ISAT News

iSAT’s own Martha Palmer is first Woman to obtain a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from The University of Edinburgh ! Her research is focused on capturing elements of the meanings of words that can comprise automatic representations of complex sentences and documents. Co-Principal Investigator of Strand 1, Martha leads her...

Congratulations to iSAT Strand 3 team member Thomas M. Philip on his selection as one of 24 exemplary scholars to be named 2023 American Educational Research Association Fellows (AERA)! This prestigious award honors scholars for their exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research. Nominated by their peers, the AERA...

ChatGPT is making headlines everywhere for its ability to do just about anything and everything. The implications for an artificial intelligence platform with such a wide range of capabilities are huge, and this article goes into more detail about the concerns surrounding ChatGPT as well as the possibilities. Our Excecutive...

Strand 2 team member and Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Mike Tissenbaum, talks about how Artificial Intelligence in Education is changing the classroom landscape for both teachers and students here . He gives great insight on positive examples of how AI can empower teachers as well as...

Chelsea is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder who specializes in developing and validating natural language processing and speech-based tools. Her past research was focused on the detection of psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders, however she is excited to apply these skills within the domain of education. Chelsea...

Congratulations to Jeff Flanigan, Jon Cai, and the rest of the Dependency Dialogue Acts team on their paper’s acceptance into the 13th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology 2023 (IWSDS). This year’s conference theme will be: "Diversity in Dialogue Systems" and will be held in California at USC in...

A huge congratulations to our own Shiran Dudy for being recognized as one of “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics” for 2023. You can read the full article here!

We want to congratulate our partners in the Saint Vrain Valley School District for its Innovation Center’s Artificial Intelligence leadership team and students winning first place in the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth’s fifth annual competition. The team, started more than three years ago, is comprised of five...

iSAT Principal Investigator Sidney D’Mello, Executive Director Peter Foltz, Co-Principal Investigator Tamara Sumner, and other iSAT team members attended the AI Institutes Virtual Organization Summit for AI Institutes Leadership (SAIL) held in mid-December in California. This inaugural conference was an opportunity for significant interactions, discussions and building connections among 18...

iSAT team members are presenting a panel Reimagining AI in Education: Perspectives from the Institute for Student-AI Teaming at the Empowering Learners for the Age of AI conference this Wednesday, December 7th from 3-4pm MT. The session is part of the virtual 3-day conference taking place this week. Register for...