General Dynamics is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technology. General Dynamics delivers capable, relevant and affordable products and services through a culture focused on quality, innovation, continuous improvement, integrity and ethical behavior. General Dynamics is looking for talented, motivated individuals who want to become part of a growing company and a winning team.

Throughout our history, General Dynamics has endeavored to deliver the highest-quality products and services, as well as foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, ethical behavior and integrity.

We value our employees and the role they play in our success. We recognize and reward their achievements and we invest in their training, development, benefits and compensation.

General Dynamics is currently looking for interns with skills in IS, CMSC, Engineering, Business Technology, Economics, Financial Economics, Marketing and Economic sand many more! If you're interested, search for "General Dynamics" in UMBCworks and take a look at all the internships available for this summer!

UMBCworks IDs: 9256815, 9256828, 9256829

Chrome Academy
What is it:  Chrome Academy is a week long program at our Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.  Program participants will learn how to conceptualize and build mobile and Chrome applications.
Who should apply:  Current freshmen or sophomores who are majoring in Computer Science or a related field and who have proficiency (1-2 years experience) programming in Javascript, CSS, and HTML.
More information:  Please visit google.com/students/chromeacademy for more information and to apply.  Applications open January 22nd and the deadline to apply is March 17th.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at chrome-academy-questions@google.com

Android Camp
What is it:  Android Camp is a week long program at our Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA which features interactive and collaborative Android curriculum.  Participants will learn how to build Android applications from scratch!
Who should apply:  Current freshmen or sophomores who are majoring in Computer Science or a related field and who have proficiency (1-2 years experience) programming in Java and who have little to no experience programming in Android.
More information:  Please visit google.com/students/androidcamp for more information and to apply.  Applications open January 22nd and the deadline to apply is March 17th.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at android-camp-questions@google.com

Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI)
What is it: Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) will include an interactive and collaborative computer science curriculum, as well as a unique residential experience in which students can build a network with other attendees. They will meet alumni from their schools and other Google engineers while immersing themselves in daily life at Google. Students will also enjoy technical talks by Googlers, lectures by guests from across the technology industry, and social activities in the surrounding areas. We are looking for students eager to spend a few weeks living the Google life – tackling interesting technical problems, working collaboratively and having fun. We want students to leave empowered, heading into their first year of college armed with a unique learning experience that can only be had at Google.
When is it:
Session 1 will take place in Mountain View, California from June 23 - July 13, 2013.
Session 2 will take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts from July 21 - August 9, 2013.
Application deadline: April 7, 2013. Select students will receive a short technical interview via telephone and final decisions will be announced around May 1st.  Students who apply to the Generation Google Scholarship will automatically be considered for CSSI and do not need to fill out a separate application.
Questions?: Visit the google.com/students/cssior feel free to contact us at cssi@google.com

Generation Google Scholarship - Deadline is Monday, March 11!
What is it:The Generation Google Scholarship is a scholarship for aspiring computer scientists who are underrepresented in the field to excel in technology and become active role models and leaders.  Selected students will receive $10,000 USD (for those studying in the US) or $5,000 CAD (for those studying in Canada).  As part of the scholarship, recipients will be required to attend Google’sComputer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) in the summer of 2013.
Application deadline: Monday, March 11, 2013
Questions?: Visit google.com/students/generationgoogle or feel free to contact us at generationgoogle@google.com.

About WTCI:

The World Trade Center Institute (WTCI) is the largest international business network of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic – a who’s who of the top global business executives in the region. At WTCI we strive to drive the growth of Maryland’s flourishing global business community. Today more than 2,500 Maryland firms benefit from WTCI’s global connections, events, professional exchanges program and extensive global business services.  In addition, WTCI serves as the World Bank Group’s Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO) for the region, enabling local firms to access opportunities in developing counties.     

WTCI was established in 1989. Financed jointly by area businesses, the State of Maryland and the federal government, WTCI operates as a private, non-profit membership organization.

The United States Secret Service, Baltimore Field Office is currently accepting applications for Fall 2013 Student Volunteer Service Program (Internship) through April 15, 2013.

