Spearheaded by Professor Dame Wendy Hall, is a new initiative at the University which will accelerate research, education and knowledge exchange in the rapidly evolving and exciting field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Coordinated by the Web Science Institute, AI@Southampton will help to curate and extend the university’s interdisciplinary network of world-leading AI researchers and researchers using AI.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall recently addressed business leaders from across the region at the Annual Conference, where she took the opportunity to spotlight AI@Southampton and promote the city as a hub of AI brilliance.
She encouraged industry to collaborate and work with the University of Southampton, saying:
鈥淲e have a major opportunity to make Southampton an AI City of Excellence and in time, we could scale it up to the whole Central South to be recognised as an AI Region of Excellence. At the University we really want to be working with businesses and Business South鈥檚 Action Groups to take this forward.鈥�
AI@Southampton will also support in building relationships with public service providers, businesses and residents in and around the city as part of Civic AI@Southampton agenda, which aims to establish Southampton as the UK’s first AI City of Excellence.
For anyone interested in finding out more about AI@Southampton and to get involved, please contact Claire Wilkins, the newly appointed AI@Southampton Manager on AI@southampton.ac.uk and keep an eye on the site for news of upcoming events and opportunities.