Category: News

  • Dr.desJardins and Dr. Rheingans in USA Today College on the importance of understanding how computers work

    Should an introductory Computer Science course fall within the cadre of General Education Requirements (GEP)—like Math, Science, and English—that are required of all undergrads? According to a USA Today College article, the answer is yes. In the article, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering professors Marie desJardins and Penny Rheingans talk about the importance of having,…

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      Our department is a member of the Computing Research Association, which started in 1972 as a organization of US PhD granting CS departments and has grown to more than 220 North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing…

  • NIST Workshop on Big Data, 13-14 June

    NIST will hold a free Big Data Workshop 13-14 June 2012 to explore key national priority topics in support of the White House Big Data Initiative. The workshop is being held in collaboration with the NSF sponsored Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research, a collaboration between UMBC, Georgia Tech and UCSD.

  • In the News: Catonsville tech start-up, Mindgrub technologies, takes off

    Photo Courtesy Penny Riordan That's Todd Marks up there, standing over a banner for Mindgrub Technologies. In 2002, Marks founded the Catonsville-based start-up that specializes in mobile and web development. In fact, you're probably a fan of their work if you've downloaded UMBC's free iPhone application. According to a Patch.com article, Mindgrub has already outgrown…

  • Yasaman Haghpanah (CS, Ph.D. '12) wins Dissertation Fellowship

    Congratulations to Computer Science Ph.D. student Yasaman Haghpanah, who will be receiving one of three prestigious Dissertation Fellowships from UMBC’s Graduate School to help complete her Ph.D. dissertation this summer. Originally from Iran, Yasaman began her Ph.D. studies at UMBC in Spring 2009. Her dissertation, entitled “A novel trust and reputation mechanism through behavioral modeling…

  • UMBC ACM student chapter elects new officers

    The UMBC student chapter of the ACM met last week to elect a new slate of officers for the 2012-13 academic year: Varish Mulwad as President, Lisa Mathews as Vice-President, Ravendar Bhojwani as Secretary and Prajit Kumar Das as Treasurer.

  • Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science and Computer Engineering 2012

    Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science Outstanding academic achievement or service in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Clay Alberty Laura J. Anzaldi Madeleine R. Sparling-Sedlak Nathaniel K. Lam Menal G. Modha Lauren J. Won   Outstanding Achievement in Computer Engineering Outstanding academic achievement or service in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical…

  • CSEE seniors Christovich and Burke earn Student Leadership Awards

    Congratulations to graduating seniors Thomas Christovich and Timothy Burke, who were awarded Student Leadership Awards by the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department. The pair was recognized for this honor at yesterday's Pre-commencement Breakfast & Awards Reception. A Computer Engineering graduate, Thomas Christovich (pictured left) has been part of UMBC's Amateur Radio Club for four…

  • Meet the Students: CS Ph.D. Student Yu Wang

    Meet Yu Wang, a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in Computer Science. Originally from China, Yu came to UMBC in 2009 to study for her Master's in Computer Science. She's part of UMBC's VANGOGH research lab and the UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF). Once she graduates, Yu hopes to one day work in a…

  • PhD proposal: Online Unsupervised Coreference Resolution

    1pm Tue 5/22: Jennifer Sleeman will present her dissertation proposal on Online Unsupervised Coreference Resolution for Semi-Structured, Heterogeneous Data at 1:00pm on Tuesday May 5, 2012 in room ITE 325b at UMBC.