Our Student Volunteer Service Program (Internship) offers many advantages, including career exploration early in a student’s academic studies, exposure to new and emerging occupations/technologies,  and offers academic credit for the work performed, as well as  work experience that may be considered relevant if the student later applies for permanent employment.  The program, however, is not intended to provide the intern with investigative or protective experience.

To be considered, a student must:

- Be a U.S. Citizen, Be at least 16 years of age at the time of appointment

- Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment during the upcoming semester or quarter as a diploma/certificate/degree seeking student in high school,  or in an educational institution not above the baccalaureate level that is accredited by a recognized body

- Not be a son or daughter of a current Secret Service employee

- Be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance

To apply, student should complete the PDF Forms consisting of:

1.            Student Volunteer Service Program Application.  This form is available at www.secretservice.gov  under Pathways Program (Student Program)

2.            OF 306 – Declaration for Federal Employment.  This form is available at www.opm.gov under Forms

In addition, students should submit  the following with the above Forms:

3.            Resume

4.            Unofficial transcript (official transcript required at time of interview)

Completed application may be submitted to: BAL.Recruitment@usss.dhs.gov with attachments  or  faxed to:  443-263-1100, ATTN:  RECRUITMENT no later than April 15, 2013.  No application will be accepted for Fall 2013 Program after close of business (cob) on April 15, 2013.         

Privacy and Security in Online Social Media (PSOSM)

Ponnurangam Kumaraguru ("PK")
Assistant Professor
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, India

10:30-12:00 Monday, March 11, 2013, ITE 325b, UMBC

With increase in usage of the Internet, there has been an exponential increase in the use of online social media on the Internet. Websites like Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Orkut, Twitter and Flickr have changed the way Internet is being used. There is a dire need to investigate, study and characterize privacy and security on online social media from various perspectives (computational, cultural, psychological). Real world scalable systems need to be built to detect and defend security and privacy issues on online social media. This talk will give you a preview of what we do at PreCog in the area of PSOSM. I will describe briefly some of the cool ongoing projects that we have: ChaMAILeon, PhishAri, Twit-Digest, U2P2, and OCEAN. Much of our research work is made available for public use through tools or online services. Our work derives techniques from Data Mining, Text Mining, Statistics, Network Science, Public Policy, Complex networks, Human Computer Interaction, and Psychology.

In this talk, I will focus on the following: (1) Twit-Digest is a tool to extract intelligence from Twitter which can be useful to security analysts. Pro-cursor to this work is published at PSOSM 2012, this work also obtained second best award at IBM ICARE 2012. (2) OCEAN: Open source Collation of eGovernment data and Networks. Here, we show how publicly available information on Government services can be used to profile citizens in India. This work obtained the Best Poster Award at Security and Privacy Symposium at IIT Kanpur, 2013. (3) Privacy in India: Attitudes and Awareness V 2.0 U2P2, this is one of the largest ever done privacy study in India. This has been in media recently; if you are interested search for #privacyindia12 on Twitter. This work obtained the third Best Poster Award at Security and Privacy Symposium at IIT Kanpur, 2013.

Ponnurangam Kumaraguru ("PK") Assistant Professor, is currently the Hemant Bharat Ram Faculty Research Fellow at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). His research interests include developing technological and inter-disciplinary solutions to detect and prevent computer crime, in particular, these days be has been dabbling with complex networked systems (e.g. social web systems like Twitter, Facebook, and telephone logs). He is also very passionate about issues related to human computer interaction. As Principal Investigator, PK is currently managing research projects value of about 2 Crores INR. PK is a Co-Principal Investigator in a project that is approved at the Europe Union FP7 which is about 5.3 million Euros. PK has received research funds Government of India, National Science Foundation, industry bodies in India, and International Development Research Centre. He is serving as a PC member in WWW 2013, AsiaCCS 2013 and he is also serving as a reviewer for International Journal of Information Security and ACM's Transactions on Internet Technology. PK’s Ph.D. thesis work on anti-phishing research at Carnegie Mellon University has contributed in creating a successful start-up company, Wombat Security Technologies. PK founded and manages PreCog, a research group at IIIT-Delhi. PK can be reached at Sorry, you need javascript to view this email address.