At New AI Institute’s Celebration, a Question of ‘Who’s at the Table’

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 (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.

The event at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center featured remarks from AI experts and UMD leaders as well as “TED”-style talks from AIM principals; it also showcased AI-enabled projects from faculty, students and staff—from ways to make brain scans faster and more accessible to a new chatbot to help UMD students in their classes.

AIM’s director, Volpi-Cupal Family Endowed Professor Hal Daumé III, told the audience of hundreds of faculty, staff and students that the new institute will combine experts on the inner workings of technology with scholars from other fields who have deep insight into the world’s most pressing issues.

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 (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.

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