EIT Presents: Enhancing the Educational Experience with ChatGPT and AI
A free conference at the University of Houston
Friday, February 16, 2024
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We are excited to announce the first UH “EIT Presents,” which will be held on February
16, 2024, at Stephen Power Farish Hall. Education Innovation and Technology is pleased
to invite experts from Adobe to discuss their latest artificial intelligence (AI)
applications for the classroom and beyond.
This event will feature a keynote address by Dr. Xiaoyang (Rebecca) Li, who received
her doctorate at the University of Houston and is an Adobe Research Engineer in AI.
She will discuss how Adobe’s GenAI products are helping faculty and students be more
creative and productive. Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist, Todd Taylor, will discuss the
role of AI in higher education. In addition, Microsoft representatives, Seth Jewell,
Charisma Edwards, and Ambrosia Williams, will present Co-Pilot's exciting and productive
features.
Todd Taylor, Adobe - Transforming and Differentiating the College Experience for All
Students
Dr. Nouhad Rizk - Reflect Interact Create (RIC): A ChatGPT-based Model to Develop
Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Dr. Jeff Morgan - AI and Core Level Mathematics
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session 3
Dr. Xiaoyang (Rebecca) Li - Keynote
Cancelled Dr. Babu Sundaram, Fred McGhee, & Gosfrey Gutierrez - An AI-based Social
Media Crawler to perceive UH Community Sentiments
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Lunch, Seth Jewell, Charisma Edwards, & Ambrosia Williams - Microsoft Copilot: Your
AI Assistant for Microsoft 365
1:10 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Session 4
Dr. William Zahn & Danny Gavin - Strategies for Incorporating ChatGPT into the Digital
Marketing Education Curriculum
Dr. Michael Kraten - Save the Blue Frog: Employing A.I. Technology to Develop an Anthropomorphic
Character for an Interactive, Experimental, Role Playing Sustainability Education
Game
Dr. Elizabeth Rodwell - Humans are Still in the Loop: GPT and other Conversational
AI
2:20 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Session 5
Dr. Seth Chandler - Leveraging AI to Enhance Legal Education
Dr. Emese Felvegi, Aniko N. Fields, & Sarah Schmitz - ChatGPT for Learner Support
John McNally, Wolfram Alpha - Transforming Teaching: Prompting Techniques and Assessment
Strategy for Learning with AI
3:10 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Session 6
*Dr. Jae Lee & *Dr. Youmei Liu - The Future of Education: Leveraging ChatGPT to Enhance
Teaching and Learning
*Dr. Kiran Parthasarathy - Integrating AI into Introductory Accounting courses to
facilitate student engagement and success
4:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Session 7
*Dr. Tian Chen - Lessons from Integrating GPT-4 and 3D Printing in a Course on Structural
Optimization
*Dr. Zachary Zwald - ChatGPT as a Learning Tool: The Potential for Human-Machine Collaboration
in the Political Science and Public Policy Classroom
*Teaching Innovation Program (TIP) grant awardees 2023-24
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Rebecca Li
Dr. Rebecca Li, the Co-founder and Release Tech Lead of the Firefly mono repo SDK, will introduce how Firefly's innovations have revolutionized creativity
generation at Adobe. Launched as Adobe's first AI Art generation tool, Firefly has
become a pivotal force within the creative industry.
The Firefly SDK Mono Repo serves as the vital link between development and deployment
within the expansive Firefly ecosystem. As a pioneering founder of the Firefly SDK,
Dr. Li has been instrumental in establishing it as the single source of truth for
numerous dynamic teams. This pivotal role requires close collaboration with evolving
research architectures and rapid adaptation to changing product requests.
Dr. Li has witnessed the remarkable transformation of the Firefly SDK community, growing
from a small group of researchers to over 100 researchers and engineers in just months.
She handles the intricate task of consolidating feature requests from stakeholders
in model training, model conversion, performance evaluation, and production deployment.
In her dual role as the Release Tech Lead, she oversees internal research model releases,
manages weekly code base stable releases, and leads significant refactoring upgrades.
Her visionary leadership has introduced robust collaboration and release workflows,
enhancing version release efficiency and transparency for contributors.
Dr. Li's keynote will delve into Firefly's transformative impact on creativity generation.
With her expertise, she offers invaluable insights into the ever-evolving landscape
of creative AI, showcasing how Firefly has become a pioneering force within Adobe.
