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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.

Prof. Adali honored as UMBC Presidential Research Professor

Leads Machine Learning for Signal Processing Laboratory

Every year, UMBC honors a faculty member with the Presidential Research Professor Award. CSEE professor Tülay Adali was selected this year as UMBC's Presidential Research Professor for 2024-2027....

Posted: May 14, 2024, 8:45 PM

Maximizing Productivity with Microsoft Copilot, 12-1pm May 9

AI Lunchbox series, UMBC Training Centers

Join the UMBC Training Centers on Thursday, May 9 from 12:00 to 1:00pm ET for another free session of the AI Lunchbox Series with Dhruv Ratra. He will revisit Microsoft's Copilot from a different...

Posted: May 8, 2024, 6:01 PM

Talk: AI for causal understanding of Earth processes, 5/10

Machine Learning seminar, 2:30-3:30pm ET, Friday May 10

Machine Learning Seminar, Math and Statistics Artificial Intelligence for Earth: Exploring AI techniques for causal understanding of Earth processes and multi-satellite Earth remote sensing...

Posted: May 5, 2024, 6:13 PM

Free AI4ALL Ignite program for undergrads interested in AI

Starts in September 2024, apply by June 17

AI4ALL Ignite is a free virtual AI career accelerator that offers opportunities for Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous and/or women or non-binary undergraduate students to cultivate long-term AI...

Posted: May 1, 2024, 10:26 AM

Talk: Building Human-AI Alignment, 4-5:30 Wed. May 1

Specifying, Inspecting, and Modeling AI Behaviors

Building Human-AI Alignment: Specifying, Inspecting, and Modeling AI Behaviors Serena Booth AAAS AI Policy Fellow, United States Senate 4-5:30pm ET Wednesday, 1 May, 2024 UMBC ENGR 231,...

Posted: April 30, 2024, 12:27 PM

Generative AI for Assignments, Projects and Assessments 4/29

A two-hour workshop on practical skills and takeaways

Generative AI for Assignments, Projects, and Assessments Paul D. Miller, Ed.D. 6:30-8:30pm ET Monday, 29 April 2024 via WebEx In an era where Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is...

Posted: April 29, 2024, 9:25 AM

Talk: ChatGPT & AI in Research, Education & Classrooms, 4/29

12-1 pm ET Monday, April 29, 2024

UMBC AI, Privacy, and Ethics Symposium ChatGPT and AI in Research, Education, and the Classroom Rachael Kang, UMBC Information Systems 12-1pm ET Monday, April 29, 2024, via WebEx Join...

Posted: April 28, 2024, 6:02 PM

Talk: Rigorous measurement in text-to-image systems, 4/29

4-5pm ET Monday, April 29 in ENGR 231 and Webex

Rigorous measurement in text-to-image systems (and AI more broadly?) Michael Saxon University of California, Santa Barbara April 29, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 PM ET ENGR 231 and Webex As...

Posted: April 27, 2024, 9:34 AM

AI Lunchbox: AI integration Full Circle Data Analysis, 4/25

Integrating ChatGPT, Colab, and Python for Business Insights

This week’s AI Lunchbox Series, held online 12-1 pm ET on Thurs. April 25, is on AI integrations in Full Circle Data Analysis: Integrating ChatGPT and Google Colab with Python for Business...

Posted: April 24, 2024, 3:48 PM

Talk: Swarm Intelligence for Numerical Optimization, 4/24

Graduate Students Seminar, Math and Statistics

Graduate Students Seminar An Application of Swarm Intelligence in Numerical Optimization Speaker: Emoke Galambos Discussant: Prof. Sengchul Baek 11-12pm ET, Wednesday, April 24, 2024...

Posted: April 23, 2024, 9:11 AM