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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iHARP AI Workshop Seminar on the Foundations of Large Language Models
2-4 pm ET Tuesday, April 14 at UMBC and online
iHARP AI Workshop Seminar Foundations of Large Language Models 2-4 pm ET Tuesday, April 14 at UMBC and online Dr. Josephine Namayanja and Rhoda Nankabirwa will lead a two-hour workshop...
Posted: April 10, 2026, 4:15 PM
Advancing Social Science Research: A Workshop Series on AI, LLMs, and Computational Methods
UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship will hold a workshop series this Spring on generative AI, LLMs, and computational social science methods. Sessions will focus on familiarizing faculty...
Posted: January 26, 2026, 9:04 AM
Talk: Prompt-Engineering and Fine-Tuning in R, 12/12
Prof. Eric Stokan, 12-1:30pm, Fri. Dec 12, Public Policy 438
Professor Eric Stokan, Director of UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship, will lead a session on best practices in prompt engineering using ChatGPT to engage in image detection in R through...
Posted: December 11, 2025, 1:04 PM
AI in Practice: Preparing Students for Al-Driven Research Careers
12-1 EST, Nov 12, 2025, online, free, recording available
AI in Practice: Preparing Students for Al-Driven Research Careers 12-1pm EST Nov 12, 2025, online Are your students ready for the research environments they'll enter after graduation? As...
Posted: October 31, 2025, 11:39 AM
UMBC Library 2025 AI Symposia
Online 12-1pm EST on seven Mondays starting on Oct 1
UMBC’s Library will hold a weekly series of seven online AI seminars from 12-1 pm EST on Wednesdays starting on October 1, 2025, on the theme Exploring the Gadgets & Gizmos in Your AI Toolkit....
Posted: August 15, 2025, 10:17 AM
Talk: AI and the Metabolism of Knowledge, 2/12
12-1pm ET Wednesday, February 12, 2025, online
Vince Kellen (chief information officer for the University of California, San Diego), will apply a metaphor taken from microbiology, namely metabolism, and examine how knowledge management and AI...
Posted: February 3, 2025, 9:18 AM