talk: Confabulation: What Could LLM Hallucinations Do For Storytelling? 11/14 11:30-12:50 Thur. Nov. 14, 2024, Sondheim Hall 110 & online

Peiqi "Patrick" Sui will talk on Confabulation: What Could LLM Hallucinations Do For Storytelling?, 11:30am-12:50pm on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 in Sondheim Hall 110 at UMBC and online. 

Are hallucinations always bad? Most of NLP research presumes a normative stance that they are, but it overlooks the cognitive and communicative affordances of a type of particularly story-like hallucinations (which we'll call confabulations). Consider two general categories of LLM applications: using them as tools, or interacting with them as viable cultural agents. The two have very different training objectives in terms of the tradeoff between factuality and alignment with the human behavior of storytelling, and when it comes to ensuring the latter, LLMs that could effectively confabulate would be especially useful. For instance, confabulations could enable LLMs to perform speculative narration and address omissions in history resulting from social injustice, in the hope of enacting what literary theorist Saidiya Hartman calls "critical fabulation" at scale, and giving interactive storytelling a wider social impact.

Patrick Sui is a second-year PhD student in English at McGill University, advised by Richard Jean So. He mainly works in digital humanities and cultural analytics, and spends most of his time thinking about how literary studies could uniquely contribute to AI research about language. His current research topics include benchmarks for close reading & interpretive reasoning, modeling close reading behaviors with information theory, knowledge-grounded style transfer for co-creative systems, AI literacy & writing pedagogy, and all kinds of computational literary theory.

The talk is part of the UMBC Language Technology Seminar Series.

UMBC Center for AI ]]> Peiqi "Patrick" Sui will talk on Confabulation: What Could LLM Hallucinations Do For Storytelling?, 11:30am-12:50pm on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 in Sondheim Hall 110 at UMBC and online.  Are... https://laramartin.net/LaTeSS https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/145547/guest@my.umbc.edu/4654d8b43ac207b29c7a91e8e6ca00b8/api/pixel ai lara-lab llm nlp storytelling UMBC AI https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-ai https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xsmall.png?1691095779 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/original.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xxlarge.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xlarge.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/large.png?1691095779 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/medium.png?1691095779 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/small.png?1691095779 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xsmall.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xxsmall.png?1691095779 Language, Aid, and Representation AI Lab 0 0 true Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:08:30 -0500 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:06:30 -0500 Talk: Machine Learning for Earth System Prediction and Predictability, 11/13 11-12pm Wed., Nov. 13, in-person in Physics 401 at UMBC Professor Maria Janeth Molina from the University of Maryland talk on Machine learning for Earth System Prediction and Predictability, 11-12pm on Wednesday, November 13 in Physics 401 at UMBC.

Machine learning can be used for Earth system prediction, or to study the uppermost limit of prediction skill theoretically achievable given the system's initial state or other factors, otherwise known as predictability. In traditional numerical weather prediction frameworks, we solve the governing partial differential equations starting from an initial state. This initialized prediction framework usually involves three stages: 1) generating the initial conditions of the Earth system, 2) running the mathematical representation of the system on a computer forward in time, and 3) analyzing the output and converting it into a format that is useful for end users.

Machine learning can be used to improve each of these individual stages or to circumvent the three-stage framework altogether, and examples of each will be given in this seminar. More time during the seminar will be dedicated to the challenges surrounding subseasonal prediction, which focuses on lead times of three to four weeks, and how we can use machine learning to both uncover potential biases in our initialized prediction systems and how we can bias-correct them.

