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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

Online discussion: Building the Cyber Workforce

Watch discussion online 10-11 Fri, Oct. 28

Today's cybersecurity industry is expected to grow by almost $100 billion dollars by 2020. That means that there will be an unprecedented number of jobs to fill to meet the demand and keep to our...

Posted: October 26, 2016, 8:04 AM

Credibility, Privacy and Policing on Online Social Media

talk at 1:00pm Friday, 14 October 2016, in ITE 229 at UMBC

Credibility, Privacy and Policing on Online Social Media Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru ("PK") Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, India 1:00-2:00pm Friday, 14 October...

Posted: October 10, 2016, 9:48 AM

Security of Software Defined Networks

11:15am-12:30pm Friday, 7 Oct 2016, ITE 229

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents An Introduction to the Security of Software Defined Networks Enis Golaszewski  11:15am-12:30pm, Friday, 7 October, UMBC, ITE 229 We introduce...

Posted: October 5, 2016, 9:19 PM

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