MinerAI: Missouri S&T’s new initiative for AI research, collaboration and resources
Posted by Kimber Crull
Missouri S&T has launched a new artificial intelligence initiative called MinerAI. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T.
Since the early 1960s, Missouri S&T has been recognized as a leader in computer science, offering some of the nation’s first courses in the field. Fast forward several decades, and S&T continues to be a computing leader with the launch of the MinerAI initiative.
Dr. Jonathan Kimball, S&T’s Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering, says the initiative’s four main objectives include:
- Creating a campuswide hub to connect students, faculty, staff and alumni with AI-related resources and services
- Designing courses and programs to support AI users
- Developing a new master’s degree in applied AI and expanding advanced AI coursework and research
- Deploying new computing infrastructure to support and develop AI tools — like ChatGPT and other well-known models — for research, education and entrepreneurship.
Kimball is leading efforts for the first two objectives, and Dr. Jay Park, S&T Kummer Endowed Chair of Computer Science, is focusing on the others.
Posted by Kimber Crull
