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Welcome class of 2016! We're so glad you chose to study Computer Science or Computer Engineering at UMBC! Now that you're here, we thought you might like a little tour of our department so that...

  The 2012 Maryland Cyber Challenge (MDC3) will be held this fall with qualification rounds in September and the finals at the Cyber-Maryland Conference in the Baltimore Convention Center on...

Mac or PC? Desktop or Laptop? Unless you plan to be a Visual Arts major, the computer you bring to UMBC doesn't have to meet any special requirements. But, the truth is that an old computer that...

Tired of playing Diablo III? If you head to Gamescape next weekend, you'll have a chance to try your hand at over a dozen original video games dreamed up by local students and indie game...

The Second Baltimore Hackathon will be held this weekend, starting at 6:00pm Friday June 8 and ending at 6:00pm Sunday. At a hackathon people get together to build a hardware or software project...

Should an introductory Computer Science course fall within the cadre of General Education Requirements (GEP)—like Math, Science, and English—that are required of all undergrads? According to a...

Blockly is new web-based, graphical programming language developed by Google. It's graphical in the style of Scratch in that you create a program not as a linguistic object, but by selecting and...

The UMBC student chapter of the ACM met last week to elect a new slate of officers for the 2012-13 academic year. Outgoing preseident Yasaman Haghpanah officiated the election meeting. Elected...

Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science Outstanding academic achievement or service in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Clay Alberty Laura J. Anzaldi...

Congratulations to graduating seniorsThomas Christovich andTimothy Burke, who were awarded Student Leadership Awards by the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department. The pair was...