The VEMI Lab is pleased to announce that four lab-authored papers were accepted to the 2016 HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) International Conference, to be held in Toronto this upcoming July. Lead authors are VEMI graduate students Christopher Bennett, Hari Palani, Hengshan Li, and R.J. Perry. Citations for the papers are as follows: Bennett, C.R., Corey, R.R., […]
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On March 19th, members of the School of Computing and Information Science and the University of Maine community volunteered their time and expertise at the Maine Science Festival (MSF). Launched in in 2015, MSF is held annually with events across Downtown Bangor and at the Cross Insurance Center. Last year, the festival had more than […]
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This month’s graduate student spotlight is Stacy Doore, a PhD candidate in Spatial Information Science and Computing. I caught up with Stacy to talk about SCIS, her research, and even about going to her first Comic-Con in April. J: So tell me a little bit about what you do here at the School of Computing […]
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In anticipation of NSF funding for the project “Empowering Multi-Conceptual Spatial Reasoning with a Repository of Qualitative and Quantitative Spatial Ontologies”, Professor Hahmann is looking for two graduate students (at the Master or PhD level in Spatial Information Science and Engineering or in Computer Science) to work with him on this project. The students will […]
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Congratulations to our own Dr. Nicholas Giudice, who was recently elected to the Board of Directors for The Iris Network. The Iris Network is a leading nonprofit organization that is advancing policy, research, and training to assist blind and visually impaired people in Maine and across the nation. They specialize in helping visually impaired people attain independence, […]
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On February 23rd, SCIS faculty and students affiliated with the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab wil be traveling to Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. The group will be speaking to students about math and science, the VEMI lab, and even exhibiting some of the exciting work that the lab has been doing in virtual reality. This […]
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Unlike any time before, society is at risk of cyber-attacks and lives under the oppressive threat of information being stolen with a “click.” The emerging threats against the electric grid and other elements of the country’s Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) have created an ever-increasing need for men and women to defend it. The […]
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On Wednesday, February 3rd, students are invited to attend the 2016 UMaine Career Fair, which will be in the New Balance Recreation Center from 10 am to 3 pm. Open to all UMaine undergraduate and graduate students, this event will feature 140 businesses, universities, and graduate programs from Maine and around the country. Many of […]
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On December 10th, undergraduate and graduate computer science students were able to demonstrate their creativity and programming ability in a fun an exciting way, through gaming. Students in COS 125 (Introduction to Problem Solving Using Computer Programming), COS 312 (An Introduction to Video Game Programming with the Unity Game Engine), and COS 598 (Advanced Game […]
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Recently, Professor Roy Turner presented three papers at CONTEXT’15 (International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context) conference in Larnaca, Cyprus, which was held on November 2-6. In addition to the papers that were presented, Professor Turner also chaired a panel at the conference. The first paper was entitled ” Modeling erroneous human behavior: […]
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