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UMBC alumnus Sean Kennedy featured on InTheCapital.com for BeerGivr app

"I owe you a beer" is a phrase that's thrown around a lot with very little follow through. UMBC Alumnus Sean Kennedy (Information Systems '06) created a smartphone application that could change...

July 23, 2012 · 1:39 PM

CS Education Mini-Summit addresses CS Curricula problems

Did you know that Computer Science isn’t a required course in most Maryland High Schools (or colleges for that matter)? For most students, a lack of exposure early on translates to total avoidance...

July 23, 2012 · 11:59 AM

Technology as a teaching tool: an infographic

Take a look at the latest infographic from Edudemic.com. (Click here for a version that you can actually read.) It's called "Components of a 21st Century Classroom" and it looks at how...

July 23, 2012 · 9:39 AM

UMD professor pushes for better Computer Science education in high schools

In a recent essay in the Baltimore Sun, James M. Purtilo, a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, outlines the myriad ways that Maryland is...

July 19, 2012 · 2:40 PM

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, an Inspiration for Computer Science Women

(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) "Despite the growing numbers of successful women in once male-dominated professions like medicine and law, computer science remains overwhelmingly a boys...

July 19, 2012 · 9:20 AM

MS thesis defense: Abbas on Federating Disjoint Wireless Networks Using a Mix of Stationary and Mobile Nodes

MS Thesis Defense Federating Disjoint Wireless Networks Using a Mix of Stationary and Mobile Nodes Ahmad Abbas 12:00PM Thursday 26th July 2012, Room ITE 325b In many applications...

July 17, 2012 · 2:22 PM

Chandrasekaran MS Defense: MIMO Channel Modeling and Capacity Using the Channel Correlation Matrix

MS Thesis Defense On MIMO Channel Modeling and Capacity Using the Channel Correlation Matrix Anush Chandrasekaran 1:00pm Wednesday, 18 July 2012, ITE 325b Communication systems have...

July 17, 2012 · 9:29 AM

Picking your PC: Computer Recommendations for Incoming Freshman

Mac or PC? Desktop or Laptop? Unless you plan to be a Visual Arts major, the computer you bring to UMBC doesn't have to meet any special requirements. But, the truth is that an old computer that...

July 16, 2012 · 11:43 AM

TechCouncil of Maryland reveals new career resource, CORE

Photo courtesy www.techcouncilmd.com If you're tired of sifting through sketchy jobs on Craigslist, why not try the TechCounil of Maryland (TCM)'s new job resource CORE (Career Opportunities...

July 16, 2012 · 9:27 AM

TechCouncil of Maryland reveals new career resource, CORE

Photo courtesy www.techcouncilmd.com If you're tired of sifting through sketchy jobs on Craigslist, why not try the TechCounil of Maryland (TCM)'s new job resource CORE (Career Opportunities...

July 16, 2012 · 9:27 AM

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