Join us for our next round of Year of Focus events. This year's theme is "AI in Action," and we are kicking this semester off with our own Wayne State experts. Panelists from around campus will speak about AI in their respective areas: what it means to them, implications for the future, and the challenges and opportunities of AI technology.

Please note this event is now virtual. Join here on Zoom at 1 p.m.

Moderated by Dr. Hengguang Li — Chair of the Mathematics Department, Co-Director of the Institute for AI and Data Science, and Co-Chair of the Year of Focus committee — this discussion invites the entire campus to participate and learn more about AI. Questions from the audience are welcome!

Meet the Panelists:

• Alexander Gilstorf: a junior mathematical economics honors student with a minor in statistics; Student Senate Director of Community Affairs; student representative on the Year of Focus committee
   
• Dr. Tonya Whitehead: Associate Director of the Office for Teaching and Learning (OTL); PhD in biomedical engineering
   
• Claas Kuhnen: Associate Professor of Teaching in art, art history, and design; a 3D designer with a strong interdisciplinary education bridging industrial, graphic, and 3D animation design
   
• Dr. Tyler Musgrave: Assistant Professor in the School of Information Sciences whose work bridges information science, Black studies, and human–computer interaction
   
• Dr. Zheng Dong: Associate Professor of Computer Science; leads the Real-Time Embedded AI SYstems Lab (RT-EASY Lab); co-Director of the CAR Lab, working alongside a team of students and leveraging cutting-edge facilities to drive advancements in autonomous driving systems
   
• Dr. Prashant Khanduri: Assistant Professor of Computer Science whose research involves optimization for machine learning, federated learning, robust optimization and more.

Space is limited, so RSVP to save your seat.

Learn more about Year of Focus and this year's theme on AI.