UMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department

UMBC CSEE's new MS program in AI offers a focused, rigorous pathway into AI research, development, and deployment, equipping graduates to drive innovation across industry, government, & academia. It's now enrolling for the fall 2026 semester; apply by Aug 1. https://csee.umbc.edu/graduate/master-of-science-in-artificial-intelligence/

UMBC's Center for Precision Aquaculture is an interdisciplinary effort to revolutionize land-based fish production through real-time monitoring and smart technology. CSEE professor Rebecca Williams is a co-investigator on the grant and worked with CSEE professor Don Engel to advise Beamlak Bekele in developing computer vision tools to extract information about fish in underwater environments for her Computer Science MS thesis. https://ai.umbc.edu/news/post/160234/

Associate Professor Naghmeh Karimi received the 2026 College of Engineering and Information Technology Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award for overall excellence and promise in scholarship, teaching, service, and leadership. Her research areas include hardware security and design for trust, reliability, and testability; hardware design and synthesis; VLSI design; computer architecture; and electronic design automation tools. https://www.csee.umbc.edu/news-events/recent-news/post/160105/

UMBC's news and stories site featured graduating Computer Engineering senior Carter Gerhardt. For most of his time at UMBC, he was a student worker in the Division of Information Technology.

Carter Gerhardt ’26, Computer Engineering, Navigated A Mid-degree Major Change And His Community Provided The Support He Needed To Succeed - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County In February 2020, Carter Gerhardt visited the UMBC campus as a newly admitted student. Six years later, he attended the same event, this time as a senior...

CSEE will hold its annual Research Day on Friday, April 17, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm in University Center 312, featuring presentations, posters, and community engagement. Three faculty will present their research, along with many other talks from alumni and students, and a poster session of CSEE student research. https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/csee/posts/158707