The NSF I-Corps is a set of activities and programs that prepare scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and broadens the impact of select, NSF-funded, basic-research projects. Combining experience and guidance from established entrepreneurs with a targeted curriculum, I-Corps is a public-private partnership program that teaches grantees to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research, and offers entrepreneurship training to student participants.
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The team of Yelena Yesha, Karuna Joshi and Lily Bengfort has been selected for the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program for April. The NSF I-Corps is a set of activities and programs that...http://www.csee.umbc.edu/2013/04/yesha-joshi-and-bengfort-selected-for-nsf-i-corps-program/https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/27137/guest@my.umbc.edu/2444a4bbbb51cf47512c23f00f411ae5/api/pixelnewsresearchComputer Science and Electrical Engineeringhttps://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cseehttps://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/xsmall.png?1314043393https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/original.png?1314043393https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/xxlarge.png?1314043393https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/xlarge.png?1314043393https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/large.png?1314043393https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/medium.png?1314043393https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/small.png?1314043393https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/xsmall.png?1314043393https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/099/d117dca133c64bf78a4b7696dd007189/xxsmall.png?1314043393Computer Science and Electrical Engineering00trueTue, 02 Apr 2013 19:51:08 -0400Ekey ’11, PoliSci and MLL, Named Rangel Fellow
Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow.
The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. Each year, the Rangel Program selects 20 outstanding Rangel Fellows in a highly competitive nationwide process and helps support them through two years of graduate study, internships and professional development activities, and entry into the Foreign Service.
As a Humanities Scholar at UMBC, Ekey traveled to Argentina and worked with Dr. Sara Poggio to study the history of people of African descent in Argentina. Ekey will be earning an M.A in Latin American Studies and International Economics at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna school.
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If you have questions about this course, feel free to email me (David Hoffman, dhoffman@umbc.edu). Foundations of Leadership Development (EDUC 216/PSYC 216) Instructors: Virginia Byrne and Lee Calizo 3 credits W 4:30-7:00
This course is designed to help develop effective, ethical leaders. As UMBC student you can interact with and influence other UMBC students on a daily basis. This course is designed to help you to develop as a leader and to prepare you to have a positive influence on others at UMBC and throughout your life. Through experiential projects and theoretical readings, this course will provide a foundation for your leadership development.
Example of how this course differs from other courses:
1) Class participation focused: Leadership is an inherently relational process. Within this course, you will share the responsibility to create a dynamic learning environment in which you will have the opportunity to understand, acquire, practice, reflect, and apply leadership knowledge, skills, and values. Each member of the class will be an expert in his or her own personal experience and how that experience informs and shapes the meaning made from course readings.
2) Many right answers about leadership: You will not leave this class with a 12 step plan for becoming a superhero, but you will practice skills that will help you make a difference in your community and improve your relationships.
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Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow.
The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. Each year, the Rangel Program selects 20 outstanding Rangel Fellows in a highly competitive nationwide process and helps support them through two years of graduate study, internships and professional development activities, and entry into the Foreign Service.
Ekey will be earning an M.A in Latin American Studies and International Economics at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna school.
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Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!
Firefighters do so much to help keep us safe. In this tutorial, we will honor our firefighters by creating a digital painting that depicts a firefighter coming to the rescue. Let’s get started!
With so many artists competing for the same work, getting noticed can be a challenging task. As the editor of Psdtuts+, I have had the opportunity to interact with some exceptionally talented artists and designers from all over the world. This proximity to so many artists has given me a unique perspective, and over the years, I have been able to make a lot of observations about what it takes for artists to increase their visibility and to raise their online profiles. In this article, I wanted to share several reasons why you might not be getting as much attention as you should.
What child wouldn’t love a real-life teddy bear to have as a friend? In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an adorable children’s illustration using digital painting techniques in Photoshop. Let’s get started!
I’m pleased to release our first ever round table, where we place a group of developers in a locked room (not really), and ask them to debate one another on a single topic. In this first entry, we discuss exceptions and flow control.
Not too long ago, I built a handful of generators for Laravel, which ease the process of various tasks. Today, thanks to help from Gaurav Narula, we’re turning things up a notch with the release of a new Sublime Text plugin that leverages the power of Artisan and the generators from directly within your editor.
The command line can either be your best friend, or your worst enemy. It simply depends on how you use it, and what you use it for. If you’re one of the many people who cringe at the mere thought of using the command line, then you’ve come to the right place!
In this tutorial we are going to draw a deer with custom Art Brushes, Graphic Styles and Blends in Adobe Illustrator, all of them created by us, so let’s get started.
Learn how to create text labels using Illustrator effects. Once you create this effect, you can apply it to any text and the size will update automatically.
