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.
What Actually is AI? | AAAI-26 Educational Video Winner
Defines AI in under three minutes!
AAAI recently started a yearly competition for short 2-3 minute videos on AI for the general public. The goal is to create positive videos that help spread informative, accurate, and timely...
Posted: February 5, 2026, 9:32 AM
When AI Gets in the Way: Designing for Struggle in the Age of the Helpful Assistant
12-1 pm ET Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026, online
When AI Gets in the Way: Designing for Struggle in the Age of the Helpful Assistant 12-1pm ET Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026, online Generalist AI is built to remove friction—it does the work,...
Posted: February 4, 2026, 8:46 AM
Talk: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Manufacturing: An Overview
Dr. Ram Sriram, NIST; 12-1:30 Friday Feb. 6; ITE 325b
ACM Distinguished Speaker Series AI and Machine Learning in Manufacturing Dr. Ram Sriram, Chief, Software & Systems Division, NIST 12-1:30 pm Friday, Febuary 6, 2026 ITE 325b, UMBC (Lunch...
Posted: February 3, 2026, 9:47 AM
talk: Accessible by Design, Joy by Default: Leisure as a First-Order Accessibility Problem
12-1pm Friday, February 6, ITE 459, UMBC
Accessible by Design, Joy by Default: Leisure as a First-Order Accessibility Problem Eminent Scholar Talk with Dr. Gillian Hayes, UC Irvine 12-1pm Fri., Feb. 6, ITE 459, UMBC Refreshments...
Posted: February 2, 2026, 7:09 PM
Encouraging Academic Integrity: A Discussion of Cheating, Grading, and Course-Level Policies in the Era of AI
12-1pm ET, Tue. Feb. 24, 2026 Online
Encouraging Academic Integrity: A Discussion of Cheating, Grading, and Course-Level Policies in the Era of AI Chapters from Teaching with AI by Bowen & Watson 12-1pm ET, Tue. Feb. 24, 2026,...
Posted: February 2, 2026, 7:38 AM
Humanists Talk about AI: A conversation with Eric Brown and Blake Francis
12-1 pm Wed. Feb. 18, 2026, room 216 PAHB
Humanists Talk about AI: A conversation with Eric Brown and Blake Francis 12 - 1 PM Wed. Feb. 18, 2026, room 216 PAHB UMBC Professors Eric Brown and Blake Francis will address the questions:...
Posted: February 1, 2026, 3:47 PM
UMBC physicist wins Amazon award for AI-orchestrated scientific assistant
Physics Co-Pilot to be an AI assistant for physics research
Fabio Anza, an assistant professor in UMBC's Department of Physics, Quantum Science Institute and Cybersecurity Institute, has won an Amazon Research Award to develop Physics Co-Pilot—a scientific...
Posted: January 30, 2026, 9:52 AM
LUNCH & LEARN: How AutoML is Democratizing AI
11:30-1:30 Wed., Feb. 11, 2026, BWTech North
LUNCH & LEARN: How AutoML is Democratizing AI 11:30-1:30 Wed., February 11, 2026 bwtech NORTH, 5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 235 Exclusively for the bwtech community and UMBC faculty....
Posted: January 29, 2026, 8:34 AM
Advancing Social Science Research: A Workshop Series on AI, LLMs, and Computational Methods
UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship will hold a workshop series this Spring on generative AI, LLMs, and computational social science methods. Sessions will focus on familiarizing faculty...
Posted: January 26, 2026, 9:04 AM
Refusing Generative AI in College Writing Instruction
12-1pm Wednesday, February 11, 2026 online
A Conversation with Maggie Fernandes, Megan McIntyre, and Jennifer Sano-Franchini Hear diverse perspectives on genAI in higher education Please note: This session is open to UMBC faculty and...
Posted: January 22, 2026, 12:24 PM
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