News – ai.umbc.edu

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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Rebecca Williams receives Learning Analytics Fellowship for work on data visualization

Addressing persistent misconceptions in data visualization

CSEE Assistant Professor Rebecca WIlliams was selected to receive a Learning Analytics Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year funded by the UMBC Provost’s office. The program supports faculty...

Posted: November 18, 2024, 10:34 AM

Talk: Using Participatory Design and AI to Create Agency-increasing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems

3-4pm ET Mon., Nov. 18, 2024 in ITE 406 & online

Talk: Using Participatory Design and AI to Create Agency-increasing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems Dr. Stephanie Valencia, Univ. of Maryland 3-4pm ET Monday, November 18,...

Posted: November 13, 2024, 9:48 PM

talk: Confabulation: What Could LLM Hallucinations Do For Storytelling? 11/14

11:30-12:50 Thur. Nov. 14, 2024, Sondheim Hall 110 & online

Peiqi "Patrick" Sui will talk on Confabulation: What Could LLM Hallucinations Do For Storytelling?, 11:30am-12:50pm on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 in Sondheim Hall 110 at UMBC and online. Are...

Posted: November 11, 2024, 6:08 PM

Talk: Machine Learning for Earth System Prediction and Predictability, 11/13

11-12pm Wed., Nov. 13, in-person in Physics 401 at UMBC

Professor Maria Janeth Molina from the University of Maryland talk on Machine learning for Earth System Prediction and Predictability, 11-12pm on Wednesday, November 13 in Physics 401 at UMBC....

Posted: November 10, 2024, 7:32 PM

UMBC.AI Google Calendar

Goggle Calendar users can add it to their personal calendar

We have started a Google Calendar for AI-related events at or associated with UMBC. See this page for an example. If you use Google Calendar, you can add this AI.UMBC.EDU calendar to your...

Posted: November 10, 2024, 4:11 PM

State of Maryland's AI Priorities & Policy, 12-1 Thr. Nov. 14

12-1 pm ET Thursday, November 14, 2024 online

The UMBC Training Center's Center for Applied AI will hold an online panel discussion on the State of Maryland’s policy objectives on the use of AI from 12-1 on Thursday, November 14. The panel...

Posted: November 9, 2024, 12:14 PM

Teaching with AI Book Discussion: Part 3: Learning with AI

12-1 pm ET Wednesday, November 13, 2024, online

The UMBC Faculty Development Center's third and final session on the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning will cover “Learning with AI", which discusses how we...

Posted: November 6, 2024, 5:49 PM

AI in Practice: How Faculty and Entrepreneurs Are Actually Using Generative AI

12-1 pm EST, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, online

The next online session of the AI in Practice series will be "How Faculty and Entrepreneurs Are Actually Using Generative AI: “Use Case” Lightning Round" on 12-1 pm EST, Wednesday, November 13,...

Posted: November 4, 2024, 6:18 PM

Google's NotebookLM speaks for itself, 12 pm Thur. Nov 7, online

AI engineers and UMBC alumni Devon Slonaker and Siddhant Gupta discuss and demonstrate Google's NotebookLM research and note-taking tool developed by Google Labs. Its new Audio Overviews feature...

Posted: October 31, 2024, 2:19 PM

Talk: Improving Shared Embodiment between Humans and Robots with Haptics

12-1 pm EDT, October 30, ITE 459, UMBC

UMBC WISS Series Improving Shared Embodiment between Humans and Robots with Haptics Janelle Clark, Mechanical Engineering, UMBC 12-1pm EDT, Oct. 30, ITE 459 and online Lunch will be...

Posted: October 29, 2024, 1:10 PM