Category: Students
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QuHacks hackathon for high school and middle school students seeks volunteers
Volunteer at hackathon for high school and middle school students Maryland high school and middle school students who are interested in computing will come to UMBC for an all-day hackathon in the UMBC Commons on Saturday, December 9. The organizers are recruiting UMBC students who would like to help with the hackathon between 9:30am and…
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talk: Brief Introduction to Creative AI Applications and Common Network Architectures, 1pm Fri 12/1
ACM Student Chapter A Brief Introduction to Creative AI Applications and Common Network Architectures Hang Gao, Ph.D. student, UMBC 1:00-2:00pm Friday, 1 December 2017, ITE 217, UMBC Recent advance and success in artificial intelligence technologies, e.g., deep learning, has drawn heavy investment from both universities and industries, leading to the emergence of many applications and…
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talk: A Practitioner’s Introduction to Deep Learning, 1pm Fri 11/17
ACM Tech Talk Series A Practitioner’s Introduction to Deep Learning Ashwin Kumar Ganesan, PhD student 1:00-2:00pm Friday, 17 November 2017, ITE325, UMBC In recent years, Deep Neural Networks have been highly successful at performing a number of tasks in computer vision, natural language processing and artificial intelligence in general. The remarkable performance gains have led…
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Volunteer to help in UMBC’s Hour of Code events, Dec 4 and 5
Volunteer to help in UMBC’s Hour of Code events, Dec 4 and 5 Hour of Code is a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science using a one-hour coding activity. The one hour coding activity is designed to show that anyone can learn the basics of coding, and to create a more inclusive computer science community.…
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talk: Ferraro on Understanding What We Read and Share, 1pm Fri 11/10, ITE325, UMBC
ACM Faculty Talk Series Understanding What We Read and Share: Event Processing from Text and Images Dr. Frank Ferraro, Assistant Professor, CSEE 1:00-2:00pm Friday, 10 November 2017, ITE 325, UMBC A goal of natural language processing (NLP) is to design machines with human-like communication and language understanding skills. NLP systems able to represent knowledge…
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talk: Winning NCCDC, and its practicality in the real world, 12pm 11/3, ITE231
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Winning NCCDC, and its practicality in the real world Bryan Vanek, CSEE, UMBC 12:00noon–1pm Friday, 3 November 2017, ITE 231 The National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) takes place every year and gives students an environment where they can develop understanding and operational competency in managing and protecting corporate…
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Career & Internship Info. Session & TechTalk, 5:30-7:15 Wed 11/1
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative- Career & Internship Information Session & TechTalk Advancing Human Potential and Promoting Equal Opportunity 5:30-7:15pm Wednesday, 1 November 2017, Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor Join representatives from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to learn about career and intern opportunities and listen to a technical talk by Jeremy Freeman, James Wang and Elizabeth…
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New UMBC course : CMSC 201 Computer Science I for Non-CS Disciplines
CMSC 201 Computer Science I for Non-CS Disciplines This spring Dr. Susan Mitchell will teach a special section of CMSC 201 Computer Science I designed for social and biological sciences *and other majors*. The course will cover the same content and have the same rigor as the regular sections of CMSC 201 and prepare students…
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IEEE Fall 2017 Arduino Workshop and Halloween Social, 5-7 Fri 10/27
IEEE Fall 2017 Arduino Workshop and Halloween Social, 5-7 Fri 10/27 The UMBC Student Branch of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) will host a Halloween Social at 5-7:00pm Friday, 27 October 2017 in ITE 233. This is a fun event where attendees can build and take home electronic Halloween decorations. The Halloween Workshop…
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Applications Open for 2018 CRA-W Grad Cohort for Women
The upcoming CRA-Women Graduate Student Cohort for Women will be held April 13-14, 2018 in San Francisco, CA. CRA-W Grad Cohort for Women is a two-day workshop for female students in their first, second, or third year of graduate school in computing fields. The application is available here and closes November 30. The workshop is generously funded by sponsors from industry, academia, the…