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.
New UMBC M.S. in AI program
Apply by August 1 for the Fall 2026 Semester
UMBC has established a new M.S. graduate program in Artificial Intelligence in the CSEE Department. Designed for students seeking to go beyond a general computing degree, the program offers a...
Posted: May 29, 2026, 1:38 PM
Faculty Workshop: Using Generative AI to Support Your Course Design
9-10:30 am Monday, June 1, 2026, online
This session demonstrates how generative AI can support course design when embedded within a backwards‑design workflow. Rather than isolated prompting, faculty will learn to use AI iteratively to...
Posted: May 26, 2026, 8:04 AM
How Data Science Helped Build a Smarter Fitness App
UMBC alum Manikanta Sirumalla (MPS '26) shares his story
AI-powered fitness apps are transforming personalized training by combining data, recovery insights, and adaptive workout planning into a single experience tailored to individual goals. For UMBC...
Posted: May 22, 2026, 1:54 PM
UMBC Center for Precision Aquaculture
Applying AI to extract data from underwater environments
UMBC received $1.5 million in congressional funding to establish the UMBC Center for Precision Aquaculture, an interdisciplinary effort to revolutionize land-based fish production through...
Posted: May 20, 2026, 10:52 AM
Knowledge Infused Learning, a new book by Manas Guar and Amit Sheth
UMBC Assistant Professor Manas Gaur and University of South Carolina professor Amit Sheth have published a new book on Knowledge-Infused Learning. The technique was the topic of Dr. Gaur's...
Posted: May 16, 2026, 11:36 AM
AI companion bots as a public health issue: A new framework for regulation
11-12pm EDT Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Online
AI companion bots are reshaping how people connect, confide, and cope, with children and adolescents among their most active users. Even as evidence of their potential social and developmental...
Posted: May 12, 2026, 4:46 PM
Workshop: Numbers to Narratives: Interpreting Data with Critical Insight
9am-4pm, Sat., May 30, 2026 at University at Shady Grove
This workshop, led by three UMBC CSEE faculty, empowers students from all majors to think critically about data—learning how to interpret, question, and communicate insights without requiring...
Posted: May 9, 2026, 7:15 PM
Lean Coffee: AI Edition
Meets 7:30-9:30am Tue., May 19 at bwtech@UMBC South
Baltimore area companies Entinex and Design Rosetta are hosting another Lean Coffee: AI conversation for people working with or thinking about AI at the Glenmore Cafe in bwtech@UMBC. Lean Coffee...
Posted: May 3, 2026, 9:31 AM
Machine Learning Models for Causal Inference Analysis + HPC
12-1:30pm, Wed. May 5, 2026, In person PUP 438, UMBC
UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship will hold its last seminar in its series on generative AI, LLMs, and computational social science methods from 12-1:30 pm ET, on Wednesday, May 5,...
Posted: April 30, 2026, 2:16 PM
Generative AI in Teaching II: Applied Skills and Use Cases
12-1 pm Monday, May 4, 2026; online
Building on Gen AI & Teaching I, this interactive session highlights applied skills and practical use cases. Faculty will practice effective prompting, explore discipline-specific scenarios,...
Posted: April 28, 2026, 6:18 PM
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