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Exploring AI for Educators | July 11

What can AI do for your students?

Join Academic Technology for "Exploring AI for Educators" — a set of virtual, hands-on workshops designed to equip faculty with the skills to effectively use generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. In this session, we will delve into the art of crafting prompts and demonstrate how these powerful tools can support your work. Open to both beginners and experienced users, this event aims to provide inspiration, motivation, and insights into how AI chatbots can enhance the learning experience. An expansion of AT’s Prompt-a-thon series, this session retains its core content while being tailored for a faculty audience offered in a convenient virtual format.

Exploring AI for Educators | June 20

What can AI do for your students?

Join Academic Technology for "Exploring AI for Educators" — a set of virtual, hands-on workshops designed to equip faculty with the skills to effectively use generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. In this session, we will delve into the art of crafting prompts and demonstrate how these powerful tools can support your work. Open to both beginners and experienced users, this event aims to provide inspiration, motivation, and insights into how AI chatbots can enhance the learning experience. An expansion of AT’s Prompt-a-thon series, this session retains its core content while being tailored for a faculty audience offered in a convenient virtual format.

Navigating AI as SF State Students (virtual session)

Curious about AI and what it might mean for you as a student? Generative AI has become a topic of interest in the popular media, business, and at colleges across the country that may have left you wondering what the hype is about. ChatGPT and other emerging AI tools are quickly evolving and are soon to become vital in professional and personal environments. Come learn about types of AI, the ethics surrounding it, and AI tools you may have already encountered. We will also discuss appropriate usage of Generative AI and introduce the "stoplight" method to help you navigate this emerging technology.

AI and the Future of Higher Education, presented by EAB

The SF State Technology Governance Committee (TGC) invites you to a presentation from EAB on AI and the Future of Higher Education, to be held on Monday, May 6th, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to noon.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) and its impacts on higher education have been felt here at SF State across this academic year as faculty, students, and staff consider this new technology. Mixed reactions such as concern, excitement, and confusion are being experienced on our campus and at campuses across the country. While responses and activities may differ from campus to campus, the dynamics are the same: we are facing rapid changes while seeking to balance the range of opportunities and the myriad of risks. 

The SF State Technology Governance Committee has invited EAB, a higher education consulting group, to share their insights and research on the GAI phenomenon and give us a national view of how it may impact the future of higher education.

In their presentation, “AI and the Future of Higher Education: Five Transformative Opportunities”, case studies and practical examples will be shared from other campuses to help understand AI opportunities being tested at other campuses as well as measures for reducing or addressing risks.

Unveiling the Secrets of Generative AI & Large Language Models: Dante Everaert

Dante Everaert is a leading AI Researcher at Amazon, holding the distinction of being the youngest research scientist in the company's history. With a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, Dante has made significant contributions to various projects at Amazon, including one of the world's most widely used neural networks, Amazon Search. His groundbreaking work in neural network research, synthetic data, and Large Language Models has been featured in prestigious AI conferences, including an upcoming spotlight presentation at ICLR 2024.

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Beyond Chatbots: GenAI Images, Voice, Meetings

Expand your generative AI (GenAI) toolkit. Join us on Thursday, April 11th, 2:30-4:00pm in LIB 280 for Academic Technology’s "Beyond Chatbots: GenAI Images, Voice, Meetings" — a hands-on workshop where you’ll harness the power of GenAI for image creation, video transcription, and virtual meeting support. Open to both beginners and advanced users, this event is a great opportunity to elevate your GenAI skills in a supportive environment. 

Register now to secure your spot.

AI Student Workshop: "Navigating AI as SF State Students" In-Person Session

Curious about AI and what it might mean for you as a student? Generative AI has become a topic of interest in the popular media, business, and at colleges across the country that may have left you wondering what the hype is about. ChatGPT and other emerging AI tools are quickly evolving and are soon to become vital in professional and personal environments. Come learn about types of AI, the ethics surrounding it, and AI tools you may have already encountered. We will also discuss appropriate usage of Generative AI and introduce the "stoplight" method to help you navigate this emerging technology.

AI Student Workshop: "Navigating AI as SF State Students" Virtual Session

Curious about AI and what it might mean for you as a student? Generative AI has become a topic of interest in the popular media, business, and at colleges across the country that may have left you wondering what the hype is about. ChatGPT and other emerging AI tools are quickly evolving and are soon to become vital in professional and personal environments. Come learn about types of AI, the ethics surrounding it, and AI tools you may have already encountered. We will also discuss appropriate usage of Generative AI and introduce the "stoplight" method to help you navigate this emerging technology.

Responsible AI and Digital Ethics: Methods and Measures to Anticipate and Mitigate Harms

The annual Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conference is hosted by the Lam Family College of Business (LFCoB) at San Francisco State University. It is designed to engage the I&E research community in thoughtful discussions on the latest developments in this field, workshops to support research paper development, and research ideation sessions.

The Lam-Larsen Fund for Global Innovation funds this conference.

Theme: Responsible AI and Digital Ethics: Methods and Measures to Anticipate and Mitigate Harms

The 2nd Annual RI&E Conference (April 19th and 20th, 2024) includes the following highlights:

  • Opening remarks by Eugene Sivadas, PhD (Dean of Lam Family College of Business, San Francisco State University). 
  • Keynote by Riitta Katila, PhD (Professor of Management Science, Faculty Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Programs, Stanford University).
  • Fireside chat with Rachel Gillum Jackson, PhD (Vice President of Ethical & Inclusive Product of Salesforce) and Ian Sinapuelas (Professor of Marketing at SFSU). 
  • Panel discussions with experts in the RI&E area: Jon Zieger (Founding Executive Director of Responsible Innovation Labs), Chris Mcclean (Global lead for digital ethics at Avanade), Meagan Mitchell (Head of People and Operation, New_Public), Andrew Roderick (Assistant Vice President for Academic Technology at SFSU), and Nasser Shahrasbi (Associate Professor of Information Systems at SFSU),
  • Fireside chat with Miles Brundage (Head of Policy Research, OpenAi), and Smita Trivedi (Associate Professor of Business and Society/Sustainable Business at SFSU).
  • Symposium research presentations by Stefan Hoffman, Kiel Institute for Responsible Innovation, Chia-huei Wu, Kings College of London, Susanne Liebermann, FH Westküste University of Applied Sciences, Denise Kleinrichert, SFSU, RI&E Research Grant Awardees Lihua WangYiwen Chen, and Sungha Jang at SFSU and more. 
  • One full day of paper development workshops with the editors of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (A ABDC, 4 ABS Journal). SEJ Co-Editors Dr. Yong LiDavid Sirmon, and Associate Editor Dr. Riitta Katila will join us.
  • Opportunities for attendees to exchange ideas and expertise with peers and RI&E Leadership, Chenwei Li, Ian Sinapuelas, and Minu Kumar.
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Generative AI Prompt-a-thon

What can AI do for you? Join us on Wednesday, March 20th, 2:30-4:00pm in LIB 281 for Academic Technology’s second Generative AI Prompt-a-thon — a dynamic, hands-on workshop designed to empower SF State faculty and staff with the skills to effectively utilize generative AI (Gen AI) tools. In this workshop, participants will explore the art of crafting prompts that maximize this technology’s potential. Whether you’re new to Gen AI or seeking more advanced techniques, this event is a great opportunity to enhance your skills in a supportive and collaborative setting.
Register now to secure your spot in this unique learning experience.