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.


Navigating the AI Landscape at UMBC

Part of FDC Series; 12-1:30pm Tue., Sept. 22, online

This FDC session explores how AI is shifting the broader academic ecosystem at UMBC. Join for a multi-perspective dialogue with voices from campus leadership, academic programs, and students. The...

Posted: September 15, 2026, 3:24 PM

Navigating the AI Landscape at UMBC

Investing in the Age of AI program

Manage simulated $100K portfolio using AI tools

The Investing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence program is a free, hands-on online experience running every other Monday (10–11:30am on Zoom) through December 7. Participants manage a $100k...

Posted: September 13, 2026, 5:12 PM

Simulated investing in the age of AI

Envisioning the Future AI Research Ecosystem

Computing Community Consortium AI Research Task Force

UMBC Professor Vandana Janeja is a co-author of an article, Envisioning the Future AI Research Ecosystem, by the Computing Community Consortium’s AI Research Ecosystem Task Force that outlines the...

Posted: September 11, 2026, 9:59 AM

Envisioning the future AI research ecosystem

CSEE PhD student Roy Dipta is Intern of the week

Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon Alexa AI

CSEE PhD student Roy Dipta was featured as the Career Center's Intern of the Week. "What I've loved most about my time at Amazon Alexa AI is getting to push the boundaries of agentic LLM reasoning...

Posted: September 3, 2026, 9:37 AM

UMBC CSEE PhD student was selected as the Intern of the week

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

10:30-11:30 am 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