Category: Talks
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Dissertation Defense: Towards Relational Theory Formation from Undifferentiated Sensor Data
Dissertation Defense Towards Relational Theory Formation from Undifferentiated Sensor Data Marc Pickett 10:00am Monday, 18 April 2011 ITE 325b, UMBC Human adults have rich theories in their heads of how the world works. These theories include objects and relations for both concrete and abstract concepts. Everything we know either must be innate or learned through…
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Serial entrepreneur David Turock to talk at Baltimore Emerging Technology Center
The Baltimore ACM Chapter, the Greater Baltimore Technology Council, and the Emerging Technology Center are hosting a free, public lecture on entrepreneurship by David Turock at 7:00pm, Wednesday 27 April in the ETC Canton facility (2400 Boston St., Baltimore). David Turock will present a side-by-side comparison of two telecommunications start-ups that he launched: one successful,…
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Talk: Diversity, Identity and Inclusion, 11am Fri 4/15 ITE229
Diversity, Identity, and Inclusion Dr. Manuel A. Perez-Quinones Associate Professor of Computer Science Virginia Tech 11:00am – 12:00pm Friday 15 April 2011, ITE 229 In this talk, Dr. Pérez-Quiñones presents basic definitions of these terms and briefly discusses some of the research literature on them. He presents evidence that supports diversity and inclusion beyond the…
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Cyber Defense Team meeting, Noon 4/4 ITE 325b
The UMBC Cyber Defense Team, aka the Cyberdawgs, will host a technical briefing on Monday April 4 featuring two guest speakers from the DoD. The topic will be the cyber competitions between the service academies, and other cyber-related topics may come up as well. The meeting will be held in the CSEE conference room, ITE…
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The Social Life of Personal Information, 1pm Thr 4/14 ITE325b
The Social Life of Personal Information Dr. Manuel A. Perez-Quinones Associate Professor of Computer Science Virginia Tech 1:00pm Thursday 14 April 2011, ITE 325b Personal Information Management (PIM) practices are the set of behaviors that we follow to organize our information. This often includes the management of email messages, documents, bookmarks, digital pictures, music, etc.…
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Lecture on Distributed Quantum Algorithms, 2:30pm Web 3/30
Professor Samuel Lomonaco will present a lecture on Distributed Quantum Algorithms from 2:30 to 3:45 on Wednesday March 30 in room ITE 325b. In the talk, Professor Lomonaco will show how quantum entanglement can be used as a mechanism for controlling a network of quantum computers. The talk is open to all.
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Curt Tilmes dissertation defense, Data Provenance, 10am Thr 3/31
Dissertation Defense Enabling Reproducibility of Scientific Data Flows through Tracking and Representation of Provenance Curt Tilmes 10:00am Thursday, 31 March 2011 ITE 325b, UMBC Reproducibility of results is a key tenet of science. Some modern scientific domains, such as Earth Science, have become computationally complicated and, particularly with the advent of higher resolution space based…
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Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Tutorial, 4pm Fri 4/1 UMBC
UMBC Linux Users Group SELinux Talk and Tutorial David Quigley Advanced Engineering & Development, Keyw Corporation 4:00pm Friday, 1 April 2011 Room 229 ITE, UMBC Over a decade ago researchers at the National Information Assurance Research Lab at the NSA identified a need for flexible mandatory access controls to help provide a solid foundation for…
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Talk: Prediction markets for fun, feedback and the future, 10am Thr 3/17, ITE 456
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County Prediction Markets for Fun, Feedback and the Future Dr. Sanmay Das Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 10:00-11:00am Thursday 17 March 2011 room 456 ITE, UMBC Prediction markets, when they work well, solve a fundamental problem: how to aggregate individual beliefs into a meaningful quantitative estimate of the…
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Croom: State of Cyber Security in 2011, 2/23
Charles Croom, of Lockheed Martin will talk about "The State of Cyber Security 2011" at the UMBC Visionaries in IT Forum at 8:00am on Wednesday, February 23rd at the BWI Airport Marriott. The event is free but registration requested. Croom joined Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions as Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions…