Ocone will be conducting 'Otaku (anime/manga fandom) research at Meiji University School of Global Japanese Studies in Japan. He will have the opportunity to further his research with Professor Kaichiro Morikawa, an associate professor at Meiji University and author of: Otaku: persona = space = city. 

The INDS team would like to congratulate Paul Ocone' 22 and wish him much success on his research at Meiji University School of Global Japanese Studies in Japan!

From navigating through CAS to understanding its importance in the admissions process, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge and confidence needed to stand out from the competition. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to kickstart your journey toward a successful law school application. Register here for the September 5th webinar featuring LSAC's Director of Pre-Law Advising, Katya Valasek

 

Learn how LSAC can be your ultimate ally in securing your spot at your dream law school. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to gain insider tips and tricks that will give you an edge in your law school journey.  Register here for the September 12th webinar featuring LSAC's Director of Pre-Law Advising, Katya Valasek

In collaboration with: M. Moosavi (OffchainLabs/Concordia), M. Salehi (OffchainLabs), D. Goldman (OffchainLabs).

Optimistic rollups like Arbitrum and Optimism are in wide use today as an opt-in scalability overlay ("L2") for blockchains like Ethereum. In this talk, we propose methods for sidestepping two practical pain-points for users of optimistic rollups: (1) withdrawing ETH takes 7 days (a "withdrawal window") to allow disputes before finalizing, and (2) withdrawing ETH to L1 requires the user to first have ETH on L1 to pay gas fees. Our solution involves making withdrawals ("exits") tradeable before they are finalized so they can be bought and sold for ETH that is already finalized on Ethereum. We propose prediction markets to insure exits and consider how tradeable exits should be priced. We implement and test the changes in the bridge/outbox of Arbitrum Nitro, the most used L2. The main takeaway is that anyone on L1 (users or contracts) can safely accept withdrawn tokens while the dispute period is still open despite having no knowledge of what is happening on L2. 

Jeremy Clark is an associate professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering. At Concordia, he holds the NSERC/Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton/Catallaxy Industrial Research Chair in Blockchain Technologies. He obtained his PhD from the University of Waterloo, where his gold medal dissertation was on designing and deploying secure voting systems including Scantegrity -- the first cryptographically verifiable system used in a public sector election. He wrote one of the earliest academic papers on Bitcoin, completed several research projects in the area, and contributed to the first textbook. Beyond research, he has worked with several municipalities on voting technology and testified to both the Canadian Senate and House finance committees on Bitcoin. Website: pulpspy.com.

Host: Alan T. Sherman, sherman@umbc.edu. Support for this event was provided in part by the National Science Foundation under SFS grant DGE-1753681. The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab meets biweekly Fridays 12-1pm.  All meetings are open to the public. Upcoming CDL meetings: August 29, CSEE Lightning Talks and Lab Open Houses, 9-11am, Lecture Hall VII (ITE-204); September 29 (exceptional date); October 6; October 20, (1-2pm, exceptional time); November 3, (1-2pm, exceptional time); November 17, (1-2pm, exceptional time); December 1.

Please text/call me for more details and a showing: 410 446 5243 or m294@umbc.edu

Welcome back COEIT Retrievers!

COEIT Advisors are here to help new and returning COEIT students! If you need help with a schedule adjustment or have general questions please see below for the various ways to connect with a COEIT Advisor.

Schedule an online or in person appointment here.

For quick questions email coeitadvising@umbc.edu

Please bring your laptop to Walk In Advising if you need to make schedule adjustments.

There will be no Advising on Labor Day (9/4)

Are you interested in singing at UMBC? We have three choirs at UMBC (Jubilee Singers, Gospel Choir, and Camerata). We welcome singers from all vocal styles and experience levels. The UMBC Choirs are a great way to build community, make friends, and experience excellent music making. All the choirs rehearse and perform in Linehan Concert Hall, count for course credit, and perform at various UMBC events.

To learn more about the ensembles, click on the following links for information about Jubilee Singers/Gospel Choir and Camerata.

Placement auditions for Jubilee Singers and Camerata will be administered during the first two weeks of class. Please sign up for a time slot here. Interested singers are also welcome to any rehearsal during the first two weeks, and will be asked to complete a placement hearing immediately after rehearsal.

If you have any questions about auditions or if you cannot make any of the time slots, please email Professors Jackson and Truong (jackson@umbc.edu and carlintruong@umbc.edu).

Join us for a hybrid seminar by Dr. Anne Thompson, Senior Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry (Emeritus), Earth Sciences Div., Senior Research Faculty, UMBC/GESTAR II. Her talk is titled "The SHADOZ Tropical Network at 25 years: Tropical Ozone Variability and Trends."

Date and Time: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 1:00pm

In-person location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Bldg. 33, Rm. E108

Or join us via Teams.

Abstract: 

Biography:

Dr. Anne M. Thompson joined GESTAR II in 2021 after 26 years working in Goddard's Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab (Code 614) and 8 years as a Penn State Meteorology Department Professor. She is best known for theoretical and observational advances in atmospheric chemistry, including (1) characterization of Earth's atmospheric oxidizing capacity and (2) initiating NASA's award-winning Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) network. Dr. Thompson's focus on ozonesonde quality assurance has fostered capacity-building in Asia, South America, and Africa. A veteran of dozens of field campaigns, her 2019 SCOAPE oceanographic cruise validated satellite air pollution observations near offshore oil and gas activity. In 2010-2011, Dr. Thompson was a Fulbright scholar in South Africa. Awards include the AMS Suomi Technology Medal, AGU's Roger Revelle Medal, and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

For more information on the GESTAR II Seminar Series, click here.