Northern Kentucky University receives National Science Foundation grant for artificial intelligence education
The $300,000 grant will support the program called “Capacity and Community for Research-Emerging Institutions with Large Computing Programs,” which is a multi-institution initiative led by Northern Kentucky University.
Northern Kentucky University has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a national multi-institution project to enhance artificial intelligence education. Faculty members from NKU’s College of Informatics are leading the project entitled “Capacity and Community for Research-Emerging Institutions with Large Computing Programs.”
According to an article on Northern Kentucky University’s website, Dr. Kevin Kirby, who serves as the Dean of the College of Informatics, was quoted as saying of the project, “This NSF-funded initiative positions NKU at the forefront of shaping the future of AI education. It will provide valuable resources to help institutions nationwide strengthen their computing programs.”
The project is affiliated with the Computing Research Association in an effort to support the National AI Research Resource Pilot. On the university’s end, the project is being led by Dr. Traian Marius Truta, who is a professor of computer science and the director of the School of Computing and Analytics, and Dr. Junxiu Zhou, an assistant professor of computer science and an expert in AI, machine learning, and computer vision. Texas State University and Kennesaw State University are also involved in the project and will contribute their own co-lead investigators, as will the Computing Research Association.
The goal of the project is to bring together faculty members from across the country to prepare to introduce artificial intelligence into undergraduate and graduate curriculum and to develop best practices for using artificial intelligence in a classroom setting. Ultimately, the project will result in a report full of recommendations on academic artificial intelligence usage. The project comes at an opportune time for Northern Kentucky University, which has recently implemented its own artificial intelligence minor.
For more information about Northern Kentucky University, visit the school’s website.