The IEEE IDAACS (Intelligent Data Acquisition & Advanced Computing Systems) conference is being held this year from September 24-26 in Warsaw Poland and will feature a Special Stream in Cyber Security. The stream is being co-organized by Prof. George Markowsky, University of Maine and Prof. Igor Kotenko, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics & Automation, Russian […]
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Twenty years ago, the first International Early-Career Scholars Summer Institutes in Geographic Information was hosted by NCGIA here in Maine. A follow-on meeting was held in Berlin Germany the next year. These institutes were funded at the time by NSF and the European Science Foundation (ESF). To mark the anniversary, participants in those first two […]
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Geospatial Journals – For a quick overview of geospatial journals available through the electronic resources of Fogler Library, check out the web page at https://spatial.umaine.edu/geospatialjournals/ Use your student or faculty ID at http://library.umaine.edu/ to search for articles of interest in any of the journals and download the full text articles. Some resources are open to the […]
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Under the new EPSCoR SEANET – http://umaine.edu/epscor/maine-epscor-programs/seanet/ project we are seeking prospective students with a master’s degree in geographic information science, computer or information science, or ecology and environmental science with GIS experience, to pursue a Ph.D. and research on approaches to heterogeneous data and model integration, spatio- temporal context modeling, or spatio-temporal decision support […]
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For paid internship opportunities for CS students with Maine companies during the summer or the semester, see: http://projectlogin.com/inventory-paid-computing-and-it-internships-maine
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UMaine CyberSecurity Club Contact: info@cybersecurity.maine.edu Website: cybersecurity.maine.edu Meeting times: Monday & Wednesday @ 6:00pm and Saturday @ 10:00am Meeting place: 224 East Annex (White building next to Neville) The University of Maine CyberSecurity Club is a group of cyber security researchers and enthusiasts that meet several times a week. We have guest speakers from the […]
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Few places in Maine are as unique and innovative as the University of Maine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory. More commonly referred to as the VEMI Lab, it is the state’s only virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) research facility. Virtual reality sounds like something from a science fiction novel, and until recently […]
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Today’s youth grow up constantly exposed to myriad forms of technology, including television, computers, tablets, smartphones, and video games. While some question the effects of the perpetual presence of technology, others take advantage of younger generations’ almost-inherent affinity for these digital devices. This technological affinity provides a gateway into new methods for teaching. One group […]
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The digital advancements of 21st century provide a bounty of advantages, but there is a downside as well. Some computer programmers have chosen to take advantage of the public. These malicious programmers, commonly known as ‘hackers,’ create computer viruses or gain access to private information for nefarious purposes The field that deals with understanding, preventing […]
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As has been usual practice in the past, the COS 125 class will have its dress rehearsal for their Game Exhibition on Tuesday 12/9 from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm in the Soderberg Center located in Jenness Hall at the University of Maine. At the dress rehearsal we have need of volunteers who play the […]
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