The University at Buffalo will get its chance to shine in the spotlight of artificial intelligence, as the director of the National Science Foundation will visit the state flagship institution soon to see how upstate and Western New York can help to drive U.S. research and innovation in order to create new jobs and keep America in the forefront of the new technology.
At the behest of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sethuraman Panchanathan has agreed to come to Western New York “as soon as next week” to observe UB’s state-of-the-art capabilities in AI, particularly its National Artificial Intelligence Institute for Exceptional Education, which Schumer helped establish with a $20 million federal investment.
UB Provost Scott Weber and Vice President for Research and Economic Development Venu Govindaraju welcomed New York Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes and four other state legislators to UB last week for what felt like a pep rally for UB’s role in AI research and the future of Empire AI.
That will help Panchanathan and the NSF see how the region from Buffalo to Syracuse is “primed to lead in artificial intelligence innovation,” and why the federal government should choose upstate New York as “the perfect partner for the Biden administration’s AI initiatives,” Schumer’s office wrote in a press release announcing the visit.
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“The data is clear: the University at Buffalo and Upstate NY are at the top when it comes to powering technological advancement and AI innovation,” Schumer said in the release. “We have a golden opportunity for the United States to be even more of a trailblazer in AI, with Buffalo leading the way.”
Referring to the “unmatched capabilities of Western NY and the broader Upstate region in AI,” Schumer said Panchanathan and others “will see firsthand what I have long said – Buffalo and Western NY are going to lead the next generation of innovation for America.”
With multimillion-dollar tech giants jostling for ownership of AI, state and national leaders want to position the public sector and academia as key players to ensure that equity, safety and “the public good” are as important as profits in the industry. And they are tapping UB to play a role in that goal.
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