News and Events

Graduate Student Shirley Stephen Presents at 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory

On Sept 12, Shirly Stephen, PhD student in the Spatial Information Science and Engineering program at UMaine, presented the paper “Formal Qualitative Spatial Augmentation of the Simple Feature Access Model” in Regensburg, Germany at the 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory. The paper develops an approach for storing and integrating data from spatial expressions […]

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Dr. Silvia Nittel joins Editorial Board of International Journal of Geo-Information

Dr. Silvia Nittel, Associate Professor of Spatial Informatics in the School of Computing and Information Science was recently invited to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Geo-Information. This journal is an international peer-reviewed open access journal on geo-information and is an official journal of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing […]

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Opening for Assistant Professor in Computer Science

Position Title: Assistant Professor in Computer Science (id:52780) Campus: Orono Department: School of Computing and Information Sciences – SCIS Bargaining Unit: AFUM Location: Orono, ME Statement of the Job: The University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science seeks applicants for a tenure-track, academic-year Assistant Professor position, with an anticipated start date of September […]

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Opening for Long-Term Lecturer in Computer Science

LECTURER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Maine The University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science (SCIS) seeks applicants for a teaching faculty position at the rank of lecturer, with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2019. Please consult the full announcement.

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SCIS welcomes 4 new professors, including new director, Penny Rheingans

With the beginning of the Fall 2018 semester, the School of Computing and Information Science is pleased to announce that we have welcomed 4 new colleagues to our faculty. Dr. Penny Rheingans joins us from the  University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and assumes the role of Director of the School of Computing and Information Science. She […]

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Dr Ranasinghe featured in IEEE Spectrum Magazine

Dr. Ranasinghe’s first publication as a faculty member of the School of Computing and Information Science was featured in the IEEE Spectrum magazine in August 2018. The article provides a great introduction to his new lab, the Spatial Informatics MIM Lab (Multisensory Interactive Media Lab)  

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Graduate-level introduction to coding and data science course offered

Coding and understanding of basic programming techniques are essential for students regardless of their field of studies. This course is tailored for graduate students with little to no previous programming experience that have a need for practical programming skills. Firstly, this course will introduce basic programming concepts (variables, conditions, loops, data structures, etc.), and the […]

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Graduation 2018

As every year, the school year commences with the graduation of the computer science seniors and the Spatial Information Science and Engineering graduate students, a joyful and proud occasion for students, faculty and families. Congratulations to all our graduates 2018! Here is a selection of photos of students and families that attended the School’s graduation […]

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Computer Science Capstone Presentations 2018

Today, the Computer Science Senior class presented their capstone projects. Out of 33 students, 12 students presented their project with 10-minute talks and demo. In the afternoon session, all students presented with posters and demonstrations. The program can be found here.   Featured Projects: Andrew Cramer (Advisor: Silvia Nittel) Natural Disaster Mapping Application. A crowd-sourced […]

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