Category: News
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Daily Record profiles UMBC's cybersecurity education & training
UMBC’s Cybersecurity Graduate Program Director Dr. Rick Forno and Homer Minnick, Director of UMBC Training Centers’ Cyber Academy, were featured in a recent Daily Record article examining how local universities support the cybersecurity education and training needs of corporate, military, and intelligence employers. More information: UMBC’s Graduate Cybersecurity Program UMBC Training Centers Cyber Academy
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PhD Proposal: Increased Autonomy with Robotics for Daily Living
PhD student Kavita Preethi Krishnaswamy will present her dissertation proposal, Increased Autonomy with Robotics for Daily Living at 5:30pm on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in ITE 325B with an accompanying live webcast at http://goo.gl/5JmjlR and http://youtu.be/qu8S6IUsCa0
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PhD proposal: Omar Shehab, A quantum approach to the graph isomorphism and knot classification problems
PhD Dissertation Proposal A quantum approach to the graph isomorphism and knot classification problems Omar Shehab 11:30am Monday, 08 December 2014, ITE 346 Simulating physics on a quantum computer can be reduced to solving mathematical problem using quantum mechanics. In this PhD dissertation proposal, I present two important mathematical problems to be investigated using quantum…
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Are Humanoids Inevitable?
Professors Freeland and Omland debate ‘Are Humanoids Inevitable’ at 4pm Wed Dec. 3 in Lecture Hall 2 on the UMBC Campus.
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CMPE Town Hall Meeting
The Fall 2014 Town Hall meeting for Computer Engineering majors will be held at 12 noon this Friday, November 21, in ITE 104. The agenda includes discussion about changes in the program, Spring 2015 registration, the BS/MS program, and undergraduate research opportunities. All CMPE majors are invited. Please complete the survey before Thursday, November 20…
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Free Linux installation help at the 2014 UMBC Linux Installfest
The UMBC Linux Users Group will hold a Linux Install Fest from Noon to 4:00pm on Thursday, November 20th on Main Street in the Commons. Bring a laptop and have experts help you install linux on it.
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CSEE Faculty Featured in Video Showcasing Microsoft Project
UMBC Professors Nilanjan Banerjee and Ryan Robucci were recently featured in a video developed by Microsoft Research. The video showcases Banerjee, Robucci, and UMB professor Sandra McCombe Waller, as they discuss the application of Microsoft’s Lab of Things to the team’s wearable sensing system project. (The Lab of Things is Microsoft’s home automation tool.) In addition,…
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talk: Increasing Base-Station Anonymity in Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, 1:15pm Wed 11/12
Professor Mohamed Younis of UMBC will present a research talk on Increasing Base-Station Anonymity in Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks at 1:15pm on Wednesday, 12 Nov. 2014 in room 325b in the ITE building at UMBC.
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UMBC SFS Cybercorps Scholarship applications due Nov 17 and Feb 2
In 2012-2017, UMBC will support a total of 22 new Cybersecurity students at the BS, MS, MPS, and PhD levels in computer science and related fields. Each scholarship is for the final two years of study (three years for PhD and combined BS/MS). Each scholarship covers full tuition, fees, travel, books, and an academic year…
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Dr. Olano discusses the Maryland Gaming Industry with the Baltimore Sun
CSEE’S Dr. Marc Olano, Director of the Computer Science Game Development Track and Co-director of the VANGOGH Lab, talked with the Baltimore Sun’s Scott Dance about fluctuations in the local video game industry. In recent years, the local gaming industry has been subject to major upheavals, resulting in the closure of several well-known gaming companies. Fortunately, the…