Computing and Information Science

Markowsky Noted in Cybersecurity Article

University of Maine professor of computer science and expert in cybersecurity, was interviewed for an article in the Portland Press Herald about the vulnerability of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. The article included comments from U.S. Congresswoman Susan Collins, a co-sponsor of a bill designed to strengthen the country’s defense against computer-borne attacks that threaten economic […]

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Markowsky Cybersecurity Tutorial To be Featured at Conference

University of Maine Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science George Markowsky’s tutorial on cybersecurity tools is one of the featured tutorials at WorldComp’12, an international conference held in Las Vegas for computer science, computer engineering and applied computing that is expected to attract more than 2,000 participants from all around the world. […]

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Liberal Arts and Sciences Announces Faculty Awards

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of  Maine has announced the recipients of its Outstanding Faculty Awards in the areas of teaching and advising, research and creative achievement, and service and outreach.

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UMaine Cybersecurity Team Takes Third Place in Regional Competition

UMaine’s student cyber defense team finished third at the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC) hosted by Northeastern University March 9-11. The competition is one of nine regional events held across the country. The 12 teams in the competition were tasked with creating a company data center that had to continue functioning while fending off […]

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Experts Comment In Reports On Holiday Sales

UMaine economist James McConnon was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Radio story about reports of stronger-than-expected Black Friday sales in Maine. McConnon said strong sales could be the result of consumers with less personal debt and a decline in personal savings rates. Nory Jones, a UMaine associate professor in the Maine Business School and […]

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Digital Humanities Week at UMaine Sept. 26-29

A series of late-September University of Maine presentations, with an accompanying online discussion forum, will enhance community dialogue related to the impact of evolving communications technologies on humanities scholarship.

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Segee Featured in Mainebiz Computing Story

Comments from Bruce Segee of the UMaine electrical and computer engineering faculty are included in a front-page Mainebiz story about efforts to leverage cyberinfrastructure and supercomputing resources to assist in statewide economic development efforts.  The story notes that a University of Maine System-led initiative, Cyberinfrastructure Investment for Development, Economic Growth and Research (CIDER) recently received […]

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UMaine Student Computer Games Competition Thursday

Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The lobby of UMaine’s Jenness Hall will become somewhat of an electronic games arcade Thursday, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., as eight teams of students will competitively showcase computer games they have created in a class, COS 125, Introduction to Problem Solving through Python Programming. […]

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McConnon, Jones Interviewed about Holiday Sales Projections

Jim McConnon, UMaine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, was interviewed for a Nov. 22 news report on Channel 5 (WABI) about consumer shopping forecasts in advance of Nov. 26, the traditional Black Friday shopping bonanza, which can help retailers bolster their businesses and put ledgers in the black. McConnon and Nory Jones, associate […]

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