One-U RAI Symposium 2025 - One-U Responsible AI Initiative Please join us for the One-U Responsible AI Initiative Annual Symposium on Friday, Sept. 12, in the Douglas Ballroom of the University of Utah Guest...

Join us for our One-U Responsible AI Initiative Symposium on Sept. 12 to explore the future of responsible AI. Hear from state and national leaders and enjoy lightning talks from researchers using AI to improve healthcare, education, and the environment. RSVP by Aug. 31: rai.utah.edu/symposium-20...

Delighted to receive this award and grateful for the recognition from ACM. It has been an honor to serve the community, and I am grateful for the opportunities to do so.

📣 Announcing the cash prizes for A Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon:
🥇 $1,500
🥈 $1,000
🥉 $500
Sign up by April 15 to help improve air quality and public health—no coding experience needed. All are welcome, especially Utah college students! rai.utah.edu/hackathon/

Distinguished SCI Seminar: Karen E. Willcox on Predictive Digital Twins at Scale

Join us on Thursday, April 3, for a Distinguished SCI Seminar from Karen Willcox, director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at @utaustin.bsky.social.

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University of Utah research initiative explores energy solutions for AI As Utah continues to attract interest from AI data centers, state leaders and researchers are exploring how they handle the energy needs those facilities bring.

.@fox13news.bsky.social interviewed SCI director @parasharmanish.bsky.social about AI's energy needs—a topic that SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative hopes to address. One solution? Build AI & supporting tech that is more sustainable, from smarter algorithms to more efficient computing centers.

AI paves the way for kids to learn math by teaching it - @theU Amidst declining math scores, AI-powered app co-created by U faculty aims to double learning rate.

Amidst post-pandemic dips in children’s math and reading scores, @utah.edu One-U Responsible AI Initiative faculty fellow Chenglu Li and his collaborators are combating that trend with ALTER-Math—an AI-powered app they hope will double the rate of math learning.
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U taps NVIDIA’s AI Expertise - @theU A new public-private partnership with NVIDIA aims to equip universities, community colleges and adult education programs across Utah with the resources to develop students’ and workers’ skills in gene...

👏 An exciting new partnership between Utah & @nvidiaaidev.bsky.social will help universities (incl. @utah.edu), community colleges, & adult education programs across the state develop students’ & workers’ skills in generative AI. Read on for a quote from our director, @parasharmanish.bsky.social.

A Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon, June 2-6, powered by AWS

🌬️ If you care about Wasatch Front air quality and have ideas on how to improve it, sign up for A Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon by March 31. No coding experience necessary! rai.utah.edu/hackathon/

Call For Nominations: HPDC 2025 Achievement Award

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Manish Parashar appointed inaugural Chief AI Officer for U - @theU Manish Parashar will represent the university and advise U President Taylor Randall as the institution navigates various AI initiatives.

🙌 Congrats to SCI Director @parasharmanish.bsky.social on his new role as inaugural Chief AI Officer for @utah.edu. attheu.utah.edu/science-tech...

Opinion: Utah is working toward responsible AI leadership. Join us As the U.S. hustles to maintain its leadership in AI, Utah is building partnerships to elevate responsible AI initiatives.

Read about Utah's #responsibleAI community consortium, why it matters, and how you can join us in this Deseret News opinion piece by SCI director @parasharmanish.bsky.social.
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SCI Director @parasharmanish.bsky.social recently appeared on the podcast "AI, Government, & the Future." In this clip, he says 1 part of #responsibleAI entails boosting awareness of AI's limitations, e.g., don't "take an output of ChatGPT & trust it blindly." Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/aigovparashar

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What is #responsibleAI and how do you achieve it? Join us in one week, on Feb. 11, to hear from the One-U Responsible AI Initiative's inaugural distinguished visitor, UCSD professor David Danks. Details: rai.utah.edu/david-danks/

Distinguished SCI Seminar: Jack Dongarra on High-Performance Computing and Responsibly Reckless Algorithms

Join us in one week (Feb. 6) for a Distinguished SCI seminar from Jack Dongarra—the 2021 recipient of the Turing Award, computer science's highest honor.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events tied to SCI and its One-U Responsible AI Initiative! Visit rai.utah.edu/events for details.

@parasharmanish.bsky.social @katakeith.bsky.social @anamarasovic.bsky.social @freiling.bsky.social

💡 SCI director @parasharmanish.bsky.social & affiliate faculty member Dan Reed co-wrote 2 newly released @cra-hq.bsky.social Quadrennial Papers, which explore key challenges & opportunities shaping computing research. These recommendations are shared with policymakers & more.
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Congratulations, Amir, Kate and Bei. So proud of all our SCI faculty!