The Information Systems (IS) Department is
one of the largest academic programs at UMBC.
There are over 1000 undergraduate majors, about 300 masters students,
and over 40 doctoral students. The department has 28 full time and
a diverse collection of part-time faculty to support the teaching
needs for the IS student community. Seven staff members ensure the
smooth functioning of the department's operations.
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GAANN fellowships available
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The IS Department has a number
of fellowships to offer as part of the GAANN
(Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) program. The
fellowships
offer an attractive stipend and health benefits, tuition, books
and fees,
conference travel, and computers and other equipment for research.
Domestic
(US citizens and permanent residents) students who are already
in the PhD
program, and individuals applying to the PhD program in IS are
encouraged to
apply. Please contact Dr. Aryya Gangopadhyay (gangopad@umbc.edu)
or Ms.
Barbara Morris (bmorris@umbc.edu)
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The IS Department welcomes
Drs. Chen and Koru - 9.3.2004 |
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Dr. Zhiyuan Chen joins the
IS Department after completing his PhD at Cornell and a post-doc
at Microsoft. Dr. Chen's research focuses on database systems.
Dr. A. Gunes Koru completed his PhD at Southern Methodist University.
Dr. Koru's research focuses on software engineering. |
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Dr. Hongfang Liu receives NSF
grant - 9.3.2004 |
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Dr. Liu received over $800,000
to support research on online biomedical resources and the use
of machine learning techniques to help the construction of natural
language processing applications in the biomedical domain. Her
collaborators on this grant are Dr. Wu at Georgetown University
and Dr. Friedman at Columbia University. |
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Dr. Anita Komlodi invited to
speak at EU Conference - 7.12.2004 |
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Dr. Komlodi has been invited
to speak about how foreign-born scientists can maintain scientific
connections with researchers in their home countries. She will
talk about her experiences during an upcoming European Union
conference (Enwise Valorization Conference, September 9-10,
2004) in Tallinn, Estonia. The primary theme of the conference
is "Enlarging Europe with/for Women Scientists." |
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Dr. Sears receives a 2004 IBM
Faculty Award - 6.21.2004 |
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Dr. Sears was selected to
receive a 2004 IBM Faculty Award. This is a highly competitive
award intended to recognize the quality of an individual's research
program and its importance to IBM's industry. The accompanying
$40,000 will be used to support research on accessibility, speech
recognition, and mobile computing. |
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New
E-government Certificate - 6.21.2004 |
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In response to the growing
demand for electronic government education and training, the
IS Department has partnered with the Department of Public Policy
to offer a new graduate certificate in electronic government.
This certificate, which is ideal for mid-career professionals
with either a technical or management background, allows students
to take courses that cover management, policy, and technology
issues that complement their own experiences. |
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Drs. Komlodi, Lutters, and
Ozok receive NSF Grant - 6.1.2004 |
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Drs. Komlodi, Lutters, and
Ozok, working with Dr. Cotten (Sociology), Claudia Morrell (Center
for Women in Information Technology), and Lee Boot (Imaging
Research Center) received $500,000 from the National Science
Foundation to support their research on differences in perceptions
and use of IT among middle-school students and the impact of
these differences on career choice. |
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