• Welcome Back Banter + Awkward Small Talk
• AICOP Poll
• Guest Speakers: Jim Wilgenbush, and Vlad Griskevicius
• October ShareTime Announcement

Speaker Description

The University of Minnesota recently named Vlad Griskevicius as the Director of Teaching and Learning and Jim Wilgenbusch as Director of Research for the AI Hub. We are excited to welcome them to our zoom gathering to discuss new developments and opportunities to explore, innovate, and adapt.

Vlad Griskevicius serves as the Associate Dean of Academic Innovation & Operations at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and is the Carlson Family Foundation Chaired Professor of Marketing as well as Director of Teaching and Learning for the University's AI Hub. Full bio

James (Jim) Wilgenbusch is the Director of Research Computing in the Research &Innovation Office at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Jim is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of the four major computational research areas under the Office of the Vice President for Research: the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI), U-Spatial, the International Institute for Biosensing (IIB), and the Data Science Initiative (DSI).  Full Bio