NCSA Launches Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is excited to announce the creation of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII), which seeks to continue the groundbreaking work already being done in the domains of Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. "We are truly excited to announce the formation of this Center, which brings together a number of efforts that have been underway for some time along with new areas of focus to propel AI research and application forward," said NCSA's Director, Bill Gropp. By leveraging the expertise and resources that exist at NCSA and Illinois, the CAII seeks to become a hub for innovation on campus, regionally, nationally and internationally. The CAII at Illinois will complement existing initiatives across campus by operating as a central nexus for AI research with applications in both academia and industry. Whether it be in astrophysics, automotive, agriculture, infrastructure, big data or a variety of other fields, NCSA has made a concerted commitment to artificial intelligence, and the CAII will only help to both further and formalize that commitment while simultaneously building the foundations for the next generation of innovators.