SEC Generative AI Forum
The Southeastern Conference will host a virtual panel featuring faculty experts to discuss various generative artificial intelligence topics.
The Zoom event is set for Friday, April 14 from 9:00-11:30 a.m. CT (or 10:00-12:30 EST).
An initiative through the SEC Artificial Intelligence Consortium, the panel consists of seven SEC faculty members who cover different AI disciplines:
- Dr. Asim Ali, Executive Director Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning, Auburn University
- Dr. Gerald Baumgartner, Associate Professor in the Division of Computer Science and Engineering, Louisiana State University
- Dr. Charreau Bell, Senior Data Scientist; Data Science Institute Director; and Undergraduate Data Science Minor, Vanderbilt University
- Dr. Robert Cummings, Executive Director of Academic Innovation and Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Mississippi
- Dr. Jiaqi Gong, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Alabama
- Dr. Mimmo Parisi, Professor of Sociology; Executive Director, Data Science Programs; and Senior Advisor for European Development, Mississippi State University
- Dr. Chi-Ren Shyu, Paul K. and Dianne Shumaker Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri
The forum will be moderated by Dr. David Reed, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and inaugural Director for the AI2 Center at the University of Florida.
Attendees will also interact with select scholars from SEC institutions as part of designated breakout rooms around data, writing and coding, arts and music, and legal issues.