U News 2 | Tulane University’s Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer learned from her parents
Carnegie Mellon University establishing a joint center to test and evaluate modern artificial intelligence capabilities and tools.
From Tulane University:
Kimberly Gramm says her fondest childhood memories are of helping her father launch his own business in the family’s garage at their home just outside of Tampa, Fla. A trained engineer who loved the outdoors, he started a company that built and sold fishing lures to customers across the country. Gramm was by his side, helping paint the lures and watching her father turn a hobby into a thriving business.
“I saw him bring his passions together. Over the course of a decade, we got to see his company grow so much,” Gramm recalled. “It was so fun to see that trajectory of growth and development and how things became more sophisticated. He was a really smart guy and I feel so fortunate that I learned a lot from him.”
Today, Gramm continues to rely on the lessons from both of her parents in her role as the David and Marion Mussafer Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer at the Tulane University Innovation Institute. Prior to arriving at Tulane two years ago, Gramm founded two university accelerators, FAU Tech Runway and Texas Tech University Accelerator, as well as the Texas Tech Research Park Inc. She also served as Associate Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University most recently before accepting the position at Tulane.
Although the Innovation Institute works with entrepreneurs in all sectors, Gramm said there has been an increased focus on healthcare, energy, and artificial intelligence.
You can learn more about her in this article from nola.com.
From the University of Alabama in Huntsville:
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC), a Huntsville nonprofit and subsidiary of the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM).
AMIIC is committed to driving regional technology advancement through specialized manufacturing solutions, collaborative innovation, seamless technology integration, and workforce development. The agreement will enable UAH students to use AMIIC laboratory space and advanced manufacturing equipment.
“This partnership makes valuable new training opportunities available to our students, and will benefit the community at large,” said Dr. David A. Puleo, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at UAH. “UAH is focused on innovating its curriculum to prepare students for the realities and challenges of the future. This partnership will ensure that our students are trained in the latest technologies even before they graduate, giving them an advantage as they pursue careers in highly sought-after fields, such as applied engineering and advanced manufacturing.”
From Carnegie Mellon University:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $6 million to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to establish a joint center to support cooperative research and experimentation for the test and evaluation of modern artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and tools.
The CMU/NIST AI Measurement Science & Engineering Cooperative Research Center, which will be housed on the Carnegie Mellon campus in Pittsburgh, will seek to advance AI risk management practices and evaluation approaches through stakeholder partnerships and translate assessment capabilities and methodologies into practice.
The center will focus on foundational research and developing AI system-level tooling, metrics, evaluation procedures, development processes, and best practices to help AI builders consistently engineer safe AI systems. Its efforts will align with NIST AI priorities including better methods for measuring: (1) validity, reliability, safety, privacy, and security; (2) accountability, transparency, fairness, and explainability; and (3) generative AI evaluation at any stage of development or deployment.
From Northern Michigan University:
Northern Michigan University (NMU) has announced a new partnership with Shift Labs Network™, an initiative spearheaded by Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) da Vinci Center for Innovation. The Shift Labs Network™, a Fast Company 2023 Innovation by Design award winner, is dedicated to accelerating access to innovation and entrepreneurship educational opportunities through a collaborative network of educational institutions, partner organizations and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU led the university’s effort to develop the partnership. It is intended to provide NMU students and faculty access to the state-of-the-art facilities and resources of VCU’s Shift Retail Lab. This will increase the breadth of opportunities for creating additional collaborative partners—opportunities that are not immediately available to NMU students and faculty.
Through the collaboration, NMU students and faculty will benefit from the growing portfolio of stackable credentials and engage in multi-institutional collaboration, allowing for an enriched educational experience that prepares students to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving world.
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