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AI Across Tennessee Symposium 2024
2024 AI Across Tennessee Symposium
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development (ORIED) and the UTK Office of Innovative Technologies (OIT) in partnership with the Tennessee Tech’s Machine Intelligence and Data Science Center, will be hosting the 2024 Artificial Intelligence Across Tennessee Symposium as a hybrid meeting. Their will be a panel, presentations, and discussions about AI research across the state of Tennessee with the goal of informing a team investigating the activities to be enabled, the need, and the specification of a AI resource available for use by the researchers of the public universities across the state.
Date and Location of Symposium
The 2024 AI Across Tennessee Symposium will be July 18th, 2024 and will be a hybrid meeting with the in person location at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville and the remote videoconference via Teams Town Hall format. The in person location will be Bruner Hall room 228 on the Tennessee Tech campus. Parking available next to Bruner Hall.
Registration
Registration is now available. Please fill out registration here. In person registration will end close of business July 5th. Remote registration will close at the close of business July 16th.
Google Doc
A Google document is available for Symposium attendees to put comments, suggestions, feedback and other information. The Google document is available here.
Agenda
All times Central Time Zone
All sessions will be recorded.
| Time (Central) | Presentation/Session Title | Presenter/Moderator |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | Symposium Welcome/Introduction Watch the recorded session | Dr. Zhanjiang “John” Liu, Tennessee Tech
Vice President Research and Economic Development Victor Hazlewood, UTK |
| 9:00 a.m. | AI Across Tennessee Panel Watch the recorded session | Dan Harder, UTK Doug Talbert, Tennessee Tech Joshua Phillips, MTSU Vinhthuy Phan, University of Memphis Moderator: Victor Hazlewood, UTK |
| 10:00 a.m. | AI Tennessee Initiative, AI at UT, Exploring AI resources Watch the recorded session UT Maroulas slides UT Hazlewood slides | Dr. Vasileios Maroulas Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Deputy Director AI Tennessee Initiative, & Professor Mathematics Victor Hazlewood Associate CIO and Director, OIT HPSC |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. | AI at Tennessee Tech Watch the recorded session | Doug Talbert Brad Cohen Steve Anton Muhammad Ismail |
| 11:15 a.m. | AI at MTSU Watch the recorded session | Josh Phillips |
| 11:45 a.m. | AI at Tennessee State Watch the recorded session | Fenghui Yao |
| 12:15pm | Lunch | – |
| 1:15 p.m. | AI at University of Memphis Watch the recorded session Univ Memphis slides | Brian Evans Srikar Velichety |
| 1:45 p.m. | Governing AI: The State of AI at APSU Watch the recorded session APSU slides | Chad Brooks Scott Shumate |
| 2:15 p.m. | AI at ETSU Watch the recorded session ETSU Slides | Biju Bajracharya |
| 2:45 p.m. | Room transition time | |
| 2:50 p.m. | Round Table Sessions (3 of them) RT1: Research Activities Room 209 Watch the recorded session RT2: AI Resources Room 228 Watch the recorded session RT2 slides RT3: Broader Impact Room 210 Watch the recorded session RT3 slides | Round Table Chairs RT1: Josh Phillips, MTSU RT2: Victor Hazlewood, UTK RT3: Biju Bajracharya, ETSU |
| 3:35 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Round Table Sessions Reports Watch the recorded session | Session Chairs RT1: Josh Phillips, MTSU RT2: Victor Hazlewood, UTK RT3: Biju Bajracharya, ETSU |
| 4:15 p.m. | Management Plan Overview Watch the recorded session Mgmt Plan slides | Victor Hazlewood, UTK |
| 4:30 p.m. | Symposium Wrap Up Watch the recorded session | Victor Hazlewood, UTK |
| 4:35 p.m. | Symposium Closes 4:35-5pm Any BOFs or team meetings |