Category: News
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CYBERInnovation briefing on cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions
9m Fri 11/9: The Cyber Incubator at bwtech@UMBC will host a third CYBERInnovation Briefing on Friday, 9 November 2012 in the RWD Building of UMBC’s Research Park.
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Meet the Students: Beatrice Garcia (CS '16)
Originally from Frederick, MD, Beatrice Garcia is a Freshman Computer Science major and a Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) Scholar. About Beatrice When did you become interested in Computer Science? I've always liked computers and technology in general. I was always tinkering with the next new gadget. So, I decided to take a…
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UMBC ACM Tech Talk Series 10/24: Oates on Machine Learning
11:45 10/14: UMBC Professor Tim Oates will talk about machine learning and how it makes an impact on your daily life as part of the UMBC ACM student chapter’s tech talk series at 11:45am on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 in room 239 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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talk: Computational Science at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
3pm Thr 11/1: Dr. Paul Messina will talk about Computational Science at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility on Thurs. 11/1 at 3:00pm pm in ITE 456.
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talk: Experiences Teaching Thousands Online
1pm Fri 10/26: Michael Littman of Brown University talks about his experiences teaching a massive open online course to thousands of students at 1:00pm on Friday, october 26 in room 227 of the ITE building at UMBC.
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UMBC Cyberdawgs place 2nd at MDC3
The UMBC Cyberdawgs triumphed at the Maryland Cyber Challenge & Conference (MDC3) yesterday. The team placed second at the MDC3 finals, held Wednesday at the Baltimore Convention Center. This is the first year that UMBC’s Cyberdawgs have placed in MDC3. In its second year, it is already the state’s biggest Cybersecurity battle. The UMBC…
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Northrop Grumman Foundation and UMBC announce UMBC Cyber Scholars Program
UMBC is partnering with the Northrop Grumman Foundation to launch the UMBC Cyber Scholars Program. Funded by a generous $1 million grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation, and facilitated by the new UMBC Center for Cybersecurity and the UMBC Center for Women in Technology, the scholarship program is slated to launch this January, according to…
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Introducing the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity
This morning, UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabowski announced the creation of the new UMBC Center for Cybersecurity. The aim of the center is to provide both Maryland and the nation with academic and research leadership, collaboration, innovation, and outreach in this critical discipline by streamlining UMBC's academic, research, workforce development, and technology incubation activities to…
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Fall 2012 Letter From the Chair, Dr. Gary Carter
Welcome to the 2013 Academic Year. We have a lot to celebrate in our department. We welcome two new Assistant Professors: Nilanjan Banerjee and Jian Chen, and new Lecturer John Park. Dr. Banerjee directs UMBC’s new Mobile, Pervasive, and Sensor Systems Laboratory, which will carry out research that focuses on renewable energy driven devices. Dr.…
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Penny Rheingans interviewed on WYPR for Ada Lovelace Day
CWIT Director and CSEE professor Penny Rheingans was interviewed by Sheila Kast on today's Maryland Morning show on WYPR as part of a segment on Ada Lovelace Day (October 16). You can listen to the WYPR interview here. Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical…