In the article "GW Takes Major Step toward Comprehensive AI Strategy with University-Wide Mapping Exercise," GW Today announced that Zoe Szajnfarber, a professor of engineering management and systems engineering, will lead GW's effort to develop a comprehensive strategy for AI as part of the university's new strategic framework. As senior advisor to the president on AI strategy, Szajnfarber will utilize her interdisciplinary background and extensive experience with AI to spearhead a mapping exercise that uncovers the numerous ways AI is used across GW, while identifying new challenges and paths forward that have emerged as a result.
Here is an excerpt from the article: "Szajnfarber said she hopes the information collected by the mapping exercise will serve not only as a foundation for the university’s AI strategy, but also as a powerful resource for community members. Faculty, for instance, will be able to share creative and meaningful ways they’ve implemented AI in research and teaching—something already happening across GW, from Alexa Alice Joubin’s approach to English literature to John Paul Helveston and Ryan Watkins’ work on the uses of large language models (LLMs) in scientific research. They’ll also be able to explore how their colleagues help students build skills for information literacy and a rigorous, realistic approach to these technologies."
Read the full article on GW Today.