Designing IMSA’s AI Future: The IMSA AI Center
Session Number
Internship
Advisor(s)
Britta McKenna, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Location
IN2 Commons
Discipline
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Start Date
17-4-2024 8:15 AM
End Date
17-4-2024 8:30 AM
Abstract
The IMSA AI Center, incubated at IN2, and currently located in A148, is one of the IMSA Vision 2033 themes. The team is creating an AI Center that serves to educate and inspire the IMSA community about the potential of Artificial intelligence. The internship developed and hosted 10 “AI Bytes” community learning sessions. The team also created a rubric and evaluated the objectives and needs of the AI Center, which helped select a prototype location. The team considered stakeholder inputs of AI Center locations, and helped identify the recommended prototyping space in A148 and A145 and their furnishings. These rooms were opened after spring break of 2024 as IMSA’s AI Center, with an office for the AI Lab Manager and interns. A145 is available as an IMSA AI Training Center. The team also participated in the Flint.ai pilot program that tested and considered Flint’s potential usage in a classroom setting, engaged with the AI Book Read, and explored corporate partnerships to increase the accessibility of AI development resources. Looking ahead, this internship is creating a vision for the space, tools, and learning opportunities for next year’s AI Center and interns.
Designing IMSA’s AI Future: The IMSA AI Center
IN2 Commons
The IMSA AI Center, incubated at IN2, and currently located in A148, is one of the IMSA Vision 2033 themes. The team is creating an AI Center that serves to educate and inspire the IMSA community about the potential of Artificial intelligence. The internship developed and hosted 10 “AI Bytes” community learning sessions. The team also created a rubric and evaluated the objectives and needs of the AI Center, which helped select a prototype location. The team considered stakeholder inputs of AI Center locations, and helped identify the recommended prototyping space in A148 and A145 and their furnishings. These rooms were opened after spring break of 2024 as IMSA’s AI Center, with an office for the AI Lab Manager and interns. A145 is available as an IMSA AI Training Center. The team also participated in the Flint.ai pilot program that tested and considered Flint’s potential usage in a classroom setting, engaged with the AI Book Read, and explored corporate partnerships to increase the accessibility of AI development resources. Looking ahead, this internship is creating a vision for the space, tools, and learning opportunities for next year’s AI Center and interns.