A multidisciplinary team led by UMBC researchers was awarded $3.8M from DARPA's SciFy: Scientific Feasibility program to explore new computational methods for assessing the feasibility of scientific claims. umbc.edu/quick-posts/ai…

The final AI in Practice session sponsored by U. Baltimore, JHU, and UMBC is 12-1 pm EDT on April 9, 2025. Join online to hear students talk about how generative AI systems have changed their higher education experiences. Register for the Zoom link here: ubalt.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

UMBC Prof. Rebecca Williams talks on Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization, 12-1 pm EDT on Fri., May 2, in UMBC ENGR102 & online. She'll share results & insights about persistent student misconceptions in data visualization courses. bit.ly/rw25vis

youtube.com/watch?v=YBY6PT… Mohammad Samarah, Director of UMBC's Software Engineering Grad Program, on "AI Demystified: The 7 As of AI and How You Can Use It to Your Advantage". He covered key AI concepts and explored how you can leverage them in your personal and professional life.

UMBC CSEE Professor Ergun Simsek gave a 50-minute talk on "Why and How to Teach Yourself Data Science". The video of his talk and his presentation slides are now available. csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/po…

In a Mic’d Up episode, Dennise Cardona chats with Abdullah Karasan, a faculty member in UMBC’s Data Science program and founder of Leveragai, about the intersection of AI, finance, and education. Listen to this video to explore the future of AI & finance! ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1495…

The 2025 CSEE Research Day takes place from 9-4 on Friday, May 2, on South Campus in the main seminar room and online. A celebration of selected research accomplishments by UMBC CSEE faculty, staff, and students for the CSEE community and pubic. csee.umbc.edu/wp-content/upl…

UMBC will hold a “study day” panel 12-1pm on Wed, May 14, to explore how genAI systems can help students prepare for exams. Faculty Sarah Bass (Chemistry), Tim Finin (CSEE), & John G. Schumacher (ANTH/SOCY) discuss how GenAI tools can be used for learning. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1497…

csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/po… UMBC CSEE Professor E. F. Charles LaBerge was honored as the UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor for 2025–2028. His teaching excellence had previously been recognized at the college & USM levels, and the UMBC Alumni Association.

Janerra Allen, Ph.D. ’25 EE, studies electrical signals in the brain, finding patterns that help doctors diagnose or treat mental disorders. As a first-generation college student, she forged her own path to master complex subjects and create new knowledge. bit.ly/4jOWDIS

ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1502… UMBC Prof. Anupam Joshi was interviewed by aecc india on the evolving roles of AI, data science, machine learning, and cybersecurity. He discussed their impact on jobs and careers in many fields, and the opportunities to master them at UMBC.

UMBC is recognized as a leader in game design education in the 2025 Game Design School Rankings by Animation Career Review. UMBC is #1 in Maryland based on academic reputation, admission selectivity, program depth & breadth, and graduate employment data. animationcareerreview.com/articles/top-g…

AAAI has a free online webinar 12-1pm EDT Mon. June 16, with a panel of AI experts on the evolution and future implications of Artificial General Intelligence. Panelists are Holger Hoos, Eric Horvitz & Stuart Russell, moderated by Francesca Rossi. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1506…

bit.ly/43HmLjr AAAI hosts a free online webinar, AI Perception vs. Reality, 12-1pm EDT, June 19. Panelists are Rodney Brooks, Tom Dietterich, Gary Marcus, Peter Stone, & Francesca Rossi. Topics include: AI history, hype cycles, current AI impact, and evaluation tools.

The research and advisory firm Gartner released its 2025 Hype Cycle for AI last week. Its hype cycles represent the maturity, adoption, and social application of technologies that are important to business and the economy. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1507…

WYPR's Midday show explored how AI is transforming the workplace, implications for different generations of workers, and rapid pace of these changes. Host Chideya talked with UMBC's Anupam Joshi & Jason Michael Perry, founder of Perry Labs. Listen here: bit.ly/WyprAI

An AI-supported dataset released by a UMBC project led by GES Prof. Matt Baker more than doubles the documented stream miles in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The AI method reduced costs, time, & labor, making it easy to update or apply in other watersheds. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1508…

A video clip from UMBC’s Center for Real-time Distributed Sensing and Autonomy shows how well the HoloLens spatial mapping and augmented reality interface combine with a Spot robot’s navigation system to understand its environment and follow a person. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1509…

ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1509… The USM and Google are offering free access to online Google career certificates and AI training courses to UMBC and other USM campuses. These include five AI courses as well as courses in six high-growth fields, including Data Analytics and Cybersecurity.

ai.umbc.edu/news/post/1511… UMBC professor Yasmine Kotturi was selected in the CRA’s new Trustworthy AI Research fellowship program sponsored by Microsoft. It supports researchers working to integrate ethical, societal, and human-centered considerations into the development of AI.