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Vanderbilt expands multi-tool AI strategy with ChatGPT Edu, Amplify 2.0 and more
Vanderbilt University expands its generative AI tool and training to include community-wide access to ChatGPT Edu, Amplify 2.0 and Grow with Google, part of a multi-tool approach to powering advancements in research, education and operations. Read MoreJan. 12, 2026
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Amplify 2.0 ushers in a new era of AI-powered productivity at Vanderbilt
Amplify GenAI is taking a major step forward at Vanderbilt University. This spring, Vanderbilt is launching Amplify 2.0, a significant expansion of the university’s generative AI platform that will give every user access to a personal AI email assistant, scheduling agent, and intelligent note-taker—all within Vanderbilt’s secure, vendor-independent environment. Read MoreJan. 6, 2026
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SPECIAL PODCAST EPISODE: Connecting our lives to AI and robotics with Matthew Johnson-Roberson
What does the future of AI and robotics look like in our daily lives and as a career field? In a special episode of Quantum Potential, Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with Matthew Johnson-Roberson, the inaugural dean of the College of Connected Computing... Read MoreDec. 11, 2025
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Vanderbilt University and EPB launch innovation institute to accelerate quantum science and technology breakthroughs
Vanderbilt University and EPB of Chattanooga, home of America’s most comprehensive quantum commercialization infrastructure, announced plans to establish the Institute for Quantum Innovation, further positioning Chattanooga—and Tennessee—as a national ... Read MoreDec. 10, 2025
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Daiwei Lu receives grant from National Institutes of Health to create models that improve treatment of kidney stones
Daiwei Lu, a third-year Ph.D. student in computer science at Vanderbilt, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study that aims to create computer vision and machine learning models to improve endoscopic treatment of kidney stones. Each year, over 100,000 patients require… Read MoreNov. 6, 2025
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Decoding Vanderbilt’s New College of Connected Computing
In this conversation with Vanderbilt Magazine, Dean Matthew Johnson-Roberson discusses his vision for the new College of Connected Computing, the integration of AI across disciplines and why “connected computing” represents the future of technology edu... Read MoreNov. 6, 2025
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Blue Origin CEO and alumnus David Limp urges students to be ‘curious,’ proficient in AI
Vanderbilt School of Engineering alumnus David Limp, CEO of Blue Origin and former senior vice president at Amazon, urged students during a packed-house campus event on Sept. 18 to “be curious” and become proficient in the use of artificial intelligence so they can remain competitive in the workforce. In conversation with Krish Roy, the Bruce […] Read MoreOct. 21, 2025
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College of Connected Computing launches ‘Plot Twist’ series to offer students advice about successful technology careers
The College of Connected Computing has developed a new speaker series called “Plot Twist” that invites Vanderbilt alumni from various backgrounds to share stories with current students about their paths to becoming technology leaders. “We strive to find alumni whose career paths have taken interesting twists and turns to… Read MoreOct. 15, 2025
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Andy Schwartz: Leveraging AI to improve the human condition
As far back as he can remember, Andy Schwartz has been fascinated by two things—how the brain works and how humans process natural language. “I had always been interested in the mind and language, stemming from my own struggles with reading, dyslexia... Read MoreOct. 13, 2025
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College of Connected Computing researcher helps launch worldwide human-centered AI evaluation
The HLAB directed by H. Andrew Schwartz, which just moved to Vanderbilt’s new College of Connecting Computing, is running a key part of the annual worldwide artificial intelligence test, SemEval, which will evaluate how well current AI text systems understand human emotion. Each year, more than a hundred… Read MoreSep. 10, 2025