AI Initiatives

The DoIT AI site is here to help the community with information on using artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), to support UMBC’s Administrative, Instructional, and Research efforts. This site is designed to support employees looking to advance their use of GenAI. We recommend that our UMBC community start by visiting GenAI Tools, this page will highlight what free resources are available to use and what options exist to safely use GenAI while safeguarding UMBC institutional data.

For staff providing support, we encourage people to look at Administrative AI, as a starting point. Our goal is to save people time and hopefully improve the quality of their work, thus increasing productivity. We highlight some tools that DoIT is providing for support and we are seeking partners to work with DoIT on expanding myUMBC Answers. The real key to your office leveraging myUMBC Answers is to be able to provide validated and accurate content, such as FAQs or a handbook produced annually.

For faculty, we encourage you to also explore instructional AI and research AI. A wonderful resource in the College of Engineering Center for AI.  You can follow news about the UMBC Center for AI on social media through its sites 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.

 

AI News

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How a DoIT Student Employee Helped Bring TechFest to UMBC

An idea to bring the campus together through technology

On Wednesday, March 9th DoIT’s Instructional Technology team sponsored a brand new event, known as TechFest. Located across three different rooms in the University Center and featuring over 10...

Posted: April 26, 2016, 10:33 AM

Last Call to Register for Techfest!

Learn new skills! Win prizes! Sign up today!

On Wednesday, March 9, from 11:30am - 1:30pm, DoIT's Instructional Technology team is sponsoring Techfest in the University Center (rooms UC 310, UC 312, and the UC Lounge) to bring the campus...

Posted: March 3, 2016, 9:35 AM

Did You Register for Techfest Yet?

Register now, sessions are filling up fast!

On March 9, from 11:30am - 1:30pm, the Instructional Technology team is holding Techfest in the University Center (rooms UC 310, UC 312, and the UC Lounge) that will bring the campus community...

Posted: February 17, 2016, 12:11 PM

Techfest Registration Now Open!

Register today to learn more about your favorite tech tools

Register Here! The Instructional Technology Team is pleased to announce that registration for Techfest is now open. To register, please complete this Google Form. Registration will close on...

Posted: February 10, 2016, 10:46 AM

TechFest Registration is Coming!

Learn about upcoming workshops and registration details

Techfest, scheduled for March 9th from 11:30 - 1:30 in the University Center (rooms UC310, UC 312, and the UC Lounge), is an event sponsored by the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to...

Posted: February 8, 2016, 12:38 PM