equivalent”, at 10:00am on 10:00am Thursday, 2 August 2012 in ITE 352, UMBC.
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A starting point for the tech job search
Having trouble finding a job? Don't worry, so is everyone else. In fact, you're just one of 12.7 million Americans who are currently unemployed. But, don't let these sobering stats get you down. Here's a list of resources that could help you find the tech job of your dreams: BaltimoreTech.net is a good resource…
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3rd annual Intervention, a celebration of digital media
Intervention, Maryland’s Internet convention, brings together digital media enthusiasts for three-days of workshops, panels, educational content, children’s programming, board and video gaming, Live Action Roleplaying, musical performances, and more. This year it’s held in Rockville’s Hilton Hotel on 21-23 September.
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Baltimoregamer.com, for all your gaming news needs
If you're interested in what's going on in Baltimore's gaming scene, check out Baltimoregamer.com. The site covers local gaming events in the Baltimore and D.C. area, as well as developments in the game industry, and career tips for aspiring video game developers. The site also includes features articles, like its three-part series called "So You…
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2012 Maryland Cyber Challenge competition open for registration
The 2012 2012 Maryland Cyber Challenge (MDC3) is open for registration with qualifying rounds in September and finals 16-17 October at the Cyber-Maryland Conference at the Baltimore Convention Center.