News

We use the UMBC group umbc-ai to share news about AI research, events, and opportunities at UMBC. UMBC faculty, staff, and students can join the group to receive email messages. Anyone can view past news on the group or on the AI.UMBC.EDU website. Below are short summaries of recent messages from the UMBC AI Center.

Talk: Smart speaker as cassandra: feminized voices and technologies of domestic containment

12-1pm Monday, October 26 in PAHB 216 and online

Jason Loviglio, UMBC professor of media and communication studies and a Fall 2026 Dresher Center Residential Faculty Fellow, shares his work on how AI vocal technologies represent the latest and...

Posted: October 23, 2026, 9:31 AM

AI and Human Learning Symposium

9am-8pm, Tuesday, October 27, JHU, Baltimore

The JHU Data Science and AI Institute will hold a free one-day symposium on AI and Human Learning from 9am-8pm, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 on the Homewood campus in the Bloomberg Student Center and...

Posted: October 21, 2026, 9:19 PM

UMBC Mic'd Up episode on using AI without losing your voice

How to embrace AI w/o becoming overly dependent on it

In this short UMBC Mic'd Up episode, Dennise Cardona shares her insights on how to embrace AI without becoming overly dependent on it. She explores the importance of keeping our critical thinking...

Posted: October 20, 2026, 7:55 AM

What Should Every Graduate of an Undergraduate AI Program Know?

Recommendations from a NSF workshop

What knowledge and skills should form the foundation of an undergraduate AI education? A new NSF LEVEL UP AI workshop recommendation report, Designing AI Curriculum Pathways, offers a framework...

Posted: October 19, 2026, 10:11 AM

Navigating the Use of AI Tools in the Research Process

4-5pm ET Monday, October 19, 2026, online

AI is increasingly integrated into the research tools you may already be using. This online workshop provides an overview of various AI tools, how they work, and how to decide when to use them in...

Posted: October 14, 2026, 7:30 AM

2026 UMBC 2026 GRIT-X features four AI-related talks

4-6pm Sat Oct. 17, UMBC Earl & Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The UMBC 2026 GRIT-X research and creative achievement event takes place from 4-6 pm on Saturday, October 17, in the UMBC Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall and features nine short talks by...

Posted: October 11, 2026, 8:00 AM

Constructing Contextual Transparency: A Database Method for Understanding Recruiting AI in Practice

AI in Practice talk; 12-12:45PM Wed. Oct. 14, 2026

The session presents a method that combines practitioner interviews, database construction, and participatory evaluation to study AI transparency across a tool ecosystem. It argues for...

Posted: October 9, 2026, 7:35 AM

Talk: Making ML-Based Anomaly Detection Effective for Industrial Control Systems

UMBC Prof. Clement Fung, 12-1pm ET Fri., Oct. 9, online

UMBC Prof. Clement Fung talks on Making ML-Based Anomaly Detection Effective for Industrial Control Systems, 12–1pm Fri., Oct. 9, online via WebEx. Industrial control systems (ICS) govern critical...

Posted: October 7, 2026, 4:52 PM

From Prompts to Agents: Designing Intelligent AI Systems

Free online session, 10-11am ET Saturday, October 17

This free online workshop at 10-11 am ET on Saturday, October 17, introduces the shift from static prompts to dynamic, decision-making AI agents. It will cover key concepts behind agentic AI,...

Posted: October 2, 2026, 7:45 AM

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