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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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Talk: Trust but verify, building production ready Gen AI applications

1-2pm EDT, Thur 10 Oct 2024, UMBC ITE 325b & online

Trust but verify, building production ready Gen AI applications Dr. Anupam Datta, Co-Head of Snowflake AI Research 1-2pm EDT, Thur. 10 Oct. 2024, ITE 325b, online via WebEx We have seen a...

Posted: October 9, 2024, 11:51 AM

Talk: Introduction to Generative AI, 4-5 pm Wednesday, Sept. 25, online

Dr. Ali Yousuf, director of UMBC's M.P.S. Data Science program at Shady Grove, will present online an Introduction to Generative AI on Wednesday, September 25, from 4-5pm EDT. He will cover the...

Posted: September 19, 2024, 3:21 PM

talk: AI Resilient Interfaces for Code Generation and Efficient Reading, Dr. Jonathan Kummerfeld

3-4pm EDT, Tue. 10 Sept. 2024, ITE 325b at UMBC & online

The UMBC Language Technology Seminar Series (LaTeSS – pronounced lattice) showcases talks from experts researching various language technologies, including but not limited to natural language...

Posted: September 7, 2024, 12:03 PM

AI Lunchbox: Empowering Language Models: Exploring the Capabilities of RAG

12-1 pm EDT, Thursday, September 5, 2024, online

The UMBC Training Centers Center for Applied AI will hold an AI Lunchbox session on Empowering Language Models: Exploring the Capabilities of RAG from 12-1pm EDT on Thursday, September 5, 2024....

Posted: September 2, 2024, 5:50 PM

AI Technical Meetup and Networking event, 5-7pm Thursday, August 29

UMBC Training Centers, Columbia, MD

The UMBC Training Centers will hold an AI Technical Meetup and Networking event from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 29, at their facility in Columbia, MD. Speakers Ommo Clark,...

Posted: August 26, 2024, 7:47 PM

NSF funds UMBC faculty to develop tools for data science education

UMBC Professors Lujie Chen (PI) and Shimei Pan (Co-Pi) received an NSF award of over $365,000 from the NSF Innovations in Graduate Education program in collaboration with the University of...

Posted: August 17, 2024, 3:20 PM

Blackboard's Ally now suggests alt text descriptions for images without them

Example of Ally's AI generated image description. Here's an interesting application of new GenAI systems: helping instructors make their course materials more accessible. A best practice for...

Posted: August 13, 2024, 9:24 PM

Talk: Introduction to Generative AI, 6:30-7:30 Mon July 15

Cascades Library, Potomac Falls, VA

Introduction to Generative AI 6:30-7:30 Monday July 15, 2024 Cascades Library 21030 Whitfield Pl, Potomac Falls, VA Dr. Muhammad Ali Yousuf from UMBC-Shady Grove explores the...

Posted: July 14, 2024, 5:05 PM

Maximizing Productivity with Microsoft Copilot, 12-1pm May 9

AI Lunchbox series, UMBC Training Centers

Join the UMBC Training Centers on Thursday, May 9 from 12:00 to 1:00pm ET for another free session of the AI Lunchbox Series with Dhruv Ratra. He will revisit Microsoft's Copilot from a different...

Posted: May 8, 2024, 6:01 PM

Talk: Building Human-AI Alignment, 4-5:30 Wed. May 1

Specifying, Inspecting, and Modeling AI Behaviors

Building Human-AI Alignment: Specifying, Inspecting, and Modeling AI Behaviors Serena Booth AAAS AI Policy Fellow, United States Senate 4-5:30pm ET Wednesday, 1 May, 2024 UMBC ENGR 231,...

Posted: April 30, 2024, 12:27 PM