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AI Research and Application at NCSA

The Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) at Illinois builds on existing initiatives across campus to establish a central nexus for spearheading AI research and application. Our mission is to advance AI research, provide students with opportunities for career development in AI, and address industrial grand challenges through innovative use of AI by engaging the research community, students, and industry collaborators.

Recent News

CAII Hosts Lunch Seminar on AI for Educators and Illinois.chat on December 16, 2025December 10, 2025
Continuing our Lunch Seminar Series for Fall 2025, the Center is hosting Professor Abdussalam Alawini from the Seibel School of Computing and Data Science for a session on… Read more: CAII Hosts Lunch Seminar on AI for Educators and Illinois.chat on December 16, 2025
CAII represented this week at Supercomputing 2025November 19, 2025
Supercomputing 2025 was the place where “HPC ignites” this week in Saint Louis, MO, and Rohan Marwaha helped light the fire with his presentation on “Frameworks for LLM… Read more: CAII represented this week at Supercomputing 2025
Congratulations to NCSA and Illinois Researchers, and the Delta and DeltaAI teams for winning Awards at Super Computing ’25November 18, 2025
Just announced: HPCWire Reveals Winners of the 22nd Annual Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards During SC25.Additional Article: https://ncsa.illinois.edu/2025/11/19/ncsa-receives-honors-in-2025-hpcwire-readers-and-editors-choice-awards/ “Each year, HPCwire readers and our editorial team select the technologies, use… Read more: Congratulations to NCSA and Illinois Researchers, and the Delta and DeltaAI teams for winning Awards at Super Computing ’25

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