The university-wide AI Institute of UofSC (AIISC) is administratively part of the CEC with Dean Hossein Haj-Harriri as its chief patron. This presentation give a quick overview of the CEC.
Global Lehigh Strategic Initiatives (without descriptions)
UofSC College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) - Dean's review
1. WELCOME FROM
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
COMPUTING @ UofSC
TO THE ATTENDEES IN THE 2020 WORKSHOP ON
COLLABORATIVE ASSISTANTS FOR
SOCIETY (CASY)
HOSSEIN HAJ-HARIRI, DEAN
OCTOBER 16, 2020
2. University of South Carolina
• Founded in 1801, USC is a comprehensive public
university
• Public, historic, comprehensive
• Carnegie R1
• 1 of 32 public universities with both Research and
Community Engagement designations
• 5th Fastest Growing State in Manufacturing in the US
12. SAMPLE UNIVERSITY-WIDE AI COLLABORATIONS
• College of Pharmacy
• (South Carolina Colon Cancer Prevention Network): early onset of colorectal cancer
• College of Arts and Sciences
• recovery and resilience from natural disasters (with Hazards and Vulnerability Research
Institute), misinformation and radicalization (with the Institute of Mind and Brain)
• School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• social media insights and harassment of journalists (with Social Media Insights Lab)
• College of Education
• using chatbots (virtual agents) for the health of school children through nutrition monitoring and
guidance
• School of Medicine and College of Nursing
• personalized digital health (asthma and obesity in children and adults) and health chatbots
• Arnold School of Public Health
• brain imaging (with Aging Brain Cohort and Aphasia Laboratory), identification and
management of mental health including depression and suicide ideation
13. CEC – Shape and Size
• 3250+ undergraduate students
• 590+ graduate students
• 130/37 TTT/NTT fac
• +36 TTT/+35 NTT
• $31M research awards (FY20)
• $17M YTD FY21
• Major initiatives:
• DoD, DoE, NASA
• New Programs
• Aerospace Engineering
• Tech Innov & Entrepreneurial Engineering (MS)
14. RESEARCH STRENGTHS
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Advanced Structural and Energetic Materials (NASA ULI)
• Applied Artificial Intelligence
• Energy Storage, Generation and Distribution (ONR, SRNL)
• LPI/LPD Communication, Computational Robotics (NASA ULI)
• Transformative Health Care
• Smart Infrastructure; NDE, Predictive Maintenance