AI Initiatives

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 chnnels 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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Getting Your Inbox to Zero by Jack Suess

UMBC’s Chief Information Officer shows how to tame Gmail

On March 9, 2016 DoIT’s instructional team hosted a new event called Techfest, an event that would  bring the campus community together and present ways that technology can both support and...

Posted: March 21, 2016, 9:29 AM

An Out Of The Box Solution To Shared Files

How Box.com Solved UAA's File Storage Dilemma

In the autumn of 2012, the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), a unit in the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA), accepted the limitations of its shared drives, much like...

Posted: February 26, 2016, 5:03 PM

Raley, Kelly Named Employees of Quarter

1st non-exempt, exempt EOQ recipients from same dept.

DoIT would like to recognize our own Pamela Raley and Ed Kelly for receiving the Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award. The EOQ program recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of...

Posted: February 24, 2016, 1:03 PM

DoIT to Host Techfest in Spring 2016 Semester

Share your favorite technology with the UMBC community

Techfest is an effort to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff to share their favorite technologies with the UMBC community through several workshops. Participants will be able to...

Posted: November 3, 2015, 7:54 AM

Meet the DoIT Staff Serving on the Professional Staff Senate

What the PSS is and what role each member serves as

The Professional Staff Senate (PSS) represents the interests and concerns of the exempt staff at UMBC. The PSS certifies elections of members to committees as provided in the Plan of Organization...

Posted: November 2, 2015, 7:34 AM