Scope

The GenAI Solutions Hub is charged by Provost Coleman and CIO Martin to aggregate capabilities and corresponding resources to empower responsible adoption of generative AI at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Hub was established in September 2023.

Purpose

The GenAI Solutions Hub will connect experts with diverse perspectives to build community, coordinate resources, and advise campus leadership to support Generative AI at Illinois in a way that advances development, fosters consistency and access, reduces unnecessary duplication, and aligns with privacy and security best practices. The GenAI Solutions Hub will contribute to and align with the system-wide risk management strategy.

Goals

In its second year, the Hub will:

Continue to identify and provide campus use cases and best practices for the application of Generative AI in teaching and learning, research, and administrative operations.
Review and make recommendations for campus policies related to Generative AI.
Evaluate Generative AI tools for enterprise use on campus.
Provide information about Generative AI resources and opportunities to the campus via the genai.illinois.edu website.
Advise the CIO and Provost on campus investment strategies related to Generative AI infrastructure, vended tools, internal development, training, and support.
Sponsor campus training workshops and collaboration events related to Generative AI.
Coordinate, foster and engage campus communities of practice focused on the use of Generative AI, specifically in the domains of teaching and learning, research, and administrative operations

Structure

The GenAI Solutions Hub will consist of faculty and staff from multiple disciplines across campus. Members of the Hub will contribute primarily through standing working groups focused on the use of generative AI in the mission areas of teaching and learning, research, and administrative operations.