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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.


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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

2026 hackUMBC September 26-27

Includes an AI/ML workshop and track

Registration is open for hackUMBC 2026, UMBC's official student-run hackathon. The 24-hour event brings together graduate, undergraduate, and high school students of all backgrounds and skill...

Posted: August 2, 2026, 8:00 AM

UMBC hackathon 2026

Accelerating Scientific Discovery: AI Case Studies in Research

Online forum, 2-3pm Wed, August 12

The Chronicle of Higher Education will hold an online session on Accelerating Scientific Discovery: AI Case Studies in Research, 2-3 pm on Wednesday, August 12. Academic experts from a range of...

Posted: July 31, 2026, 5:24 PM

Accelerating Scientific DIscovery: AI Case Studies in Research

Google NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

Google has relabeled its NotebookLM system as Gemini Notebook. It is intended as a personalized AI research assistant that syncs with your uploaded documents, lecture slides, and research papers...

Posted: July 20, 2026, 6:46 PM