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AI in Action

Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the landscape of academic research and writing.

Expert Guidance

Our AI Peer Learning Instructors will introduce you to a suite of AI-powered tools and techniques that can elevate your scholarly work.

Practical Experience

Experiment with AI-driven tools for generating research ideas, drafting compelling written content, and optimizing your academic citations.

Meet the Speakers

Dr. Connell Miller

PhD ’20, Wind Engineering, Western University; BESc [Distinction] ’15, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University is a full-time wind impacts researcher with NTP. His main responsibility is researching and implementing new cutting-edge technology for NTP including drones, LiDAR, and street view cameras.

Daniel Butt

Ph.D. student, Software Engineering, Western University is an NTP researcher with considerable knowledge in machine learning, image processing, and high-performance computing. His research focuses on building software systems to automate the complex and labour-intensive processes of analyzing severe storms.

Dr. Greg Kopp

Lead researcher in the Northern Tornadoes Project, the ImpactWX Chair in Severe Storms Engineering, and a professor in Western University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Meet the Speaker

Dr. William J Turkel

Dr. Turkel is a professor of History at Western and internationally recognized for his innovative work in digital history. He uses machine learning, text mining, and computational techniques in his study of the histories of science, technology and environment, drawing on many decades of programming experience. Author of Spark from the Deep (Johns Hopkins, 2013), The Archive of Place (UBC, 2007) and the open access textbook Digital Research Methods with Mathematica, (2nd ed 2019). His current research focuses on the use of generative AI in historiography, history and theory, and historical methods. Dr. Turkel is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (2018-25).

USC Reservations

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AI Peer Learning Instructors

Madison Sylvester

4th Year, Electrical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering

Raymond Wang

4th Year, Honours Business Administration

Noah Kostesku

2nd Year, Computer Science and Math

Ilai Harary

3rd Year, Computer Science

Henry Young

3rd Year, BMOS

Kelly Lee

3rd Year, HBA1

Samantha Christine Batte

3rd Year, History

Kiran Halkitis

4th Year, Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Devishi Sharma

3rd Year, MIT

Sarthak Bali

2nd Year, Mechatronics Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering

Organizing Team

Dr. Mark Daley

Chief AI Officer, Western University

Daniel Klapper

Vice President Student Services, USC

Have Any Questions?

Email

studentservices@westernusc.ca
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