The Institute for Artificial Intelligence + X is a university wide research and education
center for Artificial Intelligence. It has a focus on collaboration across disciplines.
The goal is to establish a world-class academic research and development (R&D) center
at the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ to conduct externally-funded research in Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and associated areas (X = healthcare, medicine, biology, cybersecurity,
finance, business, manufacturing, transportation), using a transdisciplinary approach
across neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science, and work with industry
to transition them into products that benefit humanity in an ethical and responsible
manner.
There are faculty from many departments/schools/programs associated with the center,
including the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Integrated
Biology, Genomics, Psychology, the School of Information Systems and Management, the
College of Public Health, and the Morsani College of Medicine.
The Institute is co-directed by Prof. Sudeep Sarkar and Prof. Lawrence Hall.
