Category: News
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In the News: Forno on cloud security
Military personnel are facing an increasing security threat posed by their smart phones and other mobile devices, argues an article on DefenseSystems.com. While the potential of mobile devices to leak personal secrets has been a cause for concern for all, the issue has the potential to be devestating for soldiers who could unwittingly leak crucial…
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CSEE Professor Dr. Tulay Adali Named IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer
Congratulations to CSEE Professor Tulay Adali, who has been named a 2012 IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer. Nominated by the Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee, Dr. Adali is one of only five Distinguished Lecturers appointed this year. The position commits Dr. Adali to travel around to world to present her current research,…
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talk: Spectrum Wars: LightSquared vs. GPS, 11:30am Fri 2/2
11:30 Fri 3/2: UMBC Professor Chuck LaBerge talks about the problems and controversies surrounding spectrum utilization between GPS and wireless communication.
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4th Annual Global Game Jam Returns to UMBC
Game enthusiasts of all stripes hunkered behind computer screens in the UMBC GAIM Lab for the 4th annual Global Game Jam—a fast-paced weekend where teams around the world conceive and creative video games around a common theme. The three-day event, which took place Friday, January 27th through the 29th, drew nearly forty participants ranging from…
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Google Android Camp program
Google is running an Android Camp this summer where 30 selected students will attend an all-expense-paid program at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, July 22-28. The camp will include an interactive and collaborative curriculum focusing on a practical introduction to developing applications for Android and will explore the concepts behind Android, the framework for…
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Google announces plans for digital glasses
By the end of 2012, Google plans to unveil their latest addition to the tech world: a pair of android-based digital glasses, reports the New York Times. With a built in camera, the glasses will monitor the wearer’s surroundings and present them with relevant information about nearby businesses, or information about friends who might be…
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talk: Free-Space-Optical Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
1pm Mon 2/27: Professor Murat Yuksel of UNR will talk about his research on Free-Space-Optical Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks at 1:00pm on 27 February 2012 in ITE 325 at UMBC. Mobile ad-hoc communication is starting to find real-world applications beyond its military origins, in areas such as vehicular communications and delay tolerant networking. As the RF…
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talk and demo: Brain-Computer Interface Technologies
Dr. Kaleb McDowell of the Army Research Laboratory will talk about Brain-Computer Interface Technologies in the Coming Decades and give a demonstration from 11:30-12:30 on Friday, 24 February 2012 in ITE 227 at UMBC.
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talk: Exploring the Web, Beyond Document Search
Dr. Yi Chen of Arizona State University will talk on effective information search on structured data t 1:00pm on Friday 24 February 2012 in ITE 325b.
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Amazon tech talk and information session, 7pm Thur 2/23, Skylight Room
Amazon, one of the most innovative and fastest growing technology companies, will hold a technical talk and information session at 7:00pm this Thursday (2/23) for UMBC students interested in full-time positions or internships. The meeting will be in the Skylight Room of the Commons. UMBC Alumna Akshaya Iyengar (MS CS '11) joined Amazon last…