To the FAS Community:
I am delighted to invite you to an event that will highlight some of the innovative ways in which FAS faculty are using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) technology in the classroom.
On December 6th at 1:00PM in Tsai Auditorium in CGIS South, please join us for a “show-and-tell” with four faculty from a variety of disciplines—David Malan (Computer Science), Nicole Mills (Romance Languages and Literatures), Maria Dikcis (English) and Eric Beerbohm (Government)—sharing case studies of how they are incorporating GAI into their pedagogy. This event is open to the FAS community and does not require registration.
This event has been organized by the AI Systems Working Group (AISWG), a group convened by the FAS to engage our community in exploring the potential opportunities and disruptions of AI systems; to support deliberations and planning; and to route policy discussions to appropriate bodies, as needed. The leaders of the AISWG are Latanya Sweeney, the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology, and Scott Jordan, FAS Dean for Administration and Finance. Their work is organized around three areas of focus, each with its own co-leads:
- Pedagogy: Amanda Claybaugh, Dean for Undergraduate Education, and Christopher Stubbs, Dean of Science
- Academic and Research Integrity: Melissa Dell, Professor of Economics, and William Petrick, Associate Dean of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct, Harvard College
- Administrative Innovation: Rakesh Khurana, Dean of Harvard College, and Ismael Carreras, Associate Dean for Strategic Analysis
A new FAS website on AI shares more about their areas of focus and available resources. AISWG’s activities are being closely coordinated with related University efforts.
If you haven’t yet experienced AI, we want you to have that opportunity. At this time, the HUIT Sandbox, a secure environment that Harvard has developed in which to experiment with generative AI, is open to all FAS faculty and staff, and faculty can request student access for use in the classroom. Across FAS, other related AI explorations are also under way, including work at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, to provide faculty guidance and training on how AI can impact pedagogy.
I look forward to this opportunity to hear from faculty bringing AI into the classroom and to the many other ways we will engage the applications and implications of AI technologies in months to come.
Sincerely,
Hopi Hoekstra
Hopi Hoekstra
Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
C. Y. Chan Professor of Arts and Sciences
Xiaomeng Tong and Yu Chen Professor of Life Sciences