Human-Centered Computing Speaker Series
UMBC Information Systems Department

'Natural' Search User Interfaces

Professor Marti Hearst
School of Information
University of California, Berkeley

12:00-1:00pm Friday 18 November 2011, ITE 459

What does the future hold for search user interfaces? Following on a recently completed book on this topic, this talk identifies some important trends in the use of information technology and suggest how these may affect search in future. This includes is a notable trend towards more “natural'' user interfaces, a trend towards social rather than solo usage of information technology, and a trend in technology advancing the integration of massive quantities of user behavior and large-scale knowledge bases. These trends are, or will be, interweaving in various ways, which will have some interesting ramifications for search interfaces, and should suggest promising directions for research.

Dr. Marti Hearst is a professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. She received BA, MS, and PhD degrees in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and was a Member of the Research Staff at Xerox PARC from 1994 to 1997. A primary focus of Dr. Hearst's research is user interfaces for search.

She just completed the first book on the topic of Search User Interfaces and she has invented or participated in several well-known search interface projects including the Flamenco project that investigated and the promoted the use of faceted metadata for collection navigation. Professor Hearst's other research areas include computational linguistics, information visualization, and analysis of social media.

Prof. Hearst has received an NSF CAREER award, an IBM Faculty Award, a Google Research Award, an Okawa Foundation Fellowship, two Excellence in Teaching Awards, and has been principle investigator for more than $3M in research grants.

See M. Hearst, 'Natural' Search User Interfaces, CACM, v54n11, pp. 60-97, 2011.

Host: Professor Anita Komlodi/p>

Human-Centered Computing Speaker Series
UMBC Information Systems Department

'Natural' Search User Interfaces

Professor Marti Hearst
School of Information
University of California, Berkeley

12:00-1:00pm Friday 18 November 2011, ITE 459

What does the future hold for search user interfaces? Following on a recently completed book on this topic, this talk identifies some important trends in the use of information technology and suggest how these may affect search in future. This includes is a notable trend towards more “natural'' user interfaces, a trend towards social rather than solo usage of information technology, and a trend in technology advancing the integration of massive quantities of user behavior and large-scale knowledge bases. These trends are, or will be, interweaving in various ways, which will have some interesting ramifications for search interfaces, and should suggest promising directions for research.

Dr. Marti Hearst is a professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. She received BA, MS, and PhD degrees in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and was a Member of the Research Staff at Xerox PARC from 1994 to 1997. A primary focus of Dr. Hearst's research is user interfaces for search.

She just completed the first book on the topic of Search User Interfaces and she has invented or participated in several well-known search interface projects including the Flamenco project that investigated and the promoted the use of faceted metadata for collection navigation. Professor Hearst's other research areas include computational linguistics, information visualization, and analysis of social media.

Prof. Hearst has received an NSF CAREER award, an IBM Faculty Award, a Google Research Award, an Okawa Foundation Fellowship, two Excellence in Teaching Awards, and has been principle investigator for more than $3M in research grants.

See M. Hearst, 'Natural' Search User Interfaces, CACM, v54n11, pp. 60-97, 2011.

Host: Professor Anita Komlodi/p>

The Department wishes to extend its congratulations to the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering graduate students that were recently admitted to candidacy for the doctoral degree. The following students were recognized at the Doctoral Candidates Recognition Reception that was held last Tuesday, November 1st in the UC Ballroom:

Computer Science

David Chapman
Mentor: Dr. Milton Halem
"Multidimensional Map Reduce for Remote Sensing Applicators

Niyati Chhaya
Mentor: Dr. Tim Oates
"Joint Inference for Extracting Text Descriptors from Triage Images of Mass Disaster Victims"

Yasaman Haghpanah
Mentor: Dr. Marie desJardins
"A Trust Model for Decision Making in Supply Chain Management"

Lushan Han
Mentor: Dr. Tim Finin
"GoRelations: An Intuitive Query System for Linked Data"

Karuna Joshi
Mentor: Dr. Yelena Yesha, Dr. Tim Finin
"Framework for an Integrated Lifecycle of Virtualized Services"

Varish Mulwad
Mentor: Dr. Tim Finin
"Generating Linked Data by Inferring the Semantics of Tables"

Randy Schauer
Mentor: Dr. Anupam Joshi
"A Framework for the Intelligent Management of Distributed Rack-Based Blade Operations"

Fatih Senel
Mentor: Dr. Mohamed Younis
"Relay Node Placement for Federating Segmented Wireless Sensor Network"

Shiming Yang
Mentor: Dr. Konstantin Kalpakis
"Improving the Traffic Flow Forecasts for Road Networks with Data Assimilation"

