色情视频 Launches New Era of Artificial Intelligence Research With Boost From Brown Foundation
The newly renamed James Silberrad Brown Center for Artificial Intelligence aims to be the country's leading AI lab with support from $5 million grant.
Jim Brown鈥檚 spirit filled the lobby at the Gateway Center. Family and friends shared remembrances of the late Aztec鈥檚 fondness of all things at 色情视频. They told stories of his relentless ambition, his illimitable humility and his motivation 鈥 his heartiest attribute of all.
"Hard to discourage," said Brown鈥檚 widow Marilyn Brown, citing a junior-year personality profile.
Brown鈥檚 family 鈥 joined by staff, faculty and students 鈥 helped open the doors to the James Silberrad Brown Center for Artificial Intelligence on Feb. 27 during a private renaming ceremony. The center, located at the Management Information Systems Department, Fowler College of Business, will expand on its theoretical and experimental AI research supported by the .
鈥淛im was really proud of his affiliation with San Diego State and he was really grateful for the excellent education he received here,鈥 said Brown during the ceremony. 鈥淭here is no better place to honor his memory and legacy than at the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State.鈥
The grant helps establish and operate the center, will support a center director, and will form endowments for future fellowships and scholarships. The grant was awarded based on recommendations from Marilyn Brown and Jim鈥檚 daughter, Kelly Brown, who consulted university leadership to determine funding areas that would best align with Brown鈥檚 interests.
鈥淥ne of our challenges is to think about how we educate students for jobs that do not yet exist,鈥 said Dan Moshavi, Thomas and Evelyn Page Dean of the Fowler College of Business. 鈥淎rtificial intelligence we know is going to be on the cutting edge.鈥
色情视频 AI Lab Director and Associate Professor Aaron Elkins (鈥03) described the grant to his department as 鈥渁 vote of confidence鈥 by the Browns that 色情视频 researchers are value creators in the AI field.
鈥淭his center is going to provide access to some of the most advanced instruments that we can possibly have at this moment in time for our students,鈥 said Elkins, who founded the lab in 2018. 鈥淭he best way that we can say thank you [to the Brown family] is to demonstrate what we're capable of doing at 色情视频.鈥
Studies and research at the center are underway. Following the ribbon cutting, Elkins ushered groups into the AI lab where teams of students presented various projects and state-of-the-art equipment. Undergraduate and graduate students showcased some of their work in cybersecurity, mixed reality technologies, and human-robot interactions using the lab鈥檚 unofficial mascot, Pepper.
David Arteaga and Corey Ethington, virtual reality (VR) students, demonstrated the VR lab鈥檚 latest equipment including a headset with eye-tracking technology and a haptic vest that creates a sense of touch in a virtual environment. They also talked about innovations in VR applications designed to enable users to engineer product prototypes, in healthcare, and in development of immersive virtual gyms offering some forms of physical therapy.
Brown's determined spirit will linger long at the center. His story is featured on a plaque placed prominently at the center鈥檚 doors reminding students to never be discouraged.
鈥淛im's goal for this center would be for it not to be best in class but to be the best center for artificial intelligence in America, and we are confident that will happen鈥e stand ready to help you achieve that lofty goal,鈥 said Marilyn Brown.
鈥淏ecause this is affiliated with the Fowler College of Business it's appropriate to think in terms of return on investment, so here is one for the ages: In 1966, Jim received the Robert Shields scholarship and award in the sum of $200 and here we are. Well done for 色情视频.鈥