Blackboard's Ally now suggests alt text descriptions for images without them
Example of Ally's AI generated image description.

Here's an interesting application of new GenAI systems: helping instructors make their course materials more accessible. A best practice for web accessibility is to ensure every non-decorative image has a good, descriptive alternative text (alt text) description to make content accessible to users with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or visually impaired. 

The latest version of the Ally tool built into the Blackboard system used at UMBC will find images without alt text descriptions and offer to help by automatically generating descriptions.

Ally will flag images that lack a description in a Blackboard course. Instructors can enter a description themselves, mark the image as decorative, or leverage AI tools, powered by Microsoft Azure AI Vision, to scan the image and generate a suggested description. Instructors retain full control over the image and can edit the content to make corrections or clarify the information before saving it.

You can read more about this new Ally capability in this post in UMBC's Instructional Technology group.
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UMBC professors Vandana Janeja, Anita Komlodi, Christine Mallinson, and Sanjay Purushotham received an NSF award to develop a prototype Community Infrastructure to Strengthen AI for Audio Deepfake analysis (CISAAD).  Deepfakes, or AI-generated content, are widely recognized as a major societal concern and challenge and audio deepfakes are increasingly being used to spread disinformation on the web and social media and for identity theft and financial scams.

The CISAAD project builds on a 2022 NSF EAGER grant to Drs. Janeja and Mallinson that studied and evaluated listener perceptions of audio deepfakes and novel interdisciplinary methods for detection. The new effort has three main goals:

  • Helping to solve the challenges of limited data availability for audio deepfakes and human-augmented data about them through open datasets shared by the community

  • Enabling  both single and multi-speaker deepfake analysis across various use cases 

  • Addressing the ethical, social, and political challenges associated with deploying deepfake technology developed from open-sourced community data

Their work will inform our understanding of mis/dis-information as a significant societal concern and challenge. It will also help understand the opportunities for content generation in positive applications such as voice restoration and smart and connected community research. 

With an interdisciplinary team across AI, linguistics, cyber infrastructure, and human-centered computing, the project develops an innovative infrastructure for expanding research informed by types of audio deepfakes. Their research and dissemination efforts will expand formal and informal learning in AI and STEM fields related to cybersecurity analytics at the intersection of technology, language, behavior, and society. The principles developed through this project will expand to multiple types of deepfakes and support media and communications experts working to address challenges related to information integrity.

CISAAD will be developed as a prototype community resource. It will include a deep fake data catalog and repository for English audio data, tools, models for deep fake audio analysis use cases, and educational material.

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UMBC's Faculty Development Center will hold a series of online discussion sessions on Teaching with AI, based on the book Teaching with AI: (2A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning 024), by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson.  UMBC faculty can register using the links below. An electronic copy of the book will also be available to registrants via UMBC's library.

Teaching with AI Book Discussion: Part 1 

See how AI is changing the world & why AI literacy is vital.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 · 12 - 1 PM · Online · REGISTER HERE

Join us for the first of three workshops designed to help us think together about engaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teaching, learning, and assessment. In the first session, we’ll explore “Thinking with AI,” part one of Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (2024), by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. The introduction and the first three chapters help readers to gain context on how AI developed; how AI is changing the work world (and the changes anticipated); and why AI literacy is vital. The last chapter in this section explores how AI can interact with and enhance our creativity.

Teaching with AI Book Discussion: Part 2 

Learn how AI can support educators and also impacts grading.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 · 12 - 1 PM · Online · REGISTER HERE

Join us for the second of three workshops designed to help us think together about engaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teaching, learning, and assessment. In the second session, we’ll explore “Teaching with AI,” part two of Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (2024), by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. They 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.

Teaching with AI Book Discussion: Part 3 

Help students learn to use AI productively and responsibly.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 · 12 - 1 PM · Online · REGISTER HERE

Join us for the third of three workshops designed to help us think together about engaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teaching, learning, and assessment. In the third session, we’ll explore “Learning with AI,” part three of Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (2024), by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. This section 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. Additionally, 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.

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AI4ALL Ignite offers a virtual, no-costopportunity for undergraduate students in computing and STEM-related majors who are interested in artificial intelligence as a career option. By the end of the program, students will be empowered with the in-demand skills needed to interview for AI technical internships. APPLY HERE by August 19.

Key Highlights of AI4ALL Ignite program include:

  • Facetime and Collaboration with AI Industry  Professionals: Students will have the opportunity to work on an AI technical portfolio project with peers, receiving mentorship and guidance from industry experts from companies like Nvidia, Google, and Apple

  • Student Symposium: Participants can present their AI projects in a symposium, providing a platform to network with AI professionals.

  • AI Career Readiness Training: The program includes extensive training focusing on career readiness and preparation for technical AI internship interviews.

  • Mock Interviews and Networking: Students can enhance their skills through mock AI technical interviews and engage in networking opportunities with AI recruiters.

  • AI Certificate of Completion: Students are awarded an AI4ALL Certificate of Completion at the end of the accelerator.

Eligibility and Application Deadlines:

  • AI4ALL welcomes all applicants but prioritizes students from historically underrepresented groups in AI, including Black, Hispanic, Latinx, Indigenous, women, gender-expansive, and non-binary individuals.

  • The application deadline for Fall  2024 Cohort is August 19, 2024.

For more information, attend one of their live info sessions. You can also sign up for their monthly student newsletter to get insights into entering the AI industry and emerging AI trends.
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This week three UMBC faculty had papers in the Second Teaching and Learning with AI Conference held in Orlando and organized by the University of Central Florida.


