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.


AI and History Conference

October 15–16, 2026 at JHU and online

The AI and History Conference takes place Oct. 15–16, 2026, at JHU in Baltimore, MD. It brings together historians at all career stages to evaluate how AI and computational methods are...

Posted: August 30, 2026, 3:43 PM

AI and History Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 15-16, 2026

AI for Academics session on using Google's Gemini Notebook

2-3 pm Wed. September 9 Online webinar

The first session in a Fall UMBC online series on integrating AI tools into everyday scholarly work focuses on Google's Gemini Notebook, formerly known as Notebook LM. It analyzes, summarizes, and...

Posted: August 29, 2026, 10:34 AM

Online session on using notebook LM

LLMs in English Departments: Teaching Rhetoric as AI Literacy

Online 2-3pm ET, Monday, September 21, 2026 

Dr. Tanya Olson from UMBC’s Department of English discusses how she reframes interactions with generative AI as a rhetorical act within language-driven systems. In her ENGL 211 Writing with AI...

Posted: August 28, 2026, 9:54 AM

AI talk

Generation AI Starts Early Symposium

Online Sept. 9 from 9am–11:45am EDT

The Center for Universal Education at Brookings and ZERO TO THREE will hold an online symposium exploring the opportunities and risks of AI-embedded technologies for children from birth to age...

Posted: August 26, 2026, 1:10 PM

young child talking to AI system on mobile phone

Applied AI for Cybersecurity, New Fall Class

CMSC 491/691 meets Tue/Thr 9:30-1045am

CSEE Assistant Professor Clement Fung is teaching a new special topics class this fall on Applied AI for Cybersecurity.  It will cover the intersection of AI with a broad selection of...

Posted: August 13, 2026, 10:33 AM

UMBC CMSC 491/691 class on Applied AI for Cybersecurity

Prof. Justin Brooks talks on Our Bodies, Our Minds

Profs & Pints Baltimore, Mon 8/17 6-8:30pm, Section 771

UMBC CSEE Professor Justin Brooks will talk on Our Bodies, Our Minds in a Profs & Pints event at Section 771 in Baltimore on Monday, Aug, 17 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm. He will explore the...

Posted: August 7, 2026, 8:00 AM

human brain