AI Campus Learning Community

Generative AI's role in higher education, inspired by Spiderman

pdeo2 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:06:59 +0000

Generative AI's role in higher education, inspired by Spiderman pdeo2 Thu, 03/14/2024 - 15:06

Unveiling AI bias through a multidisciplinary lens - CFE

lmorsc1 — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:55:03 +0000

Unveiling AI bias through a multidisciplinary lens - CFE lmorsc1 Fri, 02/09/2024 - 15:55

Unveiling AI bias through a multidisciplinary lens: Navigating AI's impact on diversity, communication, and equity

This event aims to shed light on the issue of bias in artificial intelligence (AI) by adopting an interdisciplinary approach. This event will bring together a panel of experts from various fields to uncover and examine the ethical and practical implications of AI bias. The multidisciplinary lens will enable a diverse exploration of how human biases subtly influence AI systems, perpetuating discrimination and ethical inconsistencies.

In-person or remote participation

Student Union Ballroom. With a free buffet lunch
Zoom link

Event Type: Open to Faculty, Staff, and Students

Panelists and moderator

Pamela Hoff, the James J. Stukel Distinguished Professor in Educational Policy and Equity, earned a doctorate in educational studies, educational sociology and anthropology, and transformative education from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Hoff's career in education has spanned more than 30 years in community-based and formalized educative spaces. Dr. Hoff identified as a scholar activist who believes education should be transformative for the individual and the community. Her professoriate and life's work center anti-racist and de/anticolonial philosophies, methodologies, and approaches. She is particularly interested in the ways that power hierarchies are normalized and maintained at the everyday level of the lived experience.

Rob Kerr (moderator), Executive Director, Innovation and Opportunity Rob Kerr serves as the Executive Director for UIS Innovation and Opportunity. His background includes over 20 years in higher education and economic development. His previous positions include Director of Continuing and Professional Education at UIS; Deputy Director for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; Dean of Enrollment and Career Programs and Registrar at Richland Community College; and Director of Career and Technical Education at the Illinois Community College Board. In addition, Rob served as an adjunct faculty member at Benedictine University Springfield for 18 years.

Ruby Mendenhall is the Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach LAS Professor in Sociology and African American Studies. She is an Associate Dean for Diversity and Democratization of Health Innovation at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine at ��ý at Urbana-Champaign. She also has appointments in Urban and Regional Planning, Gender and Women’s Studies, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, and Social Work. Her research examines how living in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence affects Black mothers’ mental and physical health using surveys, interviews, crime statistics, police records, data from 911 calls, art, wearable sensors and genomic analysis. She also employs big data to recover Black women’s lost history using topic modeling and data visualization to examine over 800,000 documents from 1740 to 2014. She studies the effects of racial microaggressions on students of color health and sense of belonging on predominantly white campuses. She is currently exploring the use of AI in developing wellness tools.

Mike Yao is a Professor of Digital Media and the Director of the Institute of Communications Research in the College of Media at ��ý Urbana-Champaign. He also holds curtesy appointments as Professor of Business Administration in the Gies College of Business and Professor of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Mike's research delves into the interplay between media, technology, society, and human communication. He examines how people engage with emerging technologies like AI and immersive multimedia across diverse social settings and how these interactions influence social behavior and human communication in digitally mediated spaces.

Hosted by UIS AI Campus Learning Community (AICLC), with the generous support from the UIS Online, Professional, and Engaged Learning (OPEL), and the Edmund L. Kowalczyk Fund*, and Innovate Springfield.

Questions? Contact Hei-Chi Chan (hchan1@uis.edu) and Neetu Singh (nsing2@uis.edu).

*Edmund L. Kowalczyk, Rozanne Robertson’s late husband, worked for Johnson & Johnson for a number of years and was a highly respected and effective businessman and leader who excelled at presenting seminars. Prior to her death, Rozanne “Posy” Robertson established the Edmund L. Kowalczyk Fund for Leadership at UIS in his honor. She was a former member of the World Affairs Council of Central Illinois and a volunteer at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Posy’s intent for the Kowalczyk Fund was to present lectures on leadership at UIS.

When

Thu, Mar 7 2024, 12 - 1pm

Location

Student Union Ballroom and Zoom

Event Type

Department

Center for Faculty Excellence

AI Campus Learning Community

AI and Performance: Music, Medicine, and Mental Health

woliv3 — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:32:49 +0000

AI and Performance: Music, Medicine, and Mental Health woliv3 Mon, 01/29/2024 - 15:32

UIS Performance Psychology Panel Discussion

Co-Hosted by the AI Campus Learning Community

Join us for a panel discussion about the intersections of Artificial Intelligence and performance, broadly conceived, including: the nature of the physician-patient relationship; emotion regulation and mental health; music performance assessment and error correction.

Complimentary pizza lunch for event attendees.

When

Mon, Mar 18 2024, 12 - 1pm

Location

UIS Student Union Ballroom North 225-226 and Online: https://uis.zoom.us/j/86590859850

Event Type

Music

Department

Art, Music, and Theatre

Music

AI Campus Learning Community

Artificial Intelligence: Data Literacy, & Society

sdora4 — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:18:45 +0000

Artificial Intelligence: Data Literacy, & Society sdora4 Tue, 01/16/2024 - 10:18

This talk explores insights and issues on leadership in AI, data analytics, and the importance of developing data literacy skills. It discusses how we can build a strong foundation of data (including practices such as data governance and master data management), which allows for more precise analysis and better understanding of policy impact on the society. Ms. Gypalo will discuss implementing human-centered solutions for public sector challenges and breaking down barriers across levels of government—subjects that she is passionate about. "Everything we do is going to touch on ethics; everything we do is going to touch on equity,” said Gypalo.

Dessa Gypalo is the Chief Data Officer for the State of Illinois and works within the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT). DoIT focuses on providing technology service delivery for agencies and residents of the State of Illinois. Dessa leads the data analytics vertical for the state, where she’s focused on implementing the state’s data analytics strategy by increasing data literacy and creating a culture of collaboration and iteration.

In addition, Gypalo is a member of the prestigious inaugural cohort of Obama Foundation USA Leaders. The Obama Foundation Leaders program offers practical skill building for social change, leadership coaching, discussion of critical issues, and small group support. As participants, Leaders self-define a values-based foundation for sustained leadership, cultivate relationships with others to catalyze more inclusive, lasting change, and prepare to engage with issues at the systems level.

Download the AI, Data Literacy, & Society event flier

Co-sponsored by the UIS Department of Mathematical Sciences

When

Wed, Feb 21 2024, 6 - 7:30pm

Location

Brookens Auditorium

Event Type

Department

AI Campus Learning Community

ECCE Speaker Series