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: Open Issues in Open World Learning, 3/30

11:30-12:30 ET, Monday, March 30, UMBC ITE 459 and online

CSEE Distinguished Speaker Series Open Issues in Open World Learning Walter J. Scheirer Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Professor of Engineering University of Notre Dame 11:30-12:30 ET, Monday,...

Posted: March 26, 2026, 8:15 AM

research talk: Open Issues in Open World Learning

talk: Inventing the Future: Astronauts, Robots, and Zebras, 3/25

12-1 pm Wed., March 25, University Center 310, UMBC

Inventing the Future: Astronauts, Robots, and Zebras Dr. Corinna Lathan, AnthroTronix 12-1 pm Wednesday, March 25, University Center 310, UMBC UMBC's Alex. Brown Center For Entrepreneurship and...

Posted: March 21, 2026, 8:58 AM

headshot of Corinna Lathan

talk: Agentic Vibe Coding from the Terminal, 4/3

1:00-2:30pm ET, April 3, 2026, ITE 325b and online

UMBC Center for AI Agentic Vibe Coding from the Terminal Prof. Tim Oates, UMBC 1-2:30pm ET, April 3, 2026, ITE 325b and online Large language models have become surprisingly capable...

Posted: March 20, 2026, 8:23 AM

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Up for Science and Politics: Understanding Data Centers

8:30-10 am Tue., March 24, UMBC University Center 312

Up for Science and Politics: Understanding Data Centers 8:30-10 am Tuesday, March 24, UMBC University Center 312 Data centers power everything from traffic predictions and fraud detection on...

Posted: March 18, 2026, 7:26 PM

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Human + AI: Collaboration, Productivity, and the Future of Work

Career talk 12-1pm ET, Thursday, March 12, UMBC ITE 459

Human+AI: Collaboration, Productivity, and the Future of Work 12-1 pm ET Thursday, March 12, noon, UMBC ITE 459 The UMBC IS Department is holding a timely and engaging panel discussion focused...

Posted: March 10, 2026, 11:51 AM

ai career

Talk: Using AI to Launch and Scale Your Startup

12-1 pm Wed. March 4, UMBC University Center Ballroom Lounge

Using AI to Launch and Scale Your Startup 12-1 pm Wed. March 4, University Center Ballroom Lounge, UMBC Modern advances in AI have produced tools and technologies that can make you smarter,...

Posted: March 3, 2026, 10:04 AM

Oates talk

UMBC Students Build AI Chatbot for myUMBC

Project for IS 636: Structured Systems Analysis and Design

Three UMBC Information Systems students, Pavithra Gottipati, Andrew Meiller, and Sakshi Jaju teamed up in IS 636 – Structured Systems Analysis and Design, taught by IS Professor Lei Zhang, to...

Posted: February 28, 2026, 11:06 AM

Prof jaju and 3 IS grad students