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.

Graduate student sought for NLP/Speech project

Opportunity for an hourly research position

Dr. Shimei Pan from the Information Systems department is looking for a graduate student to work on an NLP and spoken language processing project. This position will start immediately and last for...

Posted: January 27, 2024, 9:59 AM

UMBC CARTA Center for data analytics research

NSF continues funding the IUCRC for five years

UMBC's Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA) team will advance its work in investigating data analytics using next-generation computing hardware with the launch of the next phase of...

Posted: January 26, 2024, 11:20 AM

Talk: Towards Democratizing AI, 12-1 Tue 1/30, ITE 325b

Scaling & Learning (Fair) Graph Representations

Towards Democratizing AI: Scaling & Learning (Fair) Graph Representations in an Implementation Agnostic Fashion 12-1 pm ET, Tue. 30 January 2024, ITE 325b Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Ohio...

Posted: January 19, 2024, 5:22 PM

Incorporating Generative AI into Learning Experiences

A virtual showcase on Friday, 26 April 2024 via Zoom

Colleagues from across Maryland Higher Education institutions are invited to save the date for this virtual showcase, which will take place on Friday, April 26, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00...

Posted: January 17, 2024, 9:24 AM

Search & Taxonomy Summer Internship, Idaho National Lab

Help change the world's energy future

Idaho National Laboratory is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student studying in a Library Science, Computer Science, or Information Science program. Candidates should have interest in...

Posted: January 15, 2024, 9:53 AM

Free online AI Ignite program, apply by January 22

Online program prepares you to apply for AI internships

AI4ALL Ignite offers a groundbreaking opportunity for undergraduate students interested in artificial intelligence. This no-cost, virtual AI career accelerator program is designed to prepare...

Posted: January 10, 2024, 9:25 AM

Maryland governor signs executive order guiding AI use

Order creates an AI subcabinet to develop guardrail plans

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed an executive order calling for the state to develop guardrails to protect residents from the risk of bias and discrimination as artificial intelligence becomes...

Posted: January 9, 2024, 11:03 AM

Dr. Chenchen Liu interviewed about her AI hardware research

Developing better hardware models and architectures for AI

UMBC News interviewed CSEE professor Chenchen Liu about her research on developing better hardware models and architectures to support current and future AI systems, supported in part by a recent...

Posted: December 26, 2023, 10:47 AM

Apply: Spring '24 AI4ALL Ignite program

deadline: January 22, 2024

What is AI4ALL Ignite? The AI4ALL Ignite program gives undergraduates the opportunity to  Work on an AI portfolio project with mentorship and guidance from AI industry experts Present their AI...

Posted: December 26, 2023, 10:43 AM

OpenAI research grants: agentic AI systems & Superalignment

deadlines: 1/20/2024 and 2/18/2024

Open AI's Research into the Agentic AI Systems program is accepting applications until midnight ET on January 20, 2024. Grants will be between $10,000 and $100,000 for research for 3-8 month...

Posted: December 26, 2023, 10:39 AM