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Interested in AI? Join free Discover AI program this Fall

Apply by Fri 9/3 for 8 week online program

AI systems and machine learning software are increasingly being used to address cybersecurity problems.

UMBC has partnered with AI4ALL to offer its free online Discover AI class introducing AI technology to selected UMBC undergraduate students from any major this Fall. The eight-week program starts in the third week of September, includes both synchronous and asynchronous instruction, and requires about 15-20 hours over the eight weeks. It is open to all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors and is structured to accommodate students with and without prior computer science or AI experience. Students finishing the program will get a certificate and the opportunity to apply for free follow-on programs.

Interested students can Apply using this Google form by Friday, September 3.


If you have questions, see this post, email ai4all@csee.umbc.edu or visit the AI4ALL website.


AI4ALL programs are designed to bring together and highlight voices that have been historically excluded and that will lead and shape the future of AI. It aims to serve the following students, especially those at the intersection of two or more of these identities:

  • Indigenous Peoples, Black, Hispanic or Latinx, Pacific Islander, and Southeast Asian 

  • Trans and non-binary; two-spirit; cis women and girls

  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, and queer

  • Students with a demonstrated financial need (e.g., students receiving financial aid)

  • First-generation college student 

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Posted: September 1, 2021, 4:33 PM

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