A conference talk given at the Internet Librarian International, London, UK. October 16, 2018 by Bohyun Kim, Chief Technology Officer & Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island Libraries, USA.

1. Taking on a New Leadership
Challenge: Student-Focused
Learning in Artificial Intelligence
Bohyun Kim
CTO & Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island Libraries, USA
Internet Librarian International, London, UK. October 16, 2018.

2. I. AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

3. https://www.technologyreview.c
om/s/525586/facebook-creates-
software-that-matches-faces-
almost-as-well-as-you-do/
• +120 million weights
• 9-layer neural network
• 4 million images

4. https://ai.googleblog.com/2016/09/a-neural-network-for-machine.html

5. https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/07/apple-introduces-the-a-i-phone/

6. https://medcitynews.com/2018/08/facebook-nyu-ai-mri-research/

7. https://yewno.com/edu/concept/102e6bf8445dff7c922e1cc4e997ebf3

9. https://syncedreview.com/2018/03/15/global-survey-of-autonomous-vehicle-regulations/

10. https://www.wired.com/2017/02/robots-wrote-this-story/

11. What is Artificial Intelligence?

13. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/07/29/whats-difference-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-deep-learning-ai/

14. https://www.alphagomovie.com/gallery

15. https://www.amchkg.com/shileiblog/2017.1.4deep-learning

16. https://www.alphagomovie.com/gallery

17. https://twitter.com/samim/status/707420890087202817

18. https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/27/googles-
alphago-ai-is-retiring/

19. II.The AI Lab
at the University of Rhode Island (URI)

20. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/03/15/data-analytics-programs-taking-colleges

21. https://today.uri.edu/news/uri-to-launch-artificial-intelligence-lab/

23. What Inspired the URI AI Lab
• A response to the freshmen survey results about topics they wished
to see in the college curriculum.
• Dovetails with already existing initiatives at URI
• Big Data cluster
• A new BS/BA major in data science
• DataSpark , a non-profit data analytics firm, acquired by URI in
2017, is placed under the URI Libraries.
• Started as a grant proposal for the Champlin Foundation in the
summer of 2017.

24. The AI LabTeam
• University Libraries
• Department of Computer Science & Statistics
/Big Data Initiative and Data Science Programs
• Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical
Engineering
• Department of Philosophy

25. What Makes the AI Lab at URI Unique
• Open to all members of the campus community with no access
restriction
• Open to all disciplines
• Encourages a multi-disciplinary approach to a wide range of AI-
related issues from machine learning techniques to social and ethical
issues
• A strong focus on student learning
• Three different zones to provide “learning-by-doing” experiences

26. Funding
• The grant was awarded in the fall of 2017.
• Approximately $143,000 from the Champlin grant award
• Additional commitment from participating colleges, the URI Libraries,
and the URI Provost’s office

27. Learning Zones
• Zone 1: AI Workstations for Individualized Learning
• Zone 2: Hands-on Project Bench
• Deep Learning Robots: program mobile robots instrumented with cameras,
radars, sensors, and actuators; build AI algorithms to navigate both known
and unknown environments.
• Internet-of-things for Smart Cities: a physical model of Rhode Island
containing distributed sensors and actuators to design intelligent algorithmic
projects to control city environments such as lighting, traffic, transit and
parking.
• Big Data Analytics: access and analyze various kinds of big data available in
public domain.
• Zone 3: AI Hub for Collaborative Thinking
Source: Kunal Mankodiya, Aras Dargazany, Cheryl Foster, Joan Peckham, Harrison Dekker, Angel Ferria, and
Karim Boughida, "ai.uri: The Artificial Intelligence Lab (a grant proposal)," September, 2017.

28. Designed to Be Integrated with URI Courses
• Wearable Internet of Things (ELE 491/591)
• apply machine/deep learning algorithms to enhance designed
wearables that collect data on health.
• Neural Engineering (BME 468/ELE 568)
• utilize the AI Lab’s processing power to gain a deeper
understanding of using brain electrical activity to control robots
and other technology.
• Philosophy (PHL 103)
• undertake foundational programming exercises, allowing students
to engage in discussions related to relationships between man and
machine.
Source: Kunal Mankodiya, Aras Dargazany, Cheryl Foster, Joan Peckham, Harrison Dekker, Angel Ferria, and
Karim Boughida, "ai.uri: The Artificial Intelligence Lab (a grant proposal)," September, 2017.

31. Beyond Course Projects
• Expected to serve as a generator of new courses exploring AI from
fields outside computing, engineering, and mathematics, e.g.
• Examining the implications of AI for neuroscientific applications to
health and cognition (psychology/health studies)
• Clarifying what constitutes “thinking” and whether self-aware
machines have rights (philosophy)
Source: Kunal Mankodiya, Aras Dargazany, Cheryl Foster, Joan Peckham, Harrison Dekker, Angel Ferria, and
Karim Boughida, "ai.uri: The Artificial Intelligence Lab (a grant proposal)," September, 2017.

32. Beyond Course Projects [continued]
• Hosts events to identify and bring together faculty, staff and the
greater community with an active interest in AI from diverse vantage
points.
• Lectures and talks
• Hackathons open to students from URI and beyond
• Opportunities to integrate AI-focused learning experiences into
existing K-12 initiatives, such as SMILE (Science and Math
Investigative Learning Experience) and the RI STE(A)M Center
(which promotes K-12 scientific literacy)
Source: Kunal Mankodiya, Aras Dargazany, Cheryl Foster, Joan Peckham, Harrison Dekker, Angel Ferria, and
Karim Boughida, "ai.uri: The Artificial Intelligence Lab (a grant proposal)," September, 2017.

33. Computing Equipment
• Decided on equipment optimized for
machine learning/deep learning tasks
• Server: Nvidia DGX-1 Server for GPU
computing
• Workstations: Lambda Tensorbooks

34. https://web.uri.edu/ai/equipment/

35. Branstorming Session
Brainstorming

36. Lab Offerings Discussed
• Table One: Events
• Table Two: Instruction and Courses
• Table Three: AI Lab Technology
• Table Four: AI Ethics

39. https://web.uri.edu/ai/

40. https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=180926URIlibraryAIlab
https://web.uri.edu/ai/press/

41. III.The Peril of Algorithmic Biases

42. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6040
87/the-dark-secret-at-the-heart-of-ai/

43. https://www.wired.com/2017/04/courts-using-ai-sentence-criminals-must-stop-now/

44. https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/pitfalls-artificial-intelligence-decisionmaking-highlighted-idaho-aclu-case

45. http://explainableai.com/

47. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/technology/facial-recognition-race-artificial-intelligence.html

48. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-built-ai-to-hire-people-discriminated-against-women-2018-
10?IR=T&utm_content=buffer1a453&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-ti

49. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/fate/

50. https://blackinai.github.io/

51. https://gizmodo.com/google-employees-resign-in-protest-against-pentagon-con-1825729300

52. https://www.blog.google/topics/ai/ai-principles/

53. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html

55. ThankYou!
Bohyun Kim
@bohyunkim [Twitter]
http://bohyunkim.net/blog [Blog]
https://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim [Slides]
Chief Technology Officer/Associate Professor
University of Rhode Island Libraries