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a series of minimalist and stylized birds and create a seamless pattern from them. The tutorial is aimed at users of Adobe Illustrator CS5 and below, since in CS6 creating patterns has become easier and more intuitive. In the second part we will then use this pattern for what could be a poster background and apply some effects to give it a retro look.
Let’s look at an alternative approach for displaying logos on a web page. Normally, you’ll approach the challenge by using an img tag. Perhaps you’ll use image replacement through CSS, perhaps you’ll even venture into SVG files, but have you considered what’s possible by designing your own web font ligature?
Perhaps you, or someone you know, has experienced the difficulties of computer interaction for the impaired. In general, operating systems and software suites have made provisions for accessibility for hearing-impaired audience, vision-impaired audience, and internationalization; however, the open web hasn’t caught up as quickly. Many sites ignore accessibility completely.
There’s a very good chance you know what Adobe Fireworks is, especially if you regularly use Photoshop or any of the other Adobe products. There’s an equally good chance you’ve never really taken the opportunity to see how it can help your web design workflow, even if you’ve always meant to. This session is here to put that right. Follow Leigh Howells as he demonstrates exactly what Fireworks can do for you in the real world.
The explosion of filmmaking since its democratization in 2008 has meant increasingly cheap ways of exploring the possibilities of motion pictures. One of the most popular cameras in recent times for beginners to start shooting on is the Canon Rebel series. Today, I’m going to take a look at the basics of getting your Rebel rolling, and provide some ideas on how to improve and develop those first attempts.
Panography was created to depict the way we naturally see. The way our eyes pick up on the details of a place or subject, then arrange them into a single image. The scale of detail you choose to create depends on the final image you see. Today, we’re going to take the style and techniques of panography and apply it to images we’ve already taken.
The Zone System is an approach to a standardized way of working that guarantees a correct exposure in every situation, even in the trickiest lighting conditions such as back lighting, extreme difference between light and shadow areas of a scene, and many similar conditions that are most likely going to throw off your camera’s metering giving you a completely incorrect exposure.
We’re kicking March off right with a great tutorial from Shaun Keenan where you’ll learn how to create an advanced multi-character rig for Futurama’s Bender. In this series, Shaun will show you how to create a truly versatile and production friendly rig in Maya capable of a staggering set of options and a huge amount of control.
Today we’re excited to launch an ambitious new tutorial series from Stefan Surmabojov spanning both Cgtuts+ and Aetuts+. Over the course of this seven part series, you’ll be guided through the entire process of creating a high quality advertising spot for a Razer gaming laptop from the ground up.
In this tutorial Aleksey Vozeneski will walk you through how to model a low poly tree in Cinema 4D and how to achieve that paper look that is becoming quite popular these days. He’ll then move on and show you how to bake Global Illumination, so that render times can be significantly reduced and your scene will be production ready.
In this tutorial we are going to create a beautiful Magnifying Glass in After Effects. Using just one null object as a Controller we will be able to change all the parameters: Size, Distance, Rotation, Blur, Shadow, and Background. Everything is going to be automatic, and this will save you a bunch of time when animating!
Do you want to create a fun video for kids in just a few minutes? Check out this free After Effects® project file that will help you create words in any language and animate them in a colorful way. The project template is set up with a visual interface that makes it easy for beginner After Effects® users to customize. Take a look at the video tutorial for an overview of the template options, and get ready to spark your viewer’s imagination!
Pixel drawings are really small compared to an HD video canvas. This tutorial explores the common failure points when bringing your pixel artwork into a 1080p comp in After Effects. Scaling and looping are covered as well as a workflow for preparing your frames for animation in the free sprite editor ASEprite and Adobe Photoshop.
For some people it is not practical to use loudspeakers to mix their music tracks. It might be that their neighbours are easily disturbed, or their acoustic environment is not up to scratch. Despite the fact it is not usually recommended, many people make decent mixdowns using only headphones.
Ableton Live 9 has arrived, and among its new features is the ability to convert melody and drums into MIDI. In this tutorial we show you how to use these features, as well as some of their limitations.
Studio One 2.5 is quickly becoming my go to DAW in my studio. If you are new to Studio One or are using the free version PreSonus has made available, I want to show you how you can quickly set up you MIDI controller inside of Studio One, if it is not in the list of preset devices.
We’ve added a new page to the site, which will help WordPress pros grab top quality software, tools and services. It’s filled with our favorite WordPress resources. You can jump straight over to our Recommended Resources page here on Wptuts+ or read on for further information.
In this post, we’re going to review a few concepts around jQuery and WordPress to make sure that we, as developers, are not only working to build our products correctly, but that we also know how to properly diagnose problems as they arise in our customer’s sites.
In this two part series, we’re going to take a look at what cross-site scripting really is, its dangers, how it impacts WordPress development, and then practical steps that we can take for testing our themes and plugins.
