{"id":4344,"date":"2023-04-17T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T13:40:19","slug":"purdue-launches-nations-first-institute-of-physical-ai-ipai-recruiting-50-new-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q2\/purdue-launches-nations-first-institute-of-physical-ai-ipai-recruiting-50-new-faculty","title":{"rendered":"Purdue launches nation\u2019s first Institute for Physical AI (IPAI), recruiting 50 new faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>As student interests in computing-related majors and societal impact of artificial intelligence and chips continue to rise rapidly, Purdue University\u2019s Board of Trustees announced Friday (April 14) a major initiative,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/computes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue Computes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Purdue Computes is made up of three pillars: academic resource of the computing departments, strategic AI research, and semiconductor education and innovation. This story highlights Pillar 2: strategic research in AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the intersection between the virtual and the physical, Purdue will leapfrog to prominence between the bytes of AI and the atoms of growing, making and moving things: the university and state\u2019s long-standing strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/computes\/initiative-for-physical-artificial-intelligence\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue Institute for Physical AI<\/a>&nbsp;(IPAI) will be the cornerstone of the university\u2019s unprecedented push into bytes-meet-atoms research. By developing both foundational AI and its applications to \u201cWe Grow, We Make, We Move,\u201d faculty will transform AI development through physical applications, and vice versa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPAI\u2019s creation is based on extensive faculty input and unique strength of research excellence at Purdue. Open agricultural data, neuromorphic computing, deep fake detection, edge AI systems, smart transportation data and AI-based manufacturing are among the variety of cutting-edge topics to be explored by IPAI through several current and emerging university research centers. The centers are the backbone of the IPAI, building upon Purdue\u2019s existing and developing AI and cybersecurity strengths as well as workforce development. New degrees and certificates for both residential and online students will be developed for students interested in physical AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough this strategic research leadership, Purdue is focusing current and future assets on areas that will carry research into the next generation of technology,\u201d said Karen Plaut, executive vice president of research. \u201cSuccesses in the lab and the classroom on these topics will help tomorrow\u2019s leaders tackle the world\u2019s evolving challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A steering committee of 17 faculty members features a multidisciplinary group of individuals from many of Purdue\u2019s colleges and departments across campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IPAI will include an advisory board consisting of alumni in leadership positions throughout the AI industry. This includes Tesla, Intel, Apple and Ring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purdue\u2019s leadership in defining physical AI also will be supported by the recruitment of 50 new faculty during the next five years, tenure-homed at departments in colleges throughout the campus while holding affiliation with IPAI. This addition will be bolstered by 250 Presidential Doctoral Excellence Awards to be deployed to recruit the best PhD students in the field over the same period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Industry collaboration is a planned hallmark of Purdue\u2019s AI ambitions. Eli Lilly and Company, on AI in drug discovery and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and High Alpha, on AI based startup creation, are among the Indiana industries that will partner with the university, especially in joint research talent recruiting and workforce development.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Purdue University<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University is a top public research institution developing practical solutions to today\u2019s toughest challenges. Ranked in each of the last five years as one of the 10 Most Innovative universities in the United States by U.S. News &amp; World Report, Purdue delivers world-changing research and out-of-this-world discovery. Committed to hands-on and online, real-world learning, Purdue offers a transformative education to all. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels, enabling more students than ever to graduate debt-free. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"note\" class=\"post-content__attribution \">\n    <div class=\"columns\"> \n                    <div class=\"column\"> \n                <p class=\"post-content__source\">\n                    <strong>Writer\/Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Brian Huchel,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bhuchel@purdue.edu\">bhuchel@purdue.edu<\/a><br><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0Karen Plaut                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; As student interests in computing-related majors and societal impact of artificial intelligence and chips continue to rise rapidly, Purdue University\u2019s Board of Trustees announced Friday (April 14) a major initiative,&nbsp;Purdue Computes. 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