UMBC Center for AI ]]> Professor Maria Janeth Molina from the University of Maryland talk on Machine learning for Earth System Prediction and Predictability, 11-12pm on Wednesday, November 13 in Physics 401 at UMBC.... https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/physics/events/135831 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/145495/guest@my.umbc.edu/921a20b65685c572ea214ac4a9b9534e/api/pixel ai machine-learning physics UMBC AI https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-ai https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xsmall.png?1691095779 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/original.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xxlarge.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xlarge.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/large.png?1691095779 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/medium.png?1691095779 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/small.png?1691095779 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xsmall.png?1691095779 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xxsmall.png?1691095779 UMBC Pysics Department https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/xxlarge.jpg?1731204215 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/xlarge.jpg?1731204215 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/large.jpg?1731204215 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/medium.jpg?1731204215 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/small.jpg?1731204215 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/xsmall.jpg?1731204215 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/145/495/ccde36a651c8bc3d468a312a5f3cc62c/xxsmall.jpg?1731204215 0 0 true Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:32:49 -0500 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:37:57 -0500 UMBC.AI Google Calendar Goggle Calendar users can add it to their personal calendar

We have started a Google Calendar for AI-related events at or associated with UMBC.  See this page for an example.

If you use Google Calendar, you can add this AI.UMBC.EDU calendar to your personal calendar to have it also also show AI-related events. Once you have linked it to your Google Calendar, it is easy to turn the AI event notifications off or on. 

To add the AI.UMBC.EDU calendar to your Google Calendar, click this link and follow the directions. If you have an event to suggest adding to the AI Calendar, email information about it to umbc-ai@cs.umbc.edu.

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The UMBC Training Center's Center for Applied AI will hold an online panel discussion on the State of Maryland’s policy objectives on the use of AI from 12-1 on Thursday, November 14. The panel will include Nishant Shah, Maryland’s Senior Advisor for Responsible AI. Register here to get a link and attend online.

The panel will review the state's AI priorities, recent AI legislation, and policy objectives that will influence AI adoption in Maryland. The scope of this discussion will include current initiatives, governance structures, and the recent formation of the AI Enablement team to give attendees an overview of how Maryland is governing AI. This event is designed to inform policymakers, technology professionals, researchers, and anyone interested in the future of AI in Maryland.

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The UMBC Faculty Development Center's third and final session on the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning will cover “Learning with AI", which discusses how we can help students learn to use AI productively and responsibly in our courses, including prompts, checklists, and other adaptable tools.

For example, to ask students to engage with frequent feedback, adapt their Feedback Prompt Template, which is designed to elicit useful feedback from AI for revision. The authors examine intrinsically motivating assignment design with checklists that guide students through acceptable use of AI, adaptations for writing assignments, and AI-focused assignments.

Get more information and register here. 

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The next online session of the AI in Practice series will be  "How Faculty and Entrepreneurs Are Actually Using Generative AI: “Use Case” Lightning Round" on 12-1 pm EST, Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

Do you wonder: How can I actually use AI in my life? In this fast-paced session five leading faculty members and entrepreneurs from UMB, UMBC, and JHU will share their most practical AI use cases, delivered in just five minutes each. You'll hear more than 15 examples of concrete ways you can use AI today. 

The presenters are John G Schumacher (UMBC), Mikhail B. Pevzner (UBALT), Carly Schnitzler (JHU), Paul Davidson (JHU), and  Henry Mortimer (UBALT).

Register here.

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AI engineers and UMBC alumni Devon Slonaker and Siddhant Gupta discuss and demonstrate Google's NotebookLM research and note-taking tool developed by Google Labs. Its new Audio Overviews feature added last month lets it condense complex documents into engaging podcasts. 

Experience firsthand how this AI-powered system transforms documents (text, pdf, Google doc file, and slides) and YouTube videos into podcasts and summaries—perfect for streamlining your research and learning. 

Don't miss this unique event where NotebookLM takes the stage and talks about itself.

12-12:30pm EST Thursday, November 7, online.  Register here to get the link.

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UMBC WISS Series

Improving Shared Embodiment between Humans and Robots with Haptics

Janelle Clark, Mechanical Engineering, UMBC

12-1pm EDT, Oct. 30, ITE 459 and online


Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person, please use this form to RSVP. 

