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<Title>Repost: Announcing the 2025 AI Symposium!</Title>
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    <div><span>On the heels of the successful “<a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/338f2d5950c50f578785ae491390a955/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLTzS9-qybtgtXUlejp9VuC1Gjxq_YgC98%26si%3DnxxmZDo80EVt9Wmg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">AI, Privacy, and Ethics Symposium</a>” of April 2024, we’re back with a new iteration! Please join us for this fall’s AI Symposium, titled “Exploring the Gadgets &amp; Gizmos in Your AI Toolkit.” This fall’s series will highlight various topics ranging from Google Gemini and its integration into UMBC platforms, to the broader legal implications of using generative AI, and much more! This <strong>free symposium</strong> will be held <strong>virtually at noon via Webex on Wednesdays beginning October 1st through November 12th. </strong></span></div>
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    <div><span>Below you will find the individual links for each discussion:</span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/5d69161fca21404e6fa37e1e6b1450e3/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144136" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, October 1st @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/5d69161fca21404e6fa37e1e6b1450e3/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144136" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Dr. Mariann Hawken (Director of Instructional Technology, UMBC) </strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/5d69161fca21404e6fa37e1e6b1450e3/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144136" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Google Gemini: AI Tools for Research, Teaching, &amp; Learning</a></span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/3ae3453cc91b4dcbce9a07429a5cd0ad/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144144" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, October 8th @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/3ae3453cc91b4dcbce9a07429a5cd0ad/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144144" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Brianna Hughes (STEM Reference &amp; Instruction Librarian, UMBC)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/3ae3453cc91b4dcbce9a07429a5cd0ad/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144144" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Assembling an AI Toolbox: Access-Oriented Approaches to Scholarship and Instruction</a></span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/7aab0040e4fd65735dda3d3b46b24b01/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144145" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, October 15th @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/7aab0040e4fd65735dda3d3b46b24b01/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144145" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Nina-Simone Edwards, JD (Senior Institute Associate at the Institute for Technology Law &amp; Policy)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/7aab0040e4fd65735dda3d3b46b24b01/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144145" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Beyond the Hype: Embedding Ethics in AI Policy for Libraries and Higher Ed</a></span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/519684020e9b912e1863b52b945f689f/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144146" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, October 22nd @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/519684020e9b912e1863b52b945f689f/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144146" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Jennifer Posada, (PhD student, Human-Centered Computing, UMBC)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/519684020e9b912e1863b52b945f689f/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144146" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Making Sense of Data with AI: Lowering Barriers, Expanding Who Participates</a></span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/1c96f219519b78925c2d0a3d92dda459/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144147" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, October 29th @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/1c96f219519b78925c2d0a3d92dda459/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144147" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Dr. Manas Gaur (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science &amp; Electrical Engineering, UMBC)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/1c96f219519b78925c2d0a3d92dda459/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144147" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Yash Saxena (PhD student, Computer Science, UMBC)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/1c96f219519b78925c2d0a3d92dda459/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144147" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Building Trustworthy LLM Agents for Academia through Structured, Interpretable Knowledge Retrieval and Source Attribution</a></span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/331595a2d1ef9674df0d7b271e6acd34/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144148" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, November 5th @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/331595a2d1ef9674df0d7b271e6acd34/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144148" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Dr. Roberto Yus (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science &amp; Electrical Engineering, UMBC)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/331595a2d1ef9674df0d7b271e6acd34/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144148" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Privacy Paradox of GenAI: What It Knows, Why It Matters, and How We Fight Back</a></span></div>
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    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/4aa79112cb207693519d63ebea1a8c46/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144149" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Wednesday, November 12th @ 12pm EST:</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/4aa79112cb207693519d63ebea1a8c46/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144149" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Dr. Eric Stokan (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science &amp; Director of CS3, UMBC)</strong></a></span></div>
    <div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/151504/47ef4/4aa79112cb207693519d63ebea1a8c46/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flibrary%2Fevents%2F144149" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Advanced Opportunities with AI and Large Language Models (LLMs): Examples from the Social Sciences</a></span></div>
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    <br>Our symposium was made possible thanks to the following sponsors:</div>
    <div><span>UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT), The Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Department of Computer Science &amp; Electrical Engineering, the Department of Information Systems, and The Hackerman Foundation.</span></div>
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<Title>Timeline Update: Vote for your GSA CNMS Senators for 2025-26!</Title>
<Tagline>Cast Your Vote -- Voting closes Thursday Night!</Tagline>
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    <div><strong>Voting Period:</strong></div>
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    <div>Full post here: <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/151700" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Vote for your GSA CNMS Senators for 2025-26! · UMBC Graduate Student Association · myUMBC</a>
