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Building an AI University

In setting the standard for an AI university, the University of Florida is preparing AI-capable students in every discipline for the 21st century workforce while fueling life-changing discoveries by research faculty in every college. This work, guided by a strong foundation in ethics, is driving the creation of a diversified, technology-driven, high-wage economy in Florida and strengthening the country's competitiveness in a global market.

Learn more in the Building an AI University Booklet.

Undergraduate Certificate in AI AI Courses Professional Development

AI DAYS, OCTOBER 16-20, 2023

AI Days is a week of activities dedicated to all things AI, from competitions designed to bring students’ ideas to life...to engaging panels discussing AI and data science. Three student competitions will feature $60,000 in prizes! Events on Monday-Thursday will be in the Reitz Union Ballroom. 

  • Monday, October 16: Student Competition Day with $60,000 in prizes
  • Tuesday- Wednesday, October 17-18: AI Teaching & Research Symposium, Postering Session 
  • Thursday, October 19: AI Workforce Readiness
  • Friday, October 20: College-specific AI events   

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AI at UF: FAR-REACHING IMPACT

 

The University of Florida’s AI initiative will make UF a national leader in AI and have far-reaching impacts for the university and its students and faculty.
Equally important, it will play a crucial role in educating and preparing the workforce for the fourth digital revolution
to benefit our nation's economy, international ties, security, and to ensure the ethical use of artificial intelligence. 

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FOR THE UNIVERSITY

UF's AI infrastructure is one of the strongest in the country. We are home to HiPerGator, the fastest supercomputer in higher education, along with 300 faculty members who are teaching Ai courses or using AI in their research. At the heart of AI research and teaching is UF's commitment to ethical AI to ensure that this technology benefits all humankind. We are providing upskilling to the existing workforce through professional development, educating K-12 students in AI fundaments, as well as college and university students on our campus and other campuses in the application of AI in their chosen discipline.

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FOR OUR STUDENTS

UF is committed to educating our students for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We are one of the first universities in the country to infuse AI courses across the curriculum. Here, AI is for everyone because AI is being used in all disciplines. We offer more than 200 AI courses and several undergraduate AI certificates. An AI Pathways Career Coach in our nationally ranked Career Connections Center can assist students with finding internships and jobs that will reward their AI knowledge. We also fund AI scholars annually who are working with an AI mentor in research.

FOR FLORIDA

Building future economic growth

FOR THE UNIVERSITY

Emerging as a national leader in AI development and application

FOR OUR STUDENTS

Creating opportunities for our students

AI News

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way UF researchers across all disciplines can make discoveries to benefit the citizens of this state and the nation. Our current stories are below.

Generative AI bots will change how we write forever -- and that's a good thing

Sidney I. Dobrin, a professor and chair of the Department of English at UF, discusses if generative artificial intelligence will destroy writing or reinvigorate it. 

UF's Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence coming to Hillsborough County

A new research facility slated for Southeastern Hillsborough County could turn the area into the "Silicon Valley" of artificial intelligence for agriculture. 

Preparing Florida's youth for ever evolving 21st century

Thousands of high school students across Florida will embark on artificial intelligence coursework this coming school year, strengthening efforts by Florida public school officials and the University of Florida to equip the state’s youth with the essential skills required for an AI-enabled workforce.

How America's biggest retailers plan to use technology to catch organized retail theft

Launched in 2000 with funding from Target and based at the University of Florida, the Loss Prevention Research Center has tested hundreds of anti-theft technologies for the retail checkout area, aisles in a home-improvement center, or a shopping mall parking lot. 

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AI Radio Minutes

The University of Florida's AI Minute helps us understand artificial intelligence and what it means for society today and in the future. These one-minute broadcasts of AI news are sponsored by the AI2 Center and air on WUFT-89.1 FM.

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OUR PARTNER

 

The centerpiece of UF's AI initiative is the most powerful university-owned supercomputer in the U.S., which was made possible by the generosity of NVIDIA and NVIDIA co-founder and UF alumnus Chris Malachowsky. 

NVIDIA is the world leader in the development of processors that were originally designed for displaying realistic graphics. These processors are called GPU for graphics processor units. It was then found that these GPUs are also great for advanced scientific simulation and more recently that they are even better at performing the computing for AI tools and algorithms. 

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