Category: Research
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PhD Defense: The Lightweight Virtual File System
Dissertation Defense The Lightweight Virtual File System Navid Golpayegani 10:00-12:00 Thursday, 20 July 2017, ITE 325, UMBC A data center today is responsible for safely managing big data volumes and balancing the complex needs between data producers and consumers. This balance often involves reconciling the needs of easy access and rapid retrieval in ways…
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PhD defense: Deep Representation of Lyrical Style and Semantics for Music Recommendation
Dissertation Defense Deep Representation of Lyrical Style and Semantics for Music Recommendation Abhay L. Kashyap 11:00-1:00 Thursday, 20 July 2017, ITE 346 In the age of music streaming, the need for effective recommendations is important for music discovery and a personalized user experience. Collaborative filtering based recommenders suffer from popularity bias and cold-start which is…
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PhD Proposal: Analysis of Irregular Event Sequences using Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning & Visualization
Analysis of Irregular Event Sequences using Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Visualization Filip Dabek 11:00-1:00 Thursday 13 July 2017, ITE 346, UMBC History is nothing but a catalogued series of events organized into data. Amazon, the largest online retailer in the world, processes over 2,000 orders per minute. Orders come from customers on a recurring…
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PhD defense: ACCESS: Adaptive Contactless Capacitive Electrostatic Sensing System
Dissertation Defense ACCESS: An Adaptive Contactless Capacitive Electrostatic Sensing System Alexander Nelson 10:30-12:30 Thursday, 13 July 2017, ITE 325, UMBC Technological miniaturization and low-power systems have precipitated an explosive growth in capability and adoption of wearable sensors. These kinds of sensors can be applied to many medical and rehabilitative applications, including as an assistive interface.…
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UMBC computer scientists explain how AI can help translate legalese before online users click “agree”
Every day, people interact with large amounts of text online, including legal documents they might quickly skim and sign without full, careful review. In an article recently published in The Conversation, Karuna Joshi, research associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, and Tim Finin, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, explain how…
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Prof. Marie desJardins named by Forbes as one of 21 women who are advancing AI research
An article on Forbes’ site this week cites UMBC’s Professor Marie desJardins as one of 21 women who are advancing A.I. research. The article notes that artificial intelligence is “eating the world, transforming virtually every industry and function” and highlights women who are AI educators, researchers and business leaders who are driving the development and…
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Prof. Ting Zhu receives NSF CAREER award to develop Internet of Things technology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Ting Zhu, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, its prestigious CAREER Award for his work to significantly improve the existing sensing capabilities of common technologies, such as cell phones. The five-year grant will total nearly $500,000. “We congratulate Dr. Zhu on his NSF CAREER Award,…
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talk: Data-Driven Applications in Smart Cities, 1pm Fri May 5
UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Data-Driven Applications in Smart Cities—Data and Energy Management in Smart Grids Zhichuan Huang University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1:00-2:00pm, Friday, 5 May 2017, ITE 231 The White House announced the Smart Cities Initiative with an $160 million investment to address emerging challenges in this inevitable urbanization. Under the scope of this…
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talk: Big Microbiome Data, 10am Tue May 2, UMBC
Information Systems Eminent Scholar Talk Big Microbiome Data Xiaohua Hu, Drexel University 10:00am Tuesday, 2 May 2017, ITE 459, UMBC We know little about the microbial world. Microbiome sequencing (i.e., metagenome, 16s rRNA) extracts DNA directly from a microbial environment without culturing any species. Recently, huge amount of data are generated from many micorbiome projects…
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talk: Dynamic Causal Modelling of Neuroimaging Time Series and Current Applications in Psychiatric Research
UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Dynamic Causal Modelling of Neuroimaging (hemodynamic) Time Series and Current Applications in Psychiatric Research Eugenia Radulescu The Lieber Institute for Brain Development 1-2pm Friday, 14 April 2017, ITE 231 Abnormal neural processing due to interregional dysconnectivity at brain systems level is widely accepted as a generic mechanism in the etiopathogeny of…