Over the years, the University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science (SCIS) has become a major player in the fields of computer science and spatial informatics. Through dozens of published papers, conference presentations, books, research projects, and major grants, UMaine has established itself as a pivotal player in academia around the world. The […]
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From October 12-16, the School of Information and Computing Science at the University of Maine sent several researchers to COSIT, one of the most significant conferences in the world for spatial information theory. Established in 1993 and only held every two years, COSIT seeks to bring together scientists from different disciplines for an intensive and […]
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Matt Dube (Ph.D. Candidate in Spatial Information Science and Engineering in the School of Computing and Information Science) has had a very busy and successful semester. He was recently Faculty of the Month for the month of September from the sisters of the Maine Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Matt was recognized for […]
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In the Spring 2015 semester, several Ph.D. candidates successfully presented and defended their dissertations, including Liping Yang, Qinghan Liang, Francis Neville, and Lisa Walton. The Abstracts of these dissertations are below, and full texts are available for review in written form through the School of Computing and Information Science, and will soon be available for download at http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/. “Theories […]
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Dr. Roy Turner will be presenting three papers co-authored with others within the School of Computing and Information Science at the Ninth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT’15) in Cyprus in early November. These papers include: Modeling erroneous human behavior: A context-driven approach (Chris Wilson and Roy M. Turner) Representing and […]
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Dr. Torsten Hahmann (Link ) co-organized the Joint Ontology Workshops held at the premier Artificial Intelligence conference, IJCAI, recently held in Buenos Aires. The four workshops included: Workshop on Modular Ontologies (WoMO) Formal Ontologies for Artificial Intelligence (FOfAI) Ontologies and logic programming for query answering Workshop on Belief Change and Non Monotonic Reasoning in Ontologies and […]
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University of Maine students interested in computing and IT internships and jobs next summer are invited to a Project>Login networking reception, 4–6 p.m. Oct. 15, Bangor Room, Memorial Union. The reception is an opportunity for students in computer science and computer engineering to talk with IT professionals and recruiters from Maine companies. It is sponsored […]
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The University of Maine will host the annual Engineering Job Fair on Thursday, October 15 from 10am-3pm in the New Balance Recreation Center. This year’s event is not just for engineers; cutting edge companies from throughout the Northeast are looking to recruit interns and full-time employees in computer science fields. What do I bring? Professional […]
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You’re cordially invited to the VEMI Lab Annual Open House The Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab at the University of Maine is pleased to announce our annual Open House event, scheduled for October 7th, 2015 from 4-6 PM. This will be a free, family-friendly public event during which we will have exciting demonstrations […]
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Orono, Maine – The University of Maine has been named a national Center of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences in a joint application and designation process sponsored by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the US Geological Survey (USGS). The University of Maine is among seventeen universities from across the nation selected to receive […]
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