Provost’s Office announces new AI initiatives
The initiatives aim to enhance Carolina’s understanding and usage of artificial intelligence.
The Office of the Provost has announced the creation of the Provost’s AI Committee and the AI加速程序. These initiatives aim to enhance Carolina’s engagement with and understanding of artificial intelligence.
在一起, the committee and program are designed to help Carolina leverage AI’s potential while ensuring the campus community stays informed and prepared for the future. 这两种努力的目标, 包括教职员工, 教职员及学生, are to better explore how AI can be integrated into the University’s academic and operational frameworks.
The specific assignments and purposes of the two groups are:
教务长人工智能委员会：
- Understand and increase AI usage and literacy among faculty, 教职员及学生.
- Recommend AI initiatives to promote adoption.
- Promote and support the AI加速程序, by providing recommendations to the provost for funding of fellowships and projects for faculty, 工作人员, 学生及校园单位.
- Develop a website that offers AI resources across learning, teaching, re博彩平台 and operations.
- Provide simpler AI usage guidance for students that instructors can put in their syllabi.
The committee is chaired by Mark McNeilly, professor in the UNC 凯南-弗拉格勒商学院. For questions regarding the committee, please email aiacceleration@lqqqhuanbao.com.
AI加速程序
The AI加速程序 aims to provide pathways and incentives for campus units, 教师和学生探索, adopt and advance generative AI technologies and practices in their respective domains, while also fostering cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation. The program seeks to provide opportunities, resources and support for the Carolina community, 包括:
- 云相关的基金：包括云资源授予, 研究 cyberinfrastructure funds and cloud infrastructure start-up funds for faculty recruitment. These programs encourage the development of generative AI projects for instruction, re博彩平台 and operational goals using cloud-based resources.
- 机构范围项目: Funds projects that address institution-wide strategic priorities enabled by AI.
- 主要校园单位配对基金: Provides matching funds to academic/re博彩平台 units to accelerate AI projects within their unit.
- 教职员工和学生奖学金: Recognize and support excellence in AI re博彩平台 and operations among faculty, 教职员及学生.
The AI加速程序 initiative officers are Andy John, senior associate vice chancellor for re博彩平台; Andrew Lang, associate dean of IT and data analytics; and Tim McGuire, director of Campus Infrastructure Services. For questions regarding the program, please email aiacceleration@lqqqhuanbao.com
Those interested can learn more about the program at the 人工智能加速程序网站 并参加一个概述和Zoom Q&9月1日. 早上9点30分.m. 或者1p.m.
会议编号：966 7053 4905
密码:522401
会议编号：941 8898 4449
密码:285352
