The University of Illinois is embracing a new wave of innovation on campus through Illinois Chat, an AI‑powered platform designed to help instructors better support their students. Created in 2023 by an Illinois student, the tool has quickly grown …
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Celebrating Summer Research
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is celebrating a standout summer of discovery, collaboration, and hands‑on innovation. Across four major undergraduate research programs, students immersed themselves in cutting‑edge projects—from machine learning and cyberinfrastructure to computational modeling and data‑driven science—while building …
Fall 2026 Ashby Prize in Computational Science Registration is OPEN
The 2026 Ashby Prize in Computational Science Hackathon is a two‑day, high‑energy competition hosted at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), bringing together University of Illinois students from computing, biomedical, and engineering disciplines to tackle a real‑world cancer research
GenAI Works Open Agent Hackathon – UPDATED PROGRAM – Registration Open
The Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) is excited to highlight an upcoming opportunity for Illinois students to showcase their creativity, technical skill, and collaborative spirit: the GenAI Works Open Agent Hackathon.
This hackathon has been updated to be
Fall Course in Biological Plausible AI Offered at Grainger College of Engineering
Grainger College of Engineering is offering a Seminar Course titled Biologically Plausible AI this Fall. Seminars on topics of current interest will be presented and the first introductory session will be held on Friday, August 29, 2026, at 3:30 pm
CAII Affiliate Aiman Soliman Advances Tumor‑Mapping Research with NCSA and Illinois Partners
CAII affiliate Aiman Soliman is helping drive a major breakthrough in cancer research through his long‑standing collaboration with University of Illinois professor Zeynep Madak‑Erdogan. Their work, supported by NCSA’s Health Innovation Program Office (HIPO), applies geospatial big data techniques…
Present Your Work at AMS 2027 — CADRE Invites Abstracts
The Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) is pleased to share information about two sessions being organized by CADRE at the 2027 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, taking place January 10–14 in Denver, CO. Both sessions are part of …
Professor Mark Neubauer receives NVIDIA Academic Grant to advance quantum artificial intelligence research
Illinois Physics Professor and CAII Affiliate, Mark Neubauer, has received an award from the NVIDIA Academic Grant Program to support his project, “Early Cancer Detection through Extreme-Scale Anomaly Detection via Quantum ML.” NVIDIA will provide an RTX PRO 6000 Server
Another Illinois Chat Success Story
From LinkedIn
“I write with enthusiasm – maybe even delirium – on how successful this project has been.” says Prof. Jacob Sherkow, College of Law and Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
When Jacob Sherkow wanted to analyze years’ worth of
CAII Director Featured in WCIA Interview on Emerging AI Regulation in Illinois
In a recent segment examining a new package of bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence in Illinois, WCIA called on the expertise of Dr. Volodymyr Kindratenko, Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) to help explain some …