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Blended Learning: Finding the Mix
- Location: Online
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning.
- Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
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Law- Monday January 12, 2015 First Day of Classes
- Location: Law School
, 333 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: Law- Monday January 12, 2015 First Day of Classes
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
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Using Blackboard Collaborate
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 128
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: This workshop will demonstrate Collaborate, a live conferencing tool that uses a virtual online classroom to meet live within a myCourses course site. Using Collaborate, faculty can interact virtually with students for lectures, guest presentations, share applications, and meetings. This technology integrates seamlessly into your myCourses site and simply requires speakers and microphone.
- Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Workshops+%26+Events
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
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MASTER OF SCIENCE PROJECT DEFENSE BY: Nolan Paduch
- Location: Science and Engineering Building
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: free
- Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
- Description: TOPIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF UEFI SECURE FIRMWARE UPDATE WITHOUT UEFI SECURE BOOT
LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A
ABSTRACT:
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an interface for the communication between a computer firmware and the operating system, specifically the operating system loader. Operating system (OS) is a software package to manage computer resources and provide user service. The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) as well as the essential part of OS, such as the OS loader that boots OS when the computer is powered on, is stored in persistent memory or Read-Only Memory (ROM). The combination of the memory hardware and the code/data software is called firmware. The specification is published by the UEFI forum to document a set of tables and service calls made available to the OS and loader. UEFI contains Secure Boot, which allows only authenticated images to be loaded and executed from within the BIOS. This would include PCIe option ROMs, PCIe drivers, and OSs. PCIe stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express, a standard for high-speed communications among computer components. By limiting what can be loaded and launched at boot time, we can assure that no malicious software is compromising the system during boot.
UEFI BIOS is stored in flash memory and is accessed via the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). During boot time, if this interface is unlocked, any driver, option ROM, or OS can write to the flash and corrupt the system. UEFI Secure Boot is designed to prevent this security vulnerability, since only trusted non-malicious code will be run. However, we run into an issue when we have to allow un-authenticated firmware to run without having Secure Boot enabled (such as a legacy operating system).
The purpose of this project is to implement a way to conduct a secure firmware update without the use of UEFI Secure Boot. It is reasonable to assume that certain functions can be guaranteed for execution at certain times. These functions include detecting the BIOS update, authenticating the image, flashing the image, and locking the SPI flash. Throughout the process, it is also necessary to log the steps in the process so that the OS can see the results of the complete process. All of these steps must be completed before any third party code is executed, or we risk compromising the system.
The project overviews the secure firmware update process, as well as details the timing requirements at each step. The project also overviews enhancements made to the initial release and future expandability options. The project exemplifies the assurance of security without losing operability, the technology with significant economic impact to the computing industry.
NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.
All interested parties are invited to attend.
Open to the public.
Advisor: Dr. Hong Liu
Committee Members: Dr. Paul Fortier, ECE Dept.; and Jim Roche, EMC Corporation.
- Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: An Indian from India
- Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: Free admission
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: University Art Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford presents
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: An Indian from India
Curated by Viera Levitt
Exhibition Dates: Nov 13, 2014 - Jan 25, 2015
Reception: AHA! Night, Thursday Nov 13, 6-9 pm, Artist Talk 7 pm
Photo Booth: AHA! Night, Thursday December 11, 6-8 pm
The University Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo show by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, American artist born in England and raised in India. The exhibition will take place at UMass Dartmouth's New Bedford campus between November 13 and January 25, 2015 .
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's work explores and challenges our perception of identity, photography and memory. She enlivens old black and white, or sepia toned photos through a surprising and skillful technique of digital manipulation that preserves the background while adding figures of herself or others. With this body of work, Ms. Matthew challenges our perceptions of time and collective memory, while also asking us to look with new eyes at the much cherished family photograph, especially those that were perhaps brought to this country by our immigrant grandparents. Additionally, by replacing static images with animations that are displayed on iPads and inserted into an old book or picture frames, Matthew adds surprise, an inverted dimension of time and contemporary interpretation into a traditional form of media.
As part of our commitment to community engagement, we will have a photo booth taking professional photographs of any three generations of woman from the same immigrant family during AHA! Night on Thursday , December 11 from 6 to 8 pm . Through these portraits, the artist wants to create work that both depict the changing face of American immigration and also chronicles the continual renewal of American diversity. The visitors can bring the whole family and get a print to take home. Learn more at tinyurl.com/immigrantphoto .
Reception: AHA! Night, Thursday Nov 13 , 6-9 pm, Artist Talk 7 pm
Photo Booth: AHA! Night, Thursday December 11 , 6-8 pm
University Art Gallery
College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth
715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, (508) 999-8555
umassd.edu/universityartgallery
- Link: www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
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