AI and Human Innovation Initiative
A university-wide initiative to address AI with a humanities and fine arts approach.
UND's AI and Human Innovation Initiative brings an arts and humanities perspective to inquiry regarding AI's potential promise and peril, and its broader implications for society and culture. To nurture ethical and equitable AI use and development, the initiative advocates challenging and exploring AI's application through insights grounded in the arts and humanities.
It explores interdisciplinary AI application, creative pursuit, critical inquiry, and pedagogy; its ethos rests on the knowledge that AI impacts all human endeavors and that humanistic perspectives must inform the advance of this technology.
AI and Human Innovation Showcase
February 28, 2025
Proposals are sought for projects which feature new and developing models for how AI can be used to partner with human thought and endeavors in classroom activities, research, creative activities and community projects.
Showcase Focus
We are particularly interested in projects that focus on the partnership of AI and human innovation to enhance or initiate:
- Human connection and/or the articulation of the human experience
- Social impact or community change
- Creative endeavors
- Interdisciplinary problem-solving
- Improved understanding of the human -AI interface
Eligible Projects
We welcome submissions from:
- Teaching/pedagogical initiatives
- Research/scholarly activities projects
- Creative endeavors
- Community-related or outreach projects or programs
- Town and gown” collaborations
- Interdisciplinary or cross-institutional projects
Projects can be at any stage of development from conceptual to fully implemented. Please indicate if AI is used to create the proposal or any part of the presentation. We seek to showcase a balance of disciplines and project types, and welcome submissions from faculty, staff, community members, and students.
Presenters must attend the showcase and present in person.
Presentation Formats
Proposals may indicate preference for one of two formats:
- Poster Presentation or stationary visual display
- AI in Action Lightening Round: Brief, engaging presentations, capped at 5 minutes*
*Only 8 submissions will be selected for the Lightening Round and presentations will be strictly limited to 5 minutes with speakers who exceed that time being muted.
Submission Guidelines
Deadline is January 15, 2025. Showcase is held February 28, 2025.
Please submit a proposal that includes:
- Project title
- Presenter name(s) and affiliations(s)
- Project abstract (max. 75 words)
- Project description (max. 250 words)
- Explanation of how the project addresses the showcase focus
- Preferred presentation format (poster or lightening round)
Submit Showcase Proposal
Deadline to submit proposals is January 15, 2025. Notification of acceptance is January 31, 2025.
UND AI and Human Innovation Team
- Emily Cherry Oliver, Co-Director
- Anna Kinney, Co-Director
- Tami Carmichael, Associate Director of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Anne Kelsch, Founding Member and Lead Advisory