Event Details

In the first part of this two-part talk, I will share my experience in building two high-impact innovation ecosystems focused on foundational, interdisciplinary, and translational AI. Key components of these ecosystems include visionary leadership—identifying and establishing a presence on topics and themes before they become trends—as well as creating high-performance, highly motivated collaborative teams. This involves recruiting exceptional faculty and students and providing world-class resources and facilities. The outcomes of these efforts include outstanding student success, interdisciplinary collaborations that merge foundational research with real-world applications, high-impact and well-cited publications, competitive funding, regional technical leadership, partnerships with industry, and support for startups and entrepreneurship. Additionally, there are significant regional economic impacts, along with national and international recognition for overall excellence.

https://usc.zoom.us/j/96128473400?pwd=RKbkQ0o8WLB0rxcTQVf2sxQbL0S6Oc.1

Meeting ID: 961 2847 3400

Passcode: 247398

Host: Craig Knoblock

Speaker Bio

Prof. Amit Sheth (Home Page, LinkedIn, GScholar) is an Educator, Researcher, and Entrepreneur. He is the NCR Chair & Professor of Computer Sc & Engg. He founded the university-wide AI Institute at the University of South Carolina in 2019 which now has ~50 researchers. Earlier, he was the Ohio Eminent Scholar and Exec. Director of Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing and BioHealth Innovation at Wright State University. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAI, AAAS, ACM, and AAIA. His major awards include IEEE CS W. Wallace McDowell and IEEE TVSVC Research Innovation awards. He has (co-)founded four companies based on his university research, including the first Semantic Search company in 1999 that pioneered technology similar to what is found today in Google Semantic Search and Knowledge Graph, ezDI, which developed knowledge-infused clinical NLP/NLU, and Cognovi Labs at the intersection of emotion and AI. He is particularly proud of the success of his >>45 Ph.D. advisees and postdocs in academia, industry research, and entrepreneurship.