“As an international student, the diverse and friendly circumstances in UMBC really helped me to settle down in this completely new environment,” says He. Continue Reading Ke He extends water safety research through UM School of Medicine postdoc fellowship “UMBC has given me the confidence, connections, and support to be able to achieve my goals. Thanks to people I have met through this university, I’ve completed six engineering internships during my time at UMBC,” says Rutkowski. Continue Reading Kourtney Rutkowski pursues a unique international path in mechanical engineering “UMBC has provided me with a bevy of opportunities to explore my unique interests and thrive in a community of service, excellence, and ambition,” says Davey. Continue Reading Adrian Davey to research renewable energy and photo-electrochemical synthesis in UC Berkeley Ph.D. program “I learned that your undergraduate experience is only as good as the culture that surrounds you. The UMBC community makes everybody feel like a somebody,” said Ranade. Continue Reading Priyanka Ranade heads to career as a cyber software engineer at Northrop Grumman “While having the opportunity to obtain my education, I have become more aware of the need to encourage young people in my community to pursue an education,” Escobar says. Continue Reading Soheila Escobar works to connect young people in the U.S. and Colombia with life-changing opportunities “Thanks to the great friends that I made in the Cyber Dawgs, the professors that continually showed a vested and fervent interest in my success, and the networking skills and community of peers that I gained through the CWIT/T-SITE program, my skill base and craving to be successful in the field of computer security has never been higher,” says Vanek. Continue Reading Bryan Vanek, president of national champion Cyber Dawgs team, heads to computer security career “Looking forward to a future career in education and advocacy, I am reminded of the strong sense of community and shared ownership that is present at UMBC. I look forward to carrying that forward in life,” says Massey. Continue Reading SGA President Joshua Massey prepares for a technology-focused teaching career “Much of the confidence I have now comes from the many admirable female faculty in the computer science department who showed me that women deserve a place at the technology ‘table,’” says Dillon. Continue Reading CWIT Scholar Katherine Dillon heads to Google as a software engineer UMBC welcomed IBM leadership to campus for a special event designed to further grow research collaborations between the two institutions and introduce students to emerging career opportunities in computing. Continue Reading IBM-UMBC Day focuses on research collaboration in advanced computing George Karabatis and Ahmed AlEroud recently launched the cybersecurity startup Cyves through $150,000 in grant funding from TEDCO, an organization create by the Maryland State Legislature to support tech entrepreneurship. Continue Reading UMBC researchers launch cybersecurity start-up with TEDCO support UMBC will launch the Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA) through a five-year grant from the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC) program, receiving $150,000 in support for each of the next five years. Continue Reading UMBC launches Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics to tackle data-intensive challenges from disease tracking to online privacy Marie desJardins, associate dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology and professor of computer science, recently wrote a piece for The Baltimore Sun about the importance of computer science education in K–12 schools. She is a leader in the artificial intelligence field and has been nationally recognized for her commitment to mentoring, work increasing diversity in computing, and success expanding computer science education in K–12 schools. In the op-ed, desJardins writes about why it is important to expose K–12 students to computer science, for both their benefit (in terms of expanded career options) and the benefit of fields… Continue Reading Marie desJardins, new AAAI fellow, advocates for computer science education in K–12 schools
Ke He extends water safety research through UM School of Medicine postdoc fellowship
Kourtney Rutkowski pursues a unique international path in mechanical engineering
Adrian Davey to research renewable energy and photo-electrochemical synthesis in UC Berkeley Ph.D. program
Priyanka Ranade heads to career as a cyber software engineer at Northrop Grumman
Soheila Escobar works to connect young people in the U.S. and Colombia with life-changing opportunities
Bryan Vanek, president of national champion Cyber Dawgs team, heads to computer security career
SGA President Joshua Massey prepares for a technology-focused teaching career
CWIT Scholar Katherine Dillon heads to Google as a software engineer
IBM-UMBC Day focuses on research collaboration in advanced computing
UMBC researchers launch cybersecurity start-up with TEDCO support
UMBC launches Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics to tackle data-intensive challenges from disease tracking to online privacy
Marie desJardins, new AAAI fellow, advocates for computer science education in K–12 schools
