Category: News
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MS defense: Extracting cybersecurity related entities, terms and concepts from text
5/28: Ravendar Lal will defend his MS thesis, Extracting cybersecurity related entities, terms and concepts from text, at 10:30am on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in toom 325b in the ITE building at UMBC
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Five COEIT Students Selected as Federal CyberCorps Scholars
Five students in UMBC's College of Engineering and Information Technology have been selected for major scholarships to pursue studies in cybersecurity-related fields under UMBC's participation in the National Science Foundation's Scholarship for Service (SFS) Federal CyberCorps program. As SFS Scholars, students receive full tuition, fees, annual reimbursement of professional development expenses ($3,000), a nine-month stipend ($20,000…
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Artemis Project summer computing camp for rising 9th grade girls
UMBC’s Artemis Project is a five week summer camp from June 24 to July 26 for rising 9th grade girls who are interested in finding out more about computing.
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CE21-Maryland Summit raises awareness about need for more women and minority Computer Science majors
You don’t know until you try. This is what the leaders behind Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21-Maryland) have figured out. Drs. Marie desJardins, Penny Rheingans, and Susan Martin say that removing the mystery and misconceptions surrounding Computer Science is the key to getting more women and minorities to purse careers in the field.…
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PhD defense: Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays for Standoff Photoacoustic Chemical Detection, 5/17
5/17: Xing Chen will defend his Ph.D. dissertation, High Power Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Laser Array for Standoff Photoacoustic Chemical Detection, at 1:00pm on Friday, May 17, 2013 in the CASPR conference room of the UMBC TRC building.
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Google and NASA team to establish a quantum AI research lab
Google announced that it will establish a Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab with NASA to study the use of quantum computing for machne lerning in support of problems including web search, speech recognition, planning and scheduling, search for exoplanets, and support operations in mission control centers. "We believe quantum computing may help solve some of the…
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PhD proposal: A Semantic Resolution Framework for Manufacturing Capability Data Integration
5/14: Yan Kang will presenty his Ph.D. dissertation proposal, A Semantic Resolution Framework for Manufacturing Capability Data Integration, at 10:30am on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in room 346 ITE at UMBC.
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PhD proposal: Training Neural Networks and Recurrent Deep Learning Machines
5/16: Yichuan Gui will present his Ph.D. dissertation proposal, Convexification/Deconvexification for Training Neural Networks and Recurrent Deep Learning Machines, at 9:30am on Thursday, 16 May 2013 in ITE 325b at UMBC.
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MS defense: Social Media Analytics: Digital Footprints, 5/13
5/13: Sandhya Krishnan will defend her MS thesis, Social Media Analytics: Digital Footprints, at 9:00am on Monday, 13 May 2013 in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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Rick Forno gives CISPA Guest Lecture
5/7: Rick Forno gave a lecture on the proposed CISPA law to UMBC’s Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.