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Congratulations to 363 new CSEE Fall '22 graduates

They include BS, MS, MPS, and PhD degree recipients

We congratulate the 363 students who graduated from one of the CSEE programs last week and look forward to the wonderful things they will accomplish as they embark on their careers.  The Fall...

Posted: December 26, 2022, 1:38 PM

CyMOT program gets new funding for manufacturing security

Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Operational Technology

Nilanjan Banerjee, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (Marlayna Demond '11/UMBC UMBC researchers designed the Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Operational Technology...

Posted: December 14, 2022, 12:30 PM

Students Present Cybersecurity Research Projects; Tue 12/20

Information Security Research & Education (INSuRE) project

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Student Presentations from CMSC-491/691 Cybersecurity Research (INSuRE) 10:30-12:30 ET Tuesday, 20 December 2022, ITE 229, UMBC Students from Alan...

Posted: December 7, 2022, 4:09 PM

Talk: Comparing Spatial Heterogeneity, 11:15-12:50 Wed 12/7

A way to estimate the importance of spatial factors in data

UMBC ACM Chapter Modeling and Assessing Association by Comparing Spatial Heterogeneity Dr. Xuezhi Cang Geography and Environmental Systems, UMBC 11:15-12:50 ET, Wednesday 7 December...

Posted: December 3, 2022, 9:13 PM

Talk: Think Like an Attacker, 12-1 Fri. 12/2 online

Towards a definition and assessment of Adversarial Thinking

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Think Like an Attacker: Towards a Definition and Non-Technical Assessment of Adversarial Thinking Peter A. H. Peterson University of Minnesota Duluth...

Posted: December 1, 2022, 2:54 PM

Talk: Forno on What Evils Lurk Over That Horizon? 6pm Dec. 8

Hear what new cybersecurity threats we should prepare for

As cyberattacks continue to grow in prevalence and sophistication, their costs continue to increase for corporations, governments, and consumers. But what are the next threats that we should be...

Posted: November 20, 2022, 5:52 PM

Talk: How Does Fact-checking Affect News Engagement, 11/22

A Multi-method Study on Social Media Platforms

UMBC ACM Chapter Talk How Does Fact-checking Affect News Engagement on Social Media  Platforms: A Multi-method Study Guohou (Jack) Shan PhD Candidate at Temple University and UMBC Alum...

Posted: November 18, 2022, 9:05 PM

Talk: Can we ever trust our chatbots?

Research towards trustable collaborative assistants

UMBC Ebiquity Research Lab presents Can we ever trust our chatbots? Towards trustable collaborative assistants Dr. Biplav Srivastava Professor and AAAS Leshner Fellow Artificial...

Posted: November 14, 2022, 2:31 PM

PhD Defense: Backdoor Attacks in Computer Vision

Towards Adversarially Robust Machine Learning Models

PhD Dissertation Defense Backdoor Attacks in Computer Vision: Towards Adversarially Robust Machine Learning Models PhD Candidate: Aniruddha Saha (Computer Science) 12-2 ET Friday, 18...

Posted: November 11, 2022, 5:08 PM

Talk: Myths in Cybersecurity: Pros & Cons of Analogies

Avoiding the hazards and pitfalls that derail us

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Myths in Cybersecurity: Pros and Cons of Analogies Dr. Josiah Dykstra Technical Fellow, National Security Agency 12-1 pm, Friday, 18 November 2022...

Posted: November 11, 2022, 3:41 PM