Category: Students
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ACM-IEEE Mid-Semester Celebration, 12-2 Mon. 10/21
ACM-IEEE Mid-Semester Celebration 12-2pm Monday, 21 October 2019 The UMBC ACM student chapter and IEEE student branch are back together for an event to mark and celebrate the mid-point of this fall semester. Take this opportunity to mingle, network, explore ideas, collaborate and treat yourself to a wonderful feast while you’re at it! Faculty, staff…
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Workshop
On October 3, 2019, Dr. Francis Ferraro presented a workshop for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). During the workshop, Dr. Ferraro covered many topics including scholarship eligibility, funding, and the application process. He also provided a detailed application checklist as well as suggestions for developing personal and research statements. In…
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CMSC 291: Continued Computer Science for Non-Majors
New for Fall 2019! CMSC 291 Continued Computer Science for Non-Majors This fall, Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special topics course designed for all non-computer science, non-computer engineering majors. The 3-credit course will be a continuation and extension of CMSC 201 Computer Science I and taught in the popular Python programming language. The catalog description…
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CMSC 201: Computer Science I for Non-Majors — Fall 2019
Fall 2019CMSC 201 Computer Science I Section for Non-Majors This fall, Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special section of CMSC 201 Computer Science I designed for all non-computer science, non-computer engineering majors. The course will cover the same content and have the same rigor as all other CMSC 201 sections and prepare students to continue…
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UMBC’s 15th Digital Entertainment Conference, 11-5, Sat May 11
UMBC’s 15th Digital Entertainment Conference 11:00am-5:00pm, Saturday, May 11, 2019 Commons Sports Zone, UMBC The Digital Entertainment Conference (DEC) is an annual student-organized event that brings professional game developers from the area to UMBC to talk about their experience in the game industry. DEC’19 will be held 11-5 on Saturday, May 11 in the Sports…
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SFS cyberdefense scholarship applications due April 15
SFS cyberdefense scholarship applications due Noon Monday, April 15 The next application deadline for SFS cyberdefense scholarships at UMBC is 12:00 noon Monday, 15 April 2019, for possible scholarships beginning in the fall of 2019. See the Center for Information Security and Assurance site for details and application forms. These major scholarships include tuition, generous…
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Hour of Code brings Baltimore 3rd and 4th graders to UMBC for fun intro to computing
Hour of Code brings Baltimore 3rd and 4th graders to UMBC for fun intro to computing UMBC’s Computer Science Education student group recently hosted the third annual Hour of Code event on campus. This popular community event is an opportunity for both local K-12 students and current UMBC students in other majors to learn…
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CMSC 201: Computer Science I for Non-CS Disciplines – Spring 2019
CMSC 201 Computer Science I for Non-CS Disciplines Spring 2019 This spring, Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special section of CMSC 201 Computer Science I designed for social and biological sciences and humanities majors. The course will cover the same content and have the same rigor as all other sections of CMSC 201 and prepare students…
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UMBC students win top prize at Maryland Cyber Challenge
Busy teams of students clustered around laptops in a room overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday, focused on solving as many challenges as possible during a “capture-the-flag” style competition. After hours of intense competition in cyberspace, UMBC’s team emerged victorious, named champions of the college division of the 2018 Maryland Cyber Challenge. Started in 2011,…
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talk: Results of a student study of UMBC computer systems security
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Results from the January 2018 SFS Research Study at UMBC Enis Golaszewski, CSEE, UMBC 12:00-1:00pm Friday, 12 October 2018, ITE 227 January 22-26, 2018, UMBC SFS scholars worked collaboratively to analyze the security of a targeted aspect of the UMBC computer system. The focus of this year’s study…