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✨ Happy New Year from UMBC Training Centers! ✨

We’re starting 2026 by extending our AI Annual Learning Pass offer through 1/15/26!

Join a growing community of professionals learning practical, real-world AI skills together.

Save now and enjoy access through January 2027. 🌟

To learn more about the AI Annual Learning Pass, visit our website:

https://www.umbctraining.com/courses/ai-annual-learning-pass

We’re so proud to be part of the GIVE Advisory Project! Big thanks to Business Volunteers Maryland and Cylburn Arboretum for hosting such an inspiring workshop!

Our fellows are doing incredible work and we can’t wait to see their impact grow. 🌿

✨ Last week, we hosted our ninth GIVE Workshop! Our incredible GIVE Fellows and GIVE Advisory Project nonprofits came together to refine their projects and deliverables. They’ve been working hard, and we can’t wait to see their impact come to life! 🌿 A huge thank you to Cylburn Arboretum Friends for welcoming us into such a beautiful space. 👏 And gratitude to Marc Kolp and his team at UMBC Training Centers—their leadership, collaboration, and facilitation truly make the GIVE Advisory Project an unforgettable experience. We’re excited to gather again for our final GIVE Workshop on October 22nd—stay tuned! #GIVE2025 #BusinessVolunteersMaryland #GIVEAdvisoryProject #cylburnarboretum #doinggoodbetter

We’re excited to be part of AFCEA’s TechNet Cyber 2025!

As a proud participant in one of the nation's leading cybersecurity conferences, UMBC Training Centers is connecting with government, industry, and military leaders to explore the future of cyber defense and workforce readiness.

From AI to zero trust to workforce development, we’re all-in on advancing mission-critical skills that keep our nation secure. Stop by our booth, connect with our team, and discover how our training solutions are helping agencies and professionals stay mission-ready. 🫡

Check out TechNetCyber 2025 -- Empowering the Warfighter: Innovate, Integrate, Dominate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE6D3JpWNbI&t=7s

Hope to see you there! More details to come.

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We are thrilled to announce our GIVE 2025 Fellows! Today we are kicking off our program with this phenomenal group of professionals at the 🎉

Elyshia Aseltine, Towson University
Andrew Barnes, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP
Ako Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Morgan Brewer, M&T Bank
Courtney Campbell, Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
Toni Cheatham, Fulton Bank
Shakia Colbert, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Lindsay Cuadra, SC&H Group
Sara Dechowitz,
Elena Filarecki, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Jessie Ford, Atapco Properties, Inc.
Sikoka Frett, Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
Ruth Garcia, Brown Advisory
Lindsay Gaughan, UMBC Training Centers
Rosslyn Green, The Franciscan Center of Baltimore
Caitlin Grose, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Alex Hendricks, T. Rowe Price
Keenan Hickman, Global Refuge
Leah Hittie, MyBGE
Kaylie Homberg, Baltimore Ravens
Benjamin Hosford, Merritt Properties, LLC
Tyler Joyner, T. Rowe Price
Erin Lau,
Olivia Libowitz, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore
Beth Littrell, United Way of Central Maryland
Sabrina Martin,
Tkeyah Mays, Robert Half
Veronica McMillan, &Graham
Kassidy McVey, M&T Bank
Grayce Moran, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Olu Oduola, CohnReznick
Chelsea Pajardo, Baltimore City Public Schools
Claire Parks, M&T Bank
Dave Phelan,
Sarah Ragosta, MOI
Jessica Regelmann, Allegis Group
Yajaira Rivas, Baltimore Ravens
Emily Ryan, Gensler
Tyler Sanders, Brown Advisory
Jordan Savoy, TEKsystems
Nicholas Shanley, Atapco Properties, Inc
Stacey Smith, Fulton Bank
Elizabeth Stamas, &Scarborough
Donovan Taylor,
Ryan Terry, Continental Realty Corporation
Catherine van Ogtrop,
Windell Wiggins II, Franklin Templeton
Marvin Williams, Brown Advisory
Kamauri Winder Associated Black Charities

Join us this Thursday, November 21st for our Lunch & Learn, “TAMING AI: Managing Unexpected Model Behavior,” with Shane Emmons!

