Category: Students
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Baltimore Sun highlights UMBC programs that prepare students for high-demand careers
Baltimore Sun highlights UMBC programs that prepare students for high-demand careers The latest special section on education in The Baltimore Sun highlights several UMBC programs that prepare students to succeed in careers in rapidly growing and already high-demand industries. The Sun highlights how the flexibility of these programs makes them particularly accessible and…
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UMBC PhD candidate Kavita Krishnaswamy gets Google & Microsoft awards for robotics research
UMBC Ph.D. candidate Kavita Krishnaswamy receives Google and Microsoft awards for robotics research Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, computer science and mathematics, Ph.D. ’18, computer science, has been named both a 2017 Microsoft Fellow and recipient of the Google Lime Scholarship. These prestigious honors recognize emerging scholars in computing who are dedicated to increasing diversity…
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Workshop on Solvers for Large, Sparse Linear Systems, July 17-18
Workshop on Solvers for Large, Sparse Linear Systems Monday and Tuesday, 17-18 July 2017 Engineering Room 022, UMBC UMBC will host a free, two-day workshop for faculty and students on solvers for large, sparse linear systems on Monday and Tuesday, July 17-18 in Engineering 022 at UMBC. Thanks to UMBC Prof. Matthias Gobbert for organizing…
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Cybersecurity Scholarships for UMBC students
Applications sought for major UMBC cybersecurity scholarships NSF CyberCorps: Scholarship For Service (SFS) Scholarships for careers in cybersecurity. Earn full tuition, fees, stipends ($22,500 – $34,000), and more ($2000 books, up to $3000 health benefits, $4000 professional expenses). For BS, MS, MPS, or PhD in CS, CE, IS, Cyber or related fields. USA citizenship or…
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UMBC hackathon inspires participants to “Innovate Good” through technology
Ahead of final exams this spring, nearly 200 students gathered at UMBC for “Innovate Good,” a hackathon co-hosted by HackUMBC and The Shriver Center, UMBC’s hub for service-learning, civic engagement, and community-based service delivery. During the 24-hour tech innovation marathon, students collaborated to build mobile, web, and hardware projects focused on solving problems and creating…
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ABC features UMBC cybersecurity student scholars
Students at UMBC are learning how to hack into systems and prevent attacks. They study hardwarre, software and the tools in between. Jamie Costello from ABC’s Baltimore affiliate WMAR has a short video feature, UMBC is on a mission to crack the code, on UMBC students who are studying and doing research on the…
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Natacha Ngea ’17, B.S. in Computer Engineering, recognized by UMBC
Natacha Ngea, future software engineer, reflects on the impact of mentorship Natacha Ngea B.S., Computer Engineering Hometown: Yaounde, Cameroon Plans: Software engineer, Harris Corporation I have had multiple mentors and coaches at UMBC. Their support and feedback have been invaluable in succeeding and building my brand, and to find my voice. Natacha Ngea (back row,…
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Matthew Landen ’17, B.S. in Computer Science & Mathematics, recognized by UMBC
Matthew Landen, peer mentor, pursues security-focused computer science Ph.D. UMBC’s class of 2017 is graduating this week and UMBC News has provides that highlight examples of the very capable and accomplished new graduates. Matthew Landen, who received a B.S. in both Computer Science and Mathematics, is one of them. Matthew Landen B.S., Computer Science and…
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CyberCorps SFS students to meet at UMBC, Friday May 26
CyberCorps SFS Spring Meeting at UMBC 9am-1pm, Friday, 26 May 26 2017, ITE 456, UMBC open to the public Six CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) students from Montgomery College and Prince George’s Community College will present their results solving IT security problems for their county governments. In spring 2017, these students worked collaboratively in a…
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Designing & developing effective mobile applications demos, 11:30-2:30 May 11, UMBC
Image by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC: Michael Bishoff explains the PhotoDrop app to visitors at the 2016 demo presentation of the projects from the interdisciplinary course “Designing and Developing Effective Mobile Applications.” UMBC students will demonstrate collaborative mobile computing projects developed in integrated classes offered by Computer Science and Fine Arts. The demonstrations…