CSEE Archived News
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talk: Human-in-the-Loop Entity Mining from Noisy Web Data, 1-2 4/6
Human-in-the-Loop Entity Mining from Noisy Web Data Professor Eduard Dragut, Temple University 1-2 pm, Tuesday, 6 April 2021online via WebEx Recognizing entities that follow or closely resemble a regular expression (regex) pattern is an important task in information extraction. Due to a vast diversity of web documents and ways in which they are generated, even seemingly…
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UMBC Cyber Dawgs win 2021 Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
Congratulation to the UMBC Cyber Dawgs team, which took first place in the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (MACCDC) finals. UMBC’s team was one of eight teams out of an initial 23 that qualified for the final competition. UMBC’s Cyber Dawgs will move on to compete in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC),…
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talk: Mining social media data for health, public health & popular events, 1-2pm ET 4/2
Mining social media data for health, public health, and popular events Anietie Andy, University of Pennsylvania 1:00-2:00 pm ET, Friday, 2 April 2021 online via WebEx Increasingly, individuals are turning to social media and online forums such as Twitter and Reddit to communicate about a range of issues including their health and well-being, public health concerns,…
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talk: Enabling Computation, Control, and Customization of Materials with Digital Fabrication Processes, 1-2pm 3/31
Enabling Computation, Control, and Customization of Materials with Digital Fabrication Processes Michael Rivera, Carnegie Mellon University 1:00-2:00 pm Wednesday, 31 March 2022 via WebEx Low-cost digital fabrication technology, and in particular 3D printing, is ushering in a new wave of personal computing. The technology promises that users will be able to design, customize and create any…
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UMBC grad students present new ideas at GEARS Ideathon: 9 April 2021
UMBC GEARS Ideathon 11:30-1:30 Friday, April 9, 2021 GEARS, UMBC’s Graduate Experience, Achievements, and Research Symposium, bring you its first-of-a-kind event IDEATHON that invites graduate students to describe how new or existing problems can be better tackled by using their new idea. Participants will present their ideas to the jury and fellow graduate students in UMBC. …
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UMBC researchers work to advance neurotechnology through emerging consortium
CSEE’s Ramana Vinjamuri is proposing that UMBC join the Building Reliable Advances and Innovation in Neurotechnology (BRAIN) Center, a consortium led by Arizona State University and the University of Houston. His vision is to establish an East Coast BRAIN research hub to develop technologies that can help scientists better understand the nervous system and aid…
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UMBC offers new Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Smart Computing, Big Data
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are critical for students in that they serve to bring the world of research to anyone interested in research at UMBC. Nirmalya Roy, an associate professor of information systems at UMBC, is principal investigator leading a new REU in Smart Computing and Communications funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).…
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talk: Forward & Inverse Causal Inference in a Tensor Framework, 1-2 pm ET, 3/29
Forward and Inverse Causal Inference in a Tensor Framework M. Alex O. VasilescuInstitute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA 1-2:00 pm Monday, March 29, 2021via WebEx Developing causal explanations for correct results or for failures from mathematical equations and data is important in developing a trustworthy artificial intelligence, and retaining public trust. Causal explanations are…
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ACM career talk: career opportunities in data privacy
Continuing with our Innovation, Collaboration, Job Search, and Career help theme, the ACM UMBC chapter is back again, hosting another session on the coming Friday with Sameer Ahirrao, a Founder and CEO of Ardent Privacy. He will be talking about Innovation, Collaboration, and Career Opportunities in Data Privacy. Find more on how you can get…
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talk: Transparent Dishonesty: Front-Running Attacks on Blockchain, 12-1 pm ET 3/26
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Transparent Dishonesty: Front-Running Attacks on Blockchain Professor Jeremy ClarkConcordia Institute for Information Systems EngineeringConcordia University, Montreal, Canada 12–1 pm ET Friday, March 26, 2021online via WebEx We consider front-running to be a course of action where an entity benefits from prior access to privileged market information about upcoming transactions…
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