In this panel discussion we will dive deep into AI model drift, where unexpected behavior is guaranteed. We will discuss the challenges of mainting robust AI systems.

JOIN US and learn to scrutinize models effectively, preventing them from spiraling out of control and enhancing their long term success!

Don’t miss out! See ya there!

Register here:

https://lnkd.in/ewgZ9iXh

This Thursday, we're joined by Applied AI Lab Engineers Devon Slonaker and Siddhant Gupta to showcase the capabilities of NotebookLM, Google Labs' newly enhanced research tool built on Gemini 1.5. We'll give NotebookLM a chance to speak for itself in The Notebook Podcast for a firsthand look at how the tool summarizes, organizes, and analyzes your documents to provide study guides, question prompts, and even podcasts delivered by AI-generated hosts on the information from your source files. You won't want to miss this latest showcase of the Applied AI Lab's research!

Register here: https://c4ai.umbctraining.com/event/the-notebook-podcast/

This Thursday, the Center for Applied AI is joined by Rick Bueno from Cyber Reliant for a topic we haven't addressed lately in our series: cybersecurity. Rick will present "Defending Against Weaponized Quantum Cyber-Attacks," a lecture exploring the emerging threat of quantum computing to cybersecurity and presenting practical countermeasures. We hope you'll join us, too!

Register here: https://c4ai.umbctraining.com/event/defending-against-weaponized-quantum-cyber-attacks/

In this session of our AI Lunchbox Series, C4AI will discuss numerous responsible risk management frameworks and their significance, addressing some points of confusion and hesitation among organizations wanting to implement RAI programs to ensure safety and ethical developments of the use of AI systems.

Join us this Thursday to learn more about our efforts to build a definitive database of publicly available frameworks, risk repositories, incident databases, and related resources!

Register on Meetup here: https://www.meetup.com/c4a-ai/events/303883918/

We're offering our best rates yet for the Red Hat Learning Subscription (RHLS) and live Red Hat Training now through the end of 2024! This limited-time pricing includes steep discounts on bulk RHLS, perfect for upskilling teams, and 20% off of a wide range of instructor-led training, including certification courses in RHEL, Ansible, and OpenShift.

Learn more about our discounts here:
https://www.umbctraining.com/training-centers/for-individuals/redhat/

We hope to see you at our next AI Technical Meetup this Thursday in Columbia, MD!

🔗 Learn more and register: https://umbc.tc/ai-meetup

AI Technical Meetup and Networking event, 5-7pm Thursday, August 29 UMBC Training Centers, Columbia, MD The UMBC Training Centers will hold an AI Technical Meetup and Networking event from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 29, at their facility in Columbia, MD. Speakers Ommo Clark, Siddhant Gupta, and Devon Slonakerwill share their experiences with the AI t...

The Center for Applied AI's Summer Meetup is this coming up this Thursday! We're excited to have Liam Echlin and Matt Archibald join us for presentations on Hugging Face, a leading platform in AI & Machine Learning, and the intersection of AI and critical thinking.

We hope you'll join us Thursday evening for some time to network, learn together, and engage with the C4AI community on recent developments in this rapidly changing field!

📅 Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2024
🕥 Time: 5-7pm EDT
📍 Location: UMBC Training Centers

Register & get additional details on Meetup:

AI Technical Meetup & Networking, Thu, Jun 13, 2024, 5:00 PM | Meetup Join us for an exciting evening of exploration, discovery and connection as we delve into the world of AI at our next Technical Meetup & Networking event! Whether you're a

We're sponsoring and exhibiting at Maryland Tech Council's Chesapeake Regional Chapter (CRC) BBQ on the Bay on Wednesday, June 12th! Come network with MTC members, enjoy some delicious food by the bay, and be sure to stop by our table to say hello!

You can register for the event here: https://members.mdtechcouncil.com/calendar/Details/mtc-crc-bbq-on-the-bay-944618?sourceTypeId=Website