To: Faculty (DOF-TTT-ALL email list), Chairs and Office Heads, Postdoctoral and Professional Researchers, and Graduate Students
From: Peter Schiffer, Office of the Dean for Research
Subject: Announcing the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (AI Lab)
Date: Friday, September 20, 2024 3:56 PM
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the formation of a new academic unit that substantially expands the scope of AI research at Princeton. Launching this fall, the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (AI Lab) will incubate AI-related research projects and provide a shared infrastructure for faculty members from across the disciplines.
The AI Lab’s inaugural director is Tom Griffiths, Princeton’s Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture (jointly appointed in the Departments of Psychology and Computer Science). Olga Russakovsky, associate professor of computer science, is the associate director of the AI Lab.
The goal of the AI Lab is to make nimble investments in areas where Princeton researchers can make disproportionate impacts. The AI Lab will also provide a shared infrastructure that supports Princeton faculty via:
- New support for postdoctoral fellows, research software engineers, and proposal development
- Computational resources including a cluster with 300 H100 GPUs
- Seed funding for faculty starting new AI-related research
- Events and gatherings to discuss research ideas at various stages of the pipeline
The unit currently supports three research initiatives: Princeton Language and Intelligence (launched September 2023), AI for Accelerating Invention (launched August 2024) and Natural and Artificial Minds (launching September 2024).
Members of the Princeton community are welcome to join in this exciting endeavor through a number of channels:
- Sign up to receive notices about AI Lab opportunities: AI Lab Mailing List
- Faculty are invited to participate in an AI Lab faculty discussion to learn more and ask questions at the AI Lab, 41 William Street (the Scribner building), room 274.
- Monday, September 23, at 10 am
- Tuesday, October 1, at 3 pm
- Register
- Attend the AI Lab Open House: Thursday, October 24, 4:00-5:00 pm.
Please also visit the AI Lab FAQ page or reach out to [email protected] with any questions.
Best regards,
Peter
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Peter Schiffer
Dean for Research
Vice President, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
Princeton University