UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Students, faculty, staff, organizations and businesses are invited to learn more about using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to solve challenges related to education, health, environment and humanitarianism at the “AI for Good Expo”, set for 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, in Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus.

The “AI for Good Expo” is an event conceived and managed by the Nittany AI Alliance. Daren Coudriet, executive director of innovation for Penn State Outreach and the Nittany AI Alliance, said the expo will bring together students, faculty and industry.

“The expo is a celebration of students participating in the Nittany AI Challenge and Nittany AI Advance programs, as well as showcase key initiatives and projects leveraging AI to better our world,” Coudriet said. “Innovation is enabled when multiple stakeholders with differing perspectives and disciplines come together to explore the practical application of AI. It is important to discuss how we can all work together in an ecosystem with shared outcomes and aligned incentives. This event serves to introduce multiple stakeholder groups to each other in a casual and inviting way.”

The keynote speaker for the “AI for Good Expo” is Conor Jensen, regional vice president of AI strategy for Dataiku, a company which handles the design, deployment and management of AI applications. Jensen said the AI strategy team works with Dataiku customers to help them define their AI strategies and empower everyone in the organization to use data to make better decisions and drive daily business.

“I will share stories from our customers in the trenches, as well as from Dataiku’s ‘AI for Good’ program. Students will gain perspective on how they can move forward in their studies and launch into careers in ways that will provide them with the opportunities to have those same impacts,” Jensen said. “Individuals and organizations with varying levels of analytics sophistication can have a real and positive impact on the world.”

During this year’s “AI for Good Expo,” five students who either competed in a past Nittany AI Challenge or have been a part of the Nittany AI Advance project team will be awarded $1,000 each as a recipient of the “AI Excellence Awards in Penn State Outreach Sponsored by Jonathan and Alana Dambrot.”

Additionally, the winners of the 2022 Nittany AI Challenge will be announced from the following six teams that made it to the final phase, where they were required to build a minimum viable product:

• Eleos is an interactive AI companion to aid in dealing with negative emotions.
• Fung.ai is a solution to assist farmers struggling with crop loss in open-field and greenhouse applications.
• iLenz is an affordable tool providing AI-based, dilation-free home eye exams.
• LexNectare is a tool to guide attorneys who are working pro bono through the legal elements of a claim.
• RetroFlux is an online note-sharing platform where students can edit notes with a versatile feature-rich editor in a real-time collaborative environment.
• SchizophrenAI is a mental health resource that promotes awareness and accessibility of information for schizophrenia and other mental health diagnoses.

Industry leaders and collaborators for the “AI for Good Expo” will be present to discuss advancements of AI in their respective industries, including Dataiku, Leidos, Microsoft, IBM, Lockheed Martin and John Deere.

Visit the Nittany AI Alliance website to register to attend the “AI for Good Expo” and learn more about the Nittany AI Alliance programs and events.