UMBC CyberDawgs win Mid-Atlantic Regional CCDC Finals

This weekend, UMBC’s Cyber Defense Team (the ‘CyberDawgs’) took first place at the 2015 National CyberWatch Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC).

UMBC was one of ten teams that advanced to the regional finals held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab on March 25-28. As the first place winner, the CyberDawgs will represent UMBC and the Mid-Atlantic region at the National CCDC in San Antonio, Texas April 24-26, 2015.



According to CyberDawgs president Jacob Rust (CMSC ’16), UMBC maintained a strong lead throughout the event, finishing with a raw score of 1674450 — which was 353400 more points than the second place team. Jacob also reported that UMBC ended the first day solidly in first place and remained in the lead for almost the entire competition.

The final standings for this weekend’s action are:

1st: UMBC 1674450
2nd: UMCP 1321050
3rd: Towson 1159925

The CyberDawgs participating in the MA-CCDC finals were Jacob Rust, Tyler Campbell, Anh Ho, John Beers, Joshua Domangue, Chris Gardner, Julio Valcarcel, and David Young.


As a highly motivated and self-directed team, this is the first time the CyberDawgs have won MA-CCDC, but certainly will not be the last. We wish the team luck as they prepare to compete in the National CCDC finals!

Interested in joining the CyberDawgs? Contact Jacob Rust ( jrust1@umbc.eduSorry, you need javascript to view this email address. ) for more information — they’re always looking for new members! (The team meets weekly on Tuesdays at 7PM in ITE 227.)

The CyberDawg faculty advisors are Dr. Charles Nicholas and Dr. Richard Forno..

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 ADVANCE Distinguished Speaker Series
 Dr. Nora Volkow
 Monday, April 13, 2015, 4:30-5:30pm
 AOK Library Gallery 

UMBC-ADVANCE invites the entire campus-community to our 2015 ADVANCE Distinguished Speakers Series, featuring Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA on Monday, April 13th, 4:30-5:30pm, AOK Library Galley. Reception to follow. 

Nora D. Volkow, M.D., is Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Volkow’s work has been instrumental in demonstrating that drug addiction is a disease of the human brain.  As a research psychiatrist and scientist, Dr. Volkow pioneered the use of brain imaging to investigate the toxic effects and addictive properties of abusable drugs.  Her studies have documented changes in the dopamine system affecting, among others, the functions of frontal brain regions involved with motivation, drive, and pleasure in addiction.  She has also made important contributions to the neurobiology of obesity, ADHD, and aging.
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By Sarah Hansen

The Office of Technology Development (OTD) at UMBC granted its first Technology Catalyst Fund (TCF) awards of up to $25,000 in December 2014.  The money went to four projects spanning computer science to biology.  The awards were made possible by new funding from the state of Maryland designated to support the transfer of academic research into marketable products.  “The state is supporting anything that involves entrepreneurial activity,” said Wendy Martin, OTD Director.  

Funding incipient projects with the TCF puts them in a better position to earn larger grants down the road.  Specifically, entrepreneurs from UMBC and four other Maryland universities are eligible to apply for funding from the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII), sponsored by the Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO).  Some UMBC inventors have already earned MII awards.  “We’re now seeing a lot of investors, venture folks, coming in and asking us, ‘Hey, we understand you had this project funded by the MII, can we talk to the people involved?’” Martin said.

Distracted Driving Detection

A three-person team from Computer Science and Electrical Engineering won one of the awards for their distracted driving detection system.  Competitor systems track head motion, “but we’re offering to make more precise measurements of the head as well as monitor other parts of the body,” said Ryan Robucci, Assistant Professor in CSEE.  “All of it is proximity-based.  Nothing needs to be on the body of the driver—it’s all embedded in the cabin,” added Nilanjan Banerjee, Assistant Professor of CSEE and Robucci’s teammate. 

They’ll be using the funds primarily to purchase a simulator system, because “we can’t actually induce dangerous driving behavior,” said Robucci.  The team has already shown that the sensors function properly, but the big question now is whether the information the sensors collect can reliably indicate various types of driving behavior, such as “whether you have your hands on the steering wheel, whether you are drinking coffee, or whether you are drowsing off,” said Banerjee.  Analyzing boatloads of data from a simulator will help them answer that question.  They also hope to build a complete prototype that could be retro-fitted into almost any vehicle.


