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Roundtable on AI Policy and Practice at UNC Charlotte
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is driving momentum and support for AI in Education through training/workshops and collaborative campus events.
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2nd Annual AI Institute on Smarter Learning: Keynote and Sessions
Shaping next-generation learning experiences with generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
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Ushering in a Smart Future Responsibly
In Hollywood, powerful evil artificial intelligences take over governments, destroy planets and predict our every move. In real life, the problems with AI are often those of their creators — perpetuating and worsening gender and racial biases
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Advanced computing at UNC Charlotte indicates current antibodies effective
A team at UNC Charlotte’s Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER) and Tuple, a Charlotte-based genomics consulting firm, has used artificial intelligence to rapidly assess the public health implications of the newly emergent SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 variant.
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Heavy Lifters
Women researchers who manage, interpret and apply big data
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NSF grants awarded CCI researchers to explore ways AI can aid aging population
Srijan Das and Xiang Zhang, two first-year faculty researchers in the College of Computing and Informatics, have received funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate how artificial intelligence can benefit older adults and others in health care settings.
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Health Monitoring System for Elderly Wins NSF Grant
A project co-led by Dr. Mona Azarbayjani, associate professor of architecture, and Dr. Hamed Tabkhi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I (STTR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Research to advance study of leader effectiveness in online settings
A Center for Leadership Science interdisciplinary research team is receiving a $692,881 federal grant to discover new ways to enhance leader and team effectiveness in online environments, using artificial intelligence technologies and diverse fields of expertise.
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Microsoft Copilot with Data Protection is Now Available
Microsoft Copilot with Data Protection is a more secure, campus-wide alternative to consumer-oriented generative AI services, including the consumer version of Copilot.
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Zoom AI Companion Update
Zoom AI Companion is an AI-based digital assistant that delivers real-time capabilities, functionality, and assistance to help users improve their productivity and user experience when using Zoom.