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Special MATLAB Workshop for Graduate Students November 11, 211 Jonathan McHenry led a special MATLAB Workshop in ENGR 122 from 4-7pm, with tutoring support from Zana Coulibaly and Xuan Huang. A prepared demonstration of numerical computation in MATLAB, and advanced programming techniques in MATLAB were presented. In addition, Jonathan, Zana, and Xuan gave individualized tutoring and assistance. Funding for this event was provided by the UMBC Graduate School. Promise Website

UMBC Hosts 5th Annual Probability and Statistics Day
April 22-23, 2011

The 5th Probability and Statistics Day was held at UMBC April 22-23. Attendees traveled from accross the country and world to participate. The event included an afternoon workshop on Friday and a conference on Saturday. The conference included student talks and posters, invited speakers, an awards ceremony, and banquet dinner. More information about the event is available at the Probability and Statistics Day webpage, hosted by CIRC.

CIRC's Elizabeth Stanwyck Defends PhD Thesis
February 25, 2011

Former CIRC RA and current CIRC staff member Elizabeth Stanwyck successfully defended her PhD thesis titled A Statistical Study of the Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Children's Health. A reception was held after the defense.

COMSOL Workshop
February 24, 2011

This spring semester CIRC was again able to host a COMSOL Multiphysics Workshop presented by a COMSOL engineer. It provided an introduction and hands on opportunity to test out the newest version of COMSOL Multiphysics. The workshop had a good turn out with approximately 20 participants attending either the morning or afternoon sessions.

Spring 2011 Workshop Schedule
February 2, 2011

The Spring 2011 schedule of software workshops has been posted. It includes again more advanced topics in the use of the software package MATLAB as well as an introduction to popular statisitical packages such as R. These workshops are a service of CIRC in cooperation with the Division of Information Technology.

COMSOL Conference 2010 Boston
October 6-9, 2010

HPCF RA David Trott and Dr. Matthias Gobbert attended the Boston area COMSOL conference where they presented their conference paper Conducting finite element convergence studies using COMSOL 4.0. This is an example of the cross collaboration between CIRC and HPCF.

Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule
August 27, 2010

The Fall 2010 schedule of software workshops has been posted. It includes again an introduction to the most popular scientific software package MATLAB. These workshops are a service of CIRC in cooperation with the Division of Information Technology.

Dr. Nagaraj K. Neerchal Elected Fellow of the ASA August 03, 2010 Dr. Nagaraj K. Neerchal, co-director of CIRC, was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). This honor recognizes the professional contributions of members of the ASA and is limited to one-third of one percent of the ASA membership. The photo shows him receiving the honor in a ceremony held during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver.

Consultants of the Year
May 7, 2010

Congratulations to Navneet Sushon and Airong Yu for being honored as CIRC consultants of the year! Both students were recognized for their accomplishments at the fifth annual CNMS Student Recognition Day.

Great COMSOL Workshop
April 8, 2010

The Spring 2010 semester's COMSOL Multiphysics Workshop, presented by a COMSOL engineer and hosted by CIRC, had the best turnout ever! A total of 38 partipants attended either the morning or afternoon workshop.

Record Attendance
September 24, 2009

The Basic Programming in MATLAB workshop, one of a series of MATLAB workshops offered by CIRC, drew a record turnout this past Wednesday. Thank you to the 40+ attendees who made this workshop a huge success! We hope to see you again at future workshops.

CIRC Releases New Webpage
September 01, 2009

CIRC releases its new webpage design at www.umbc.edu/circ. The new, more flexible design features more attractive visuals and a current look tied in with UMBC's colors. The directors of CIRC thank Navneet Sushon for her tireless work on the design and its efficient implementation.