Georgia Tech Division of Lifetime Learning hosted the AI for Lifetime Learning Symposium at the Global Learning Center, Amphitheater 222, on Thursday, April 4, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The event brought together Tech's community of professionals working on AI for lifetime learning to develop a roadmap for research and development and establish the Institute as a leader in the field. Ashok Goel and Steve Harmon co-chaired the symposium, which included a panel, talks, and a poster session.
PROGRAM
8:30 - 9 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast |
9 – 9:05 a.m. |
Welcome |
9:05 – 9:35 a.m. |
Opening Panel: Building Research Skills and Capacity with AI |
9:35 – 10:05 a.m. |
Classroom AI Use and its Social and Ethical Implications |
10:05 – 10:30 a.m. |
Lightning Talks Jill Watson: An AI Virtual Teaching Assistant, AI-ALOE research scientists PRATYUSHA MAITI, SANDEEP KAKAR, PLOY THAJCHAYAPONG, and KARAN TANEJA, doctoral student, College of Computing AI Avatar to Augment Training for Effective Communication Skills, AMIT JARIWALA, director of Design and Innovation, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering AI as a Leadership and Collaboration Coach for Group Projects, VINCENT SPEZZO, assistant director Center for Teaching and Learning; ILYA GOKHMAN, faculty, Leadership Education and Development Enhancing Graduate Admissions: Leveraging AI for Leadership Assessment in LORs, C21U: ADRIAN GALLARD, digital learning data analyst; MERYEM YILMAZ SOYLU, research analyst; JONNA LEE, director of Research in Education Innovation; RUSHIL DESAI, graduate research assistant Exploring Students’ Learning Experience and Perceptions Towards Affordances of ChatGPT, C21U: JONNA LEE, director of Research in Education Innovation; MERYEM YILMAZ SOYLU, research analyst |
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. |
AI-Powered Rubric Design: Streamlining Assessment While Enhancing Student Learning |
10:50 - 11:20 a.m. |
Poster Session / Break Applying Natural Language Processing with Fine-Tuned Large Language Models to Streamline Student Survey Data in Large Enrollment Courses, Adi KRISH, undergraduate researcher, College of Computing; Gregory Stuart MAYER, academic professional, School of Mathematics Considering Large Language Models for Intelligent Learner Assistance in Expressive Computing Environments, Shi DING, doctoral student, School of Literature, Media, and Communication Critical Data Literacy for AI: Developing Middle Skill Computing Worker for Ethical and Fair AI, Betsy DISALVO, associate professor, School of Interactive Computing Fostering the Public’s Speculation Towards Large Generative Models with an Interactive Museum Installation, Chengzhi ZHANG, doctoral student, School of Literature, Media, and Communication How to Integrate AI in Your Work Life, Pramod MISRA, graduate researcher, OMSCS, College of Computing Inquiry-Based Learning in VERA, John KOS and Stephen BUCKLEY, graduate research assistants, College of Computing; Rahul DASS, AI research scientist, AI-ALOE Ivy Poster, AI-ALOE: Rochan MADHUSUDHANA, undergraduate research fellow; Rahul DASS, AI research scientist K-12 Engineering Teachers' Experience with the Engineering Design Process and ChapGPT, CEISMC: Sunni NEWTON, senior research scientist; Gennie MANSI, graduate research assistant; Meltem ALEMDAR, associate director, Educational Research and Evaluation and principal research scientist; Roxane MOORE, senior research engineer; Mark RIEDL, professor, College of Computing, and associate director, Machine Learning Center Organizational Attitudes in a University Setting Toward Adopting AI, Sarah MATHEW, doctoral student, College of Computing SAMI: A Social AI Actor for Online Classrooms, Sandeep KAKAR research scientist, AI-ALOE Shape Machine: Programming with Shapes, Russell NEWTON, graduate research assistant, College of Computing; Thanos ECONOMOU, professor, School of Architecture Socratic Mind: Scalable Oral Assessment Powered by AI, Jui-Tse HUNG and Christopher CUI, graduate research assistants, College of Computing; Eunhee SOHN, assistant professor, Scheller College of Business Using Learning Analytics to Determine Wheel Spinning in Open Domain Learning Environments, John KOS, graduate research assistant, College of Computing |
11:20 – 11:40 a.m. |
GT^AI: Empowering Georgia Tech Faculty and Students with the AI Virtual Assistant (AVA) |
11:40 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. |
Lightning Talks AI Augmented Architecture for Learning (A4L) AI-ALOE research scientists VRINDA NANDAN and PLOY THAJCHAYAPONG AI Is a Fundamental Literacy for All Students, BRYAN COX, research associate, Kapor Center Senior Research Fellow, Constellations Center for Equity in Computing Ethical and Effective Use of AI and LLMs in the Classroom: Fostering Information Literacy in 1st Year College Students, JUSTIN ELLIS, digital learning and instruction librarian, Georgia Tech Library AI Applications in the Workplace for Adults with Disabilities, HUNTER McFERON, services acquisition manager, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation How AI Is Changing the Industrial Design Process, HERB VELAZQUEZ, professor of practice, School of Industrial Design |
12:05 – 12:25 p.m. |
Lessons for Georgia Tech from AI-ALOE |
12:25 – 12:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |