Education

Kogod School of Business Integrating AI Throughout Curriculum

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 27, 2024

The Kogod School of Business at American University announced that artificial intelligence (AI) is now being integrated into its academic curriculum and day-to-day practices. Over 20 new and updated courses will be fully rolled out in the fall 2024 semester, ensuring that incoming and existing Kogod students graduate with AI/ML expertise.

San Diego Angel Conference VI At USD Names Six Finalists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) at the University of San Diego (USD) - an event that activates angel investors and connects them with promising early-stage companies to create robust deal flow for accredited investors - announced it has selected six company finalists to compete for a chance to win seed funding at SDAC VI Angel Conference at USD on May 9.

Clarkson University Launches New Cybersecurity Masters Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Clarkson University is now offering a new Master’s degree in Cybersecurity to meet the growing need to safeguard our online world. This new STEM-designated program will provide an interdisciplinary approach where students will have diverse choices.

University Of South Florida Launching College Focused On AI, Cybersecurity, And Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2024

The University of South Florida announced a goal to create a college focused on the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and computing. The university aims to position the Tampa Bay region and the state of Florida as a national leader.

University Of Cambridge Reveals 11 Startups Selected For Start 1.0 Accelerator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2024

The University of Cambridge has revealed the first cohort of 11 startups selected for the Start Accelerator program. These startups were all founded by Cambridge students, alumni, and academics, and they are working on complex challenges across hardware, life sciences, and sustainability.

Pace University Launching A New AI Lab At NYC Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2024

Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems announced it is launching a new artificial intelligence (AI) lab at the New York City campus. This lab will be integrated into a new building at 15 Beekman. This facility aims to serve as the central hub of AI for the Pace community, providing training and opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to learn and collaborate.

Ohio State University Launches Student Entrepreneurs’ Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2024

The Ohio State University has announced a new student entrepreneurship and innovation at The Ohio State University. The students, faculty, university leaders, and business builders recently celebrated the grand opening of the new Student Entrepreneurs’ Center on Wednesday in the Gateway District.

EnCharge AI Collaborating With Princeton University On AI Chips With Support From DARPA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2024

EnCharge AI - a company commercializing next-generation AI accelerators - announced a partnership with Princeton University, supported by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), towards developing advanced processors capable of running AI models more efficiently than previously thought possible.

Fujitsu And Carnegie Mellon University Partnering On Digital Twin Tech To Visualize Traffic Situations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2024

Fujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University announced the development of a new technology to visualize traffic situations, including people and vehicles as part of joint research on Social Digital Twin that started in 2022. The technology transforms a 2D scene image captured by a monocular RGB camera into a digitalized 3D format using AI, which estimates the 3D shape and position of people and objects, enabling high-precision visualization of dynamic 3D scenes.

Simplilearn And Purdue University Partner To Bridge Skills Gap In Gen AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2024

Simplilearn (a global digital skills training provider) extended its collaboration with Purdue University Online to introduce the Applied Generative AI Specialization program. This program was carefully designed to equip professionals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to navigate the rapidly evolving field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI).

Morehouse School Of Medicine Partners With Andor Health For Remote Patient Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2024

Andor Health - a company focused on how patients are managed and monitored - announced it is bringing AI power to remote patient monitoring at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).

Barge Design Solutions And Vanderbilt University Collaborating On Generative AI Education

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2024

Barge Design Solutions (an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas) is collaborating with Vanderbilt University's Future of Learning and Generative AI Initiative to educate executives on how to embrace and harness this groundbreaking technology in business leadership. And to launch this collaboration, Dr. Jules White, senior advisor to the chancellor for generative AI in education and enterprise solutions and professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, and Bob Higgins, Barge's CEO and president, worked together to co-create a new course called 'Generative AI for Leaders,' which comprehensively addresses essential AI skills tailored for business leaders.

UChicago Medicine and the University of Chicago Partner With MDClone For Improving Healthcare Data Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2024

MDClone (a leading analytics and synthetic data company) has partnered with the University of Chicago and UChicago Medicine to establish an ADAMS Center, a unified data-driven epicenter for innovation, research, and quality improvement projects for the health system. ADAMS represents the innovation process of Ask, Discover, Act, Measure, and then Share - focused on generating quicker insights at scale by fostering synergy among teams.

USC And Techstars Partnering On Accelerating Opportunities For Students, Faculty, And Alumni

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 29, 2024

The University of Southern California and Techstars will work together on accelerating opportunities for USC-affiliated entrepreneurs, including students, faculty and alumni. And USC will spark new startups and innovation under a new collaboration with Techstars, a leading pre-seed investor.

Wright Electric And Columbia University Receiving U.S. Department Of Energy Award For Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 28, 2024

Wright Electric - in collaboration with Columbia University – announced that they had been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Pioneering Railroad, Oceanic, and Plane Electrification with 1K energy storage systems (PROPEL-1K) for its groundbreaking work on developing an ultra-energy-dense aluminum battery and novel artificial intelligence electrolyte screening system.

Imperial College Launches New Enterprise Fund For Supporting Spinouts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2024

Imperial College has launched a new round of the Imperial College Enterprise Fund (ICEF), which is raising funds from investors to support the spinouts and startups with a strong connection to the college. The goal is to raise £2 million and more that can be used to support innovative early-stage startups with great commercial potential.

Carnegie Mellon University Warns Voters To Be Aware Of How GenAI Could Be Used For False Election Content

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2024

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) enables users to create realistic images, videos, audio, and text quickly and cheaply. These capabilities that can be useful in many contexts. However, during elections GenAI could be misused to manipulate and deceive voters at an unprecedented magnitude and scale. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University created a new guide to educate voters about how the technology may be used by unethical parties, especially foreign adversaries, to manipulate and misinform American voters in ways they may not recognize.