This still from a video generated by the CSEE team shows Professor Patel testing the system, with the data output on the right.  The full video is available here.


The team, which also includes Professor of CSEE Chintan Patel, is already forming relationships with companies who are interested in the product.  “Statistics show that most accidents actually occur due to fleet vehicles, not personal vehicles,” said Banerjee,  “so having a system like this that can capture distracted driving, and even more importantly, capture driving behavior, will help fleet managers choose which drivers they should recruit in the future.”  Robucci points out that driving behavior data collected by the system could also be shared with drivers and incorporated into safety training programs.  After the simulations, the team plans to apply for the MII and federal funds to undertake tests in real fleet vehicles.

Taking a BiTE out of cancer

Professor of Biological Sciences Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg and three graduate students are developing a cancer treatment called BiTES, or “bispecific T-cell engagers,” with support from a TCF grant.  Cancer cells have the ability to shut down the attack ability of immune cells called T-cells, but BiTES may be able to prevent that shutdown.  The team is developing two BiTES that would be administered together.  One BiTE blocks two deactivating molecules, one on T-cells and one on cancerous tumor cells.  The second BiTE neutralizes one of these same molecules and also “super-activates” the T-cells.  In addition to stopping immune suppression, BiTES “can actually pull T-cells into close proximity with the tumor cells,” said Lucas Horn, a PhD student on the team.  T-cells are naturally good at seeking out cancer cells, but “this sort of helps stack the deck a little bit,” said Horn.


Members of the Rosenberg Lab.  Rosenberg and Horn are in the back row (Horn: brightest blue shirt, Rosenberg: white cardigan).

BiTES are not new.  “Other people have made BITES,” said Ostrand-Rosenberg, “but they’ve never made BITES using these molecules, and they’ve never made a BITE that tried to block the immune suppression.”  BiTES have huge advantages over traditional treatments.  “The side effects are nothing compared to chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and there’s none of the patient pain associated with chemo or radiation,” said Ostrand-Rosenberg.

Without the TCF funds, this project wouldn’t have gotten off the ground.  The money buys supplies for two Applied Molecular Biology master’s students, Kathryn Cronise and Munanchu Poudel, to work on the project.  Cronise points out, “That’s something I was never aware of as an undergraduate researcher—just how much everything costs.” 

But with the grant, the team has made a series of “quantum leaps,” according to Ostrand-Rosenberg.  And this team, too, has its eye on additional funding to advance the project.  “If we can get any kind of data that show that these things work, we’ll put in for a TEDCO,” she said.

The other two winners include Professor of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Mark Marten and Yordan Kostov, Assistant Director at the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology.  Wendy Martin is thrilled to see these projects taking off.  “We saw a need to provide pre-MII awards to folks who didn’t quite have enough to submit a proposal for the MII award, which is bigger,” she said.  “We are really, really, really excited.  It’s been really great to start it and give out the first awards.”    
    

            

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Big Data came back to the DMV area after last opening up for Fitz and The Tantrums at the 930 Club. This time, they played at low key venue Black Cat to a sold out show featuring opening acts Chappo and On & On. Their most popular song has been the radio hit Dangerous feat. Joywave. Accompanying lead member Alan Wilkis were Lizy Ryan, Gunnar Olsen, and Benjamin Campbell. Playing songs off their latest album 2.0, Big Data had more than enough material to keep the crowd jumping up and down for the night. Singer Lizy Ryan filled in for the album vocal features which included Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak, Kimbra, and White Sea. If you are a fan of electro-pop and human vs. technology themed music, check them out!

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Name: Jessica Moreno

Hometown: Silver Spring, MD

Major: Media and Communication Studies Major & American Studies Minor

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: Since fall 2011. I am finally a SENIOR!

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: I am a Student Assistant/Receptionist and Social Media Intern at the Career Center here at UMBC. I just recently joined The Retriever Weekly (student run newspaper) as an Online Editor!

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A: Student, friend, helper, observer of life, and commuter!

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: I think it’s been great meeting the diverse people on campus and going to the social events hosted by seb, so I enjoy being a student! I also like working at the Career Center (CC) because people who know me will ask me questions about how to get job/research/ internship opportunities, and I like helping students figure out how to use the various services offered by the CC.

