Artificial intelligence (AI) Steering Committee
AI Steering Committee Members
- Scott Molitor – Office of the Provost
- Angela Paprocki – Office of the Provost
- Bhuiyan Alam – Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Bill McCreary – Division of Technology and Advanced Solutions
- Janelle Schaller – Office of Legal Affairs
- Gerald (Jerry) Natal - University Libraries
Sub-Committees
Curriculum
This committee will work to examine best practices and resources to ensure our students can competently and comfortably utilize AI-based tools, to understand acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI-based tools in their respective disciplines, and to disseminate information, resources, and best practices with our faculty.
Members
- Leon Cheng (Chair) – College of Engineering
- An Chung Cheng – Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Anthony Edgington – Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Bill Kalies - College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Colleen Quinlan – College of Health and Human Services
- Daniel J. McInnis - Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Elaine M. Reeves - University Libraries
- Jeremy Laukka – College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Tyler Hancock – College of Business
Healthcare
This committee will work to examine AI-based tools and resources to enhance the ability of our clinical faculty and staff to enhance the quality of healthcare we provide our patients, to understand acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI-based tools in their clinical specialties, and to disseminate information, resources, and best practices with our clinical faculty, medical students, residents and clinical staff.
Members
- Bryan T. Hinch - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Douglas Federman - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Hoda Shabpiray - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- James Willey - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- John M. Laux – College of Health and Human Services
- Julie A. Murphy – College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Scott M. Pappada - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Zubia Alam - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Professional Development
This committee will examine training needs for the use of AI-based tools in all aspects of University operations, including teaching, research, clinical practice, and administrative operations. This committee will identify resources that can be utilized or adapted to provide this training or will provide guidance for developing training materials for areas with training needs for which no existing resources can be identified.
Members
- Kimberly Fahey (Chair) – Human Resources Department
- Heba Abdel-Rahim – Neff College of Business and Innovation
- Jason Cox – Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Jolene Miller – University Libraries
- Ragheb Assaly – College Medicine and Life Sciences
- Teri Green – College of Graduate Studies
- Jeanne Kusina – Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
Policy
This committee will examine legal and ethical issues associated with the use of AI-based tools in all aspects of University operations, including teaching, research, clinical practice, and administrative operations. This committee will identify areas that require the creation of new policies, the content of these new policies, and required modifications of existing policies.
Members
- Mark Halsey (Chair) - Human Resources Department
- Craig A. Turner – Neff College of Business and Innovation
- Heidi Shank - College of Health and Human Services
- Suzanne Smith - Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Dale T. Snauwaert – Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Kathy Hite – Human Resources Department
- Lori DeShetler – College Medicine and Life Sciences
- Pierrette Renée Dagg - Quello Center for Media and Information Policy (Michigan State University)
Research
This committee will work to examine AI-based tools and resources to enhance the ability of our faculty, students and research staff to conduct research and scholarship, to understand acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI-based tools in their respective disciplines, and to disseminate information, resources, and best practices with our faculty, students and research staff.
Members
- Arjun Sabharwal (Chair) – University Libraries
- Ayubur Khan – Institutional Research Office
- Eddie Chou – College of Engineering
- Ben Myers - Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Iryna Pentina – Neff College of Business and Innovation
- Michael D. Toland - Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
- Sadik Khuder – College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Qin Shao - College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Shipra Singh - College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Technology
This committee will identify AI-based tools that can be used to support and enhance all aspects of University operations, including teaching, research, clinical practice, and administrative operations. This committee will also identify University operations that could benefit from the use of AI-based tools that do not yet exist and will explore the feasibility of developing and deploying these AI-based tools.
Members
- Bill McCreary (Chair) – Division of Technology and Advanced Solutions
- Weiqing Sun – College of Engineering
- Tara Hanna – College of Graduate Studies
- Emily Salvage – Enrollment Management
- Sylvia Suh – UToledo Online
- John Napp - University Libraries
- Leon Cheng – College of Engineering