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May 2025 Issue
Table of Contents:
- AI for Ag Summit White Paper
- Submit Your NAIRR Pilot Application
- GSRs and GRAs Encouraged to Use ACCESS Resources
- New AIVO Staff Member
- Student Spotlight: Swathi Vallabhajosyula, The Ohio State University
- ACTION to Represent AI Institutes at ai+expo June 2–4 in Washington, D.C.
- Georgia Tech’s Leading Role in NSF-Funded AI Research and Innovation
- AIVO Workshop at AERA Symposium
- Athena’s Coffee Chat with a PI
- AIVO Communications Office Hours Update
AI for Ag Summit White Paper
The 2024 AI for Agriculture Summit was held to develop a long-term technical vision and implementation strategy for leveraging agricultural AI advancements.
Supported by AIVO workshop and other grant funds, fulfillment of the event’s goal continues with a white paper to share recommendations based on discussions held during the summit. The white paper, which includes a larger paper along with subsets, is in the final stages of review.
Stay tuned for more updates on the white paper.
Submit Your NAIRR Pilot Application
Applications for the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot are currently being accepted. Learn more at https://nairrpilot.org/.
NAIRR Pilot Office Hours Twice Monthly
Get questions about your active NAIRR Pilot award answered during virtual office hours. Office hours are held the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST.*
Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIPs) from the Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE) program host the office hours, which cover all skill levels. Please provide a detailed description of your issue/help request when you register so they can prepare for your consultation.
Registration is required to receive the Office Hours Zoom link. *The schedule may change for holidays and events.
Visit the NAIRR Pilot YouTube Channel and the NAIRR Pilot Events and Training website to learn more about the program.
GSRs and GRAs Encouraged to Use ACCESS Resources
ACCESS is an NSF-funded program that provides complimentary cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources to US-based researchers, educators, and students. GSRs and GRAs are encouraged to make use of these free advanced computing and storage options.
ACCESS On-Ramp
The AIVO Resources page has an on-ramp for the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS). The on-ramp includes a resource catalog, complete with a “System Info” button to get the resource’s documentation. When you’re ready to get started with the ACCESS program, use the “Get Your First Project” button.
New AIVO Staff Member
AIVO staffed up again in support of the Google.org grant! On May 12, our new Instructional Designer, Camille Woods, joined the AIVO team. Welcome, Camille!
AIVO Instructional Designer
With over 10 years of experience in learning and development, Camille currently serves as Instructional Designer for AI Education at AIVO. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with a wide range of innovative designers, educators, and learning professionals, which has given her a deep understanding of the ways technology can enhance, challenge, and transform the learning experience. Her work is grounded in a user-centered approach, allowing her to quickly grasp how advances in artificial intelligence influence the design and delivery of educational content. Camille’s ability to bridge technical innovation with practical learning strategies makes her a vital asset to the AIVO team. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Davis, and a Master of Education from Vanderbilt University.
Camille is committed to helping learners and organizations navigate the evolving AI landscape with clarity, creativity, and purpose!
Student Spotlight: Swathi Vallabhajosyula, The Ohio State University
On “Smart Scheduler, an Intelligence for Resource Optimization”
AIVO recently caught up with Swathi Vallabhajosyula, PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at The Ohio State University (OSU), who specializes in AI for High-Performance Computing (HPC) Resource Provisioning. We discussed her work with the AI Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment (ICICLE) on the Smart Scheduler, an intelligence for resource optimization.
“My journey with systems began long before I formally entered the field of computer science. From my early fascination with Microsoft tools and learning the power of automation through formulas, I developed a deep curiosity about how systems operate and how they can simplify human effort.”
Read more from our interview with Swathi.
ACTION to Represent AI Institutes at ai+expo June 2–4 in Washington, D.C.
NSF will have a booth at the ai+expo for national competitiveness event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from June 2–4. The AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION) will represent the AI Institutes.
The NSF booth will have three representative focus areas – the Engines program, the SBIR program, and the AI Institutes.
The ai+expo event serves as “a forum for industry, government, and academic research entities to exhibit some of the latest technological breakthroughs,” with AI leading the list of topics.
Georgia Tech’s Leading Role in NSF-Funded AI Research and Innovation
Georgia Tech (GT) continues to shape the future of AI through research, outreach, and educational programs. It’s home to three AI Institutes – the AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE), and AI Institute for Collaborative Assistance and Responsive Interaction for Networked Groups (AI-CARING) – and an active contributor to two other Institutes, ACTION and AI Institute for Molecular Discovery, Synthetic Strategy, and Manufacturing (MMLI).
Tech AI, the AI hub at GT and umbrella for all the NSF AI Institutes housed at the university, has launched a new podcast titled What About AI?. Check out the first episodes on YouTube, and it’s also available on major streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, SoundCloud etc.
Read the post on GT’s many AI initiatives.
AIVO Workshop at AERA Symposium
The “Cross-Cutting Research across Three NSF-funded National AI Institutes on Education” session at the recent American Education Research Association (AERA) Symposium in Colorado featured research from three AI Institutes – AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming (iSAT), AI Institute for Engaged Learning (EngageAI), and AI-ALOE.
Speakers included Drs.:
- Chris Dede, AI-ALOE (Chair)
- Blair Lehman, INVITE (Discussant)
- Thomas Breideband, iSAT
- James Lester, EngageAI
- Ashok Goel, AI-ALOE
Some 90 attendees heard about the three Institutes’ work in the areas of AI-based agents that interact with instructors and learners, participatory design with users, a focus on motivation as well as learning, ethical use of AI, and modification of initial research plans to include the rapid evolution of generative AI.
It was a lively discussion, with many coming up afterwards to talk with the speakers!
Athena’s Coffee Chat with a PI
The AI Institute for Edge Computing Leveraging Next-generation Networks (Athena) recently hosted an event where PIs Maria Gorlatova and Bhuvana Krishnaswamy shared career advice for young students and professionals. They talked about their career journeys and challenges with attendees, along with their goals for the next five years.
Read the recap of the event.
AIVO Communications Office Hours Update
AIVO Communications Office Hours are going on demand!
Email us to schedule an individual or group consultation or to request communications support. If you’re interested in training or resources on a particular communications topic, please let us know.
