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LSU Launches Louisiana’s First Bachelor’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s first Bachelor of Science degree in artificial intelligence will be offered to Louisiana State University students this fall at the Baton Rouge campus. Backed by the Louisiana Board of Regents on March 24, the new undergraduate degree is aimed at preparing the next generation of AI leaders by giving students a broad and deep understanding of how to design, analyze, and deploy modern AI systems. With AI transforming work in every sector, Interim Provost Troy Blanchard said it’s essential that the state’s land grant institution offer a rigorous and comprehensive academic program in these emerging technologies.
LSU Engineering Gets Louisiana Prepared for Digital Transformation at Work
Artificial intelligence is reshaping business. LSU’s College of Engineering is filling the need by creating courses, certificates, and degrees in AI and digital twin. Engineering faculty have produced an array of educational offerings designed to skill up the state.
LSU Researchers Envision a More Compassionate, Adaptive Future for Dementia Support Technology Using AI
Living with dementia involves constant change, yet the technology designed to help often fails to evolve with the needs of patients and caregivers. In a new paper, two LSU researchers reimagine technology as quiet, evolving support that uses emerging artificial intelligence technologies to help preserve dignity, ease caregiver burden, and help families navigate dementia more safely and compassionately.
LSU and U.S. Army Cyber Command Partner to Develop Technology, Talent to Secure Louisiana, Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — LSU and U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) have entered into a formal agreement on advanced research, prototype development, education and training, and technology transfer to build cyber capabilities for the Army under U.S. Cyber Command. The education partnership agreement (EPA) establishes areas of collaboration and joint research and development from cybersecurity to critical infrastructure to data visualization.
LSU Research Insights: Next-Generation AI Aims for Smarter Security With Better Energy Efficiency
It’s become impossible not to associate the future with artificial intelligence. AI and machine learning technologies are poised to make as large an impact on human life as the Industrial Revolution did, if not a larger one In this Q&A, we ask James Ghawaly Jr., an assistant professor in the LSU College of Engineering with a joint appointment in the LSU Center for Computation & Technology (CCT), about his views on the future of AI research.
Early Research Impacts: Catching Up with the Inaugural Collaboration in Action Teams
Through an inaugural round of funding in 2024-2025, seven collaborative research teams received $1.6 million in support and sprang into action in January. This is where they are now.
AI @ LSU: Students Shine Showcasing Tech Innovation
Exactly 25 juniors and seniors enrolled in LSU Engineering's capstone-style computer science course, who presented artificial intelligence applications to real-world business problems on Monday night to a standing-room only crowd at Stadium Club South.