Educational Opportunities

Professional Development

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Videos

AI Chat Tool Available at WWU (Microsoft Copilot), AJ Barse, 10/16/24
AI Generative Images for Teaching and Learning, 1/11/24

Presentations

Presentation: The Fractious Journey of Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence, 3/15/24
GPT in Practice, 3/9/23
Re-envisioning Writing Assignments in the Age of AI, 1/27/23
Strategies for AI in Student Work, 12/6/23

Powering the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure, Institute for Energy Studies, WWU
Discussion: What are the promises and perils of AI at Western? Part of the series, Building Community Through Difficult Conversations, for faculty, staff, and students, WWU Faculty Senate and the Office of Equity, 2/25

Courses

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AI in Computer Science at Western
- CSCI 172: Introduction to Robotics
- CSCI 197D: Artificial Intelligence for All (planned)
- CSCI 321: Game Programming
- CSCI 372: Robotics: Applications of Artificial Intelligence
- CSCI 402/570: Symbolic Artificial Intelligence
- CSCI 404: Natural Language Processing
- CSCI 471: Machine Learning
- CSCI 476: Computer Vision
- CSCI 479/579 Spoken Language Processing
- CSCI 476: Computer Vision
- CSCI 477: Data Mining
- CSCI 481/581 Deep Learning
- CSCI 482/582: Computational Neuroscience
- CSCI 497E: Applications of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity
- CSCI 497F: AI for STEM
- CSCI 49x: Large Language Models (planned)
- CSCI 49y: Agentic AI (planned)
- CSCI 571: Advanced Machine Learning
Computer Science Master’s Program
Data Science BS Major
- DATA 471/517 Machine Learning (see above)

EECE 383: Machine Learning for Engineers
EECE 384: Artificial Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning
EECE 385: Cyber-Physical Systems

MKG 488: AI in Marketing

MIS 432: Artificial Intelligence in Business

NURS 544: Systems & Adaptive Thinking

LIBR 297E: Writing, Research, and Artificial Intelligence

Experts at WWU

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Max Barahona (Finance and Marketing)
- A Framework for the Thoughtful Adoption of AI in Higher Education: French Institutions as a Case Study, An Evidence-Based and Collaborative Path to Implementation
Kameron Decker Harris (Computer Science)
- AI Discussion 2024
Hanxiang Du (Computer Science)
- WWU's Hanxiang Du and the University of Florida partner to study AI-enhanced learning
Brian Hutchinson (Computer Science)
- CV
- What is ChatGPT, how does it work, and how is it impacting academia?
Casey Mullin, Head Cataloging & Metadata Svc., Western Libraries
- Substack — Cataloger in the Loop: Slow AI for Fast Work
See also: Computer Science Department Faculty

AJ Barse, Instructional Designer, Center for Instructional Innovation
- Exploring AI in Higher Education — Digital Alchemist Blog
- Unlocking Generative AI in the Classroom Today - Adobe MAX 2023 - AJ Barse 9/2023