CSEE Archived News
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Maryland Data Science Conference, Fri. 1/25, UMBC (new date)
MD Data Science Conference Friday, 25 January, PAH Concert Hall, UMBC Miner & Kasch, a AI and data science consulting firm founded by two UMBC alumni, will hold a one-day Data Science Conference at UMBC on Friday, January 25 in the Linehan Concert Hall of the UMBC Performing Arts & Humanities Building. A limited number…
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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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Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way Terry Thompson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County As the new Congress begins, it will soon discuss the comprehensive reports to the U.S. Senate on the disinformation campaign of half-truths, outright fabrications and misleading posts made by agents of the Russian government on social media in the run-up…
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Tim Finin named ACM fellow for contributions to knowledge sharing
Prof. Tim Finin named ACM Fellow for contributions to knowledge sharing UMBC’s Tim Finin, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE), has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a distinctive honor granted to less than one percent of all ACM members. ACM fellows are selected based on their work…
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Maryland Data Science Conference, 1/14 CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
MD Data Science Conference Monday, 14 January, UMBC Canceled due to Weather Miner & Kasch has decided to cancel the conference tomorrow due to the snow storm and reschedule it. “While around UMBC the snow seems to be letting up, we have several speakers and attendees from other areas that have raised concerns about…
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Workshop on Usable Security, 10-4 Tue 12/18
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Workshop on Usable Security Nikola K. Blanchard 10am-4pm, Tuesday, 18 December, 2018, ITE 228, UMBC We invite people interested in cybersecurity to join us for research conversations with Nikola Blanchard, an expert in usable security. Visitors are welcome to participate in any or all of the workshop. How do…
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Hour of Code 2018 at UMBC
The Hour Of Code event was held on December 5 and 6, 2018. One of the organizers, Fayo Ojo, described it as a focus on “computer science outreach within the UMBC community.” Around twenty students took advantage of the programming sessions; many others looked at the demonstrations. An Arduino workshop was ran by IEEE volunteers…
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Forbes: Meet the tenacious pioneer pushing innovation to address real world problems
Forbes: Meet the tenacious pioneer pushing innovation to address real world problems Forbes has an article on Professor Yelena Yesha, Meet The Tenacious Pioneer Pushing Innovation To Address Real World Problems, in their Cognitive World section, a “knowledge hub and ecosystem for AI transformation”. The piece, which is the first in a two-part…
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UMBC Hour of Code events, 10am-1pm Dec 5 & 6, ENGR Atrium
UMBC Hour of Code events This week on Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00am – 1:00pm, the UMBC Computer Science Education Club will host Hour of Code events in the Engineering Building Atrium. Hour of Code is an annual campaign that is part of Computer Science Education Week with the goal of expanding access to computer science in…
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talk: The Web PKI in Theory and Malpractice, Prof. Bruce Maggs, 11am Fri 12/7, ITE325
Distinguished Departmental Seminar The Web PKI in Theory and Malpractice Dr. Bruce Maggs, Duke University 11:00am Friday, 7 December 2018, ITE325b The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for the web was designed to help thwart “phishing” attacks by providing a mechanism for browsers to authenticate web sites, and also to help prevent the disclosure…
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