Category: News
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talk: Jim Kurose (NSF) An Expanding and Expansive View of Computing, 1pm Mon 11/20
Distinguished Lecture An Expanding and Expansive View of Computing Jim Kurose Assistant Director, National Science Foundation Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering 1:00-2:15pm Monday, 20 November 2017, ITE325b, UMBC Advances in computer and information science and engineering are providing unprecedented opportunities for research and education. My talk will begin with an overview of…
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talk: An Introduction to Quantum Cryptography, Noon Friday 11/17, ITE231
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents An Introduction to Quantum Cryptography: Or, How Alice Outwits Eve Sam Lomonaco, CSEE, UMBC 12:00–1:00pm, Friday, 17 November 2017, ITE 231, UMBC Alice and Bob wish to communicate without the archvillainess Eve eavesdropping on their conversation. Alice decides to take two college courses, one in cryptography, the other in…
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talk: A Practitioner’s Introduction to Deep Learning, 1pm Fri 11/17
ACM Tech Talk Series A Practitioner’s Introduction to Deep Learning Ashwin Kumar Ganesan, PhD student 1:00-2:00pm Friday, 17 November 2017, ITE325, UMBC In recent years, Deep Neural Networks have been highly successful at performing a number of tasks in computer vision, natural language processing and artificial intelligence in general. The remarkable performance gains have led…
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Volunteer to help in UMBC’s Hour of Code events, Dec 4 and 5
Volunteer to help in UMBC’s Hour of Code events, Dec 4 and 5 Hour of Code is a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science using a one-hour coding activity. The one hour coding activity is designed to show that anyone can learn the basics of coding, and to create a more inclusive computer science community.…
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UMBC upgrades High Performance Computing Facility through new NSF grant
UMBC upgrades High Performance Computing Facility through new NSF grant, expanding possibilities for data-intensive research The National Science Foundation recently awarded UMBC a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award totaling more than $550,000 to expand the university’s High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF). The funding will go toward upgraded hardware and increased computing speeds for…
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Career & Internship Info. Session & TechTalk, 5:30-7:15 Wed 11/1
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative- Career & Internship Information Session & TechTalk Advancing Human Potential and Promoting Equal Opportunity 5:30-7:15pm Wednesday, 1 November 2017, Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor Join representatives from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to learn about career and intern opportunities and listen to a technical talk by Jeremy Freeman, James Wang and Elizabeth…
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talk: DOE Energy Exascale Earth System Model, 2:30 Tue 10/31, ITE325
CHMPR Distinguished Lecture Series Energy Exascale Earth System Model Dr. Mark Taylor, E3SM Chief Computational Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories 2:30pm Tuesday, 31 October 2017, ITE 325, UMBC Dr. Taylor will present an overview of the DOE Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM), including Sandia’s role in numerical algorithms, parallel scalability, and computational performance. E3SM…
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talk: Creating a Smart and Connected Health System, 10am Tue 10/31
UMBC Information Systems Department Creating a Smart and Connected Health System Dr. Wendy J. Nilsen Program Director, Smart and Connected Health Division Information and Intelligent Systems Directorate Computer & Information Science & Engineering National Science Foundation 10am, Tuesday, 31 October 2017, ITE 459, UMBC Science is changing rapidly and new transdisciplinary approaches are resulting in…
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IEEE Fall 2017 Arduino Workshop and Halloween Social, 5-7 Fri 10/27
IEEE Fall 2017 Arduino Workshop and Halloween Social, 5-7 Fri 10/27 The UMBC Student Branch of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) will host a Halloween Social at 5-7:00pm Friday, 27 October 2017 in ITE 233. This is a fun event where attendees can build and take home electronic Halloween decorations. The Halloween Workshop…
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Gymama Slaughter: The Art of Powering Implantable Electronics
The Art of Powering Implantable Electronics UMBC professor Gymama Slaughter give a short talk at the Grit-X event on her recent research on powering implantable devices for medical applications. The number of smart implantable devices is on the rise, especially as we approach the ramping up of the “internet of things.” A key challenge for…