A growing list of ways to engage on AI-related topics, pursue funding for AI research, and more.
Opportunities
Monthly Library Coding Meetup
Topic: NetsBlox, a visual programming language for new programmers
Presenter: Cliff Anderson
Wednesday, February 19, 11:00 a.m.
344 Winchester, Room B149
Join the monthly Library Coding Meetup—a welcoming space for faculty and staff, regardless of experience level, to share practical solutions and learn from one another! This meetup is tailored to the unique needs and interests of the library community and will focus on the real-world application of technology to solve problems, optimize workflows, and improve services.
Meetups will be held on the third Wednesday of each month from 11:00 to 12:00 at 344 Winchester. Light snacks will be provided!
If you would like to be added to a recurring meeting invitation—and if you have ideas for future topics—please fill out this brief form.
Call for Proposals: AI Course Revision Pilot Grant
The Poorvu Center’s AI Course Revision Grant program aims to support Yale instructors in revising their courses to equip students with essential AI knowledge and skills across disciplines. This can include hands-on experience with AI technologies and/or addressing its benefits, limitations, and societal implications. Successful proposals will highlight how instructors plan to integrate AI concepts, tools, and ethical considerations into existing or new courses to develop AI literacy and support student learning. Grants will be offered in three tiers, with increasing amounts of proposed change, financial support, and support from the Poorvu Center.
Find more details about the grant program.
Important Dates
- Accepting applications: January 13, 2024 – March 7, 2025.
- Applicants will be notified by April 15.
- Info Sessions on AI Grant: January 28, 11am-12pm and February 12, 11am-12pm.
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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Yale AI Research Symposium
May 9, 2025
Location and other details TBD
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.