UMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
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Graduate and undergraduate programs in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, cybersecurity, and data science. http://csee.umbc.edu/
bit.ly/3Jt03UW GenAI systems like ChatGPT are transforming how we work, communicate, & create, but also pose serious privacy concerns. While GenAI can compromise our privacy, it can also be harnessed to help protect it. Roberto Yus explores both sides of that paradox, 12-1pm EST Wed. Nov. 5, online.
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
bit.ly/3Jt03UW GenAI systems like ChatGPT are transforming how we work, communicate, & create, but also pose serious privacy concerns. While GenAI can compromise our privacy, it can also be harnessed to help protect it. Roberto Yus explores both sides of that paradox, 12-1pm EST Wed. Nov. 5, online.
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... This month's AI in Practice webinar shares proven strategies for building robust AI literacy in higher ed classrooms and equips you with concrete strategies to better prepare for the AI-driven research landscape.
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... This month's AI in Practice webinar shares proven strategies for building robust AI literacy in higher ed classrooms and equips you with concrete strategies to better prepare for the AI-driven research landscape.
UMBC's Manas Gaur and Yash Saxena talk on Building Trustworthy LLM Agents for Academia, 12-1 PM EDT on Wed., Oct. 29 online. They present a retrieval-augmented LLM agent designed to generate verifiable responses with sentence-level source attribution. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
UMBC's Manas Gaur and Yash Saxena talk on Building Trustworthy LLM Agents for Academia, 12-1 PM EDT on Wed., Oct. 29 online. They present a retrieval-augmented LLM agent designed to generate verifiable responses with sentence-level source attribution. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
Jennifer Posada holds an online session on making sense of data with AI, 12-1 pm EDT Wed., Oct. 22. She'll cover how LLMs changed her data workflow, streamlined analysis, and lowered barriers to iteration and exploration. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Jennifer Posada holds an online session on making sense of data with AI, 12-1 pm EDT Wed., Oct. 22. She'll cover how LLMs changed her data workflow, streamlined analysis, and lowered barriers to iteration and exploration. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
Dr. Reetam Majumder of the Univ. of Arkansas leads a short course on AI for Statistical Analysis, 2:00-5:00 pm Fri., Oct. 31, 2025, in room 104 of UMBC's Math & Psychology building. It will give a hands-on introduction to deep learning models using the Keras package in R. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Dr. Reetam Majumder of the Univ. of Arkansas leads a short course on AI for Statistical Analysis, 2:00-5:00 pm Fri., Oct. 31, 2025, in room 104 of UMBC's Math & Psychology building. It will give a hands-on introduction to deep learning models using the Keras package in R. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
Nina-Simone Edwards, JD, from the Georgetown University Institute for Technology Law and Policy, will address ethical issues in AI policy for libraries and higher education in an online Webex session, 12-1pm EDT on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Nina-Simone Edwards, JD, from the Georgetown University Institute for Technology Law and Policy, will address ethical issues in AI policy for libraries and higher education in an online Webex session, 12-1pm EDT on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
AI Innovation: Data Science Students in the Field, 6-7 pm, Wed. Oct 25. UMBC-Shady Grove students/alumni present their research on real-life challenges and data science trends. Hear about the MPS in Data Science from Prof. Ali Yousuf and ask questions. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
AI Innovation: Data Science Students in the Field, 6-7 pm, Wed. Oct 25. UMBC-Shady Grove students/alumni present their research on real-life challenges and data science trends. Hear about the MPS in Data Science from Prof. Ali Yousuf and ask questions. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
This first session of the UMBC series on 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 introduces the basics of generative AI and its implications for teaching and learning. Faculty will see short demos of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity plus time for Q&A. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This first session of the UMBC series on 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 introduces the basics of generative AI and its implications for teaching and learning. Faculty will see short demos of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity plus time for Q&A. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... What AI skills do employers actually want from new graduates? This session explores the real-world competencies that drive today's hiring decisions. Dean Merritt (Mindgrub) and Dr. Karolyn Babalola (Booz Allen Hamilton) share insights. 12-1 pm EDT Wed., Oct. 8. via Zoom.
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... What AI skills do employers actually want from new graduates? This session explores the real-world competencies that drive today's hiring decisions. Dean Merritt (Mindgrub) and Dr. Karolyn Babalola (Booz Allen Hamilton) share insights. 12-1 pm EDT Wed., Oct. 8. via Zoom.
