CSEE Archived News
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Talk: Lexumo Continuous Open Source Code Security
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Lexumo Tech Talk: Continuous Open Source Code Security Dr. Richard T. Carback III Lexumo, Inc. 11:15am Friday, 16 December 2016, ITE 237, UMBC Lexumo is a startup which provides the only automated service that continuously monitors IoT software platforms for the latest public vulnerabilities. Funded in January of 2016…
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UMBC researchers collaborate with Army Research Laboratory to understand human variability
UMBC’s Mobile Pervasive and Sensor Systems Laboratory is collaborating with researchers at the Army Research Laboratory as part of their Center For Adaptive Soldier Technologies (CAST) laboratory. The UMBC group, led by Prof. Nilanjan Banerjee, is funded to work on the Human Variablility Project. The ARL described and motivates the project as follows. “While it…
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Prof. Marie desJardins elected a Member-at-large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
UMBC CSEE Professor Marie desJardins was elected as a as Member-at-Large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Professor desJardins will serve a four-year term as one of four AAAS members representing the field of Information, Computing, and Communication. AAAS members-at large are charged with assessing the performance and role of their section…
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Attacking and Defending the Automotive CAN Bus
MS Thesis Defense Attacking and Defending the Automotive CAN Bus Jackson Schmandt 12:30pm Thursday, 8 December, 2016, ITE 325b, UMBC The scope and complexity of Automotive Computer Networks have grown drastically in the last decade. Once present only in high end vehicles, multi-use infotainment systems are now included in base models of some economy vehicles.…
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UMBC cybersecurity instructor selected for prestigious Brookings Legis Congressional Fellows Program
Diana Parr, adjunct instructor in UMBC’s Cybersecurity Graduate Program, has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Brookings Legis Congressional Fellows Program. The year-long program allows professionals in the public and private sectors to work on Capitol Hill alongside individual members of the U.S. Congress or on a congressional committee to understand the policy-making…
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talk: Biomedical Engineering Projects at UMBC’s Center for Advanced Sensor Technology
UMBC CSEE Research Seminar Biomedical Engineering Projects at CAST Dr. Yordan Kostov UMBC Center for Advanced Sensing Technology 1-2pm, Friday, 9 December 2016, ITE 229 The Center for Advanced Sensor Technology is currently leading two projects: “Biologics manufacturing on demand,” funded by DARPA, and “A wearable asthma trigger monitoring system with integrated physiological monitor,” funded…
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Event: Wanted, One Million IT Security Specialists by 2018
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to join CWIT and STEMRules for a lunch event to hear from and network with diverse professionals from across the cybersecurity industry. Wanted: One Million IT Security Specialists by 2018 You Could be One of Them 12-1:30pm Friday, 2 December 2016 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery (1st floor) Lunch…
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talk: Genetic ancestry predicts striatal dopamine D2 receptors, 1pm Dec 2, ITE229
UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Genetic ancestry predicts striatal dopamine D2 receptors Dr. Corinde Wiers National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 1-2pm Friday, 2 December 2016, ITE 229, UMBC Genetic ancestry was recently found to be associated with cortical geometry, cortical surface, and total brain volume in humans. Despite ethnic differences in allele…
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talk: Dr. Phyllis Schneck (DHS) on The Need for Speed in Cybersecurity
CHMPR Distinguished Lecturers Series The Need for Speed Dr. Phyllis A. Schneck Deputy Under Secretary of Cybersecurity Department of Homeland Security 3:30pm Thursday, 1 December 2016, UC 310 3:00pm Coffee, tea, and cookies As computers get faster, they change the world. Processors get smaller, the number of devices with processors gets bigger, and the amount…
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UMBC Hour of Code, 11-2 Dec 7-8, Main Street
The CS Education student org, with support from the CS Matters in Maryland CS education project, is planning UMBC’s first-ever Hour of Code event. Hour of Code is an initiative that organizes hands-on learning experiences for students of all ages during CS Education Week (December 5-11, 2016, coinciding with Admiral Grace Hopper’s birthday). UMBC’s Hour…
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