Robots are becoming important to enable people in their work and daily life, such as in assistive and performance enhancing devices like prosthetics and exoskeletons, and in teleoperating remote agents to complete tasks in remote or dangerous locations. The communication between people and their robotic devices must be intuitive and responsive in order to be effective. My research interests can be summarized by user-centric design in instances of shared embodiment. These examples demonstrate shared embodiment through shared kinematics in exoskeletons, a joint body in prosthetics, and use as an avatar in teleoperation. My work focuses on utilizing the sense of touch for human-robot communication, acknowledging the important role of haptic information in navigating our environment.

In this talk, I will discuss my work in two areas. The first is in the design and integration of haptic devices in human-robot systems. This leads to the second, addressing a bottleneck in device saliency by combining methods from psychophysics and contact mechanics. Through my work I aim to create effective systems with intuitive control and haptic feedback in order to create more immersive and efficient interactions for the human utilizing robotic support.

Janelle Clark is an assistant professor in the UMBC Mechanical Engineering Department. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA in 2022 in the Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces (MAHI) Lab and postdoctoral fellowship in the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory in the Minor School of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research focuses on user-centric design and haptic interfaces for human-robot interactions in instances of shared embodiment, with application domains such as prosthetics, exoskeletons, teleoperation, and virtual reality. Her work combines principles from psychophysics, contact mechanics, robotics, hardware design, and controls to investigate physiological contributions to haptic perception and the creation of intuitive human-in-the-loop control systems.

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UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents

FT-PrivacyScore: Personalized Privacy Scoring for Machine Learning Participation


Dr. Keke Chen, UMBC


1-2 pm EDT Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, online


Joint work with PhD students Ethan Gu and Jiajie He

I will briefly discuss our demo system recently accepted by CCS 2024 that estimates privacy risks of participating in a machine learning task. As many AI models depend on sensitive training data (e.g., identifiable images and text conversations), privacy has increasingly been a major concern in the AI era. Methods like differential privacy allow users to quantify the acceptable privacy loss, which may also lead to significant utility loss. As a result, controlled data access is still the mainstream method for protecting data privacy or controlling privacy leakage in industrial and research settings.  However, there is no quantitative measure for individual data contributors to tell their privacy risks before participating in a machine learning task. We developed the demo prototype FT-PrivacyScore to efficiently and quantitatively estimate the privacy risk of participating in a model fine-tuning task. With FT-PrivacyScore, participants and data consumers can prepare proactively to ensure better protected privacy.

Dr. Keke Chen is an associate professor in the CSEE Department at UMBC. His recent research focuses on privacy and security issues with AI model training and deployment. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech in 2006. Before joining UMBC, he was a Northwestern Mutual associate professor of computer science at Marquette University. Email: kekechen@umbc.edu

Host: Alan T. Sherman, sherman@umbc.edu. Support for this event was provided in part by the NSF under SFS grant DGE-1753681. The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab meets biweekly Fridays 12-1pm. All meetings are open to the public. Upcoming CDL meetings: Nov. 15, Houbing Song (IS, UMBC) Dec. 6, Zhiuan Chen (IS, UMBC)

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UMBC's Faculty Development Center will hold the second online discussion session on Teaching with AI on Wednesday, October 30 from 12-1  based on the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson.

This session will cover pages 81-158 of the book and explore how AI can support educators, examine how AI complicates cheating and detection, and share insights about AI policies. Arguing that C-level work is no longer acceptable, since AI can do that for all of us, the last chapter in this section looks at how AI impacts grading and our shared understanding of quality.

Participants can access the ebook online at any time through the AOK library using the following steps.

  1. Log into myUMBC
  2. Go to the AOK Library Website
  3. In the AOK OneSearch box, type the book title and press Search
  4. Locate the ebook, and click on the green "Available online" link
  5. Click on “EBSCOhost Ebooks” under the “View Online” header

Get more information and register here to get the link to the session.

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