Tim Finin
@tfinin.bsky.social
UMBC CS prof. specializing in AI, knowledge representation & reasoning, & language understanding with applications to knowledge graphs, privacy, cybersecurity & more
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UMBC CBEE professor Tyler Josephson was selected as a 2025 Pivot Fellow by the Simons Foundation. He leads the AI & Theory-Oriented Molecular Science Lab (ATOMS), which develops computational methods for molecular simulation and automated discovery of scientific theories. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
UMBC CBEE professor Tyler Josephson was selected as a 2025 Pivot Fellow by the Simons Foundation. He leads the AI & Theory-Oriented Molecular Science Lab (ATOMS), which develops computational methods for molecular simulation and automated discovery of scientific theories. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
UMBC's Institute of Politics released results from a poll of 810 Maryland adults on their "Attitudes toward artificial intelligence". Nearly all said they were aware of AI and had some concerns. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
UMBC's Institute of Politics released results from a poll of 810 Maryland adults on their "Attitudes toward artificial intelligence". Nearly all said they were aware of AI and had some concerns. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
AI is reshaping industries, workflows, and the skills that matter most. The future belongs not to machines, but to humans who adapt alongside them. Learn what skills can't be automated, how to future-proof your career through learning & how to use AI as a partner rather than a threat. bit.ly/AIwOrK
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
AI is reshaping industries, workflows, and the skills that matter most. The future belongs not to machines, but to humans who adapt alongside them. Learn what skills can't be automated, how to future-proof your career through learning & how to use AI as a partner rather than a threat. bit.ly/AIwOrK
Dr. Eric Stokan, director of UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship, discusses methods for processing and handling unstructured data like text & images. It will take place in person in room 438 in UMBC's Public Policy building from 12-1:30 pm on Friday, Nov. 7. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Dr. Eric Stokan, director of UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship, discusses methods for processing and handling unstructured data like text & images. It will take place in person in room 438 in UMBC's Public Policy building from 12-1:30 pm on Friday, Nov. 7. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
GenAI systems like ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini 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 in this talk. bit.ly/4hBMsqN
November 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
GenAI systems like ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini 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 in this talk. bit.ly/4hBMsqN
@umbc-ai.bsky.social Shawn Bender from Dickinson College talks on 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 at UMBC, 4-5:30pm Thur., Nov. 6, addressing the potential of robotics to assist in the care of older adults and people with disabilities and how it will drive innovation. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@umbc-ai.bsky.social Shawn Bender from Dickinson College talks on 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 at UMBC, 4-5:30pm Thur., Nov. 6, addressing the potential of robotics to assist in the care of older adults and people with disabilities and how it will drive innovation. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
Prof. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi from UMBC's Math/Stat Department talks on Applications of Quantum Computing and Optimization in Cybersecurity, 12–1pm, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, online via Webex. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Prof. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi from UMBC's Math/Stat Department talks on Applications of Quantum Computing and Optimization in Cybersecurity, 12–1pm, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, online via Webex. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
Bryan Li (UPenn) on how LLMs handle knowledge-intensive tasks, given uneven coverage and differing perspectives on knowledge across multiple languages, by examining their internal parametric information and use of external contextual knowledge. 2-3 pm Tue Oct 14, 2025, ITE 325b, UMBC bit.ly/3KEEnW4
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Bryan Li (UPenn) on how LLMs handle knowledge-intensive tasks, given uneven coverage and differing perspectives on knowledge across multiple languages, by examining their internal parametric information and use of external contextual knowledge. 2-3 pm Tue Oct 14, 2025, ITE 325b, UMBC bit.ly/3KEEnW4
UMBC's Mariann Hawken gives an online overview of Google's Gemini systems from 12-1 pm EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 1. She'll cover how Gemini's tools support research discovery, instructional planning, AI-enhanced learning activities, and more. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
September 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
UMBC's Mariann Hawken gives an online overview of Google's Gemini systems from 12-1 pm EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 1. She'll cover how Gemini's tools support research discovery, instructional planning, AI-enhanced learning activities, and more. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
UMBC will host GRIT-X talks as part of its Homecoming events from 4-6pm Thursday, Oct. 9. One speaker is CSEE alumna Gargi Banerjee Dasgupta (PhD, CS 2003). Her talk is titled "The Future is Here Already – AI Agents for Enterprise Productivity." ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
UMBC will host GRIT-X talks as part of its Homecoming events from 4-6pm Thursday, Oct. 9. One speaker is CSEE alumna Gargi Banerjee Dasgupta (PhD, CS 2003). Her talk is titled "The Future is Here Already – AI Agents for Enterprise Productivity." ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
The first episode of the 𝗔𝗜, 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 podcast series is up. UMD librarian Benjamin Shaw discusses an online module on 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 to help students use AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Firefly. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
September 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The first episode of the 𝗔𝗜, 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 podcast series is up. UMD librarian Benjamin Shaw discusses an online module on 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 to help students use AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Firefly. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
UMBC received a new $1M NSF grant for its SFS Cybersecurity Scholarship program directed by profs. Alan Sherman & Roberto Yus. The award will support 5 new undergrad or grad computing majors. In return, they will work at a government agency for part of each year. www.csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/...
