Category: Research
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Karuna Joshi speaks about Cloud Computing
“I think it’s more than a jargon,” says Karuna Joshi of Cloud Computing, a topic she will discuss this Friday during a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department Colloquium, “It’s an actual paradigm shift.” Ms. Joshi, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at UMBC, has been pursing research on Cloud Computing for the past three…
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NSF awards UMBC $1.8M for Global Collaboration Engine for Land Change Science
A group of UMBC faculty members was recently awarded a 4-year, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant totaling $1.8 million to pursue work with “Global Collaboration Engine” (GLOBE), a “globally relevant search engine.” “Our objective is to change the way land change scientists do business,” explains Dr. Erle Ellis, associate professor of Geography and Environmental Systems,…
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Undergraduate Researcher Profile: Alexander Morrow
Alexander Morrow is a Sophomore majoring in Computer Science. His research explores predictive model uncertainty. To learn more about Alexander's research, read his research profile.
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UMBC named NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center
UMBC has been named an NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center following the submission of a proposal by Dr. Marc Olano, professor, and Dr. Shujia Zhou, research associate professor of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department. The NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center Program will provide UMBC with enough high-end GPUs to upgrade the UMBC GAIM (Games, Animation…
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Undergraduate Researcher Profile: Patrick Macatangga
Patrick Macatangga is a Senior majoring in Computer Engineering. Currently, he is working on an interdisciplinary research project that combines the areas of chemistry, biology, and electrical engineering. To learn more about Patrick's research pursuits, read his research profile.
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EE seminar: Thesis/Dissertation Accomplished: How To Do It! 11:30am 9/23, ITE 231
EE Graduate Seminar Thesis/Dissertation Accomplished: How To Do It! Wendy Y. Carter-Veale, Ph.D. Program Coordinator, PhD Completion Project/PROMISE Director, Educational Research Institute 11:30am-12:45pm, Friday 23 September 11, ITE 231 It is very important for graduate students, MS/PhD, to understand and be prepared for the thesis/dissertation process. The structure of and writing the thesis/dissertation is…
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Henry Sienkiewicz on Cloud Computing in the Government
UMBC CSEE Colloquium Cloud Computing Henry J. Sienkiewicz Chief Information Officer Defense Information Systems Agency 11:30-12:30 Friday, 16 September 2011 Room 231, ITE Building Mr. Henry Sienkiewicz will discuss the opportunities and challenges for using cloud computing in government agencies. Henry J. Sienkiewicz is the Chief Information Officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency.…
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UMBC students present research at the Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language and Learning
Six CSEE graduate students will present their research First Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language and Learning is a one-day event to be held at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Friday, 23 September 2011. Its goal is to bring together students taking computational approaches to speech, language, and learning, so that they can…
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POSTPONED: talk: Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing in Optical Fibers and Waveguides
CSEE Graduate Seminar Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing in Optical Fibers and Waveguides Dr. Gary M. Carter Professor of Electrical Engineering Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1-2pm Friday, 16 September, 2011, ITE 227 postponed until later in the Fall Advances in optical fiber and semiconductor technology have progressed to the degree…
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Talk: Genetic information for chronic disease prediction
Genetic information for chronic disease prediction Michael A. Grasso, MD, PhD University of Maryland School of Medicine 1:00pm Friday 23 September 2011, 227 ITE Type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease are commonly occurring polygenic-multifactorial diseases, which are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. The identification of people at risk for these conditions has historically…