The University of Nebraska Foundation will receive a $250,000 gift from Google to fund artificial intelligence research and education across the NU system.
The foundation will use the funds to enable faculty and students to engage in AI technologies to try to make NU a hub of innovation.
“The University of Nebraska is proud to celebrate with Google a transformative investment in our state and our future,” said University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold. “Their generous gift to the university underscores our shared commitment to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to ensure we remain at the forefront of research, teaching and public engagement.” »
This gift follows NU’s own investments in AI education and research. Earlier this year, the Launch of the Board of Regents A degree program in artificial intelligence at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Some NU campuses are creating AI-related programs such as the “AI + CoJMC = ? » courses on special topics in the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. UNL also offers a AI Incentive Course that non-students can take.
At the beginning of November, Gold launched an NU AI working group faculty from across the NU system.
The members of the UNL working group are:
Mohammad Rashedul Hasan, assistant professor of big data and artificial intelligence
Scout Calvert, President of Research Partnerships for University Libraries
Sydney Brown, Deputy Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching
Santosh Pitla, professor of biological systems engineering
“The University of Nebraska’s work in AI, including that which will be possible through this investment, is critical to our vision for the future,” Gold said. “As we strive to be an exceptional university system, we must also strive to be a pioneer in the understanding, use and advancement of new technologies, including AI. »