Emory University has joined a consortium of local universities that will help the City of Atlanta’s Office of Technology and Innovation define metrics that signal a robust technology ecosystem and implement initiatives to grow that ecosystem. Through its AI.Humanity initiative, the university will play a key role in using artificial intelligence (AI) to enable entrepreneurship and pave the way to making Atlanta one of the top five technology hubs in the country.
Co-led by Donnie Beamer (the City of Atlanta’s senior technology advisor), Joe Sutherland (director of the Center for AI Learning at Emory) and Michael Dixon (director of operations in the Office of Commercialization at Georgia Tech), the Atlanta Collegiate Entrepreneurship Syndicate (ACES) includes Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College.
“Our participation in this consortium is aligned with President Fenves’ One Emory: Ambition and Heart strategic framework and is an important part of our mission at the Center for AI Learning. Community partnerships and collaborations with local government, nonprofits and other universities will provide rich opportunities for Emory students to apply AI to some of the most critical challenges facing metro Atlanta, such as income disparity, affordable housing and food insecurity,” says Sutherland.
In partnership with the Atlanta Tech Hub and as part of ACES, the Center for AI Learning, along with internal partners The Hatchery Center for Innovation and the Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, will supply talent, training and support for AI-related research projects. Two projects are already underway and open to Emory undergraduate and graduate students interested in helping the city achieve its technology entrepreneurship goals. Students can sign up to join the ongoing and future projects.
The first project is a chatbot…
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