COEIT News Archive
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UMBC Cyber Dawgs win Cyber Defense Competition
April 6, 2020 by Megan Hanks Over the weekend, the UMBC Cyber Dawgs took first place in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (MACCDC), which was held virtually. UMBC’s team...Posted: April 6, 2020 5:15 PM -
Latest global, national rankings - UMBC a leading university
March 31, 2020 by Kait McCaffrey UMBC is again one of the top 500 universities in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings. In their recently released subject area rankings,...Posted: April 6, 2020 7:18 AM -
Danilo Symonette & Jeremy Rubin Selected for NSF Fellowship
URA Scholars win funding for graduate schoolApril 1, 2020 by Undergraduate Research This story originally appeared on UMBC Undergraduate Research myUMBC Group post (https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/posts/91745). For...Posted: April 1, 2020 1:01 PM -
Deceptive techniques and impact on user experience
Rick Forno shares how tech companies affect decision makingUMBC’s Rick Forno has brought to light some important concerns about technology users’ experiences with decision-making related to their devices. Forno, senior lecturer and assistant director of...Posted: March 31, 2020 9:19 AM -
Three UMBC students receive Goldwater Scholarships
March 30, 2020 by Megan Hanks Three UMBC students have been named Barry Goldwater Scholars for the 2020 – 2021 academic year, earning one of the most prestigious scholarships available to U.S....Posted: March 30, 2020 2:58 PM -
UMBC Snowmobile Team Places Second in 2020 SAE Challenge
A group of UMBC students in the College of Engineering and Information Technology participated in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge competition in Michigan...Posted: March 30, 2020 1:06 PM -
Researchers to study COVID-19-related discrimination
March 6, 2020 by Megan Hanks As the COVID-19 outbreak originating in China has spread to populations across all continents except Antarctica, racism and discrimination against...Posted: March 6, 2020 3:14 PM -
The Conversation: Predicting the coronavirus outbreak
How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threatsUMBC Magazine | Editor | March 3, 2020 This story was written by Vandana Janeja, professor and interim chair of information systems, and first appeared in The Conversation...Posted: March 3, 2020 9:11 AM -
UMBC Magazine : Retriever Engineer Seeks Space
UMBC Magazine | Editor | February 17, 2020 Kenneth Harris II caught the engineering bug early. Beneath the desk of his father, NASA engineer Kenneth Harris, was a slice of foam left over...Posted: March 2, 2020 11:06 AM -
UMBC among top 150 universities in federal research funding
February 28, 2020 by Megan Hanks The annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey from the National Science Foundation again includes UMBC as a top recipient of federal...Posted: February 28, 2020 4:54 PM