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Congratulations to Gregory
Johnson - 6.12.2004 |
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Gregory, an undergraduate
IS major, was recently named the Burgee Regents
Scholar by the University System of Maryland. This award costs
for in-state
tuition and fees, room and board costs, and includes a $500/semester
stipend
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Dr. Seaman promoted to Associate
Professor- 5.25.2004 |
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Effective July 1st, 2004,
Dr. Carolyn Seaman will be promoted to Associate
Professor in the IS Department. Dr. Seaman joined the IS department
in 1998.
In 2000, she received the CAREER grant from the National Science
Foundation which is considered the NSF's most prestigious award
for new
faculty. Dr. Seaman is serving as the Program Co-chair for the
Metrics 2005
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GAANN Program Grant -
5.10.2004 |
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The Department of Information
Systems has received over $600,000 from the U.S. Department
of Education as part of the Graduate Assistantships in Areas
of National Needs (GAANN) program. This award will provide financial
support for domestic doctoral students (US citizens and permanent
residents) in Information Systems at UMBC. The project is directed
by Dr. Gangopadhyay and overseen by Drs. Ozok, Sears, Zhang,
and Zhou. |
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Drs. Holden and Ozok receive
TEDCO grant funding through the Real User Corporation -
5.10.2004 |
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Governor Robert L. Ehrlich,
Jr., today presented Real User Corporation $50,000 through the
Maryland Technology Development Corporation’s
(TEDCO) (www.MarylandTEDCO.org)
Maryland Technology Transfer Fund (MTTF). The funding will support
Real User’s work with the University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC), to integrate its security product, Passfaces
™, into UMBC’s operational network. Drs. Holden
and Ozok are Real User Corporation’s partners in securing
the MTTF funding from TEDCO. The MTTF funding will allow
Real User to implement and demonstrate a pilot program on an
academic network using its Passface ™ technology as the
secondary means of authentication. Drs. Ozok and Holden will
conduct research to collect and evaluate performance metrics;
to make recommendations for improvements in the technology,
its deployment and applicability to other networks and system;
and to offer suggestions regarding commercialization plans. |
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- 4.1.2004 |
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A NSF-sponsored, Research
Experiences for Undergraduates program, directed by Dr. Campbell,
is preparing for its second year. This program provides financial
support for undergraduates from around the country to spend
a portion of the summer at UMBC working with IS faculty on research
projects in the area of human-computer interaction. Additional
information can be found at: http://www.isrc.umbc.edu/hcireu/ |
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Welcome
Dr. Hongfang Liu |
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The IS Department
welcomes Dr. Hongfang
Liu as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Liu joins us from Columbia
University. Her research is in the area of Bioinformatics and
Text Mining. |
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Valeri Scott Retires -
12.10.2003 |
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Valeri Scott is retiring after
over 17 years with the IS Department at UMBC. Her contributions
include teaching and advising countless undergraduates, serving
on a variety of departmental and university committees, and
serving on CWIT's Internal Advisory Board. The department recognized
Valeri's contributions with a party on December 10th. |
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Drs. Sears and Zhou receive
NSF Grant |
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Drs. Sears and Zhou received
over $400,000 to support speech recognition
research. This project explores the difficulties users experience
finding
and correcting errors in documents created using speech recognition
technologies. |
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Dr.
Campbell receives NSF Grant |
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Dr.
Campbell received $236,000 from NSF to support undergraduate
research in the area of Human Computer Interaction at UMBC. |
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Information
Systems Moves |
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After 22 years
in the Academic IV Building, the IS Department moved to the
new ITE building at the end of June. |
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New graduate students |
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The IS Department hosted orientations
for new and continuing masters and
doctoral students. More than 50 new graduate students joined
the
department's on-campus programs this semester. Numerous students
also
started their studies in the department's online MS program
this Fall. |
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Mr. John Schwartz Retires |
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Mr.
John Schwartz retired after over 20 years with the IS Department
at UMBC. He served as our undergraduate program director for
15 years. The department will be recognizing John's contributions
with a party on August 21st. |
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