As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, it has potential to significantly impact many academic activities at the University of Iowa. A new committee will assess and provide guidance to faculty, staff, and students about opportunities and challenges of AI in the academic setting.
The committee will work to identify ways AI can be effectively leveraged to enhance academic activities supporting both faculty and student success. It will evaluate challenges and ethical considerations of AI, including data privacy and security, computational, human, and systemic bias, and impacts on labor.
The committee aims to provide some guidance to campus before the fall semester. Additional guidance may be needed during the academic year as developments continue to unfold.
In addition to detailing opportunities and challenges, the committee may recommend guidelines, policies, and ethical frameworks to govern the responsible and ethical implementation of AI technologies in our university's academic activities. It may also recommend key messages for campus.
Other committees will review the impact of AI on administrative, research, and health care areas.
The academic AI committee members are:
- Tanya Uden-Holman, associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of University College
- Steve Fleagle, associate vice president and chief information officer
- Ibrahim Demir, associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Anne Estapa, associate professor, College of Education
- Blaine Greteman, professor and chair, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Cornelia Lang, professor and associate dean for undergraduate education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Brandon LeBeau, associate professor, College of Education
- Brian Smith, professor, College of Public Health, Director, Biostatistics Core Director, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Millan Sonka, professor, College of Engineering, and director, Iowa Initiative on Artificial Intelligence
- Barry Thomas, professor and senior associate dean, Tippie College of Business