Category: News
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DoIT Develops New Virtual Desktop Solution
Never again will students have to make the trek to the ITE building over the weekend to finish up that Matlab assignment. Thank UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) for developing a virtual desktop solution that allows students to connect to a standard UMBC computer lab image from their MAC, PC, or iPad. The virtual…
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CMAP lecture: Wayne Loschen on public health disease surveillance, 6:45 9/25
The Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals (CMAP), a user’s group that focuses on learning and discussing Microsoft .NET technologies, will host its first event of the year next Tuesday, September 25 at 6:45 p.m. in ITE 459. Wayne Loschen from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory—the technical lead for ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System…
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talk: Wolff on Local Thresholding for Structured and Unstructured Graphs, 2pm 9/28
2pm Fri 9/28: Ran Wolff wll talk about Local Thresholding for Structured and Unstructured Graphs at 2:00pm on Friday September 28, 2012 in room 325b in the ITE building at UMBC.
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Cybersecurity Graduate Information Session, 6:30pm Wed. 10/3
From 6:00pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday, October 3, come explore UMBC's Cybersecurity Graduate Program options, and learn how a master’s degree or graduate certificate can help you advance in this exciting and critically important industry. Dr. Rick Forno, the graduate program director, will be available to answer questions and provide insight into courses, credit requirements,…
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Meet the inaugural batch of UMBC's NSF Scholarship for Service scholars
Meet UMBC’s inaugural batch of NSF Scholarship for Service (SFS) CyberCorps program scholars. These four B.S., M.P.S. and Ph.D. students will be able to hone their interests in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity through generous full-ride scholarships and opportunities to intern at government organizations. Oliver Kubik Major: B.S. Computer Science '14 Hometown: New Windsor, MD Oliver…
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Join the UMBC ACM Student Chapter
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. UMBC has an active ACM student chapter that is open to all UMBC undergraduate and graduate students of any major. While you do not need to join ACM to be a part of the local chapter, the annual membership dues…
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PhD proposal: Birrane on Virtual Circuit Provisioning in Challenged Sensor Internetworks
9am Fri 9/21: Ed Birrane will present a proposal for his Ph.D. dissertation on Virtual Circuit Provisioning in Challenged Sensor Internetworks, with Application to the Solar System Internet at 9:00am on Friday, September 21, 2012 in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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UMBC backs new National Cyber Security Hall of Fame
UMBC and our Cyber Incubator@bwtech are founding sponsors of the new National Cyber Security Hall of Fame that will induct its first 11 honorees on October 17 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore. “The Cyber Security Hall of Fame will represent the mission: “Respect the Past – Protect the Future” and will honor the…
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Marie desJardins in UMBC Magazine
Photo: UMBC Magazine CSEE Professor Marie desJardins' success at the 2012 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last March was highlighted in the latest issue of UMBC Magazine: "I didn't realize I could be this good at crossword puzzles," says desJardins. She adds that her development as a crossword competitor also highlights the hurdles to bringing more…
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Microsoft kicks off the app challenge at UMBC
Do you want to build a killer Windows8 application? Then head to the Microsoft Win8 App Challenge kickoff tomorrow, Friday September 14, 2012 in ITE 459 from 12-1 p.m. At this information session, you'll learn more about Microsoft's Win8 App Challenge and how from now until October 26th, you can submit up to three Windows…