Computer Science and Electrical Engineering News

Written by David L. Di Maria, vice provost for Global Engagement, UMBC In early April 2025, the Trump administration terminated the immigration statuses of thousands of international students...

Written by Manas Gaur, assistant professor in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC ChatGPT and other AI chatbots based on large language models are known to occasionally make...

Written by Margie Burns, assistant teaching professor of English, UMBC Most readers hear “pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, that salty-sweet...

Written by Ian Anson, associate professor of political science, UMBC With the 2024 U.S. election over and done with, political analysts and both major parties are already turning their...

Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. cities are still adjusting to a new normal, with more...

Making assumptions is a habit of life, a way to speed up decisions. Sometimes these mental short-cuts, however, lead us astray. Such was the situation when Lorenz Kopp, an engineering...

Written by Ming Xie, assistant professor of emergency health management and public health systems, UMBC. Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no...

Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump’s special commission...

Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC Cyberattacks linked to the Chinese government that compromised large portions of the American...

Middle school sweethearts, Ellyn Fennema and Joseph Patarini came to UMBC to pursue global studies (her) and geography and environmental studies (him). Despite their busy schedules, they were able...