Are you a UTA faculty member interested in learning more about AI resources available to you?
On October 17, we will be joined by several UTA faculty to talk AI and how you can use AI tools in the classroom.
Join us at the University Center’s San Saba/Palo Pinto room or via Teams between 9:30am and 11:30am.
We also welcome you to join our AI Community Teams channel for discussions and to be the first to hear about any upcoming AI-related events.
The next event for our AI Community is happening September 5, 2024. We will welcome the Amazon AWS Education Team to share their Amazon AWS AI option both in person and virtually. Join us from 9am-12pm in Trinity Hall 104 or via Teams.
Please visit AWS Educate for more information on how to get started with AWS and benefits available to university students and employees.
We also welcome you to join our AI Community Teams channel for discussions and to be the first to hear about any upcoming AI-related events.
To help guide and assist UTA employees as we navigate AI technology, UTA has launched a community of practice, where we encourage you to learn and share information about utilizing AI.
We are excited to invite you to a hybrid AI Community of Practice session August 1 from 10:00am – 12:00pm in the Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) building, room 194. This session is also available remotely on Teams.
This session is the first in a series exploring the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic, research and work environments. During this session, you’ll hear from faculty who are incorporating AI into their coursework and learn what is happening at UTA to leverage AI inside and outside the classroom.
Agenda:
We are excited to see you at this session and look forward to your insight and feedback as we navigate this new and exciting technology.
UTA’s Office of Research and Innovation and Office of Information Technology are partnering with Microsoft to co-host a Generative AI Prompt-A-Thon on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 8:30 AM—5:00 PM on campus. This invite-only event aims to promote AI literacy across the University and establish UTA as a frontrunner for AI use in the DFW metroplex.
A “prompt” is a task that a user assigns to AI. A prompt can be direct instructions, keywords, questions, and more—the more descriptive the prompt, the bigger the influence on the AI output.
A prompt-a-thon is a workshop designed to offer speaker sessions and a dynamic, hands-on environment to test Generative AI tools. Attendees can learn and grow their AI skills in a collaborative setting.
We are excited to hear from the following:
The day is divided into speaker sessions and interactive breakout rooms. The full schedule will be available soon. If you have questions, contact Lily Jirapolchet, UTA Project Manager.
Regulating Trust in AI with Chris McClean – Join Chris McClean (Linkedin) at 12 PM CDT on April 25, 2024, to discuss evolving perceptions of trust, individual and corporate accountabilities, and the global regulatory environment for AI. Chris is that rare individual who seamlessly bridges strategic concepts with practical realities, so this conversation is not to be missed.
Enroll now to attend in Trinity 104 or via Teams. A light lunch will be served to in-person attendees. Please direct any enrollment questions to UAEvents@uta.edu.
Chris McClean is the Global Lead for Digital Ethics at Avanade, where he leads the AI Governance team, Responsible AI policy implementation and the Responsible AI and Digital Ethics advisory practice. Chris’ professional and academic career has focused on practical matters of trust, power, risk, and responsibility. Before Avanade, Chris led Forrester’s coverage of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) for 12 years, helping shape that market’s direction and growth. Chris has also produced and contributed to hundreds of research reports, webinars, conference speeches, and press interviews. Chris is currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds.
Attendees will receive a copy of A Feminist Ethic of Risk by Sharon Welch. For early insight into this fascinating topic, listen in to Chris on Pondering AI | In AI We Trust with Chris McClean.
Join a grassroots conversation about AI, learn about trends and issues, and make connections across campus. Dr. Tim Ponce (English) and Dr. Peggy Semingson (Linguistics and TESOL) will first share brief updates from the recent UT System AI Conference and invite an open dialogue about what others are doing and observing with AI. Join us at the West Campus Starbucks (next to the MAC), Wednesday, April 3 (10-11 am). Contact: Peggy Semingson. No RSVP is needed.
Disruption’s Obligations w/ Dr. Christina Colclough – Join Dr. Christina Jayne Colclough at Noon on March 21, 2024 to discuss the future of work(ers) and the politics of digital technology. This will be a lively and incisive 1 hour discussion about enabling and empowering workers (aka everyone) in the age of AI.
Enroll now to attend in Trinity Hall room 104 or online via Teams. A light lunch will be served to in-person attendees. Please direct any enrollment questions to UAEvents@uta.edu.
A world-renowned thought leader, Dr Christina J. Colclough is an advocate for the workers’ voice and for strong, quality public services. She founded the Why Not Lab with the aim to reshape the current digitalization trajectory so human rights, freedoms and autonomy are respected and protected. Christina’s background is in labor market research and in the global labor movement, where she led future of work policies, advocacy and strategies for a number of years. She was the author of the union movement’s first principles on Workers’ Data Rights and the Ethics of AI. Christina is included in the all-time Hall of Fame of the world’s most brilliant women in AI Ethics.
Attendees will receive a copy of Hilke Schellmann’s new book The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now.
This presentation will be rescheduled for a later date.
Our next AI session for UTA’s faculty and staff is this Thursday at Noon in Trinity 104. Please encourage any on your team that may be interested to enroll now and attend in person or online via Teams.
Join Professor Rose Luckin on February 22nd to discuss AI’s impact on the pedagogy of higher education, as well as emerging requirements for core AI curricula and literacy.
Rosemary (Rose) Luckin is a Professor at University College London and Founder of Educate Ventures Research (EVR) who has spent over 30 years developing and studying AI for Education. She is renowned for her research into the design and evaluation of educational technology and AI. She was named as one of the 20 most influential people in education in the Seldon List in 2017, the only non-US winner of the ISTE Impact Award, and one of Computer Weekly’s top 50 most influential women in technology for 2023. Rose regularly provides expert evidence to policymakers like the UK Parliament’s House of Lords and House of Commons select committees and the European Commission.
Rose has published widely in academic journals, at international conferences, through books, and in news media (TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines). Her 2018 book, Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century, has been translated into Mandarin and influenced many of China’s leading AI companies. Her most recent book, AI for School Teachers (2022), is an essential and accessible guide to AI for anyone in education.
Rose also founded EDUCATE Ventures Research Ltd., a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers, and educators engaged in evidence-based edtech and leveraging data and AI to benefit education. Rose has taught in secondary, further, and higher education. She has led many large interdisciplinary international research projects and held senior leadership roles in higher education, including as Pro Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sussex before joining UCL in 2006. She is President of the Self-Managed Learning College in Brighton and host of the EdTech podcast.
Topic: Learning from AI: A field guide for new interactions with interns, paramours and agents
Speaker: Dr. John Behrens
Director, Technology and Digital Studies Program, and Idzik Computing and Digital Technologies Program
Wednesday, February 28
11:30 am – 1:00 pm,
Trinity Hall 105 and via Teams
In contrast to earlier computing paradigms, generative AI systems (such as ChatGPT) make computers perform human-like behavior at the behest of non-experts with only modest verbal proficiency. This democratization has brought widespread access and usefulness, along with a mix of confusion, mythology, apprehension, and hype. This talk is a whirlwind tour of the logical bases of some of these systems, implications for the study and use of these systems, and examples of how these systems can be used. We close with a discussion about how these probabilistic systems can inform our existing disciplines and how the vast majority of our existing disciplines can, and should, contribute to the use, understanding, and development of these systems.
Friday, January 26
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Trinity Hall 105 or via Teams
CRTLE and OIT partners will share AI tools at UTA freely available to use in teaching. Participants will have the opportunity to work with the AI tools, ask questions, and discuss and share effective practices. Lunch provided for in person attendees.