CSEE Archived News

  • CS Ed Club’s Meet Your Prof. Series: Marie desJardins, Noon Mon May 8, ITE227

    This semester, the CS Education Club has started a mini lecture series for students to interact with faculty outside of the classroom. They will have Dr. Marie desJardins as their next speaker. She will give an informal presentation followed by a discussion at 12:00 Noon on Monday May 8 in ITE 227. Light snacks and…

  • talk: Data-Driven Applications in Smart Cities, 1pm Fri May 5

    UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Data-Driven Applications in Smart Cities—Data and Energy Management in Smart Grids Zhichuan Huang University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1:00-2:00pm, Friday, 5 May 2017, ITE 231 The White House announced the Smart Cities Initiative with an $160 million investment to address emerging challenges in this inevitable urbanization. Under the scope of this…

  • talk: Big Microbiome Data, 10am Tue May 2, UMBC

    Information Systems Eminent Scholar Talk Big Microbiome Data Xiaohua Hu, Drexel University 10:00am Tuesday, 2 May 2017, ITE 459, UMBC We know little about the microbial world. Microbiome sequencing (i.e., metagenome, 16s rRNA) extracts DNA directly from a microbial environment without culturing any species. Recently, huge amount of data are generated from many micorbiome projects…

  • talk: Practical Introduction to Penetration Testing , 12pm 4/28, ITE227, UMBC

    The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents A Practical Introduction to Penetration Testing Dr. Arno Wacker University of Kassel, Germany and UMBC 2017 12:00noon Friday, 28 April 2017, ITE 227, UMBC While many students learn the theoretical concepts of cybersecurity and cryptology at universities, their exposure to real life systems and the application of learned theoretical…

  • talk: Human-Like Strategies for Language-Endowed Intelligent Agents, 11am Fri 4/48, UMBC

    The UMBC Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR) is pleased to present as part of our distinguished lecture series Human-Like Strategies for Language-Endowed Intelligent Agents Dr. Sergei Nirenburg Professor of Cognitive Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 11:00am Friday, 28 April 2017, ITE 325b   Artificial intelligent agents functioning in human-agent teams must correctly interpret perceptual…

  • talk: Resynchronization of circadian neurons, 1pm Fri 4/21

    UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Resynchronization of circadian neurons and the east-west asymmetry of jet-lag recovery Zhixin Lu University of Maryland, College Park 1-2pm Friday, 21 April 2017, ITE 231 Cells in the brain’s Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) are known to regulate circadian rhythms in mammals. We model synchronization of SCN cells using the forced Kuramoto model,…

  • UMBC CyberDawgs top 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

    The UMBC Cyber Defense Team took first place at the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held in San Antonio, Texas this past weekend. The team defeated nine other regional winners from across the country in a contest to protect their networks from cyber attacks and threats efficiently and effectively. “We are as excited about…

  • 2017 Maryland Computing Education Summit, Thur. April 27, CCBC

      Are you interested in K-12 computing education in Maryland?  Would you like to learn more about what’s happening across the state to increase access to computing education for all students (PreK-20)?  If so, please consider registering for the 2017 Maryland Computing Education Summit on Thursday, April 27th.  This event, which will be held at…

  • UMBC CyberDawgs win 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

    The UMBC CyberDawgs team took first place at the finals of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC).  The CyberDawgs had won the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition earlier in the spring, earning the team an invitation to compete in the final ten national championship match held April 13-15 at the University of Texas, San Antonio.  This…

  • UMBC Cyberdawgs compete in 2017 Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition finals

    The UMBC CyberDawgs are at the University of Texas, San Antonio competing in the national two-day finals event for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) that takes place April 13-14. The CybrDawgs took first place in the Mid-Atlantic regional finals two weeks ago which qualified them for the finals this week. This is UMBC’s second…

Got any book recommendations?