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Interesting research created by our Information Systems students:

• "Authentication for the Blind Community"
• "TweetCollector: a Framework for Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Live Data from Twitter"
• "Gender Differences in the Use of Social-Networking Websites"

Meet a researcher:

• Uvonne Andoh
• Jeffrey Boyd
• Caroline Brunschwyler
• Thomas Hervey
• Manpreet Suri

Benefits for Information Systems students:

• Work with a faculty member
• Experience hands-on research
• Reinforce classroom learning
• Prepare for work or graduate school
• Travel to national conferences
• Receive grant funding
• Publish independent research
  • Understanding Documentation Value in Software Maintenance.

  Sumita Das. UMBC Review Vol.9.

  • MinDS: A Two-Phased Approach to Mining for Document Similarity.

  Brian Lewis. UMBC Review Vol.11.

*Immediate Fall, 2011 on-campus opportunities!

So, what are you doing next summer?

• The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Science Foundation
• The Computer Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
• The Leadership Alliance
• Pathways to Science
• University of California, Irvine's Research Opportunities Database
• UMBC Summer Research Opportunities

Get started today!

For more information, check out this department's website:

Information Systems

For more information:
Janet McGlynn at mcglynn@umbc.edu or 410-455-5754