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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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UMBC's Faculty Senate Seeks Input on AI in the Classroom; 2/17

12-1pm Monday, February 17, 2025 Online

The UMBC Faculty Senate's Ad Hoc Committee on the Integration of AI has the two goals of: Formulating evidence-based policy recommendations to guide the ethical and responsible integration of AI...

Posted: February 7, 2025, 3:21 PM

Talk: From Social Media Mining to Generative AI: Asking and Solving Challenging Problems

Huan Liu, ASU, 12-1pm ET Wed. Feb 5, ITE 459 & online

UMBC Distinguished Speaker From Social Media Mining to Generative AI: Asking and Solving Challenging Problems Huan Liu, Arizona State University Wednesday, Feb. 5, 12-1pm EST, ITE 459, UMBC...

Posted: February 3, 2025, 1:18 PM

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

Talk: Machine learning for scientific computing, Felix Ye, 2/3

12-1pm EST Mon., Feb. 3, 2025, 409 Sondheim Hall, UMBC

UMBC Joint Statistics and Applied Mathematics Colloquium Machine Learning for Scientific Computing Felix Ye, SUNY Albany 12-1pm EST Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 409 Sondheim Hall, UMBC The...

Posted: January 30, 2025, 5:50 PM

Talk: Do LLMs Exhibit Cybersecurity Misconceptions? 1/31 online

Evaluation of LLMs on Cybersecurity Concept Inventories

Do LLMs Show Cybersecurity Misconceptions? Evaluation of LLMs Performance on Cybersecurity Concept Inventories Shan Huang, UIUC Joint work with Jeffrey Herman and Alan Sherman, et al....

Posted: January 28, 2025, 11:53 AM

Naghmeh Karimi funded to study computing-in-memory AI accelerators

Naghmeh Karimi, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, was recently granted more than $300,000 in funding from the Semiconductor Research...

Posted: January 26, 2025, 6:33 PM

Talk: Securing Networks with Reinforcement Learning & Game Theory

10-11am Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025; ITE459 and online

Securing Distributed Networks: Leveraging Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory for Attack Detection and Mitigation Dr. Md Tariqul Islam, Syracuse University 10-11am January 30, 2025; ITE 459,...

Posted: January 23, 2025, 10:32 AM

2024 Gartner Hype Cycle for AI

In November 2024, the Gartner company published instances of its popular hype cycles on AI in general and the narrower topic of generative AI. While generative AI is still a dominating technology,...

Posted: January 14, 2025, 6:59 PM

Ramana Vinjamuri co-authors book on embedded systems and robotics

A practical guide for undergraduate and graduate students

Introduction to Embedded Systems and Robotics, A Practical Guide Nayan Kakoty, Rupam Goswami and Ramana Vinjamuri UMBC CSEE professor Ramana Vinjamuri is one of the authors of a new book,...

Posted: January 12, 2025, 6:09 PM

AI in the UMBC Classroom, 12-1 Jan. 15

UMBC Winter Session Beyond the Classroom online series

There's a lot of talk about AI in the classroom, but what do we mean by that? What is the "AI" we are talking about? How and when might we use AI to enhance our teaching and learning while keeping...

Posted: January 10, 2025, 5:17 PM