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UF AI Days

October 28-30, 2024

AI Days 2024

The highly successful AI Days returns October 28-30, 2024, with three days dedicated to all things AI, from competitions designed to bring students’ ideas to life...to engaging panels discussing AI and data science. Our popular student competitions are scheduled: Gator Hack, Gator Tank, and the generative AI in the arts showcase. Most events on October 28-30 occur in the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom unless other location specified. College-specific AI Days events are scheduled for Friday, October 25. Refer to our Events section of this website for further details of confirmed college-specific AI activities. 

Here's the schedule of events:

Monday, October 28: UF Student Competition Day, featuring Gator Hack, Gator Tank and Generative AI in the Arts competitions. 

Tuesday, October 29: Faculty-focused day with three plenary sessions in the morning followed by lunch and concurrent panel discussions on AI research, teaching and learning. 

Wednesday, October 30:  AI workforce readiness for UF students, a collaboration with the UF Career Connections Center.  

Registration for Workforce Readiness Events

 

 

Full AI Days Agenda

AI DAYS REGISTRATION



Gator Tank Pitch Competition    

Monday, October 28, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Reitz Union Rion Ballroom 

Some of UF's brightest entrepreneurial students have signed up to pitch their best ideas at Gator Tank, a competition designed to bring students' cool ideas to life - with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. Registration closed on September 27.   

Gator Hack Competition

Monday, October 28, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Reitz Union Rion Ballroom                                                                                                                                                Sponsored by IBM and SwampHacks

Hackathon location is Little Hall, Room 0201. Hackathon students assemble Monday, October 28, for presentations and announcement of winners. Celebrate what software solution is recognized as the winner at the AI Hackathon, also known as Gator Hack. With 48 hours to rise to the challenge, students work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a solution with emphasis on AI. Register now! 

GENERATIVE AI AND ARTS COMPETITION

Monday, October 28, 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Reitz Union Rion Ballroom 

AI Day's newest competition for artists, designers, musicians, writers, performers, architects and other creatives to showcase the possibilities of generative artwork. Register now! Submission deadline extended to October 24. 

Poster Presentations

Tuesday, October 29, Malachowsky Hall 1030
Abstracts due October 22. 

To highlight the incredibly diverse research using AI across the UF campus, AI Days is featuring a poster presentation. All undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, staff and faculty can submit to present a poster. Any and all disciplines are welcome, including posters on the pedagogy of AI in your discipline. This event is free, but registration to include the title and abstract for the poster is required. Posters should be landscape format, no larger than 4 feet high and 5 feet wide.  

 

Poster Registration


 See What Makes UF AI Days Special

 

College Specific Events

 

HHP Event   

October 25, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Florida Gymnasium | FLG 105

At the UF College of Health & Human Performance’s 2024 AI Day, dive into the transformative world of AI and explore how human-powered AI solutions are advancing the human experience.

PHHP AI Seminar Series

October 25, 2024 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | HPNP G-114 or via Zoom

The presentation will overview some of UFIT's Al services, including NaviGator Chat and the Al Application Toolkit, which provide UF users access to many state-of-the-art Large Language Models in a chat interface or via a standard API. We will also provide an overview of the Al services available on HiPerGator, the university's supercomputer. 

College of Education tabling event

October 25, 2024 | 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Norman Hall, Ground Floor (by Opus)

Researchers at the UF College of Education are using AI tools to transform education and dramatically improve learning outcomes for all learners. Through funding from NSF, IES, U.S. Department of Education, Google and more, our faculty are exploring the outer boundaries of what’s possible. Kicking off UF AI Days, we’ll share how we’re creating the future of teaching and learning.

Master of Science in Applied Data Science Event   

October 28, 2024 | 11 a.m. - Noon | Reitz Union Rion Ballroom
October 30, 2024 | 3:50 - 5:00 p.m.| Reitz Union Rion Ballroom

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will be tabling for its Master of Science (M.S.) program in Applied Data Science (MSADS) that addresses the rising demand for data science professionals in today’s dynamic technological landscape. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the program equips students with a comprehensive skillset, merging knowledge from diverse fields such as computer science, statistics, and business.

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Systems Event   

October 28, 2024 | 11 a.m. - Noon | Reitz Union Rion Ballroom                                                                          October 30, 2024 | 3:50 - 5:00 p.m.  | Reitz Union Rion Ballroom      

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will be tabling for its MSAIS program that addresses the increasing significance of artificial intelligence (AI) across diverse industries and the growing demand for skilled professionals in this field. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the program equips students with a comprehensive skillset, merging knowledge from diverse fields such as computer science, mathematics, engineering, and ethics.

College of Medicine tabling event

October 29, 2024 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Malachowsky Hall

 

 Congratulations to our 2023 Student Winners

Congratulations to our student competition winners for the Gator Tank Pitch competition, the Gator Hackathon,
and the Generative AI in the Arts competition. 

 

Gator Pitch Recap Video

Gator Hackathon Recap Video

 

Thanks to Our Sponsors!

We are grateful to our sponsors for supporting our 2024 AI Days so that we can make this week of activities free to participants. 

NVIDIA - PLATINUM LEVEL

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MARK III SYSTEMS - GOLD LEVEL

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IBM - SILVER AND HACKATHON SPONSOR

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FIRE NEURAL NETWORKS - BRONZE LEVEL

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