Xianshu Zhu
Mentor: Dr. Tim Oates
"Finding Story Chain in Newswire Articles"

Electrical Engineering

Matthew Anderson
Mentor: Dr. Tulay Adali
"Joint Blind Source Separation with Multivariate Gaussian Model: Algorithms, Performance Analysis and Applications"

Damon Bradley
Mentor: Dr. Joel Morris
"On the Analysis, Modeling, and Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference for Spaceborne Microwave Radiometers"

Sai Ma
Mentor: Dr. Tulay Adali
"Analysis of Brain Network Connectivity in MRI Data Using Spatial Information"

Ganesh Saiprasad
Dr. Chein-I Chang
"Adrenal Gland Abnormality Detection Using Random Classification Forest"
 

The Department wishes to extend its congratulations to the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering graduate students that were recently admitted to candidacy for the doctoral degree. The following students were recognized at the Doctoral Candidates Recognition Reception that was held last Tuesday, November 1st in the UC Ballroom:

Computer Science

David Chapman
Mentor: Dr. Milton Halem
"Multidimensional Map Reduce for Remote Sensing Applicators

Niyati Chhaya
Mentor: Dr. Tim Oates
"Joint Inference for Extracting Text Descriptors from Triage Images of Mass Disaster Victims"

Yasaman Haghpanah
Mentor: Dr. Marie desJardins
"A Trust Model for Decision Making in Supply Chain Management"

Lushan Han
Mentor: Dr. Tim Finin
"GoRelations: An Intuitive Query System for Linked Data"

Karuna Joshi
Mentor: Dr. Yelena Yesha, Dr. Tim Finin
"Framework for an Integrated Lifecycle of Virtualized Services"

Varish Mulwad
Mentor: Dr. Tim Finin
"Generating Linked Data by Inferring the Semantics of Tables"

Randy Schauer
Mentor: Dr. Anupam Joshi
"A Framework for the Intelligent Management of Distributed Rack-Based Blade Operations"

Fatih Senel
Mentor: Dr. Mohamed Younis
"Relay Node Placement for Federating Segmented Wireless Sensor Network"

Shiming Yang
Mentor: Dr. Konstantin Kalpakis
"Improving the Traffic Flow Forecasts for Road Networks with Data Assimilation"

Xianshu Zhu
Mentor: Dr. Tim Oates
"Finding Story Chain in Newswire Articles"

Electrical Engineering

Matthew Anderson
Mentor: Dr. Tulay Adali
"Joint Blind Source Separation with Multivariate Gaussian Model: Algorithms, Performance Analysis and Applications"

Damon Bradley
Mentor: Dr. Joel Morris
"On the Analysis, Modeling, and Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference for Spaceborne Microwave Radiometers"

Sai Ma
Mentor: Dr. Tulay Adali
"Analysis of Brain Network Connectivity in MRI Data Using Spatial Information"

Ganesh Saiprasad
Dr. Chein-I Chang
"Adrenal Gland Abnormality Detection Using Random Classification Forest"
 

CSEE Students Joe Tuzo (CMSC), JJ Seymour (CMSC) and Varish Mulwad (CMSC) will present papers at the AAAI FAll Symposiumon November 4-6 in Arlington, Virginia. Yasaman Haghpanah (CMSC) will present her research at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing on November 9-12 in Portland, Oregon.

Joe Tuzo (CMSC BS '11) and JJ Seymour (CMSC BS '12) will be presenting papers at the upcoming AAAI Fall Symposium on Complex Adaptive Systems. Joe's paper (co-authored with JJ and Prof. Marie desJardins), " Using a Cellular Automaton Simulation to Determine an Optimal Lane Changing Strategy on a Multi-Lane Highway," and JJ's paper (co-authored with Joe and Prof. desJardins), "Ant Colony Optimization in a Changing Environment," were both based on the students' class projects for Prof. desJardins's "Computation, Complexity, and Emergence" course in Spring 2011.

Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Varish Mulwad will present a paper on his dissertation research at the AAAI Fall Symposium on Open Government Knowledge.  He is developing a system that can automatically infer the meaning of information in a spreadsheet or table and publish it as linked Web data using semantic web languages. Varish's advisor, Dr. Tim Finin, is one of the organizers of the symposium.

Yasaman Haghpanah (CMSC Ph.D. Candidate) will present her research on "A Trust and Reputation Model for Supply Chain Management" in the PhD Forum at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, which will be held November 9-12, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.  Yasaman's advisor, Dr. Marie desJardins, will also attend the conference as a participant in the Grace Hopper Senior Women's Summit.

CSEE Students Joe Tuzo (CMSC), JJ Seymour (CMSC) and Varish Mulwad (CMSC) will present papers at the AAAI FAll Symposiumon November 4-6 in Arlington, Virginia. Yasaman Haghpanah (CMSC) will present her research at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing on November 9-12 in Portland, Oregon.

