Meet Torsten Hahmann, a new assistant professor at the University of Maine working in the spatial informatics program of the School of Computing and Information Science. Professor Hahmann began working at UMaine in November of 2013. In his position as assistant professor, he has several roles at the university: teaching courses, conducting research, and writing […]
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Aron Semle (UMaine Computer Engineering Graduate, 2004) has been named as a “2014 Engineering Leader Under 40”. Control Engineering and Plant Engineering announced the awards on Sept 14, 2014. The Engineering Leaders Under 40 program recognizes manufacturing professionals under the age of 40 who are making a significant contribution to their plant’s success, and to […]
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Kepware Technologies in Portland is one of eight companies to receive a 2014 Governor’s Award for Business Excellence. The awards were presented in a reception at SMCC on Friday Sept 19. Kepware Technologies provides a wide range of communication and interoperability software solutions for the automation industry. Congratulations Kepware! More information is available in this BDN news […]
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Presentation: Geospatial Business Intelligence and Big GeoData Who: Dr. Yvan Bedard, Professor, Laval University (and UMaine alumnus) <http://yvanbedard.scg.ulaval.ca/?lang=en> When: Noon, Thursday, September 18 Where: Room 336 Boardman Hall Please come and discuss with Yvan his perspectives and approaches for addressing big geodata challenges.
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Apple is seeking co-ops starting in either January or May 2015 for their iPhone Hardware Systems Group in Cupertino. The co-op positions could last from 4 to 9 months. Interested students should contact either Professor Kotecki or Professor Segee for application details. iPhone Hardware System Integration Engineer Intern
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ECE Graduate and current graduate student Joel Castro is a 2014 Distinguished HENAAC Award Nominee. The recognition, provided by Great Minds in Stem (GMiS) states “Your excellence and leadership in STEM inspires our community, empowers our nation, and exemplifies the GMiS vision to keep America technologically strong.” Congratulations, Joel!
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Taro Ubukawa, Alex De Sherbinin, Harlan Onsrud, Andy Nelson, Karen Payne, Olivier Cottray, and Mikel Maron, A Review of Roads Data Development Methodologies, Data Science Journal, Vol. 13: 45-66, 2014.
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Mark Royer, Sudarshan S. Chawathe, Andrei V. Kurbatov, Paul A. Mayewski. A Java library for dynamically loading and executing remote Octave functions. Borns Symposium, April 2014. Abstract: We describe a technique for loading and executing Octave functions remotely from a Java application. There are many scientific re-sampling techniques developed for Octave, and new functions are constantly being […]
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George Markowsky, In Praise of Small Data, International Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Predictive Organization and Big Transformations Stanford, CA, USA, May 27, 2014 (in press) Abstract: Big Data tools can give “explanations” of complex and elaborate data sets. There is the danger that we might be content with the explanations that these tools produce. It is […]
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Joshua A. Lewis and Max J. Egenhofer. Oriented Regions for Linearly Conceptualized Features in: “Geographic Information Science — Eighth International Conference,” GIScience 2014, Vienna, Austria. M. Duckham, E. Pebesma, K. Stewart and A. Frank (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, September 2014 (in press). Abstract: Spatial scenes are abstractions of some geographic reality, focusing on the spatial […]
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