The University of Maine is launching a B.S. in Computer Science and Business within the Maine Business School starting in spring 2025. This first-of-its-kind program across Maine’s public universities combines computing skill with business strategy to prepare students for careers that address challenges brought on by the growing digital economy. It was approved by the […]
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Students and alumni will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 170 companies and organizations during the University of Maine’s 2024 Engineering and Computing Job Fair from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The fair, which is expected to attract more than 1,000 participants, is hosted by the Career Center, in conjunction […]
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Maine Public interviewed Richard Corey, director of the VEMI Lab at the University of Maine, for a segment of its radio show “Maine Calling” on automotive news. He discussed autonomous vehicles and his team’s research into technology that can make them more accessible for seniors and people with visual impairments.
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Bangor Daily News featured the role of the University of Maine VEMI Lab in researching to further integrate human needs into autonomous vehicle technology. Richard Corey, director of the lab, said a lot of their research is based on the idea that the technology and safety improvements associated with autonomous vehicles are great, but are […]
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Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor of spatial informatics at the University of Maine, was interviewed for The Verge’s podcast, The Vergecast, to talk about how taste is simulated in virtual reality experiences. Ranasinghe explained his research, which explored sending electrical pulses to peoples’ tongues to manipulate different tastes, like salty, sweet, sour and bitter.
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Nicholas Giudice, professor of spatial computing at the University of Maine, co-authored an award winning paper about developing robot guide dogs to assist people with visual impairments. In an effort led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Giudice helped outline the first user-driven guidelines on the needs and design specifications for robot guide […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) featured a brief segment on senior capstone projects from computer science and new media students at the University of Maine on Friday, April 26. Students presented and displayed their year-long projects on the last day of classes at the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center. This year’s projects for computing […]
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The University of Maine will confer Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters to international leaders in the development of new communications technology Neera and Rajendra Singh during its 222nd commencement ceremony on May 4. “I am delighted to celebrate Neera and Raj, who are not only accomplished in advancing cellular and telecommunication networks internationally, but also […]
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Several media outlets spanning beyond New England, including the Portland Press Herald, Thrillist, Popular Mechanics, TechRadar and Ontario’s InsideHalton.com, highlighted the livestream of the April 8 total solar eclipse from the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program and included a link to the video. The Bulletin, covering eastern Connecticut, also highlighted the UMaine livestream. […]
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WFVX (FOX 22 in Bangor) reported on the Maine Science Festival Discovery on Tap event, organized by the Maine Discovery Museum, which featured Justin Brown, laboratory research manager of VEMI Lab at UMaine, and assistant professor of spatial informatics Nimesha Ranasinghe. Brown presented on the technological power of haptics and touch. “We have touch receptors […]
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