A growing list of ways to engage on AI-related topics, pursue funding for AI research, and more.
Opportunities
Yale Planetary Solutions Grant Program
The Office of the Provost AI Initiatives is excited to co-sponsor this year’s Yale Planetary Solutions Grant Program. Please see the full Request for Proposals for details.
Yale Planetary Solutions is offering an info session on February 26 (register here). Open office hours will be held on March 3, and March 25.
The deadline to submit proposals is March 30, 2025.
Health AI Championship Competition
Statewide initiative to harness the power of AI to radically improve healthcare, enhance lives, and drive meaningful impact to all Communities in Connecticut. 1st prize $100,000; 2nd prize $50,000; 3rd prize $25k.
Health AI Championship Website
Important Dates
- Pre-submission - March 28, 2025, contact person, Yale New Haven Health: Lee Schwamm, MD – innovation@ynhh.org
- Submission - April 7, 2025
- Semi-Finalist Pitch - May 27, 2025
- Celebration - May 29, 2025 at the Yale Innovation Summit (see below)
AI Workshop and Book Talk with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Please join the Data Intensive Social Science Center (DISSC), the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), and The Tobin Center for Economic Policy for two events featuring economist and author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz who will speak about his new book Who Makes the NBA?: Data Driven Answers to Basketball’s Biggest Questions, written in just 30 days using ChatGPT’s data analysis tools.
Both events take place on Friday, March 28, 2025
Book Talk
Have you ever wondered: What percent of 7-footers are in the NBA? Why have so many NBA players been named Chris? What players are undervalued in the draft? We will discuss the answers to these questions, plus a discussion of how AI can revolutionize data analysis, as Seth gives a deep dive on his book Who Makes the NBA?: Data-Driven Answers to Basketball’s Biggest Questions.
9-10 AM
The Tobin Center, 87 Trumbull Street
Hybrid, Room B120
Breakfast will be served. RSVP by 3/25/25
Copies of Who Makes the NBA? will be available for the first 20 in person attendees.
Workshop
Join a hands-on workshop on how to use Chat GPT as an aid for data analyses and a discussion about the usefulness of new AI tools in writing and research.
12-1 PM
28 Hillhouse
Hybrid, Room A106
Lunch will be served. RSVP by 3/25/25.
Responsible AI in Global Business 2025
Unlocking Value, Earning Trust: A multi-disciplinary conference at Yale
April 2-3, 2025
Yale School of Management
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in business operations worldwide, Yale University brings together leaders from business, academia, and government for a vital discussion on responsible AI development and adoption. This multi-disciplinary conference addresses AI from critical perspectives including technology implementation, management strategy, societal impact, policy frameworks, and regulatory considerations.
The conference opens with an evening fireside chat exploring historical parallels between AI and past technological revolutions, followed by a full day of sessions featuring distinguished speakers from global organizations. Key themes include AI’s ROI from a CEO’s perspective, AI’s impact on workforce transformation, building public trust in AI systems, effective human-AI collaboration, navigation of the evolving content ecosystem, and practical approaches to AI regulation and governance.
The conference is organized by Yale’s leading AI initiatives, including the Artificial Intelligence Association and Program on Stakeholder Innovation & Management at the Yale School of Management, AI at Yale, and the Data & Trust Alliance in collaboration with the Schmidt Program at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, Information Society Project at the Yale Law School, and the Digital Ethics Center at Yale.
Details and registration TBA.
For questions or speaker requests, please contact club-ai@som.yale.edu.
Read about the 2024 inaugural conference: Responsible AI in Global Business Conference 2024.
AI and the Ends of Humanity: Thinking Theologically After ChatGPT
April 10-11, 2025
This conference, co-sponsored by Yale Divinity School, the Yale Digital Ethics Center, the Yale Humanities Division, and the Yale Department of Religious Studies. brings together theologians, ethicists and philosophers of religion to reflect on the profound ways in which AI is transforming our sense of selfhood and agency, our interpersonal relationships, and our societies. How is the Spirit at work in this new thing? And how can we ensure that digital technologies serve a more flourishing human and creaturely future?
The conference will feature three keynote talks, alongside three core panels addressing themes of Creation, Fall and Redemption, and Communion and Eschatological Consummation. There will also be a graduate student panel to launch the conference.
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Envisioning Artificial Intelligence at Yale Symposium
May 9, 2025
Kline Tower
Save the date for a campus-wide AI research symposium designed to showcase a sampling of the excellent AI research and scholarship happening across Yale. See the symposium webpage for the call for proposals and to subscribe for updates.
Yale Innovation Summit 2025 - Save the Date
May 28-29, 2025, New Haven, CT
Get your pitch deck ready. This event has become one of the region’s biggest innovation events, drawing investors, founders, and industry partners to Yale’s campus to create new connections and opportunities. We are looking forward to Wednesday’s, 1:45pm Compute Power: The Future of Cloud Computing in an AI Landscape and Thursday’s, 2:30pm AI in Drug Discovery panels.