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.
Cybersecurity and AI Governance
UMBC-Shady Grove Professional Program, 6-7pm 11/12/26 online
As AI rapidly reshapes the digital landscape, how do we secure emerging technology while navigating complex legal frameworks? Join UMBC's Shady Grove for a timely discussion on building effective...
Posted: November 7, 2026, 8:00 AM
The world is full of smart devices. But are we better informed?
UMBC CSEE professor Roberto Yus is bridging the gap between the raw data streaming from billions of sensors worldwide and the answers people are actually asking, such as “How can I make my home...
Posted: November 6, 2026, 7:55 AM
UMBC LLC class on AI Literacy, Spring 2027
Taught by Prof. Craig Saper, Tuesdays, 4:40-7:05pm
UMBC's Language Literacy & Culture Doctoral Program will offer a special topics course, LLC 750.01, on AI Literacy in Spring 2027, taught by Professor Craig J. Saper, that meets in person on...
Posted: November 5, 2026, 10:19 AM
What will online learning at UMBC look like in 2030?
Online conversation session, 12-1pm ET Wed., Nov. 4, 2026
As AI reshapes teaching and learning, students seek greater flexibility, and institutions are exploring new approaches to online and hybrid education. This is an opportunity to look beyond today's...
Posted: November 2, 2026, 4:45 PM
UMBC PhD alumna Catherine Mata publishes studies on AI use and student success
UMBC Public Policy alumna Catherine Mata (Ph.D. '22) recently co-authored a study of over four years of AI chatbot use by students at a large, urban public university. The paper, Sustaining...
Posted: November 1, 2026, 8:22 AM
6th Annual UMBC Brain–Computer Interface Workshop, Nov 12–13, 2026
The 6th Annual UMBC Brain–Computer Interface (BCI) Workshop will be held at UMBC November 12–13, 2026. Through demonstrations, discussions, networking, and potential partnerships, the workshop...
Posted: October 27, 2026, 10:15 AM
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
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