CSEE Archived News
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Meet the Staff: Rebecca Dongarra
Name: Rebecca Dongarra Educational Background: Bachelor of Arts in Biology from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, currently pursuing a master’s degree in Instructional Systems Development through UMBC Hometown: West Friendship, Maryland Current role: Academic Affairs Manager Rebecca moved from the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences as the Data and Events Coordinator to join CSEE.…
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Alumni startup at bwtech@UMBC earns unique award for AI work with UMBC research team
Alumni startup RedShred earns unique award for AI work with UMBC research team The artificial intelligence startup RedShred—cofounded by two UMBC alumni and housed in the bwtech@UMBC incubator—has received a rare Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Science Foundation to expand in a new direction, in collaboration with UMBC faculty and…
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Professional Graduate Programs Open House, Sat. 10/20 (CYBR, DATA, …)
Professional Graduate Programs Open House, Sat. 10/20 The Fall Open House for UMBC’s Professional Programs (Main Campus offerings) takes place on Saturday, October 20 in the first floor of PAHB from 9:30-11:30am. Students interested in exploring and/or pursuing these graduate programs (degrees and/or certificates) or just want to learn more about these fields are encouraged…
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talk: Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing, 2:30pm Fri 10/12
UMBC Quantum Computation Seminar Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing Dr. Omar Shehab, IonQ, Inc. & Univ of Maryland 2:30-3:30pm, Friday, 12 October 2018, ITE 325B, UMBC We are entering into the era of commercial quantum computing. I will talk about why making quantum computers is so hard. You will also know how the first generation programming…
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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…
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MD-AI Meetup holds 1st event at UMBC 6-8pm Wed 10/3, 7th floor library
MD-AI Meetup holds 1st event at UMBC 6-8pm Wed 10/3, 7th floor library A new Maryland-based meetup interest group has been established for Artificial Intelligence (MD-AI Meetup) and will have its first meeting at UMBC this coming Wednesday (Oct 3) from 6:00-8:00pm in the 7th floor of the library. The first meeting will feature…
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Machine learning and AI for cybersecurity: a technical chat with DISA
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: A Technical Chat with the Defense Information Systems Agency James Curry Lead Engineer–DoD Cyber Security Range Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 28 September 2018, ITE 227, UMBC A broad reaching brief on the scope and scale of the DISA Mission, followed by…
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Learn cybersecurity skills in NSA’s Codebreaker Challenge
Get hands-on cybersecurity and blockchain skills in NSA’s Codebreaker Challenge NSA’s sixth annual Codebreaker Challenge is a hands-on, cybersecurity engineering challenge in which students work to complete mission-focused objectives and push their university to the top of the competition leaderboard. The 2018 scenario involves ransomware and blockchain. A new strain of ransomware…
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Ninth annual CSEE Welcome Back Picnic, 12-2 Mon 9/24, ENGR atrium
Ninth annual CSEE Welcome Back Picnic, 12-2 Mon 9/24, ENGR atrium A very warm welcome to all the new and returning retrievers, on behalf of ACM and IEEE student chapters! As the semester is still gearing up, we invite you all to our ninth annual Welcome Back Picnic, jointly hosted by UMBC’s ACM and…
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