AAC&U Conference on AI and Higher Education
Building a Path Forward —Together
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping teaching, learning, research, institutional operations, and the future of academic work. Colleges and universities must move quickly from experimentation to coordinated, institution-wide strategies that align AI innovation w…[Read more]

Hello colleagues in Artificial Intelligence in Education,
I’m reaching out to invite collaboration with instructors and programs that want to bring AI-enabled scientific computing workflows into the classroom—through assignments, demos, student mini-projects, and small-scale research experiences.
I’m the PI of the NAIRR Classroom Pilot proje…[Read more]

https://doi.org/10.5121/ijci.2025.140302
INTEGRATING UNIVERSAL GENERATIVE AI PLATFORMS IN EDUCATIONAL LABS TO FOSTER CRITICAL THINKING AND DIGITAL LITERACY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsonc4WOfRI 

My NAIRR pilot project to train students and faculty to use NAIRR resources for science and education has been approved by the NAIRR. I now have allocations on NAIRR resources and can give access to NAIR resources to interested students and faculty. Now I’m forming an informal group to explore AI for science and education by using NAIRR r…[Read more]

About NAIRR Pilot
What is the NAIRR?
https://nairrpilot.org/about
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds the potential to accelerate discovery and innovation and reshape our modern workforce. However, many researchers and educators lack access to the AI resources necessary to fully conduct their research activities and to train the next generation.…[Read more]

NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH RESOURCE PILOT

Annual Meeting
March 10 – 13, 2026 – Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Calls for Proposals

Tutorials & Workshops

The 2026 NAIRR Pilot Annual Meeting invites community submissions for hands-on Tutorials and for community-engaging Workshops that advance the use of NAIRR Pilot a…[Read more]

Calling all CUNY Graduate Center students in this group!

I’m excited to invite you to apply for the focused inquiry group I’ll be running in Spring 2026 through the GC’s Teaching and Learning Center. Participants will receive a $500 stipend to collaborate on developing critical AI methods and teaching practices to scale sustainably at the GC and…[Read more]

to Foster Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy (Supplementary Materials)

        Vasiliy Znamenskiy1,               Rafael Niyazov2,     and      Joel Hernandez3, 

1[email protected]   2[email protected]    3[email protected]  

Science Dep., Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York

3rd In…[Read more]

3rd International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (CSEAI 2025)
https://cseai2025.org/index
Proceeding URL: https://ijcionline.com/volume/v14n3
Presentation:
Integrating Universal Generative AI Platforms in Educational Labs to Foster Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy
Vasiliy Znamenskiy, Rafael Niyazov a…[Read more]

Znamenskiy, V. (2025) “Artificial Intelligence and Astronomy: Lab Manual for Generative AI-Based Learning Activities”. Zenodo, 30 May. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15555802.
Lab Manual Files: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15555802

Abstract:
This lab manual is designed for undergraduate astronomy courses and introduces students to the practical app…[Read more]