Faculty Talks.  We seek UMBC CSEE faculty and staff to present their best research accomplishments from 2025–2026.  Each faculty talk will be 20 minutes long.  The talks should describe recent concrete research accomplishments (not on-going research) understandable to most CSEE faculty.  Submit your name, lab, talk title and informative abstract in ascii (maximum 350 words).

Student Research Prizes and Talks.  We invite UMBC CSEE undergraduate and graduate students to have their best research papers considered for the prizes ($100 gift certificate each) of Best Undergraduate Research, Best MS Research, and Best PhD Research.  Winners will present their research in 20-minute talks.  Submit name, lab, title, informative abstract (in ascii), one technical report (a pdf file), a one-page description of research novelty and significance, and a letter of approval from your advisor.  To qualify, the work must have been written, submitted, or accepted for publication in a refereed conference or journal between April 1, 2025—March 31, 2026. Prizes are awarded to the research, rather than to individuals. Award criteria include: (1) Scientific merit (significance, originality, non-triviality, correctness, completeness) of a single submitted paper, and (2) Effective technical writing (clarity, proper English usage, organization), with some preference in close cases given to students awarded degrees in 2025–2026. Eligibility does not require that the paper be accepted or submitted, though some preference may be given to papers that have been accepted to a peer-reviewed conference, journal, or book.

Deadlines & Submission Details

Submit electronically through the Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit (CMT):

https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CSEERR2026/ 

March 31 (12noon) –  Faculty talks and student paper submissions due

April 3 (12noon)  –  Student poster submissions due

• Highlights in groundbreaking research with talks, poster presentations and an awards ceremony
  
• Networking with researchers, students and faculty
• Refreshments to fuel your curiosity (while supplies last)