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Technology research at universities has led to some developments that we all recognize.  The first graphical computer game, called OXO, was developed by A.S. Douglas at Cambridge University in 1952 for the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) computer, which simulates the game, noughts and crosses. It was one of the first games developed in the early history of video games. The player entered their input using a rotary telephone controller, selecting which of the nine squares on the board they wished to move next. Douglas programmed the game as part of a thesis on human-computer interaction at Cambridge. 

Want to conduct research and create something innovative? 

Become a URA Scholar!
Undergraduate Research Awards provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work. 

Apply by Feb. 16: https://ur.umbc.edu/ura/

Contact Dr. April Householder at aprilh@umbc.edu for more information.

Position Title: Community Engagement Intern

Position Type: Part-time, Undergraduate

General Description: The Community Engagement Intern works with the Residential Education and Leadership Coordinator to create opportunities for resident-led community engagement. The Intern will assist with the development and implementation of the Residence Life Student-Led Initiative program and will work collaboratively with Community Councils to increase student engagement and collaboration within residential areas and beyond.

Responsibilities:

1. Coordinate marketing and application process for the Student-Led Initiative program
2. Assist in the development of collaborative programming initiatives with campus partners, including, but not limited to, student organizations
3. Serve as chair for the Community Involvement Committee to support large-scale social and weekend initiatives
4. Assist with marketing and promotion for the Residential Curriculum. This may include, but is not limited to, Move-In/Move-Out, Orientation, Homecoming, and other campus-wide strategies
5. Support and encourage student leaders in the development of an effective Community Council
6. Support Resident Assistants serving as Community Council Liaisons
7. Assist with training and leadership development for the Community Council Leaders throughout the academic year
8. Serve as a resource for the Community Council in the planning and implementation of strategies and events for the residential community.

Free Screenings of the AlphaGo movie at UMBC

UMBC will hold two free, public screenings of the award-winning documentary film AlphaGo, one 7:00-9:00pm Tuesday evening, February 13 and another 2:00-4:00pm Friday, February 16. Both will be held in lecture hall 5 (EMGR 027) in the UMBC Engineering Building (maps: campus, google).  Each screening will be followed by comments and discussion by several faculty members.

AlphaGo is the first computer program to defeat a Go world champion, and arguably the strongest Go player in history. It was developed by DeepMind, a London-based company that specializes in AI and machine learning that was acquired by Google in 2014.

“On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary best-of-five-game competition, coined The DeepMind Challenge Match. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched as a legendary Go master took on an unproven AI challenger for the first time in history…Directed by Greg Kohs with an original score by Academy Award nominee, Hauschka, AlphaGo chronicles a journey from the halls of Oxford, through the backstreets of Bordeaux, past the coding terminals of Google DeepMind in London, and ultimately, to the seven-day tournament in Seoul. As the drama unfolds, more questions emerge: What can artificial intelligence reveal about a 3000-year-old game? What can it teach us about humanity?”

Go has been considered to be one of the most challenging games for AI systems to master because of its enormous search space and the difficulty of evaluating board positions and moves. AlphaGo’s success is especially significant in that it is an example of the powerful new deep learning approaches based on neural networks.

Please join us at one  of the screenings this exciting film and take part in the discussions that follow.

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Undergraduate students who have completed at least the equivalent of two semesters of calculus and two additional courses in mathematics, at or above the calculus level, all of which lead to the fulfillment of the requirements for a major in the mathematical sciences. In addition, such students must have maintained a grade point average equivalent to that of at least 3.0 on a 4 point scale, both for all courses that lead to fulfillment of requirements for a major in the mathematical sciences, and also for all courses that lead to fulfillment of requirements for an undergraduate degree.

Graduate students whose mathematical work is at least equivalent to that required of qualified undergraduates, and who have maintained at least a B average in mathematics during their last school year prior to their election.

Completion of MATH 301 with a C or better and a GPA of 3.0+ in MATH and STAT courses (MATH 151 and beyond, i.e. major courses).

The Cultural Resources Division of Anne Arundel County, Maryland and the Lost Towns Project are currently recruiting for Spring and Summer interns for the archaeology internship program. Please direct any questions to PZSing23@aacounty.org.

Tziona NessAiver

INDS Capstone
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Fine Arts 002
10:00 – 11:15 a.m.

For Tziona's capstone her goal was to "develop a method to turn electroencephalogram (EEG) brainwaves into sound and test if listeners can learn to understand the informational content."

Precision thermometry and the quantum speed limit