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: I think that to make UMBC yours, you have to take the initiative and explore the many resources that UMBC has to offer. I think it is important to be active on campus and you can do that by either joining a group/student organization or maybe find an on-campus job. I asked questions to professors, staff at the Career Center, friends, everyone! It’s good asking questions because professionals are here to answer them.

Q: What is one way you have worked with others to make a positive difference at UMBC or in another community?

A: Just recently, I created a video for the Sustainability Matters group at UMBC. I initially made the video for a class but I wanted to do something more with it. The video basically gives the viewer an introduction on what sustainability is and why it is important to be sustainable not just on-campus, but also in your personal life. I did some research and I decided to contact the Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, Tanvi Gadhia. Thanks to her, I was able to find out how to bring my ideas to life in the video and I was able to feature two sustainability interns, which was great! Long story short, I wanted to make a video to show how small actions such as recycling, using less electricity, and composting does in fact help the overall state of the environment. 

Let’s make UMBC a green campus! 

For more information about the video and sustainability, visit: http://sustainability.umbc.edu/

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: Sushi and roller coasters!

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: I think every commuter may have answered this question the same way but the library has comfortable couches in the top floors! Especially on long days, it’s a good idea to take a power nap there.
Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.

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This weekend, UMBC’s Cyber Defense Team (the ‘CyberDawgs’) took first place at the 2015 National CyberWatch Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC).

UMBC was one of ten teams that advanced to the regional finals held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab on March 25-28. As the first place winner, the CyberDawgs will represent UMBC and the Mid-Atlantic region at the National CCDC in San Antonio, Texas April 24-26, 2015.



According to CyberDawgs president Jacob Rust (CMSC ’16), UMBC maintained a strong lead throughout the event, finishing with a raw score of 1674450 — which was 353400 more points than the second place team. Jacob also reported that UMBC ended the first day solidly in first place and remained in the lead for almost the entire competition.

The final standings for this weekend’s action are:

1st: UMBC 1674450
2nd: UMCP 1321050
3rd: Towson 1159925

The CyberDawgs participating in the MA-CCDC finals were Jacob Rust, Tyler Campbell, Anh Ho, John Beers, Joshua Domangue, Chris Gardner, Julio Valcarcel, and David Young.


As a highly motivated and self-directed team, this is the first time the CyberDawgs have won MA-CCDC, but certainly will not be the last. We wish the team luck as they prepare to compete in the National CCDC finals!

Interested in joining the CyberDawgs? Contact Jacob Rust (Sorry, you need javascript to view this email address. ) for more information — they’re always looking for new members! (The team meets weekly on Tuesdays at 7PM in ITE 227.)

The CyberDawg faculty advisors are Dr. Charles Nicholas and Dr. Richard Forno.

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On March 13th, Flight Facilities came to the 9:30 club for the last show of their North American Tour. Consisting of musical duo Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell, Flight Facilites played remixes from their latest album, Down to Earth, as well covers including Major Lazer’s classic Get Free. The show was sold out and featured local DC musician Eau Claire as their opening act. Singers Owl Eyes and Kurt Kristen provided vocals for most Flight Facilities tracks which included Crave You, Two Bodies, and Sunshine.

If you are a fan of sentimental vocals with catchy Dance electronics, check them out!

Read more stories from: The Retriever Weekly

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Hello Everyone,

It's time for us to decide who will be in Comics and Other Media's executive board next year.

Starting from now until April 10th, 2015 at Noon, you can stand for any of our 7 executive board positions. 
To stand for a position, please click the website link bellow
You will receive a confirmation email from me once you are cleared.

Voting shall begin at 5:00 pm Friday April 10th, 2015. It will last until April 17th, 2015 at Noon. 
Voting will be done online on our MyUMBC page

Conditions for the election:
You must be a Undergraduate Student at UMBC to stand for a position.
You must have a year left until you graduate, or leave the school, to run.
Only members of this club can run for a position.
You must be willing to dedicate time out of your week, recommended 4-8 hours, to run. Do not run for a position if you are unwilling to do so.
The MyUMBC page will be closed on April 10th, 2015 @ 5pm. You must join the MyUMBC page before that time to vote. 
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, about what is stated here; or you want more info about a position you want to run for, please email me at ahmad17@umbc.edu.
I will also make a FAQ for everyone on our MYUMBC page, explaining everything in more detail.

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