UMBC President, Faculty Speak at Data Mining Conference
President Hrabowski and UMBC faculty will speak at the National Science Foundation Symposium on Next Generation of Data Mining and Cyter-Enabled Discovery for Innovation. The general chair of the event is Hillol Kargupta, who will also be a speaker at the event. Other speakers include President Freeman Hrabowski and Tim Finin, professor of computer science and electrical engineering.
This three-day event, October 10-12, will offer a unique perspective of what the leading researchers, practitioners and government program leaders of this field think about how the next generation of data mining technology will impact our life in future. It will explore the emerging solutions for a wide spectrum of items from our everyday life -- design of new drugs, privacy protection, homeland defense and other issues. For more information, visit www.cs.umbc.edu/~hillol/NGDM07/.
Senior Pascaline Cette Wins "A" Flight at Quinnipiac Invitational
Senior Pascaline Cette won the “A” Flight singles of the Quinnipiac Women’s Invitational last weekend. Cette opened with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Rhode Island’s Nyssa Peele and then knocked off Yulia Smirnova, 6-4, 6-0 of conference rival Binghamton in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the native of Menton, France handled Danielle Viola of Sacred Heart, 6-2, 6-2 and then edged previously unbeaten Mary Wilson of host Quinnipiac, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Junior Cornelia Carapcea won the consolation singles in the A Flight.
Retrievers Grab Weekly Conference Awards
Sophomore Ashley Oscars the America East Conference Player of the Week while sophomore Kira Giles garners Setter of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 23, the conference announced Tuesday.
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Airi Yoshioka, Music, Receives McGraw-Hill Robert Sherman Award
Violinist and music professor Airi Yoshioka has been awarded the $10,000 McGraw-Hill Companies' Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach. The award recognizes and assists “a recent Juilliard alum who is deeply involved in music education and community outreach and who has demonstrated outstanding musicianship.” On October 3, Yoshioka’s live performances will be broadcast on WQXR. For more information, visit www.wqxr.com.
