Computer Science and Electrical Engineering News

UMBC’s Division of Research and Creative Achievement recently announced the recipients of the 2027 Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START) and the 2026 Summer Research Faculty Fellowship...

Magnets often attract curious minds. Einstein told of his profound sense of hidden order after witnessing the invisible forces of the Earth’s magnetic field guide the needle of a compass. For...

At UMBC, entrepreneurship transcends a traditional business education: It empowers scientists, artists, and technologists to transform their expertise into real-world impact. Through business...

Written by Weizhi Deng, University of Iowa; Jun Wang, University of Iowa; and Meng Zhou, research scientist at the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Research Center II For decades, the...

What if we could peer back in time to understand how our galaxy was built—one exploding star at a time? When massive stars reach the end of their lives, they don’t go quietly. They explode in...

‘Man’ is at the very top looking down at all other forms of life in Ernst Haeckel’s drawing. Ernst Haeckel/Photos.com via Getty Images Plus Written by Kevin Omland, professor of biological...

UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They’re turning to a novel source material...

Picture the most advanced technology and certain qualities probably spring to mind: maybe metallic and sleek, with glowing lights and big digital screens.  The researchers at the Center for...

Written by Richard Forno, teaching professor in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC As the United States experiences its latest government shutdown, most of the daily operations...

Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed...