Category: News
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Demos: Designing & developing effective mobile applications, 4-5pm Tue 5/15
Image by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC Demos: Designing & developing effective mobile applications UMBC students will demonstrate collaborative mobile computing projects developed in integrated classes offered by Computer Science and Fine Arts. The demonstrations will take place from 4:00 to 5:00pm on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 in the main 3rd floor hallway of…
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Meet Your Professor Series: Marie desJardins, 12-1 Wed. May 2, ITE239
Meet Your Professor Series: Marie desJardins Join the CS Education Club for its fourth and final installment of the Meet Your Professor series this semester featuring Dr. Marie desJardins. The series provides students with the opportunity to learn more about their professors, including how they achieved their position, what they believe makes an effective teacher, what…
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UMBC CSEE research symposium, 9-5 Friday May 4, South Campus
CSEE research symposium, 9-5 Fri. May 4, South Campus The UMBC student chapters for ACM and IEEE are jointly organizing a one-day research symposium on Computer and Electrical Systems that will be held at bwtech@UMBC’s South Campus from 9 to 5 on Friday, May 4, 2018. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. The day…
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2018 Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language and Learning
2018 Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language and Learning The 2018 Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language and Learning (MASC-SLL) is a student-run, one-day event on speech, language & machine learning research to be held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) from 10:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday May 12. There is no registration charge…
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UMBC recognizes Marie desJardins for lasting commitment to inclusive computing education
UMBC recognizes Marie desJardins for lasting commitment to inclusive computing education Marie desJardins, associate dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) and professor of computer science and electrical engineering, will be leaving UMBC to take up a new position as founding dean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences at…
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talk: SPARCLE: Practical Homomorphic Encryption, 12pm Fri 4/27
UMBC Cyber Defense Lab SPARCLE: Practical Homomorphic Encryption Russ Fink Senior Scientist Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory 12:00–1:00pm Friday, April 27, 2018, ITE 237, UMBC In the newly coined Privacy Age, researchers are building systems with homomorphic algorithms that enable “never decrypt” operations on sensitive data in applications such as computational private information…
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2018 UMBC Digital Entertainment Conference
2018 UMBC Digital Entertainment Conference UMBC’s Game Developers Club will hold its 13th annual Digital Entertainment Conference from 11:00-5:00 on Saturday April 28 in the UMBC Commons. Come learn about the game industry from local game developing companies. High school students, college students, aspiring game developers, and game developers are all welcome. Meet professionals in…
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🗣 talk: Classifying Malware using Data Compression, 12-1 Fri 4/20, ITE229
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Classifying Malware using Data Compression Charles Nicholas, UMBC 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 20 April 2018, ITE 229 Comparing large binary objects can be tricky and expensive. We describe a method for comparing such strings, using ideas form data compression, that is both fast and effective. We present results from experiments applying…
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🤖 talk: Where’s my Robot Butler? 1-2pm Friday 4/13, ITE 231
UMBC ACM Student Chapter Talk Where’s my Robot Butler? Robotics, NLP and Robots in Human Environments Professor Cynthia Matuszek, UMBC 1:00-2:00pm Friday, 13 April 2018, ITE 231, UMBC As robots become more powerful, capable, and autonomous, they are moving from controlled industrial settings to human-centric spaces such as medical environments, workplaces, and homes. As physical…
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🗣️ talk: Human Factors in Cyber Security, 12-1 Fri 4/13, ITE 229, UMBC
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Human Factors in Cyber Security Dr. Josiah Dykstra Cyber Security Researcher, US Department of Defense 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 13 April 2018, ITE 229, UMBC Humans play many roles in the effectiveness of cyber security. While users are often blamed for security compromises, human strengths and weaknesses also affect people who…