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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Up for Science and Politics: Understanding Data Centers
8:30-10 am Tue., March 24, UMBC University Center 312
Up for Science and Politics: Understanding Data Centers 8:30-10 am Tuesday, March 24, UMBC University Center 312 Data centers power everything from traffic predictions and fraud detection on...
Posted: March 18, 2026, 7:26 PM
New Course: PHIL 352: The Ethics of AI & Other Technologies
Spring 2026: MW 2:30-3:45 in PAHB 229
UMBC is offering another new class on AI this spring: PHIL 352: THE ETHICS OF AI & OTHER TECHNOLOGIES SPRING 2026 | MW 2:30-3:45 | PAHB 229 | GEP: AH Instructor: Dr. Blake Francis Counts as...
Posted: December 14, 2025, 6:15 PM
Beyond the Hype: Embedding Ethics in AI Policy for Libraries & Higher Ed, 10/15
12-1pm EDT Wednesday, October 15, 2025, online
Nina-Simone Edwards from the Georgetown University Institute for Technology Law and Policy will address ethical issues in AI policy for libraries and higher education in an online session at...
Posted: October 13, 2025, 11:13 AM
Can AI make Hitler cry?
UMBC professor Aharona Rosenthal has a new paper, Can AI make Hitler cry?, exploring the use of AI in Holocaust education across four generations in Spinger’s AI and Ethics journal. The paper...
Posted: August 18, 2025, 10:36 AM
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, 4/8
7-8:30pm Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Fine Arts Recital Hall
This event will be a moderated, informal discussion between three panelists: Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect of Ethical AI Practice at Salesforce David Danks, Professor of Data Science,...
Posted: April 2, 2025, 11:16 AM
Workshop on Ethical Leadership in the Age of AI 4/8
3 sessions on Tue., April 8 at 10-11:30, 12-1:30, and 2-3:30
UMBC Campus Life will hold workshops on Ethical Leadership in the Age of AI on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Commons 331. The workshop is aimed at students, but faculty and staff are welcome to...
Posted: March 30, 2025, 5:44 PM
AI, Privacy & Ethics Symposium, Dr. Ray Pun, 12-1 ET Mon 4/8
The Librarian is In: Q&A with Ray Pun on All Things AI
Please join the UMBC Library staff as they interview Dr. Ray Pun on all things AI! Do you have any burning questions about ChatGPT and other LLMs? What does the current landscape in libraries and...
Posted: April 5, 2024, 10:22 AM
AI Lunchbox: Ethics and AI, 12-1pm ET Thursday, April 4
How can we ensure the ethical and moral use of AI
The UMBC Center for Applied AI will hold another session in its online AI Lunchbox series on Ethics and AI from 12 to 1 pm this Thursday, April 4. How do we ensure the ethical and moral...
Posted: April 3, 2024, 9:13 AM
UMBC AOK Library symposia on AI, Privacy, and Ethics
12-1pm ET every Monday in April 2024, online
The UMBC library has organized an online symposium series on AI, Privacy and Ethics that will take place from 12-1 pm ET each Monday in April, 2024. The five sessions are: April 1: "After 75...
Posted: March 27, 2024, 9:53 PM