To Create or Poison? Natural Language AI Image Generators: A Controversial Tool
Timothy Nohe, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

AI has grabbed headlines and sparked fervid debates among visual artists and faculty. This presentation will open an opportunity to engage on the topic of natural language AI generative image engines like Midjourney and the controversies that attend them, such as the illicit use of artists’ works to train the systems and the efforts to “poison” these generators. Timothy Nohe has investigated these tools, and exhibited works that allow him to speculate on engineered biomaterials and plants. As a graduate assistant to the late AI pioneering artist Harold Cohen, he brings over 30 years of experience to this conversation.


AI Tools to Make Class Activities More Inclusive and Accessible for Students with Learning Challenges
Muhammad Ali Yousuf & M. Nicole Belfiore, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Akbar Ali, University of Virginia

We present a variety of innovative AI tools that show significant potential in enhancing the experience of students with learning challenges. These tools, some of which are already available and others actively in development, leverage the power of AI to address a range of challenges. These include the creation of art for the visually impaired, support for students with Dyslexia/Dyscalculia, writing tools for students with Dysgraphia, etc. We have developed activities that consider different learning styles, abilities, and limitations of the students with the help of AI. A brief presentation will follow a group discussion on the limitless possibilities.




Rubric for Grading Assignments that Explicitly Allowed Students to use Generative AI
Muhammad Ali Yousuf & M. Nicole Belfiore, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Akbar Ali, University of Virginia

Grading of assignments created with the help of Generative AI tools poses a major challenge to instructors who were trained on rubrics developed decades ago. Such rubrics are incapable of handling situations where the work is clearly a violation of honor agreements. We propose a set of metrics that may be useful for grading student work that is at least partially generated with the help of AI. The audience is encouraged to bring their own ideas as explicit feedback will be sought and will be part of the discussion.

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UMBC Information Systems Professor Lujie Karen Chen recently won an NSF CAREER award that puts students at the center of learning analytics—not just as subjects who supply data, but also as the designers of analytical tools and users of the insights they provide. Her five-year project, Teaching to Empower with Learning Analytics for College Students by College Students, will explore an innovative approach to empower students to become productive users and creators of learning analytics, tools that use educational data to enhance learning.

Chen’s Lab for Informatics for Human Flourishing is dedicated to using data to improve people’s lives. Education is a key pathway to advance human flourishing, Chen says, and she looks forward to improving student learning experiences and outcomes through her CAREER award project.

Read more about Professor Chen, her research and the NSF award in this UMBC News article. 

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Introduction to Generative AI


6:30-7:30 Monday July 15, 2024


Cascades Library
21030 Whitfield Pl, Potomac Falls, VA


Dr. Muhammad Ali Yousuf from UMBC-Shady Grove explores the significance of Generative AI, its growing importance, potential applications, and ethical considerations.

Dr. Yousuf is the Graduate Program Director of Data Science in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at UMBC-Shady Grove. He has extensive consulting experience in medical devices and AI in healthcare, and teaching experience in parallel computing, AI, robotics and intelligent manufacturing. He holds a PhD in Theoretical High Energy Physics from Quaid-i-Azam University, a postdoc in Parallel Supercomputing from SUNY Albany, and a postdoc in Medical Devices and Data from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

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UMBC Professor Houbing Song will give an online distinguished lecture on Networked Systems and Security Research in the Age of AI/Machine Learning at 9:00am ET on Wednesday, 17 July 2024, sponsored by the IEEE Systems Council. Register here. 

Networked systems have created new opportunities with major societal implications. At the same time, security has emerged as one of the most important socio-technical challenges confronting society. AI/machine learning (ML) techniques are expected to enable networked systems and enhance security. In this talk, I will present my recent research on networked systems and security in the age of AI/ML. First, I will introduce my ML-enabled Counter Unmanned Aircraft System(s) (C-UAS) technology that detects and safely neutralizes rogue drones without destroying them or causing them to crash. This research has been featured by 100+ news media outlets. Next I will present my follow-up research on real-time ML for quickest event (threat/intrusion/vulnerability) detection. Then I will introduce my research on data-efficient ML, particularly distant domain transfer learning.

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Lean for Scientists and Engineers


Meets twice weekly, 1-3pm ET, July 9 – August 21, 2024
in-person at UMBC and online


UMBC’s AI & Theory-Oriented Molecular Science Lab (ATOMS) will teach a free, non-credit class, “Lean for Scientists and Engineers”, this summer. Lean 4 is a new programming language whose type system enables it to describe and check the logic of advanced math proofs. It makes it easier to write correct and maintainable code.

By writing software in Lean and writing proofs about those functions, we can be confidant that our code is correct. Our vision is to enable a new class of scientific computing software whose functions are interwoven with a library of formally-verified scientific derivations. All are welcome! This course is designed for non-mathematicians. 

Topics include logic and proofs for scientists and engineers, functional programming in Lean 4, and provably-correct programs for scientific computing. Prerequisites are Calculus II, introductory physics and introductory chemistry.

Register and get more information here.
UMBC Center for AI
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Experimenting with Organizational Design in the Age of AI

Erwin Godoy, Freddie Mac
12-1pm ET, June 27, 2024

How AI will transform organizations is still to be determined. No doubt, AI will require new skill sets and perhaps new types of organization. The normal response by mature organizations is to "slap" AI into the existing business model that made them successful in the past. This is a flawed response filled with pitfalls. Organizations need to be ready to experiment with new skills, organizational designs, and business models to win in the age of AI. 

Join the UMBC Training Centers for this free online session in their AI Lunchbox Series.  Register here.

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