Computing and information jobs top the list
Software Engineer is the new number one Best Job of 2011, ousting Mathematician from top spot. Also highly placed is Computer Systems Analyst. Lumberjack has climbed to 3rd worst from the bottom.
Read moreNews and Events
New School is formed
The opening of the School of Computer Science was reported in the University of Maine news.
Read moreGuest Speaker Stu Rich from Penbay Solutions
This week’s guest speaker was Stu Rich from Penbay Solutions who spoke on Extending GIS into the Built Environment: Emerging Trends and Patterns. View the presentation at http://connect.maine.edu/p56437319/
Read moreLaura Toma Guest Presentation
A guest presentation was made in the regular department seminar by Laura Toma from the Department of Computer Science at Bowdoin College on Monday 14 March 2011. Laura talked about “An Edge Quadtree for External Memory”. See http://connect.maine.edu/p71678377/
Read moreProfessor Onsrud Honored by UCGIS
From a nationwide call for nominations, Professor Harlan Onsrud of the University of Maine was among six individuals to be honored as a Fellow by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). UCGIS is a non profit organization of seventy universities and other research institutions dedicated to expanding and strengthening geographic information science. The […]
Read moreMonday Seminar on Visualizing and Exploring Events from Sensor Networks
Title: Visualizing and Exploring Events from Sensor Networks Speaker: Dr. Kate Beard SIE/NCGIA Joint Seminar Series 336 Boardman Hall, University of Maine 4:00pm, Monday, January 31, 2011 Abstract: Sensor networks and other new technologies are generating volumes of data with both temporal and spatial components. Analysis and synthesis of these space-time data streams requires tools […]
Read moreDr. Giudice receives College of Engineering Early Career Research Award
On Friday, Nov. 19, Dr. Nicholas Giudice was honored at the College of Engineering’s 31st Annual Edward T. Bryand Recognition Banquet. Over 150 guests gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the engineers, faculty, students, and staff who have brought distinction to the profession of engineering. Nick was the recipient of the 2010 Early Career Research […]
Read moreBen Weber successfully defends thesis on Mobile Map Browsers
Benjamin T. Weber successfully defended his thesis on November 22 on the topic of Mobile Map Browsers: Anticipated User Interaction for Data Pre-fetching Abstract. When browsing a graphical display of geospatial data on mobile devices, users typically change the displayed maps by panning, zooming in and out, or rotating the device. Limited storage space on […]
Read moreEfficient Data Collection and Event Boundary Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Tiny Models
Published: Jan 1, 2010 Author(s): King, Kraig, Nittel, Silvia Abstract: Using wireless geosensor networks (WGSN), sensor nodes often monitor a phenomenon that is both continuous in time and space. However, sensor nodes take discrete samples, and an analytical framework inside or outside the WSN is used to analyze the phenomenon.. In both cases, expensive communication is used to […]
Read moreSIE Team wraps up Maine National Guard-funded project “Situational Awareness in Emergency Management”
Today, a SIE team consisting of Drs. Beard, Nittel and Worboys and Dr Abedi (ECE) with students Jake Emerson, Ben Maynard, JC Whittier, Lisa Walton and Fred Schwaner wrapped up the Maine National Guard funded project “Situational Awareness in Emergency Management”, and presenting the results and a system demo to LTC Darveau, who represented the […]
Read more