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... In this podcast episode, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, UMBC undergrad CS major Adam Baji is interviewed about his interests in the intersection of AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
September 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... In this podcast episode, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, UMBC undergrad CS major Adam Baji is interviewed about his interests in the intersection of AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
hackUMBC is a 24-hour hackathon on September 27-28 on the UMBC campus for high school & university students of all skill levels, offering workshops, mentorship, networking opportunities with sponsors, and prizes. Get more information and register at hackumbc.tech
September 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
hackUMBC is a 24-hour hackathon on September 27-28 on the UMBC campus for high school & university students of all skill levels, offering workshops, mentorship, networking opportunities with sponsors, and prizes. Get more information and register at hackumbc.tech
We are proud to share that CSEE alum Emily Brown (B.S., M.S. ’14, Computer Science) has been named one of UMBC’s 2025 Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award recipients by the UMBC Alumni Association Board of Directors. csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are proud to share that CSEE alum Emily Brown (B.S., M.S. ’14, Computer Science) has been named one of UMBC’s 2025 Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award recipients by the UMBC Alumni Association Board of Directors. csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/...
Fortune magazine has an article on 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀, now known as CAIOs. UMBC CSEE Professor Anupam Joshi, who was appointed as UMBC's CAIO and Vice Provost in June, was extensively quoted in the piece. bit.ly/CAIOjoshi
September 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fortune magazine has an article on 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀, now known as CAIOs. UMBC CSEE Professor Anupam Joshi, who was appointed as UMBC's CAIO and Vice Provost in June, was extensively quoted in the piece. bit.ly/CAIOjoshi
UMBC CSEE Prof. Yiwen Hu talks online about her research on the security of US 911 services, 12-1pm EDT on Fri., Sept. 5. She will discuss design defects in cellular emergency services standards & the challenges of safeguarding next-generation emergency services. www.csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/...
August 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
UMBC CSEE Prof. Yiwen Hu talks online about her research on the security of US 911 services, 12-1pm EDT on Fri., Sept. 5. She will discuss design defects in cellular emergency services standards & the challenges of safeguarding next-generation emergency services. www.csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/...
bit.ly/seai25 New AI systems are creating significant disruption in many career areas, including software engineering & computer programming. Dr. Mohammad Samarah, graduate program director of UMBC’s Software Engineering graduate program, explains why human professionals are needed more than ever.
June 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
bit.ly/seai25 New AI systems are creating significant disruption in many career areas, including software engineering & computer programming. Dr. Mohammad Samarah, graduate program director of UMBC’s Software Engineering graduate program, explains why human professionals are needed more than ever.
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Two UMBC CSEE professors were funded by UMB for research on new healthcare technology. Dong Li will develop a way to monitor blood pressure with a smartphone and Kostas Kalpakis heads a project using machine learning to allow ER physicians to make treatment decisions quickly.
Two UMBC CSEE professors were funded by UMB for research on new healthcare technology. Dong Li will develop a way to monitor blood pressure with a smartphone and Kostas Kalpakis heads a project using machine learning to allow ER physicians to make treatment decisions quickly.
May 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Two UMBC CSEE professors were funded by UMB for research on new healthcare technology. Dong Li will develop a way to monitor blood pressure with a smartphone and Kostas Kalpakis heads a project using machine learning to allow ER physicians to make treatment decisions quickly.
Two UMBC CSEE professors were funded by UMB for research on new healthcare technology. Dong Li will develop a way to monitor blood pressure with a smartphone and Kostas Kalpakis heads a project using machine learning to allow ER physicians to make treatment decisions quickly.
bit.ly/3SSwjlg The Internet2 NET+ Program selected Jack Suess (BS ‘81, MS ‘92), UMBC’s VP of information technology and CIO, to receive its 2025 Cloud Superhero Award. The award recognizes community members who possess cloud superpowers and share them with the research and education community.
May 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
bit.ly/3SSwjlg The Internet2 NET+ Program selected Jack Suess (BS ‘81, MS ‘92), UMBC’s VP of information technology and CIO, to receive its 2025 Cloud Superhero Award. The award recognizes community members who possess cloud superpowers and share them with the research and education community.
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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.
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.
May 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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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.
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.
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UMBC CSEE professor Manas Gaur published an article in The Conversation on the DeepSeek AI R1 and OpenAI o1 generative AI systems, comparing their quality of reasoning and accuracy in generating citations.
