All Things AI October 2024

Welcome to the inaugural post of All Things AI, an easily digestible monthly roundup of artificial intelligence (AI)-related news and announcements for busy research computing and data (RCD) professionals. Our first story describes the grant that makes this publication possible.

1. CaRCC and Internet2 to Support NAIRR Pilot Communications and Community Building With support from a two-year Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), CaRCC and Internet2 will provide communications and community building support for the NSF’s National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot project. Read the full blog post to learn more.  
2. NAIRR Pilot Office Hours NAIRR Pilot will offer bi-weekly SCIPE-led Office Hours over Zoom to assist with questions related to active awards and the NAIRR Pilot call. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Office Hours will be hosted by SCIPE Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIPs). Register here.
3. New AI- related working and interest groups are being formed within CaRCC. The working group will focus on developing  shareable learning materials for facilitating AI use cases in research and education. The interest group will convene to discuss topics related to using AI, including NAIRR Pilot resources, in support of research. Please contact Lauren Michael (lmichael@internet2.edu) or Tim Middelkoop (tmiddelkoop@internet2.edu) if you are interested in joining one or both of these groups. 
4. CLASS by Internet2 has four upcoming workshops and webinars. These events are for folks in research and higher education who want to harness the power of AI at their institution.
   • October 9: Developing Intelligent Applications Using LLMs
   • October 28: Transforming Scientific Discovery with AI & Machine Learning
   • October 30: Enabling AI in Higher Education with Vocareum
   • November 6: Intro to AI for Galleries, Libraries, and Museums
5. NSF and Simons Foundation launch 2 AI Institutes to help astronomers understand the cosmos: Researchers will build a new breed of AI-powered tools to find the needles of discovery lurking in vast haystacks of astronomical data

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through  Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) NSF award #2436057. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.