With the release of iOS 4, the Core Location framework received a significant update by providing support for geofencing. Not only can an application be notified when the device enters or exits a geofence, the operating system also notifies when the application is in the background. This addition to the Core Location framework fits neatly in Apple’s endeavor to support multitasking on iOS. This opens up a number of possibilities, such as performing tasks in the background through geofencing and that is exactly what this tutorial is about.
In this tutorial series, you’ll learn how to create an unblock puzzle game. The objective of the game is to clear the path for the square to get out. Read on!
Rockable Press is proud to present our latest release: Decoding the iOS 6 SDK. Written by five seasoned iOS experts and packed with almost 500 pages of essential iOS 6 development fundamentals, this great new eBook will quickly get you up to speed with the iOS 6 SDK and all the fundamental changes that occurred to Xcode and the iOS device landscape in 2012. Get your copy now!
Almost every major game released these days is made in 3D or uses a heavy amount of 3D assets. While there are still many games made in 2D, even platforms like Flash are now integrating 3D. In this bumper-length article I am going to explore what separates games from other mediums that use 3D art, and cover some of the important topics to consider when making 3D art for games.
Flixel is a free and open source 2D game development framework written by Adam “Atomic” Saltsman (Canabalt, Hundreds) in AS3 for making Flash games. It is a very mature, flexible and robust library. In this article, we’ll introduce you to the platform and its capabilities, and share tutorials, plugins, and suggestions to get you started developing games with it.
Would you believe me if I told you that after you finish reading and participating in the activities established in this article, you will have a game designed and ready to be developed? Yes, I know it sounds inconceivable, but trust me – this series of unconventional exercises will explain the workflow of designing a brand new game from zero to pitch.
Have you wondered if it was possible to merge similar PDF files together into one file without downloading third-party software? Well, turns out you can–and it’s really simple, too! In this screencast we show you how to easily merge your PDFs into one document using Preview.
If you’re wanting to reduce your paper clutter and digitise your old bank statements and receipts, a Doxie scanner is definitely the way to go. In this guide we’ll show you how to get the most from your Mac and Doxie.
Hazel, a folder monitoring application, has long been a favorite among many a Mac enthusiast. Hazel will automatically take action on your files, using the rules you create, keeping your folders in order. If you’ve wished that all of your downloaded music or any other sort of files would just do what you wanted them to, using only the power of your mind, well, this is the next best thing. We’ll look step-by-step at how to create a rule from scratch and then set up nine rules you can customize for your needs.
I’ve been thinking about a simple and contemporary way to add a little Easter decoration to my home as I don’t really want bunnies and eggs everywhere! These mini succulent egg decorations fit the bill nicely for me with a bit of macrame, some dip-dying, cute succulents, and of course eggs.
Do you have a favourite sweater that you can’t wear anymore because it (a) shrunk in the dryer; (b) got a stain or (c) developed a hole? If you can answer ‘yes’ to one (or more) of the above, don’t despair. With this tutorial you will learn how to transform and re-purpose an old sweater (or a charity shop find) into a very sweet Easter bunny plush. Let’s get started.
Easter is just around the corner and this pretty project will inject some colour into your decor. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to dye brightly-coloured eggs and embellish them with sweet silhouettes. You can download our free silhouette pattern to make the project super-easy. Read on for the full instructions after the jump.
Blogging is not a hard-sell environment. Readers expect to get useful information in posts, not pitches to hire you. So what can you write about? Quick tip: Provide useful or interesting information your prospects can use, and your readers will keep coming back — and some may end up becoming your clients. Here are 40 specific ideas for quick-and-easy blog topics that will attract quality prospects and then keep them interested.
Social networking is all about staying in touch with friends and making new contacts. On Google Plus, you add friends by putting them into your circles. You meet new people by hanging out in Google Plus communities. In this article, I give you a freelancer’s guide to who you should add to your circles, how to meet new people in communities, and how to use communities and circles as a marketing tool.
There are a lot of options on what incentives you can offer to potential readers. Before leaping in to creating any type of incentive piece, make sure you know exactly what will attract your audience. If necessary, survey a few of the people you’d most like to sign up for your list about what they really need.
In this course, we’ll review the process of building custom WordPress widgets using the WordPress API and advanced development techniques. This course begins at ground zero, and assumes that you have no experience with WordPress widget development. Stick with me for a few hours, and you’ll learn a lot! Let’s get to it.
In this course, join me, Christopher Roach, as I walk you through the creation of a simple Hacker News clone. Along the way, you’ll learn all the basics, including working with views, templates, the ORM, and even some of the more powerful features of the framework, like setting up the admin app and handling AJAX calls.
