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.
HDR Machine Learning Challenge virtual afternoon hackathon
2 to 5pm EST on Thursday, December 18, 2015 online
As part of the 2nd Annual HDR Machine Learning Challenge, UMBC's iHARP project, along with other NSF HDR Institutes, is hosting a kick-off virtual hackathon on December 18th (2 - 5 PM EST) that...
Posted: December 9, 2025, 6:14 PM
UMBC researchers use Indian dance to improve robotic hand movement learning
UMBC Professor Ramana Vinjamuri and his students used Bharatanatyam Mudras, Indian classical dance hand gestures, to help train and evaluate their system for recognizing and modeling human hand...
Posted: December 5, 2025, 10:54 AM
Working group on AI and the Humanities
Two open sessions next week to identify issues to work on
UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities has a new working group on AI and the Humanities led by Professor Tim Phin from the Department of Ancient Studies. The group will hold two open...
Posted: December 4, 2025, 11:28 AM
Talk: Extracting Implicit Social Information from the Space Around Us, 12/8
12-1 pm ET Monday, December 8, UMBC ITE 406 and online
Extracting Implicit Social Information from the Space Around Us Dr. Claire Liang, MIT CSAIL 12-1 pm ET Monday, December 8 UMBC ITE 406 and online We already have robots among us. From Coco...
Posted: December 3, 2025, 6:07 PM
Webinar: Generative AI for Graduate Students and Post Docs, 12/5
11-12pm ET Friday, December 5, 2025, free and online
Generative AI for Graduate Students & Post Docs See how generative AI can augment your grad school journey via interactive demonstrations, applications and sandboxing This session provides...
Posted: December 2, 2025, 9:45 AM
Talk: Distributed Ledger Security Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory, 12/3
12-1pm ET Wednesday, Dec. 3 in UMBC iITE 459 and online
Self-Defending Ledgers: Automating Distributed Ledger Security Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory Md Tariqul Islam 'Pavel' Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity UMBC...
Posted: December 1, 2025, 1:28 PM
Designing Accessible Learning with AI Inside and Outside the LMS
free, 2-3pm ET Thursday, December 11, 2025, Online
As colleges and universities increasingly integrate AI into teaching and learning, accessibility must remain at the forefront of course design. Explore how instructional designers, faculty, and...
Posted: December 1, 2025, 12:21 PM
Talk: I'm Not Teaching with Generative AI, But What Do I Still Need to Know? 12/2
11:30-12:30pm EST, Tue Dec. 2; Public Policy 204 & online
This session highlights what faculty need to know, even if they are not adopting AI in their own teaching. Topics include basic Gen AI literacy, a critical examination of student use of AI tools,...
Posted: November 27, 2025, 11:38 AM
From Connectivity to Completion: Tackling the AI and Digital Divides in Higher Ed 12/2
2-3 pm EST Tuesday, December 2, 2025 online
Digital infrastructure is an essential part of higher education, but the sector still struggles to close gaps in how students, faculty, and others access and optimize technology, including AI....
Posted: November 25, 2025, 6:46 PM
Talk: On Language Models and the Dangers of an Algorithmic View From Nowhere, 12/1
2-3:00pm EST Monday, December 1, 2025, Online
On Language Models and the Dangers of an Algorithmic View From Nowhere Dr. John Bai, University of Canterbury 2-3:00pm EST Monday, December 1, 2025, online Large language models (LLMs)...
Posted: November 24, 2025, 3:57 PM
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