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Is Watson the smartest machine on earth?

  Next week IBM's Watson system will try to establish its claim to be the world's smartest computer in a Jeopardy! challenge against two of the best human players. The three matches will be...

Posted: February 10, 2011, 9:19 AM

UMBC Cyber Defense Team meeting, 1pm Mon 2/14

The UMBC Cyber Defense Team is looking for new members. Cyber security is all over the news, and UMBC is right in the middle of it. Join the UMBC team to learn more about this exciting and fast...

Posted: February 8, 2011, 1:09 PM

Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference

UMBC, SAIC, the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Tech Council of Maryland, and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development have joined to hold the Maryland Cyber Challenge...

Posted: February 7, 2011, 9:51 PM

UMBC LUG Installfest, Fri Feb 18, UMBC Commons

The UMBC Linux Users’ Group (LUG) will hold it's Spring Installfest on Friday February 18th from 10:30am to 5:00pm on the Commons Main Street. If you've ever wanted to try Linux but didn't know...

Posted: February 6, 2011, 10:45 PM

Menyuk: Solitons, Self-Induced Transparency, and...

Full Title: Menyuk: Solitons, Self-Induced Transparency, and Modelocking in Quantum Cascade Lasers Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County...

Posted: February 6, 2011, 9:18 PM

Nirenburg: Cognitive Architecture for Simulating...

Full Title: Nirenburg: Cognitive Architecture for Simulating Bodies and Minds, 2/18 Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County A Cognitive...

Posted: February 6, 2011, 1:43 PM

Computer Science lecturer position available

The UMBC CSEE Department invites applications for a non-tenure track, full-time lecturer position to teach a variety of undergraduate computer science courses. Both a demonstrated ability to teach...

Posted: February 4, 2011, 6:29 PM

Croom: State of Cyber Security in 2011, 2/23

Charles Croom, of Lockheed Martin will talk about "The State of Cyber Security 2011" at the UMBC Visionaries in IT Forum at 8:00am on Wednesday, February 23rd at the BWI Airport Marriott. The...

Posted: February 3, 2011, 10:09 PM

CWIT Bits and Bytes

The UMBC Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) will hold the second Bits & Bytes event on February 20-21, 2011 for academically talented young women who are juniors in high school...

Posted: February 3, 2011, 5:52 PM

Professor Kargupta named as an IEEE Fellow

CSEE Professor Hillol Kargupta was named a IEEE Fellow for his contributions to distributed data mining. Dr. Kargupta's research focuses on distributed data mining that explores technology for...

Posted: February 2, 2011, 4:42 PM