UMBC CSEE professor Manas Gaur published an article in The Conversation on the DeepSeek AI R1 and OpenAI o1 generative AI systems, comparing their quality of reasoning and accuracy in generating citations.
April 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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UMBC CSEE professor Manas Gaur published an article in The Conversation on the DeepSeek AI R1 and OpenAI o1 generative AI systems, comparing their quality of reasoning and accuracy in generating citations.
UMBC CSEE professor Manas Gaur published an article in The Conversation on the DeepSeek AI R1 and OpenAI o1 generative AI systems, comparing their quality of reasoning and accuracy in generating citations.
UMBC's Center for Ethics and Values will hold a public forum on the Ethics of AI on Tuesday, April 8 from 7pm to 8:30pm. It will be a moderated, informal discussion hosted by Blake Francis with panelists Kathy Baxter, David Danks, and Gabriella Waters. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/14...
April 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
UMBC's Center for Ethics and Values will hold a public forum on the Ethics of AI on Tuesday, April 8 from 7pm to 8:30pm. It will be a moderated, informal discussion hosted by Blake Francis with panelists Kathy Baxter, David Danks, and Gabriella Waters. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/14...
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Manas Gaur, Edward Raff, and Ali Mohammadi helped present a half-day tutorial at 2025 AAAI on Neurosymbolic AI and how it can be applied to LLMs to help solve key challenges in NLP tasks like explainability, grounding & instructability. See their slides & material here.
Manas Gaur, Edward Raff, and Ali Mohammadi helped present a half-day tutorial at 2025 AAAI on Neurosymbolic AI and how it can be applied to LLMs to help solve key challenges in NLP tasks like explainability, grounding & instructability. See their slides & material here.
March 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Manas Gaur, Edward Raff, and Ali Mohammadi helped present a half-day tutorial at 2025 AAAI on Neurosymbolic AI and how it can be applied to LLMs to help solve key challenges in NLP tasks like explainability, grounding & instructability. See their slides & material here.
Manas Gaur, Edward Raff, and Ali Mohammadi helped present a half-day tutorial at 2025 AAAI on Neurosymbolic AI and how it can be applied to LLMs to help solve key challenges in NLP tasks like explainability, grounding & instructability. See their slides & material here.
McKenna McCall (CMU) discusses static analysis tools for home IoT users from a usable security lens and a project focusing on formal methods proposing a new technique for preventing undesirable information flows on the web; 11:45 ET Mon. Feb 17, UMBC & online. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
February 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
McKenna McCall (CMU) discusses static analysis tools for home IoT users from a usable security lens and a project focusing on formal methods proposing a new technique for preventing undesirable information flows on the web; 11:45 ET Mon. Feb 17, UMBC & online. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
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CSEE's Naghmeh Karimi received a grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to study the security of computer chips whose design and structure allow computing-in-memory (CiM) and are promising for speeding up the use of AI and machine learning algorithms.
CSEE's Naghmeh Karimi received a grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to study the security of computer chips whose design and structure allow computing-in-memory (CiM) and are promising for speeding up the use of AI and machine learning algorithms.
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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CSEE's Naghmeh Karimi received a grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to study the security of computer chips whose design and structure allow computing-in-memory (CiM) and are promising for speeding up the use of AI and machine learning algorithms.
CSEE's Naghmeh Karimi received a grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to study the security of computer chips whose design and structure allow computing-in-memory (CiM) and are promising for speeding up the use of AI and machine learning algorithms.
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Students in Prof. Lara Martin's special topics class on Interactive Fiction and Text Generation present their projects in a public poster session, 10:30-12:30 on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at UMBC in Sherman Hall 150. Votes for the audience favorite give extra credit!
Students in Prof. Lara Martin's special topics class on Interactive Fiction and Text Generation present their projects in a public poster session, 10:30-12:30 on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at UMBC in Sherman Hall 150. Votes for the audience favorite give extra credit!
December 10, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Students in Prof. Lara Martin's special topics class on Interactive Fiction and Text Generation present their projects in a public poster session, 10:30-12:30 on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at UMBC in Sherman Hall 150. Votes for the audience favorite give extra credit!
Students in Prof. Lara Martin's special topics class on Interactive Fiction and Text Generation present their projects in a public poster session, 10:30-12:30 on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at UMBC in Sherman Hall 150. Votes for the audience favorite give extra credit!
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UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science in addition to open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online. #jobs
UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science in addition to open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online. #jobs
December 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science in addition to open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online. #jobs
UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science in addition to open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online. #jobs