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talk: Against the Odds: How I Became a Computer Scientist

Claudia Pearce (UMBC MS’89, PhD’94) NSA 4:30 Tue 10/11

2016 ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture Series Against the Odds: How I Became a Computer Scientist Dr. Claudia Pearce (UMBC MS '89, PhD '94) National Security Agency 4:30-5:30 Tuesday, 11...

Posted: October 5, 2016, 8:31 AM

Live webinar on paid internships at NSA and more

5-6pm Thursday October 13, register now!

What's it really like to be an intern at the National Security Agency? Learn about the wide array of available opportunities from former NSA interns who are now NSA employees.  Join them for a...

Posted: October 4, 2016, 3:50 PM

Talk: Analytic approaches to study the chronnectome

UMBC Alumnus Dr. Vince Calhoun, 1pm Fri Oct 7, ITE 229

Analytic approaches to study the chronnectome (time-varying brain connectivity) Recent years have witnessed a rapid growth in moving functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) connectivity...

Posted: October 2, 2016, 1:37 PM

Rick Forno discusses e-voting security on WYPR

In recent months, as the U.S. presidential election has approached, concerns over email hacks and the security of voting systems have frequently appeared in the news. Rick Forno, assistant...

Posted: September 27, 2016, 11:45 PM

Career and internship opportunities at Google, 9/29-30

Presented by Googlers and UMBC alumni

Interested in learning more about Google? Come hear it from Googlers and UMBC alumni! On Thursday Sept. 29 and Friday Sept. 30, Google host hour tech/culture/info talk events on campus for...

Posted: September 23, 2016, 10:30 PM

HackUMBC hackathon, Sat-Sun Oct 1-2 at UMBC

Dream big. Make it happen

On Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, UMBC will host a 24-hour hackathon called HackUMBC where students come together in teams of up to four and build hardware or software projects, learn from...

Posted: September 11, 2016, 5:27 PM

NSA launches 4th annual student Codebreaker Challenge

Help get UMBC to the top of the competition leaderboard

On September 9th the NSA will launch its fourth annual Codebreaker Challenge -- a hands-on, software reverse engineering challenge in which students work to complete mission-focused objectives and...

Posted: September 8, 2016, 11:14 PM

CSEE welcome back picnic, 1-2:30 Thur Sept 8, 312 UC

Come for the food, stay for the conversations

The UMBC ACM Student Chapter and CSEE department invite students, alumni, faculty and staff to its seventh annual Welcome Back Picnic held 1-2:30 on Thursday, September 8 in room 312 of the...

Posted: September 7, 2016, 8:20 PM

Kaiser Permanente Social Innovation Challenge hackathon

September 24-25 at Coppin State University in Baltimore

Do you have an idea that could improve the lives of people in your community? Would you like to turn your idea into action with mentorship from experts in technology, social change, organization...

Posted: September 7, 2016, 8:13 PM

talk: Categorizing Misconceptions of Cybersecurity Reasoning

11:15am-12:30pm Friday, 9 Sept 2016, ITE 237

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Categorizing Misconceptions of Cybersecurity Reasoning Travis Scheponik, CSEE, UMBC 11:15am-12:30pm Friday, 9 September 2016, ITE 237 We present...

Posted: September 6, 2016, 2:35 PM