Category: News
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talk: OMI, Invisible Technology that will Revolutionize Supercomputing and AI; 3pm Thr Feb 14, ITE325
Distinguished Lecture Series OMI: The Invisible Technology that will Revolutionize Supercomputing and AI Prof. Harm Peter Hofstee Delft University of Technology Distinguished Research Staff, IBM Austin Research Laboratory 3:00pm Thursday 14 February, 2019, ITE325, UMBC In this talk, we present some major trends in compute, memory/storage, and networking, and for each we will discuss how…
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Maryland Data Science Conference, Fri. 1/25, UMBC (new date)
MD Data Science Conference Friday, 25 January, PAH Concert Hall, UMBC Miner & Kasch, a AI and data science consulting firm founded by two UMBC alumni, will hold a one-day Data Science Conference at UMBC on Friday, January 25 in the Linehan Concert Hall of the UMBC Performing Arts & Humanities Building. A limited number…
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Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way Terry Thompson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County As the new Congress begins, it will soon discuss the comprehensive reports to the U.S. Senate on the disinformation campaign of half-truths, outright fabrications and misleading posts made by agents of the Russian government on social media in the run-up…
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Tim Finin named ACM fellow for contributions to knowledge sharing
Prof. Tim Finin named ACM Fellow for contributions to knowledge sharing UMBC’s Tim Finin, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE), has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a distinctive honor granted to less than one percent of all ACM members. ACM fellows are selected based on their work…
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Maryland Data Science Conference, 1/14 CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
MD Data Science Conference Monday, 14 January, UMBC Canceled due to Weather Miner & Kasch has decided to cancel the conference tomorrow due to the snow storm and reschedule it. “While around UMBC the snow seems to be letting up, we have several speakers and attendees from other areas that have raised concerns about…
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UMBC Hour of Code events, 10am-1pm Dec 5 & 6, ENGR Atrium
UMBC Hour of Code events This week on Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00am – 1:00pm, the UMBC Computer Science Education Club will host Hour of Code events in the Engineering Building Atrium. Hour of Code is an annual campaign that is part of Computer Science Education Week with the goal of expanding access to computer science in…
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talk: The Web PKI in Theory and Malpractice, Prof. Bruce Maggs, 11am Fri 12/7, ITE325
Distinguished Departmental Seminar The Web PKI in Theory and Malpractice Dr. Bruce Maggs, Duke University 11:00am Friday, 7 December 2018, ITE325b The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for the web was designed to help thwart “phishing” attacks by providing a mechanism for browsers to authenticate web sites, and also to help prevent the disclosure…
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Job Positions: Computer Science Lecturer, Professor of the Practice and Visiting Assistant Professor
Computer Science Lecturer, Professor of the Practice and Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) The Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for multiple non-tenure track positions at the ranks of Lecturer, Professor of…
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UMBC CSEE alumnus receives NSF support for specialty fiber research
UMBC CSEE alumnus receives NSF support for specialty fiber research UMBC alumnus Dr. Jonathan Hu (Ph.D., electrical engineering, ’08) was recently awarded a three-year grant by National Science Foundation to develop new techniques using of chalcogenide glass fiber devices to transform mid-infrared sensor technologies that detect hazardous aerosol particles in the air. Dr. Hu is…
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CMSC 201: Computer Science I for Non-CS Disciplines – Spring 2019
CMSC 201 Computer Science I for Non-CS Disciplines Spring 2019 This spring, Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special section of CMSC 201 Computer Science I designed for social and biological sciences and humanities majors. The course will cover the same content and have the same rigor as all other sections of CMSC 201 and prepare students…