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Mission
Accelerate responsible AI adoption across industries through joint AI R&D, create a highly skilled workforce, and drive sustainable economic development.
CAAI connects university research, students, and industry partners to solve real-world problems, bridging expertise across academic units with the needs of industry and government agencies.
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Strategic Priorities
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Establish a national center of excellence in AI
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Support applied AI research across all disciplines
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Create research infrastructure (data & AI Compute)
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Upskill existing workforce; partner with other colleges to prepare students for jobs tomorrow
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Outreach and industry engagement
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Ongoing Activities
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NSF AHeAD Center (planned): Proposed NSF IUCRC, with Georgia Tech, Tulane, and the University of Florida, to build AI-augmented decision-support systems for equitable, high-quality healthcare. (nsfahead.org)
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Health Data and Intelligence Platform (active): Statewide partnerships with Ochsner and LDH Rural Health to advance AI-augmented decision support, anchored by a >$60M CMS-funded rural health data and analytics platform (rhtla.net). ~$0.7M in current funding supports development of a $4M NIH PRIMED-AI proposal.
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AI-Ready America (proposal submitted): Joint proposal with LA.IO to help small businesses adopt AI, with UL Lafayette as statewide hub for AI readiness training and capacity building.
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Multi-disciplinary AI-R&D: Several ongoing projects & proposals in energy (DOE Genesis), Manufacturing (NIST, NSF), Cyber-physical security (Raytheon), Engineering Design (GIS)
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AI Training for Emergency Management and Public Health (active): Specialized training at the GOHSEP Academy and for public health professionals on using AI for disaster response, situational awareness, and emergency communication.
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