• Caleb Campbell | History 
  Knights, Villians, And Buffoons: Portrayals Of The Ku Klux Klan In American Film 
  Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
  UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
• Lindsey Green | History 
  Green Civil Rights And The Civil War At 100: African Americans And The Civil War Centennial 
  Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
  UC 312 | 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.
• Sarah Natterman | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication 
  Modern Dualism In Korean Contemporary Art 
  Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon
  UC 310 | 9:45 – 10 a.m.

• Cliel Shdaimah | Gender and Women’s Studies 
  Perspectives Of Queer Jewish Leaders On The Intersections Of Their Jewish And Queer Identities 
  Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
  UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m.

IBM Cloud Academy Workshop

9am-5pm Friday, May 3, 2019

UMBC will host an all-day IBM Watson Cloud Academy Workshop 9am-5pm on May 3 taught by Prof. Anand Singh of NCSU. All faculty, students and staff are welcome to attend. We also welcome government and industry partners. Register for the free workshop here.

The workshop will provide hands-on training on many of the IBM Watson, analytics and IoT cloud services that can be used in support of a wide-range of AI/cognitive-based research projects and curricula. It will also provide use cases of many typical biomedical, engineering and other problems that can be solved using these technologies.

The workshop will end with a project planning clinic, whereby faculty can discuss proposed projects. To prepare for this hands-on workshop, participants should obtain a free IBM Cloud trial accounts and review the educational modules/material as outlined below:

• Obtain a free IBM Cloud trial account (that will provide you with free access to a subset of Watson services).
• Click on Watson and then select Cloud Access and then follow the directions to get your free account.
• Go to the free Educator Guides page
• Review the material for the “Updated Watson Education Guide” and complete the Lab and Exercises.
• Go to the Watson Academic Engagement page and go through the “Application Starter Kit”, “API Documentation,” and “Watson on Github” and other material there.
• Go to the IBM Watson Academy page and go through the material under “IBM Watson and Cloud Platform”, especially material on NLP, Dialog, Assistant, Discovery and Watson Knowledge Studios.

Register for the free workshop here.

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• Emily Godfrey | Dance 
  “stoP ActiNg hysterICal” 
  Mentor(s): Doug Hamby
  Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 10:15 a.m.

• Kayla Addai | Biological Sciences 
  Identification And Characterization Of A Bacteriophage That Infects The Species Streptomyces Mirabilis 
  Mentor: Steven Caruso
  UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
• Gabriela Salas | Gender and Women’s Studies 
  The Use And Accessibility Of Contraception For College Aged Female Students At UMBC 
  Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
  UC 312 | 10 – 10:15 a.m.

• Shadia Musa | American Studies 
  Combating Academic Inequity: A Community Based Approach To Cultivating A Love For STEM Within Students Of Color 
  Mentor(s): Tamara Bhalla
  UC 310 | 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.
• Lydia Coley | American Studies 
  “A Model Negro Village”: How Environmental Racism Affects The Health Of African-Americans In Cherry Hill 
  Mentor(s): Nicole King
  UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m.
• Maia Parker | Education 
  Is Baltimore City Meeting The Needs Of Students: The Integration Of Latinx Students Into Baltimore City Schools 
  Mentor(s): Jennifer Mata-McMahon
  UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m.

John Martinez

Mentor: Corrie Parks, Visual Arts
Location: Fine Arts Recital Hall | Time: 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

What You Mean To Me, a 2:15 minute animated short film, is about a hulking, daisy creature that falls in love with a small, daisy flower and his attempt to help it in in order to gain the flower’s love. This piece is a self-portrait, based on my first love. I wanted the style of the film to come off as soft and heartwarming, so I used pastel colors and round shapes to achieve that tone. Animated in Photoshop, I was able to digitally draw everything and puppet the individual parts of the creature and flower so that I could move the parts frame by frame. By composing the music myself, I could match the timing of the visuals to the music, emphasizing the visuals and adding harmony to the whole piece. The decision to not include sound effects was to add more focus on the emotion that the body language of the creature and music create. In the end, the individual pieces of the short film come together to present a relatable, bitter sweet story of love that could not be.

URCAD is April 24th!