Whether you’re an ambitious illustrator or an experienced designer, almost everyone wants to improve their traditional drawing skills. Kirk Nelson is here to do just that! As an experienced digital painter and designer, Kirk walks you through the building blocks of digital drawing, shapes and shading, composing and perspective, and much more. Grab your tablet or stylus and let’s get started.
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It’s looking grim.
I can be something of a Luddite, for a technology blogger. I recently jilted my iPhone. It took me ages to buy a Kindle, and I was a holdout on the iPad until I received a hand-me-down copy. And while I’ve come to love my iPad for short-form reading and TV streaming, and even for the occasional mid-length magazine piece, I simply can’t stand reading books digitally. I find my Kindle (and Kindle app) useful for downloading free books, or books I merely want to scan for research. But when I want to be drawn into the world of a story, when I want the full aesthetic experience a book can give me, I still want paper in my hands.
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The Lambda Phi Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
presents the UMBC ARBOR DAY BLOCK PARTY
Date: Wednesday, April 3
Location: UMBC QUAD
Time: 3-5pm
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The Lambda Phi Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
presents the UMBC ARBOR DAY BLOCK PARTY
Date: Wednesday, April 3
Location: UMBC QUAD
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It’s April 2nd, and news sites have gone back to reporting the news instead of inventing it. Yesterday’s annual festival of invented headlines, some convincing, some lame, many frighteningly plausible, was as popular as ever with websites.
Why do we feel the need to prank each other? Are we playing Devil’s advocate on serious points we can’t normally discuss, or are we simply indulging in the ridiculous?
In case you missed them, or weren’t sure if they were genuine news stories, here’s our roundup of the gags we enjoyed the most yesterday.
Google Treasure Maps
Google also tried to entice us away from work with a One-Eyed Willy style treasure map. Google Maps supposedly allowed you to collaborate with Goonies across the globe to track down the treasure of Captain Kidd. I really wanted this one to be true.
Cat testing
We don’t think anyone actually fell for this, but it’s a great idea: user testing feedback offered by cats. usertesting.com did a great job of making us laugh while promoting their service.
Google Nose
Every year Google seem to blow their PR budget on high production value pranks. One of several in 2013 was Google Nose Beta, an implausible addition to Google’s range of search products.
YouTube shuts down
In the current economy, businesses everywhere are shutting down. Including, supposedly, YouTube who admitted that their entire raison d’être over the last eight years was to find the ‘Best Video in the World’. Obviously, YouTube was still up this morning, but they did a great job of selling this one.
Twttr
Twitter announced that it would be splitting its site in two: a full paid version that would cost $5 per month, and a free version called Twttr with all vowels removed.
Virgin’s glass bottomed plane
Virgin Atlantic released a story that they were introducing glass bottomed planes, giving everyone a window seat. Actually, once you got over the terror of takeoff and landing, this one could have been pretty cool if it had been true.
WestJet’s Furry Family
Airlines seem to be very keen to get in on the joke. WestJet introduced their ‘Furry Family’ service, allowing you to carry your pet in the airline cabin. Sadly, they didn’t quite have the nerve to stick to the prank, and fessed up before the end of their video.
Aer Lingus
Irish airline Aer Lingus have ‘introduced’ a number of changes, including boarding by clan, staff in hurling uniforms, live Irish folk music in the cabin, and traditional Irish folk dance during the safety briefing. Just like WestJet, they couldn’t maintain the poker face either.
Nokia’s microwave oven
If it hadn’t been announced yesterday, we might have fallen for Nokia’s microwave oven announcement. With features such as eye-tracking technology to stop the turntable when it’s looked at, and apps to let you rate food, maybe they should build it, it might rescue their bottomline.
Sony Animalia
Sony entertained us with a new lineup of tech targeted at ‘domestic fauna’.
Google Blue
Parodying the hype surrounding new product launches, Google (again) pokes fun at itself with the ‘launch’ of Google Blue: it’s Google Mail, only blue. If they know that tech launches often seem as full of hot air as this, why don’t they do something different?
Scope Bacon
Scope mouthwash released Scope Bacon, a bacon flavored mouthwash.
A special message from POTUS
A special message from President Obama? Are we at war with North Korea? Is a meteor on a collision course with the Earth? Strangely even the leader of the free world got in on the act, with whitehouse.gov releasing an unusual presidential announcement.
Did you fall for an April Fools’ prank this year? Do you enjoy All Fools’ Day or wish it would go away? Let us know in the comments.
Featured image/thumbnail, laughter image via Shutterstock.
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Miami-based venture creates fast time-to-market recipe
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Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service … Continue reading →
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It’s April 2nd, and news sites have gone back to reporting the news instead of inventing it. Yesterday’s annual festival of invented headlines, some convincing, some lame, many frighteningly plausible, was as popular as ever with websites.
