Category: Research
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talk: Physical Layer Wireless Network Modeling and Simulation
EE Graduate Seminar Physical Layer Wireless Network Modeling and Simulation and my Technical Publishing Experience Jon R. Ward EE PhD Student, UMBC and the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory 11:30 – 12:45, Friday, 17 February 2012, ITE 237 Jon Ward, and coauthors Jack Burbank and Bill Kasch, recently wrote a book for IEEE Press/Wiley entitled…
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talk: Programming Model for Data Intensive Parallel Applications
A Scalable, Fault Tolerant Programming Model for Developing Data Intensive Parallel Applications Tyler A. Simon Faculty Research Scientist UMBC Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research 1:00pm Friday 17 February 2012, ITE 325b Future exascale computing systems will have to execute a single program on the order of 10^8-10^9 individual, low powered processing elements. These processors…
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talk: Self-Powered In-Vitro Biosensing Microsystem
A Self-Powered In-Vitro Biosensing Microsystem Dr. Gymama Slaughter Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County 11:30am-12:45pm Friday, 10 February 2012, ITE 237 Recent studies on biofuel cells have shown that energy can be harvested from biological compounds. Because of the recent biofuel cell discoveries, it possible to use inertial power scavenging design…
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talk: Innovating for Society: Realizing the Promise and Potential of Computing
Innovating for Society: Realizing the Promise and Potential of Computing Dr. Farnam Jahanian Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering National Science Foundation 10:30am Thursday, 9 February 2012, ITE 456, UMBC The computing discipline is at the center of an ongoing societal transformation. The explosive growth of scientific and social data, wireless connectivity at…
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talk: An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Analyzing Protein-Ligand Interaction Data
CSEE Colloquium An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Analyzing Protein-Ligand Interaction Data Dr. Huzefa Rangwala Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering George Mason University 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2012, ITE 325B, UMBC Proteins have a vast influence on the molecular machinery of life. Stunningly complex networks of proteins perform innumerable functions in every…
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Using data visualization techniques to support digital forensics
UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Research Meeting Using data visualization techniques to support digital forensics Tim Leschke 11:00am-12:15pm, Friday, Feb 3, 2012 ITE Room 228 Digital forensic examiners explore large datasets in search of evidence of a crime. In order to keep pace with the growing amount of data that is subject to a forensic examination,…
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Dr. Forno talks to CNET.com about Microsoft security
Photo Courtesy Microsoft.com Check out the CNET.com article where our very own Dr. Rick Forno, UMBC's Graduate Program Director of Cybersecurity, discusses how Microsoft security has progressed over the years.
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Marie desJardins named ACM Distinguished Member
ACM has recognized CSEE Professor Marie desJardins as a Distinguished Member for her contributions to the field of computing. ACM is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. Each year it recognizes a handful of its members for significant advances in computing technology that have dramatically influenced progress on a range of human endeavors.…
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talk: Oil Spills and Search and Rescue: Key Computational Challenges
UMBC CHMPR Colloquium Oil Spills and Search and Rescue: Key Computational Challenges Dr. C. J. Beegle-Krause Environmental Research for Decision, Inc. 1:00pm 16 December 2011, ITE 227 325b Leveraging the research community into societal issues can help save lives and reduce environmental impacts from both natural and anthropogenic disasters. For example, Search and Rescue, oil…
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UMBC team places second in the DARPA Shredder Challenge
Just over a month ago, DARPA announced The Shredder Challenge competition to develop a system to solve puzzles by reassembling images of shredded documents with a $50,000 prize for the winning entry. Yesterday the prize was won by All Your Shreds Are Belong to U.S., a San Francisco-based team that was the first to correctly…