- May
- Maryland to host Workshop on Many-Core Computing on May 29, 2009.
- HCIL's 26th Annual Symposium will be held May 28 - 29, 2009.
- April
- University researchers to demonstrate proposed V911 system on Maryland Day, April 25, 2009.
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- June
- Hanan Samet is the winner of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Research Award for 2009.
- May
- Jan Plane has been selected as the 2008-2009 Provost's Faculty Academic Advisor of the Year.
- The paper "Using Histograms to Better Answer Queries to Probabilistic Logic Programs" by Matthias Broecheler, Gerardo Simari and V.S. Subrahmanian has been named the recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the 2009 International Conference on Logic Programming to be held in Pasadena, CA in July 2009.
- Nicholas Chen, one of Professor Francois Guimbretiere's students, receives Google Fellowship in Human-Computer Interaction.
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- May
- Mike Hicks and his former student, Iulian Neamtiu, were quoted in an MIT Technology Review article on a company developing "live" updating for Linux.
- Dave Jacobs' work on recognizing trees from iPhone pictures has been described in a CNN Science-Tech blog post.
- April
- Steven Salzberg was interviewed on WTOP on Sunday, April 26, about the swine flu in Mexico.
- Mihai Pop was highlighted in a NSF press release on Cloud Computing and his research as part of the CLuE program.
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Workshop on Many-Core Computing
The University of Maryland will host a workshop on parallel computing systems on May 29, 2009, titled "Theory and Many-Cores (T&MC): What Does Theory Have to Say About Many-Core Computing?." The workshop is being organized by Professor Uzi Vishkin (ECE/UMIACS).
The main objective of the workshop will be to explore opportunities for theoretical computer science research and education in the emerging era of many-core computing, and develop understanding of the role that theory should play in it.
Workshop website: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/tmc2009/
HCIL 26th Annual Symposium
Mark your calendars! May 28th - 29th, 2009.
HCIL's 26th Annual Symposium will highlight the cutting-edge research being conducted in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland. The Symposium will take place Thursday, May 28th, followed by a day of tutorials and workshops on Friday, May 29th. Registration begins in March!
Researchers to demonstrate V911 system on Maryland Day
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - University of Maryland researchers have created a new emergency alert technology for cell phones and PDA's called V911, which they say could help improve safety on campuses across the U.S.
Created by scientists and students from the UM Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), the V911 technology is one tool in MyeVyu, downloadable software package for cell phones and PDAs that provides a host of new networking and information access capabilities, including a direct link between the user and campus police dispatch. With the touch of a single button, a user in distress can alert campus police of their identity and location, and stream live, GPS-enhanced video and audio of the incident situation. This new technology will be demonstrated for the public at Maryland Day on Saturday, April 25, 2009.
Minker Professorship Announcement
The Department of Computer Science, in conjunction with the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, invites applicants for an endowed Jack and Rita G. Minker Professorship in Computer Science. The Professorship is a tenured Professor position (Associate or Full) in the Department of Computer Science with a joint appointment in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. The professorship honors the pioneering contributions of Rita Minker in the early development of computer science, and Jack Minker for his research in AI and his work in support of human rights for scientists.
Research Spotlight: Computer Vision Laboratory
Computer Vision at the University of Maryland has a history of more than 40 years. The Computer Vision Laboratory was established by Prof. Azriel Rosenfeld in the 1960's. He is widely regarded as the father of the field, having written the first textbook on the subject, established the first scientific journal (Computer Graphics and Image Processing), and founded the first international conference (International Conference on Computer Vision). He published over 500 journal and conference papers on almost all aspects of computer vision and image processing.
Over 100 computer science students have received their Ph.D.'s in computer vision since the Laboratory was established, while a number of alumni have gone on to great success around the world.
Hanan Samet receives UCGIS research award
Hanan Samet is the winner of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Research Award for 2009. This award recognizes his landmark book on data structures and its impact on the theory and practice of GIS science.
Jan Plane, Advisor of the Year
Jan Plane has been selected as the 2008-2009 Provost's Faculty Academic Advisor of the Year and she will be honored at the Undergraduate Studies Advising Conference on August 18. Jan's nomination mentioned her willingness to give of her time to the mentoring of students, being the AWC chapter advisor, and the respect that she has garnered from both faculty and students.
Best Student Paper Award 2009 ICLP
The paper "Using Histograms to Better Answer Queries to Probabilistic Logic Programs" by Matthias Broecheler, Gerardo Simari and V.S. Subrahmanian has been named the recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the 2009 International Conference on Logic Programming to be held in Pasadena, CA in July 2009.
Nicholas Chen receives Google Fellowship
Nicholas Chen, one of Professor Francois Guimbretiere's students, received the Google Fellowship in Human-Computer Interaction Award.
Mike Hicks talks about "live" updating for Linux
Mike Hicks and his former student, Iulian Neamtiu, were quoted in an MIT Technology Review article on a company developing "live" updating for Linux. The UMD project web site detailing their research on dynamic updating was linked in the article.
More information can be found at: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22674/page2/
Identifying trees from iPhone photos
Dave Jacobs' work on recognizing trees from iPhone pictures has been described in a CNN Science-Tech blog post. More information is available at: http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/04/future-iphone-app-may-identify-trees-from-photos/
Steven Salzberg talks with WTOP about the Swine Flu
Steven Salzberg was interviewed on WTOP on Sunday, April 26, about the swine flu in Mexico. The interview is available on their website at http://www.wtop.com/?sid=595567&nid=92 and you should be able to download it to an MP3 file here: http://www.wtop.com/emedia/151552.mp3
Mihai Pop talks about CLuE Initiative
Mihai Pop was highlighted in a NSF press release on Cloud Computing and his research as part of the Cluster Exploratory (CLuE) program.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114686&org=NSF&from=news
