Two young, female professionals looking for a third roommate to take 1 large bedroom in a Catonsville townhouse by the end of AUGUST/BEGNINNING OF SEPTEMBER. Female Preferred. Rent is $500, roommates split BGE and internet costs equally. Landlord pays for water bill.

Looking for someone who is considerate, friendly, clean, quiet, responsible, and respectful! The house is social but roommates enjoy personal space, the landlord is nice and easygoing. MUST BE COMFORTABLE LIVING WITH TWO CATS (who are very cute btw). The cats generally keep to themselves but are free to roam the house.

You would be paying first month’s rent for September and a security deposit equal to first month rent. Move-in date would be at the earliest around last week of August - will confirm/update of any change of timeline after contact.

The 3-bedroom townhouse is located in a safe and quiet neighborhood, right next to downtown Catonsville, off of 695 (easy highway access), a 5 minute drive to UMBC campus! You would be living with two other female roommates, both recent graduates of UMBC and young professionals. There are 2 bedrooms on the upper level, one of which is occupied, the other would be your room. You would share a bathroom with only one of the roommates. The other roommate lives in the basement and has a bathroom in the basement.

The shared common areas such as the living room and dining room for the most part are fully furnished - landlord provided some furniture. (The bedroom is not furnished, would need to provide your own.) Laundry is available in-unit.

If interested and for more information, please email Amalia at amalia2@umbc.edu and cc: Saaraa at saaraa.n.farooq@gmail.com.

UMBC launches infrastructure-focused cybersecurity research collaboration with Japanese and UK partners

UMBC is one of three leading academic institutions collaborating on a new research initiative focused on cybersecurity for critical national infrastructures, including information technology, public transit, and financial services. University leaders signed the three-nation agreement in a ceremony at the sixth International Cybersecurity Symposium in Japan.

UMBC, Keio Research Institute (KRIS) in Japan, and Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) in the UK will partner to investigate the use of common system simulation tools for modeling critical national infrastructure. This partnership is part of a broader international collaboration, the International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (INCS-COE). It will also involve Hitachi, an international operator in power systems, telecommunication, railways, and other core infrastructure areas.

Because cybersecurity attacks may not be limited to national borders, this collaboration argues that defense against such attacks should not be siloed either.

“Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a national issue,” emphasizes Karl V. Steiner, vice president for research at UMBC. “Long-term and productive international collaborations are needed to make significant progress.”

Jun Murai, professor of environment and information studies at Keio University, notes, “We look forward to working with our research colleagues in the UK and U.S. to help address the increasingly challenging cyber threats to the security of our respective critical national infrastructures.”

Working with a common toolset will enable mixed nationality teams to run simulations together. This will help cybersecurity experts learn how to more effectively address human factors, including cultural differences, in predicting how attacks and responses to those attacks might play out across different geographies.

“We are excited to participate in this new research collaboration with our colleagues in Japan and the UK to help us better understand and address some of the key cybersecurity challenges that our nations face from increasingly aggressive international adversaries,” says Anupam Joshi, director of UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity.

The partners in this research see the modeling of system security as increasingly vital for industry and government, for both training purposes and vulnerability analysis.

“This initiative creates many future opportunities including, for example, the opportunity to address the impact on critical national infrastructure security of the exponential growth of the internet of things, and for potential exchanges of expert staff and students,” explains Keith Mayes, head of the Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway University.

Steiner shares Mayes’s excitement about expanding opportunities for both established and emerging researchers in this growing field. Thanks to leading academic programs in cybersecurity, the bwtech@UMBC Cyber Incubator, and UMBC’s internationally-known Center for Cybersecurity, he says, “UMBC is uniquely positioned in Maryland to become a major global force for research in cybersecurity.”

“This partnership,” says Steiner, “builds important connections to move this essential work forward.”

Adapted from a UMBC News article written by Megan Hanks. Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

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JCET Faculty member Jasper Lewis mentored UMBC students Reese Burke, Kennedy Lamb & Samina Musa in The Carbon Zero Project as part of the UMBC Interdisciplinary CoLab.   The Carbon Zero Project produced videos highlighting UMBC's commitment to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions.  Kudos to Dr. Lewis and the The Carbon Zero Project team!