Whether it’s an Omaha Public Power District AI assistant or an AI archery coach and training simulator, students in UNO’s Artificial Intelligence bachelor’s program are working on projects with the potential to make a difference.“Local companies have been very, very excited about this. And they wrote many of the support letters that carried us through into the approval process,” says UNO professor Mahadevan Subramaniam.The program is just a year old. Dean of the College of Information Science and Technology, Martha Garcia-Murillo, says when it was created, only 22 other programs existed in the country.“This is something that was changing so fast, we needed to be there to continue to provide quality and relevant education,” said Garcia-Murillo.With the power of a strong faculty specialized in AI—like Professor Subramaniam, also known as Professor Subu—they built an Artificial Intelligence bachelor’s program.“The undergraduate degree primarily was designed with this in mind: that basically we wanted many people like computer scientists to get into the AI major,” says Subramaniam.The degree became available this year, and students like Ashita Abraham were drawn to the opportunity.“The future is purely dependent on AI in one or the other way,” says senior bachelor’s student Ashita Abraham.Abraham is now a triple major student after enrolling in the AI program.“Since I did most of my classes in computer science and cybersecurity, to pursue an AI major, I just need two or three classes with an AI capstone,” says Abraham.With the success UNO has seen in their AI bachelor’s program, they are now working on introducing a master’s degree. Their goal is to cater to students who want to specialize in different tracks like data science or research.“We wanted to give a chance for every person to really leverage their background and then primarily specialize in AI,” says Subramaniam.Dean Garcia-Murillo believes the addition of the master’s program will only benefit the economic development of Nebraska.“It is fundamental for the state of Nebraska to continue to invest in this type of state-of-the-art education and degrees, because we are the workforce of this state,” says Garcia-Murillo.
Whether it’s an Omaha Public Power District AI assistant or an AI archery coach and training simulator, students in UNO’s Artificial Intelligence bachelor’s program are working on projects with the potential to make a difference.
“Local companies have been very, very excited about this. And they wrote many of the support letters that carried us through into the approval process,” says UNO professor Mahadevan Subramaniam.
The program is just a year old. Dean of the College of Information Science and Technology, Martha Garcia-Murillo, says when it was created, only 22 other programs existed in the country.
“This is something that was changing so fast, we needed to be there to continue to provide quality and relevant education,” said Garcia-Murillo.
With the power of a strong faculty specialized in AI—like Professor Subramaniam, also known as Professor Subu—they built an Artificial Intelligence bachelor’s program.
“The undergraduate degree primarily was designed with this in mind: that basically we wanted many people like computer scientists to get into the AI major,” says Subramaniam.
The degree became available this year, and students like Ashita Abraham were drawn to the opportunity.
“The future is purely dependent on AI in one or the other way,” says senior bachelor’s student Ashita Abraham.
Abraham is now a triple major student after enrolling in the AI program.
“Since I did most of my classes in computer science and cybersecurity, to pursue an AI major, I just need two or three classes with an AI capstone,” says Abraham.
With the success UNO has seen in their AI bachelor’s program, they are now working on introducing a master’s degree. Their goal is to cater to students who want to specialize in different tracks like data science or research.
“We wanted to give a chance for every person to really leverage their background and then primarily specialize in AI,” says Subramaniam.
Dean Garcia-Murillo believes the addition of the master’s program will only benefit the economic development of Nebraska.
“It is fundamental for the state of Nebraska to continue to invest in this type of state-of-the-art education and degrees, because we are the workforce of this state,” says Garcia-Murillo.
