By Connor DeLancey The UMCP Gaming Club hosted its second LAN event of the semester, “Harvest Moon LAN,” on Nov. 23 at the Computer Science Instructional Center. Campus community members came together to bond over various online games and enjoy the company of like-minded gamers. LAN, short for Local Area Network, is a term used to describe a computer network over which multiple devices are … Continue reading Gamers bond at UMCP Gaming Club’s LAN party
By Ryan Wu Anne Simon, a professor of cell biology and molecular genetics, spoke to students at Milkboy Arthouse Tuesday evening about the effects of a citrus plant disease and how her research team is tackling it. This was one of the lectures in a series called “Science on Tap” that is put together by the college of computer, mathematical and natural sciences. They’ve run … Continue reading Cell biology professor combats citrus disease epidemic
By Madison Akers Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh and co-founders of Oculus and UMD alumni Brendan Iribe and Michael Antonov were among the attendees at the April 27 grand opening of the new state-of-the-art Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The building is a hub for technology, uniting the Department … Continue reading “Bridge between traditional academy and the technological future of economic development”: UMD celebrates Iribe Center grand opening
By Rina Torchinsky Professor Emeritus Bill Pugh donated $750,000 toward new equipment in a computer science makerspace in the Brendan Iribe Center and $250,000 toward the coordination of spaces across campus. The hacker-makerspace, known as the “Sandbox,” is currently housed in a classroom in the Computer Science Instructional Center, and will expand to a larger space, formerly known as the Jagdeep Singh Family Makerspace next … Continue reading Retired computer science professor donates $750,000 toward makerspaces
By Nathan Stiff Even in today’s data-driven world, we lack information about some of the most vulnerable populations, leading to ineffective policymaking, according to Cornell University researcher Rediet Abebe. Abebe gave a talk March 5 at the Computer Science Instructional Center on what she calls the “data gap,” and how she has confronted it in her research. She is a computer science researcher born in … Continue reading Cornell researcher talks about data gaps in research for people of color
By Sara Chernikoff Diversity and inclusion campaigns have become mainstream initiatives for several schools throughout campus, but just how successful have they been? Two programs in particular — the Maryland Center for Women in Computing (MCWIC) and the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) — are devoted to diversifying and creating a community for women in computing fields at this university. These organizations have taken … Continue reading UMD organizations inspire current and future generations of women in STEM
By Mike Touma The computer science department introduced a new program last semester in response to the recent spike in UMD undergraduates pursuing the major. The lab, Breakerspace, was created by assistant professor and co-chair of the departmental honors program Dave Levin in the summer of 2018, when the volume of students was at an all-time high. “Computer science education is exploding around the nation, … Continue reading Breakerspace offers breakthrough in university’s computer science research
By Ally Tobler Calling all creatives and coders: the School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) will offer a new class for the fall 2018 semester, Coding for Live Performance (THET328V). The course will teach students how to use computer science to code lighting sequences that interact with actors on a stage as they move. The class will be open to all students even … Continue reading UMD welcomes a new class that combines performance and coding
By Julianne Heberlein Over 870 people attended Technica, the largest all-women’s hackathon in the world, in the Reckord Armory from Nov. 4-5. For over 24 hours, women and gender non-binary students collaborated on various projects, ranging from a language teaching app to a menstrual product locator. Hackathons are collaborative programming events that typically take place over a weekend, in which participants work rapidly to complete … Continue reading UMD hosts Technica: The largest all-female hackathon in the world
More than 850 attendees filled the Reckford Armory this past weekend as the University of Maryland hosted Technica, the largest women-only hackathon in the world. The event brought women all the way from Canada, Florida, North Carolina and a host of other states together for an educational and productive hacking experience. A hackathon is not a time where people get together and try and commit cyber-crimes, … Continue reading UMD hosts second annual women-only hackathon
