ÆßÐDzʿª½±AI Advisory Board met Feb. 13
ÆßÐDzʿª½± hosted the second meeting of the ÆßÐDzʿª½±AI Advisory Board, whose members represent key stakeholders from academia, industry, and the larger community, on Feb. 13.
The ÆßÐDzʿª½±AI team presented its ongoing progress from year one of the initiative, highlighting the grassroots curriculum development that emerged from the first cohort of the AI-themed Community of Practice and the multiple public events organized to continue engaging the ÆßÐDzʿª½± community in critical discussion. These efforts are bolstered by an increasing number of faculty from different departments joining the discussion about AI at ÆßÐDzʿª½±.
Attendees were also invited to a breakout session to explore the theme of lowering the barriers to entry into AI through education from two crucial perspectives: industry and research. This exercise served to launch the work of a Pôle montréalais d’enseignement supérieur en intelligence artificielle (PIA) grant collaboration with Concordia University and to bring focus to other collaborations being established with ÆßÐDzʿª½± partners.
There was general excitement around the event generating critical feedback for the work being undertaken and a spirited discussion about the prospects for future collaborations on challenges for education posed by AI within and external to ÆßÐDzʿª½±.