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.

Talk: Creative Visual Storytelling, Fri 2/23, 2:30-3:30

Laying the Foundations and Pushing the Boundaries

Creative Visual Storytelling: Laying the  Foundations and Pushing the Boundaries Dr. Stephanie Lukin U.S. Army Research Laboratory 2:30-3:30 pm, Friday, February 23, 2024, ITE 325b...

Posted: February 16, 2024, 9:49 AM

HS student William Gao a finalist in Regeneron Talent Search

Developed AI diagnostic system with UMBC Professor Yi Huang

William Gao, a senior in the Centennial High School, was selected as one of the 40 finalists in the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search from among more than 2,000 entrants. Each finalist was...

Posted: February 14, 2024, 6:10 PM

NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot

Connecting U.S. researchers and educators to AI resources

The NSF launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot on January 25. Its goal is to connect U.S. researchers and educators to computational, data, and training resources...

Posted: February 14, 2024, 1:32 PM

AI, Privacy & Ethics Symposium with Dr. Ray Pun, 12-1 4/8

The Librarian is In: Q&A with Dr. Ray Pun

The Librarian is In: Q&A with Dr. Ray Pun 12-1 pm ET Monday, April 8, 2024 Join online via WebEx UMBC librarians will interview Dr. Ray Pun on all things AI! Do you have any burning...

Posted: February 12, 2024, 1:48 PM

EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study report

Findings from

The EDUCAUSE AI Landscape report summarizes the higher education community's current sentiments and experiences related to AI in higher education. It is based on a survey was distributed from...

Posted: February 12, 2024, 12:44 PM

Emotion Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction

via multimodal fusion and deep learning

UMBC Ph.D. student Farshad Safavi presented his dissertation proposal on recognizing emotions for better human-robot interaction on February 9, 2024. Emotion Recognition via Multimodal Fusion...

Posted: February 10, 2024, 10:15 AM

Prof. Cynthia Matuszek to chair NSF Robotics PI meeting

To be held in Baltimore, 28-30 April 2024

UMBC Professor Cynthia Matuszek is the PI on a new award from the National Science Foundation to support the 2024 joint Principal Investigator Meeting for NSF's two research programs on robotics...

Posted: February 9, 2024, 9:53 AM

Webinar: results of Educause AI Landscape Study, 1pm March 6

Wednesday, March 06, 1:00–2:00pm ET, Online

Webinar - The 2024 AI Landscape Study from EDUCAUSE 1-2 pm Wednesday, March 6, online  This webinar (1-2pm on Wed. March 6) will highlight key findings from a recent EDUCAUSE survey focused on...

Posted: February 8, 2024, 10:25 AM

UMBC faculty participate in NIH ethical AI workshop

Focus on ethical and transparent AI in biomedical research

UMBC faculty Karuna Joshi (IS) and Ansu Chatterjee (Math & Statistics) were invited to participate in the  NIH's Office on Data Science Strategy (ODSS) workshop on ethical and transparent...

Posted: February 2, 2024, 11:24 AM

FDC session: Academic Integrity in the Era of AI, 12-1 2/14

Revisit best practices given the rise of generative AI tools

The UMBC Faculty Development Center will hold a one hour online session on Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Era of AI vis WebEx from 12-1 pm on February 14, 2024. While fostering and...

Posted: February 1, 2024, 6:09 PM