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<Summary>Dear CNMS Students, Please note the updated election timeline. Apologies for the consecutive emails.      Voting Period:  Opens Monday,   August 25 at 10:30 AM  Closes Thursday, August 28 at 11:59...</Summary>
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<Title>Talk: Uncovering Insecure Designs of Cellular Emergency Services</Title>
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    <span>UMBC Assistant Professor <strong><a href="https://www.csee.umbc.edu/yiwen-hu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Yiwen Hu</strong></a> </strong>will give a <a href="https://umbc.webex.com/meet/sherman" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">online</a> talk on her research on the security of US 911 services from 12-1pm EST on Friday, September 5 as part of the <a href="https://cisa.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Cyber Defense Lab </a>biweekly Fall series of research talks.</span><div><span><div><br></div>
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    <div>Emergency communication over cellular networks (4G, 5G, and beyond) is a vital part of our nation’s emergency response and disaster preparedness system. Its security, however, is still far from satisfactory due to cellular-specific technical challenges and the diversified requirements from standards organizations and administrative authorities.</div>
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    <div>She will share our research insights and findings on (1) identifying design defects in cellular emergency services standards, and (2) investigating the security of operational emergency services in the U.S., as well as the technical challenges we encountered and how to address them.  Her results show that operational cellular emergency services can be abused in deniable ways. She will also discuss emerging challenges and opportunities for safeguarding next-generation emergency services.</div>
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    <a href="https://www.csee.umbc.edu/yiwen-hu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Yiwen Hu</strong></a> is an assistant professor in the CSEE Department at UMBC. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from Michigan State University and her B.S. degree from Zhejiang University, China. Her research interests span wireless communication, network security, mobile systems and applications. Her recent work focuses on safeguarding next-generation emergency services and advancing Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications.</div>
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    <div>You can participate in the online seminar via <a href="https://umbc.webex.com/meet/sherman" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>WebEx</strong></a>.</div>
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<Title>QT HangOUT @ The Pride Center</Title>
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    <div>Please check out the upcoming Pride Center event on Wednesday to kick off the new academic year! Check out the event <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/thepridecenter/events/144001" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>, or you can click on the LGBTQ FSA's Events page where it's cross-listed.</div>
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    <div>There's also a flyer of upcoming Pride Center Events as well!</div>
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    <div>Stay tuned as we start up the LGBTQ FSA Activities soon!</div>
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    <div>Best,</div>
    <div>Gavin</div>
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<Title>Vote for your GSA CNMS Senators for 2025-26!</Title>
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    <div>Dear CNMS Graduate Students,</div>
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    <div>It’s time to elect your representatives for the Graduate Student Association FY 2025-2026! The CNMS Senator elections are now open, and we invite you to cast your vote for your top four candidate choices.</div>
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    <div>Voting Period:</div>
    <div>Opens Monday,    August 25 at 10:30 AM</div>
    <div>Closes Thursday, August 28 at 11:59 PM</div>
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    <div>Important Links:</div>
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    <div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6Yi3eB4r8iDDV-tU9zFoHc67ZnVNklXTwQW1eG6wKQ/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Meet the Candidates</a></div>
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    <div><a href="https://forms.gle/BeQjcTgu7dUouYrt6" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Submit Your Ballot</a></div>
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    <div>Your vote helps shape the graduate student leadership in CNMS, ensuring your voice and concerns are represented. Don’t miss this chance to make an impact—take a few minutes to read about the candidates and vote for the ones you feel will best serve our community.</div>
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    <div>Thank you for participating in this important process. Let’s work together to make our graduate student experience even stronger!</div>
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    <div>—</div>
    <div>Aminah Amjad</div>
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<Title>Baltimore Business Journal article on UMBC and AI</Title>
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    <div>The article quotes Professor Joshi's comments on teaching programming: 'Previous generations adapted to the calculator, the printing press and to the written word. We're slowly beginning to adapt and ask ourselves the question, how do you teach computer science, in a world where people can just tell the computer to spit out code?'"</div>
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    <div>It also mentions Schumacher's approach for using AI as a tool for brainstorming, rather than extracting facts, asa  key to promoting responsible use. "Students who rely too much on the technology are vulnerable to endemic errors in AI answers called hallucinations that range from relatively innocuous mistakes to completely made-up facts. Google’s AI search tool once infamously identified former President Barack Obama as a Muslim, leading the tech giant to remove AI answers for some questions."</div>
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<Title>Wednesday: PreMedical &amp; PreDental Open Day</Title>
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<Title>Department of Physics Welcomes Dr. Daniel Su&#225;rez-Forero</Title>
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    Daniel received his B.S. and M.S. from the National University of Colombia, and his Ph.D. from the Italian National Research Council (CNR). His focus during this period was the polariton physics; systems in which light and matter hybridize, giving rise to new quasiparticles. After his studies, he joined the Hafezi group at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), where he investigated many-body correlated phenomena in different solid-state systems. After this, he joined the Srivastava group at the University of Geneva. His team worked on the design of a system capable of optically and electronically manipulating the properties of a solid with nanometric resolution.<br><br>
    Daniel has contributed theoretical and experimental insights into the field of light-matter interaction in condensed matter systems. His works include the interface of polariton microcavities and quantum light, the study of the entanglement properties of light-matter hybrid states, the first realization of a Bose-Einstein condensate from a bound-in-the-continuum state, the development of a mechanism to induce chiral light-matter interaction by harnessing the quantum hall effect, and the demonstration of an excitonic Mott insulator in a Bose-Fermi mixture, among others. As a postdoctoral researcher at JQI, he also led the challenging task of setting up two laboratories for cryogenic optical spectroscopy.
    
    
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