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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....

Posted: December 1, 2016, 9:16 AM

Talk: The need for speed in cybersecurity

DHS Dpty Under Sec. of Cybersecurity Dr. Phyllis A. Schneck

CHMPR Distinguished Lecturers Series The Need for Speed Dr. Phyllis A. Schneck   Deputy Under Secretary of Cybersecurity Department of Homeland Security  3:30pm Thur, 1 Dec 2016,...

Posted: November 29, 2016, 10:38 AM

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...

Posted: November 21, 2016, 1:43 PM

Boosting Base-Station Anonymity in Wireless Sensor Networks

Sami Alsemairi PhD DIssertation Defense, 9:30 Wed Nov. 9, IT

Dissertation Defense Announcement Cross-Layer Techniques for Boosting Base-Station Anonymity in Wireless Sensor Networks Sami Alsemairi 9:30 Wednesday, 9 November 2016, ITE 346 Wireless...

Posted: November 7, 2016, 11:27 PM

Engineering Plaintext Private Information Retrieval Systems

A talk by UMBC alumnus Dr. Russ Fink, 1pm Fri 11/4, ITE229

Practical Engineering of Plaintext Private Information Retrieval Systems Dr. Russell Fink Chief Engineer, Cyber Operations Branch Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 1-2pm...

Posted: November 4, 2016, 10:13 AM

talk: Statistics and Big Data at Google, 5-6 Thr 11/3, UC310

A general-audience, non-technical talk; no statistics needed

Statistics and Big Data at Google Dr. Tim Hesterberg, Google 5:00-6:00pm Thursday, 3 November 2016 UC 310, UMBC Google lives on data. Search, Ads, YouTube, Maps...they all live on data. Join...

Posted: November 1, 2016, 10:20 PM

Six new SFS cybersecurity scholars to join UMBC in 2017

Six new cybersecurity scholars were inducted into UMBC's NSF-sponsored Scholarship for Service program in an event held in Germantown on October 20. Three are currently students at Montgomery...

Posted: October 31, 2016, 1:35 PM

Understanding Ambiguity in Privacy & Security Requirements

talk by Prof. Aaron Massey (IS), 11:15am Fri. Nov 4, ITE229

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Regulatory Compliance Software Engineering: Understanding Ambiguity in Privacy and Security Requirements Aaron Massey, UMBC Department of Information...

Posted: October 30, 2016, 8:45 AM