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.


Reframing Bloom's Taxonomy for the Age of AI

1:30-2:30 Monday, January 12, 2025, ENGR 102 at UMBC

Reframing Bloom's Taxonomy for the Age of AI Blackboard White Papers and Research: From Insight to Impact 1:30-2:30 Monday, January 12, 2025, ENGR 102 at UMBC Artificial Intelligence is...

Posted: December 20, 2025, 8:40 AM

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Strange Dance Partners

UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They're turning to a novel source material...

Posted: December 18, 2025, 8:07 AM

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Google free online short courses on AI-relevant topics

Google offers many free online short courses on AI-relevant topics. Here's a list you might explore over the holiday break. Introduction to Cloud Computing, Learn cloud basics and why they...

Posted: December 17, 2025, 9:25 AM

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The Future is Here Already – AI Agents for Enterprise Productivity

Video of GRIT-X talk by UMBC alumna Gargi Banerjee Dasgupta

One of the speakers from the 2025 Fall GRIT-X event was CSEE alumna Gargi Banerjee Dasgupta, who received a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2003. She is currently the Director of Product Management...

Posted: December 15, 2025, 5:24 PM

Video of GRIT-X talk by UMBC alumna Gargi anerjee Dasgupta

New Course: PHIL 352: The Ethics of AI & Other Technologies

Spring 2026: MW 2:30-3:45 in PAHB 229

UMBC is offering another new class on AI this spring:  PHIL 352: THE ETHICS OF AI & OTHER TECHNOLOGIES SPRING 2026 | MW 2:30-3:45 | PAHB 229 | GEP: AH Instructor: Dr. Blake Francis Counts as...

Posted: December 14, 2025, 6:15 PM

PHIL 352: THE ETHICS OF AI & OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

HCST 499: Robots, AI, & Transhumanists: Exploring the Uncanny Valley

New class taught by Eric Brown, Spring 2026 TuTh 4:00-5:15pm

Human Context of Science and Technology (HCST) is a UMBC certificate program that provides students with a deeper understanding of the human context of science, technology, engineering, and...

Posted: December 12, 2025, 1:13 PM

new class: Robots, AI, & Transhumanists: Exploring the Uncanny Valley

Talk: Prompt-Engineering and Fine-Tuning in R, 12/12

Prof. Eric Stokan, 12-1:30pm, Fri. Dec 12, Public Policy 438

Professor Eric Stokan, Director of UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship, will lead a session on best practices in prompt engineering using ChatGPT to engage in image detection in R through...

Posted: December 11, 2025, 1:04 PM

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HDR Machine Learning Challenge virtual afternoon hackathon

2 to 5pm EST on Thursday, December 18, 2015 online

As part of the 2nd Annual HDR Machine Learning Challenge, UMBC's iHARP project, along with other NSF HDR Institutes, is hosting a kick-off virtual hackathon on December 18th (2 - 5 PM EST) that...

Posted: December 9, 2025, 6:14 PM

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