AI Initiatives

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The Division of Information Technology’s AI site will help the UMBC community with information on using artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), to support UMBC’s Administrative, Instructional, and Research efforts. This site has been created to help employees advance their use of GenAI.

We recommend that our UMBC community begin by visiting GenAI Tools, a page that highlights free resources and provides guidance on using GenAI while safeguarding UMBC institutional data safely.

For staff seeking support, we encourage people to look at Administrative AI, as a starting point. Our goal is to save folks time, improve the quality of their work, and increase productivity. We showcase tools that DoIT provides to support these objectives.

We have launched myUMBC Answers, an AI-supported search bar. We are seeking partners to expand this tool. The key to leveraging myUMBC Answers is providing validated and accurate content, such as annual FAQs or handbooks.

Faculty, are encouraged to explore Instructional AI and Research AI. The UMBC Center for AI in the College of Engineering is an excellent resource for AI-related research and innovation.  Stay informed by following the center’s social media channels on LinkedIn, Bluesky, X, and Facebook.

Members of the UMBC community can subscribe to the UMBC AI Group to receive email about AI-related news and events. If you have news to share with the UMBC AI community or suggestions or comments on the site, please send them to umbc-ai@cs.umbc.edu.

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Declutter Your Inbox: A Guide to Cleaning Up Your Email

Free up space, reduce stress, and find what you need faster!

Is your Google Drive nearing its storage limit? Feeling overwhelmed by a cluttered inbox? Cleaning up your Gmail can help with both! Follow these simple steps to free up storage space and make it...

Posted: September 3, 2025, 10:33 AM

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Leveraging UMBC’s High Performance Computing Facility

Improving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Maps

Cross posted from UMBC News & Magazine: New AI-supported, high-resolution Chesapeake Bay Watershed stream maps reveal additional waterways and will help prioritize restoration projects ...

Posted: July 9, 2025, 2:28 PM

SAP Concur Travel System – Entering the Next Phase

DoIT has been working closely with Administration & Finance on the SAP Concur Travel System Implementation! We are excited to begin testing and change management planning. Please see the below...

Posted: June 2, 2025, 9:07 AM

May Gritty Award Winners: The High Performance Computing Team!

Congratulations Greg, Roy and Andy!

The HPC team, down two staff, performed a large upgrade of the High Performance Computing (HPC) environment. Over $1.7 million in new hardware was purchased, including new HPC CPU nodes, new GPU...

Posted: May 27, 2025, 10:58 AM

DoIT Gritty Trophy Award

myUMBC Answers: AI-Powered Search Bar Updates

Providing answers that are unique to you!

In early February, the myUMBC team launched my UMBC Answers, an AI-driven search bar to improve experiences for students, faculty, and staff while ensuring security and privacy. Now, all campus...

Posted: April 18, 2025, 1:53 PM

Sample text box of a question being asked to myUMBC Answers