Joe Tuzo (CMSC BS '11) and JJ Seymour (CMSC BS '12) will be presenting papers at the upcoming AAAI Fall Symposium on Complex Adaptive Systems. Joe's paper (co-authored with JJ and Prof. Marie desJardins), " Using a Cellular Automaton Simulation to Determine an Optimal Lane Changing Strategy on a Multi-Lane Highway," and JJ's paper (co-authored with Joe and Prof. desJardins), "Ant Colony Optimization in a Changing Environment," were both based on the students' class projects for Prof. desJardins's "Computation, Complexity, and Emergence" course in Spring 2011.

Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Varish Mulwad will present a paper on his dissertation research at the AAAI Fall Symposium on Open Government Knowledge.  He is developing a system that can automatically infer the meaning of information in a spreadsheet or table and publish it as linked Web data using semantic web languages. Varish's advisor, Dr. Tim Finin, is one of the organizers of the symposium.

Yasaman Haghpanah (CMSC Ph.D. Candidate) will present her research on "A Trust and Reputation Model for Supply Chain Management" in the PhD Forum at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, which will be held November 9-12, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.  Yasaman's advisor, Dr. Marie desJardins, will also attend the conference as a participant in the Grace Hopper Senior Women's Summit.

On November 15, Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin, assistant professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, will speak at the National Electronics Museum. Dr. Mohsenin runs UMBC's Energy Efficient and High Performance Computing Lab , where she works on developing highly accurate, low-power communication and healthcare devices. The talk, which is hosted by the Baltimore Chapter of IEEE Electron Devices & Solid-State Circuits, will discuss efficient algorithms and architectures for communication applications.

What: “ Energy Efficient and High Performance Architectures for Communication Applications"

Who: Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin

Where: The National Electronics Museum, Pioneer Hall

Time: 5:30- 7:30 p.m.

On November 15, Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin, assistant professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, will speak at the National Electronics Museum. Dr. Mohsenin runs UMBC's Energy Efficient and High Performance Computing Lab , where she works on developing highly accurate, low-power communication and healthcare devices. The talk, which is hosted by the Baltimore Chapter of IEEE Electron Devices & Solid-State Circuits, will discuss efficient algorithms and architectures for communication applications.

What: “ Energy Efficient and High Performance Architectures for Communication Applications"

Who: Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin

Where: The National Electronics Museum, Pioneer Hall

Time: 5:30- 7:30 p.m.

EE Graduate Seminar

Functional Brain Circuits, nAChR Genes, and Smoking

Dr. Elliot Hong
Director, Brain Imaging Center
Associate Professor
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine

11:30am-12:45pm Friday, 4 Nov 11, ITE 231

About 20% of the US population smokes cigarettes. Smoking is influenced by genetic and environmental factors and mental illnesses.The neurobiological basis of severe nicotine addiction is unclear. We use gene-circuit analysis, resting fMRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and circuit-addiction behavior analyses to examine the dorsal anterior cingulate and the ventral striatum/extended amygdala (dACC-VS/EA) brain circuit and its relationship to smoking.

Dr. Hong received the M.D. degree in 1986 from the Sun Yat-Sen University Science in China. In 2003-07 he was an Asst Professor in the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC), Psychiatry Department, University of Maryland School of Medicine. He became an Assoc. Professor in 2008. In 2010 Dr. Hong was appointed as both the Chief of the Neuroimaging Research Program and Director of the Brain Imaging Center at MPRC.

Seminar Host: Prof. Joel M. Morris

EE Graduate Seminar

Functional Brain Circuits, nAChR Genes, and Smoking

Dr. Elliot Hong
Director, Brain Imaging Center
Associate Professor
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine

11:30am-12:45pm Friday, 4 Nov 11, ITE 231

About 20% of the US population smokes cigarettes. Smoking is influenced by genetic and environmental factors and mental illnesses.The neurobiological basis of severe nicotine addiction is unclear. We use gene-circuit analysis, resting fMRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and circuit-addiction behavior analyses to examine the dorsal anterior cingulate and the ventral striatum/extended amygdala (dACC-VS/EA) brain circuit and its relationship to smoking.

Dr. Hong received the M.D. degree in 1986 from the Sun Yat-Sen University Science in China. In 2003-07 he was an Asst Professor in the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC), Psychiatry Department, University of Maryland School of Medicine. He became an Assoc. Professor in 2008. In 2010 Dr. Hong was appointed as both the Chief of the Neuroimaging Research Program and Director of the Brain Imaging Center at MPRC.

Seminar Host: Prof. Joel M. Morris