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/
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Welcome to the start of your Fall semester at UMaine! The School of Computing and Information Science and the Educate Maine program, Project>Login, would like to invite you to join our virtual workshop series, CS Connected. CS Connected will be an opportunity for students this semester to attend virtual get-togethers in order to meet and […]
Read more
The Graduate Certificate in Computing for Educators is now available for those desiring to teach computational thinking, computer coding, and computer science skills problem-solving courses primarily in grades 9-12. The program is completely online and most courses are taught simultaneously on campus and at a distance. The program is designed to educate teachers with little […]
Read more
VEMI researchers have recently published a new paper providing guidelines and best practices for nonvisual access to graphical material using touchscreen-based haptic interfaces. The article, published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), synthesizes the results of a series of six studies with both blind and sighted participants evaluating the efficacy of the vibro-audio […]
Read more
The following new courses are scheduled to be offered in Fall 2020. Please check the prerequisites listed below and check with your graduate advisor to ensure they will be accepted on your graduate program of study. All of these 598 courses are proposed as permanent courses and are undergoing campus review at the current time […]
Read more
Translating Code to Privacy Statements by Vijayanta Jain (Advisor: Sepideh Ghanavati) 9 March 2020, 12 noon, 336 Boardman Hall Open to the campus community. Bring your lunch. Abstract: The growing number of mobile applications provide users with a variety of functionality to help them with their daily lives. However, these applications also collect and process […]
Read more
Electrical Impedance Tomography-Based Food Recognition to Facilitate Human-Food Interaction Research by Chamath Amarasinghe (Advisor: Nimesha Ranasinghe) 19 Feb 2020, 12 noon, 326 Boardman Hall Open to the campus community. Bring your lunch. Abstract: Recognizing the food and determining their various properties (e.g., ripeness and nutrient content) using non-visual methods are essential to develop novel digital […]
Read more
Evaluating Users’ Pleasure through Virtual and Augmented Flavor Sensations by Meetha James 10 Feb 2020, 12 noon, 326 Boardman Hall Open to the public and campus community. Bring your lunch. Abstract: Flavors of food and beverages are closely associated with a lot of our day-to-day activities. However, in HCI research, little is known about the […]
Read more
In December 2019, Professor Max Egenhofer completed the supervision of his 18th PhD at the University of Maine. This puts him at the top of current UMaine faculty with respect to number of PhDs supervised to completion. His entire list of PhDs supervised can be found in the Mathematics Genealogy Project at https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=139193. His PhDs […]
Read more