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
UMBC received a new $1M NSF grant for its SFS Cybersecurity Scholarship program directed by profs. Alan Sherman & Roberto Yus. The award will support 5 new undergrad or grad computing majors. In return, they will work at a government agency for part of each year. www.csee.umbc.edu/recent-news/...
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... 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.
July 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15... 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.
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/15...
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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/15...
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 mapping method reduced costs, time, and labor, making it easy to update or apply in other watersheds. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
July 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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 mapping method reduced costs, time, and labor, making it easy to update or apply in other watersheds. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
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UMBC Prof. Rebecca Williams talks on Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization from 12 to 1 pm EDT on Friday, May 2, in UMBC ENGR102 & online. She will share results and insights on addressing persistent student misconceptions in data visualization courses.
UMBC Prof. Rebecca Williams talks on Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization from 12 to 1 pm EDT on Friday, May 2, in UMBC ENGR102 & online. She will share results and insights on addressing persistent student misconceptions in data visualization courses.
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ai.umbc.edu/news/post/14...
UMBC Prof. Rebecca Williams talks on Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization from 12 to 1 pm EDT on Friday, May 2, in UMBC ENGR102 & online. She will share results and insights on addressing persistent student misconceptions in data visualization courses.
UMBC Prof. Rebecca Williams talks on Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization from 12 to 1 pm EDT on Friday, May 2, in UMBC ENGR102 & online. She will share results and insights on addressing persistent student misconceptions in data visualization courses.
SHACL is very useful for supporting good RDF-based knowledge graphs by validating them against a set of conditions. Improvements and extensions will make it even better!
December 16, 2024 at 11:09 PM
SHACL is very useful for supporting good RDF-based knowledge graphs by validating them against a set of conditions. Improvements and extensions will make it even better!
AI Model Comparison is a free resource that lets you easily compare key attributes of most publicly available LLM AI models for different use cases. Its code is open-source and on GitHub. countless.dev
December 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
AI Model Comparison is a free resource that lets you easily compare key attributes of most publicly available LLM AI models for different use cases. Its code is open-source and on GitHub. countless.dev
TIL about archive.today, which lets anyone create and archive a pdf 'snapshot' of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page changes or disappears. Keep in mind that the resulting entry is public and cannot be deleted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive...
December 1, 2024 at 3:28 PM
TIL about archive.today, which lets anyone create and archive a pdf 'snapshot' of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page changes or disappears. Keep in mind that the resulting entry is public and cannot be deleted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive...
ChatGPT will be two tomorrow. While earlier versions of public LLMs like GPT-2 were useful in many applications (e.g., bit.ly/fakeCTI), ChatGPT showed a surprising ability to engage in conversations and get information, accelerating the current AI boom. Not bad for a toddler. Eliza would be proud.
November 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM
ChatGPT will be two tomorrow. While earlier versions of public LLMs like GPT-2 were useful in many applications (e.g., bit.ly/fakeCTI), ChatGPT showed a surprising ability to engage in conversations and get information, accelerating the current AI boom. Not bad for a toddler. Eliza would be proud.
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UMBC’s CSEE department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science and open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online on Interfolio.
UMBC’s CSEE department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science and open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online on Interfolio.
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM
csee.umbc.edu/jobs
UMBC’s CSEE department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science and open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online on Interfolio.
UMBC’s CSEE department has new positions for 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 in Computer Science and open tenured or tenure-track positions in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Electrical, Optical, or Computer Engineering. Apply online on Interfolio.
Thanks to the great student volunteers who helped keep everything running at the 2024 International Semantic Web Conference (#ISWC2024), which took place this week in Baltimore, Maryland.
November 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Thanks to the great student volunteers who helped keep everything running at the 2024 International Semantic Web Conference (#ISWC2024), which took place this week in Baltimore, Maryland.