The School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the New Media group, with an anticipated start date of September 3, 2024. A start date of January 1, 2024 may also be possible. Join New Media if you’re looking to bring insights and […]
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The School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Spatial Computing group, with an anticipated start date of September 3, 2024. A start date of January 1, 2024 may also be possible. Our primary target focus is the broad area of spatial […]
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USM Speaker Series on AI and Computation Our adventure with AI methods in orthopedics: lessons learned Hilal Maradit Kremers, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN When: October 7th (Thursday), 4-5pm Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/my/usm.datascience Abstract Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) are the most common and the fastest-growing surgeries in the US, however, the evidence for TJA practice and […]
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The Excellence in Writing Award from the American Council for the Blind was given to Nicholas Giudice of the VEMI Lab in recognition of his Medium essay “COVID-19 and Blindness,” which describes the challenges blind people are facing during the pandemic.
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. As part of the […]
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. eDNA samples need to […]
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See the podcast by Penny Rheingans, director of the University of Maine’s School of Computing and Information Science, and Roy Turner, associate professor of computer science. They help unravel the fascinating and complicated story of AI. See https://umaine.edu/podcasts/2021/03/11/s4e3-what-is-ai-and-what-roles-does-it-play-in-our-lives/
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Date: Monday, November 23rd Time: 12pm noon Zoom Connection Info: https://maine.zoom.us/j/89376362608?pwd=Q0h4NkNhQUhJTjA5VXNDVU5BVVNPdz09 Meeting ID: 893 7636 2608 Password: 059076 Title: Approximating first order logic ontologies in OWL Abstract: With the amount of data collected everyday ever expanding, techniques which allow computers to semantically understand data are growing in importance. Ontologies are a tool to describe the […]
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See the full article at https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2020/10/19/umaine-computer-scientist-helps-develop-nsf-backed-ai-to-predict-track-flood-damage-to-city-infrastructure-services/
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Title: Semantic Inference from Natural Language Privacy Policies Abstract: Several state laws, along with app markets, such as Apple’s App Store and Google Play, require app developers to provide users with legal privacy notices (privacy policy) containing critical requirements that inform users about what kinds of personal information is collected, how the data is used, and […]
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