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Kavita Krishnaswamy, CSEE Ph.D. Candidate, on CNN

UMBC student Kavita Krishnaswamy, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science and electrical engineering, was interviewed by CNN about how she has used a Beam telepresence robot to visit museums, attend...

Posted: March 10, 2015, 7:58 PM

Richard Forno on Cybersecurity

Richard Forno, assistant director for UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity, addressed the Southwest Baltimore Economic Forum on February 24, 2015. He considered such questions as: What is...

Posted: February 25, 2015, 3:20 PM

Richard Forno on Cyber Attacks on State Facilities

Richard Forno was interviewed by the Associated Press about cyber attacks on the rise in Utah. “Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into...

Posted: February 23, 2015, 4:39 PM

UMBC Hackers to Go to Seoul

UMBC hackers have been participating in hackathons for a year. Their latest victory was in Michigan. Michael Bishoff and Sekar Kulandaivel won third place at MHacks, a competitive 1000 student...

Posted: January 23, 2015, 10:21 PM

Michele Williams Unveils Smart Scarf

Michele Williams, human-centered computing PhD candidate, unveiled the Smart Scarf, at at the Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction at Stanford University and MIT’s Technology...

Posted: January 23, 2015, 9:59 PM

U.S. Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, Visits UMBC

Last week the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, visited UMBC to meet with President Hrabowski, faculty and students. WBAL’s Tim Tooten covered the visit. Tooten reported that Moniz...

Posted: December 18, 2014, 6:57 PM