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title: "At New AI Institute’s Celebration, a Question of ‘Who’s at the Table’"
date: 2024-05-02T15:51:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# At New AI Institute’s Celebration, a Question of ‘Who’s at the Table’

*May 2, 2024* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> Revolutionary Technology Must Embrace Values and Variety of Perspectives, Speakers Say

*AIM Launch Event 05022024 SC 9350 1920x1080 1 — AIM Director Hal Daumé III discusses the new institute at a launch celebration Thursday at Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.*

The University of Maryland on Thursday celebrated the launch of an institute to engage every academic unit across campus in creating the future of artificial intelligence, one in which the burgeoning technology works for the good of all.

Announced last month, the [Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland](https://today.umd.edu/umd-launches-institute-focused-on-ethical-ai-development) (AIM) will be a collaborative hub for AI to support faculty research, offer innovative and experiential learning opportunities to boost the AI workforce and inspire new generations of leaders, and forge partnerships to focus on responsible and ethical AI throughout society.


*presenter shows AI hat — In a tech demo at the AIM event, Cartor Hancock '26 explains a system he's developing that combines AI processing with EEG data from a cap with sensors. The setup provides brain imagery similar to that produced by functional MRI, which requires far more expensive and bulky equipment than EEG.*


*Sheena Arete presents on stage at AIM event — Sheena Erete, AIM associate director for research and associate professor in the College of Information Studies, speaks at the launch event Thursday.*


*Pines and students on stage for QANTA game at AIM event — UMD President Darryll J. Pines (center) and students (from left) Connor Baumler, Lily Muchimba and Devon Wilkes compete against AI in a quiz game overseen by computer science Associate Professor Jordan Boyd-Graber (right).*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Artificial Intelligence](https://today.umd.edu/topic/artificial-intelligence), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [College of Arts and Humanities](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-arts-and-humanities), [College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-computer-mathematical-and-natural-sciences), [College of Information](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-information-studies), [Office of the President](https://today.umd.edu/topic/office-president), [Office of the Provost](https://today.umd.edu/topic/office-provost)