Category: News
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Tresys Technology Scholarship for UMBC computing students
Tresys Technology, a provider of technology and engineering services for customers with high-security requirements, announced the "Tresys Technology Scholarship" for UMBC students. The merit-based scholarship is intended to support incoming sophomore or junior computer science majors at UMBC with demonstrated financial need and who have obtained or transferred a grade point average of 3.0 or…
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CSEE professor Nilanjan Banerjee wins Microsoft SEIF award to fund research
CSEE professor Nilanjan Banerjee has received a Microsoft Software Engineering Innovation (SEIF) Award. The award comes with a $25,000 grant to help fund a research project that uses inventive wearable computing devices to help paraplegics and quadriplegics get around their homes. It’s called “Wearable Multi-Sensor Gesture Recognition in Assistive Devices for Paralysis Patients”. Dr. Banerjee’s…
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Yelena Yesha, Karuna Joshi and Lily Bengfort selected for NSF I-Corps program
The team of Yelena Yesha, Karuna Joshi and Lily Bengfort has been selected for the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program for April. The NSF I-Corps is a set of activities and programs that prepare scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and broadens the impact of select, NSF-funded, basic-research projects. Combining experience…
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talk: Sensor-based assessment of human motion during therapeutic exercise
4/10: Dr. Portia Taylor, a recent PhD from CMU and currently a fellow at the Social Security Administration will talk about her dissertation research on Sensor-based assessment of the quality of human motion during therapeutic exercise at Noon on Wednesday April 10, 2013 in room 459 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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talk: Machine learning for predicting chronic diseases
1pm 4/5: UMBC Ph.D. student Vladimir Korolev will talk about his research on using machine learning techniques to predict chronic disease predisposition at 1:00pm on Friday April 5, 2013 in room 227 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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CSEE students present research at UMBC's URCAD
Congratulations to the nine CSEE undergraduate students will have oral or poster presentations in UMBC's 17th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 Andrew Battisti, "Experiences in Group Game Development", Poster presentation, 12:30pm-3:00pm, UC Ballroom, Mentor: Dr. Marc Olano Michael Berlin, "Using Machine Learning to Classify Trouble Tickets", Poster…
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talk: User Interface Design & Functional Gains from Cognitive Assistive Technology
Thur 4/4: Dr. Elliot Cole of the Institute for Cognitive Prosthetics will talk on “User Interface Design and Functional Gains from Cognitive Assistive Technology: Treading on the Frontiers of Neuroscience” at 1:30pm on Thursday, 4 April 2013, in room 404 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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CSEE research review 9-4 Friday April 12, UC Ballroom
Fri 4/12: The CSEE department will hold its annual day-long research review from 9:00am to 4:00pm on Friday April 12, 2013 in University Center Ballroom. The public is welcome.
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3rd Annual CWIT Spring into Leadership Event, April 11
4/11: The UMBC Center for Women in Technology will hold its 3rd Annual CWIT Spring into Leadership event on Thursday evening, April 11, 2013 in the University Center Ballroom at UMBC. Ms. Tina Kuhn of Northrop Grumman Information Systems will give the keynote talk.
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talk: Enhancing the Independence and Quality of Life for Older Adults
10am 3/38: Dr. Sara J. Czaja of the University of Miami will talk about her research on The Potential of Technology Systems for Enhancing the Independence and Quality of Life for Older Adults, at 10:00am on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in room 456 of the Information Technology and Engineering building at UMBC.