Category: News
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A Letter from CSEE Department Chair, Dr. Gary Carter
As we are entering the second semester of the 2011-2012 academic year, we are preparing for changes and new opportunities. Associate Professor Brooke Stephens has retired and we are preparing to interview candidates for two open tenure track positions in Computer Science. CSEE has just received permission to search for a Professor of Practice in…
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talk: Physical Layer Wireless Network Modeling and Simulation
EE Graduate Seminar Physical Layer Wireless Network Modeling and Simulation and my Technical Publishing Experience Jon R. Ward EE PhD Student, UMBC and the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory 11:30 – 12:45, Friday, 17 February 2012, ITE 237 Jon Ward, and coauthors Jack Burbank and Bill Kasch, recently wrote a book for IEEE Press/Wiley entitled…
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talk: Programming Model for Data Intensive Parallel Applications
A Scalable, Fault Tolerant Programming Model for Developing Data Intensive Parallel Applications Tyler A. Simon Faculty Research Scientist UMBC Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research 1:00pm Friday 17 February 2012, ITE 325b Future exascale computing systems will have to execute a single program on the order of 10^8-10^9 individual, low powered processing elements. These processors…
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Google Map Maker University Mapping Contest
Google is holding a contest to encourage students in the US and Canada to use Google Map Maker to improve the maps of their campus areas. You can add 2.5D and 3D models of building and interior floor plans. Registration started on Monday February 13 and the contest runs through March 9. "Be a part…
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talk: Self-Powered In-Vitro Biosensing Microsystem
A Self-Powered In-Vitro Biosensing Microsystem Dr. Gymama Slaughter Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County 11:30am-12:45pm Friday, 10 February 2012, ITE 237 Recent studies on biofuel cells have shown that energy can be harvested from biological compounds. Because of the recent biofuel cell discoveries, it possible to use inertial power scavenging design…
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Computer Science Professor of Practice Position
UMBC invites applications for a non-tenure track position in Computer Science at the rank of Professor of the Practice to begin August 2012. All CS areas will be considered, but we are especially interested in security related areas. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or equivalent stature by virtue of experience. Ideal candidates will have a…
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talk: Innovating for Society: Realizing the Promise and Potential of Computing
Innovating for Society: Realizing the Promise and Potential of Computing Dr. Farnam Jahanian Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering National Science Foundation 10:30am Thursday, 9 February 2012, ITE 456, UMBC The computing discipline is at the center of an ongoing societal transformation. The explosive growth of scientific and social data, wireless connectivity at…
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2012 Google Summer of Code program announced
If you have good programming skills and are looking for an interesting alternative to the usual summer internship, you might check out the Google Summer of Code program. It pays student developers $5000 stipends to write code for various open source projects over the summer. Over the past seven years, it's brought together over 6,000…
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talk: An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Analyzing Protein-Ligand Interaction Data
CSEE Colloquium An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Analyzing Protein-Ligand Interaction Data Dr. Huzefa Rangwala Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering George Mason University 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2012, ITE 325B, UMBC Proteins have a vast influence on the molecular machinery of life. Stunningly complex networks of proteins perform innumerable functions in every…
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Using data visualization techniques to support digital forensics
UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Research Meeting Using data visualization techniques to support digital forensics Tim Leschke 11:00am-12:15pm, Friday, Feb 3, 2012 ITE Room 228 Digital forensic examiners explore large datasets in search of evidence of a crime. In order to keep pace with the growing amount of data that is subject to a forensic examination,…