Posts

UMBC 31st McNair Conference: feminine, n-theory, and K-meson

Reimagining the feminine image, number theory, and K-mesons!

I moderated morning and afternoon oral sessions at the UMBC 31st McNair Scholars Research Conference today. The conference was held at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore as in...

September 16, 2023 · 9:58 PM

Measuring higher ed's benefits beyond earning and status!

Higher ed makes us healthier, more charitable and neighborly

Here is to a great Fall 2023 semester as we wrap up the first week of classes. Teaching and learning will make us healthier, more charitable and more neighborly and maybe even give us a lasting...

September 1, 2023 · 4:49 PM

PowerPoint is on more than 1 billion computers worldwide

There is more software to imagine and invent

"The Hotel Regina is an Art Nouveau marvel overlooking the Tuileries Garden and the Louvre. But on this day in 1992, its Old World meeting rooms have been retrofitted with advanced video...

August 14, 2023 · 6:48 PM

Bill Gates isn’t too scared about AI. Is the chairman right?

Gates says "we can manage the risks. We have done it before"

"According to Gates, AI is "the most transformative technology any of us will see in our lifetimes." That puts it above the internet, smartphones, and personal computers, the technology he did...

July 31, 2023 · 6:25 PM

Data intensive applications

Data engineering with CAP, cubes, and eventual consistency!

A special topics in software engineering course is being offered in Fall 2023. This course is our first offerings in Data Engineering, and we hope to develop follow on courses. The course covers...

July 24, 2023 · 6:18 PM

Why we need to start thinking anew

Is humanity a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence

Deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton speaks out and said that “I think it’s quite conceivable that humanity is just a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence”. His interview with MIT...

May 16, 2023 · 10:33 PM

Teaching in the new age of AI

Humans with AI: hypes and hopes

Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities: Thursday, April 27, 2023, 4:30 pm EST CUSF through the Ed Policy committee is sponsoring a town hall on Teaching...

April 16, 2023 · 7:21 PM

2013 Info Challenge

UMBC student volunteers making a difference at IC2023

Our own UMBC student volunteers making a difference at the 2023 Info Challenge today at UMD College Park

March 4, 2023 · 8:31 PM

EVs powered by batteries and software

This car runs on code!

Electric vehicles have been available for many years and now they have finally been accepted by consumers as mainstream. "The Hongguang Mini, a tiny car that starts a little below $5,000, has...

February 13, 2023 · 6:07 PM

28 days after ChatGPT

All you need is 10 miles to run a marathon!

It seems that the world has changed since ChatGPT's launch on November 30, 2022, just 28 days ago. Far from perfect and often offering nonsensical advice. For example, when Rhiannon Williams from...

February 6, 2023 · 5:36 PM

Posts

Sort By

Filter Posts

Archived Posts

Archived Content