Recently, NVIDIA, the bellwether of the global AI sector and the largest AI hardware and software supplier in the United States by market capitalization, joined forces with the Georgia Institute of Technology to launch the first AI Makerspace designed for students.
AI Makerspace is a purpose-built computing cluster that is paired with NVIDIA's AI enterprise software. Currently, the center is powered by 20 NVIDIA HGX H100 systems, including 160 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs (graphics processing units), capable of quickly handling complex computing tasks.
Georgia Tech's official website reads: "Multiplication done in one second by an NVIDIA H100 GPU would take 22 years for 50,000 Georgia Tech students to achieve.
Imagine how powerful the computing power of 160 H100 GPUs should be?
In addition to the school's hardware is sufficient, Georgia Tech officials said that in the next few years, it will carry out drastic reforms in science and engineering education, and integrate AI education into all aspects of the curriculum system.
The School of Engineering will take a different approach to teaching and learning than other schools by creating a digital sandbox for students to understand and use AI in the classroom.
It is expected that by spring 2025, all Georgia Tech engineering students—both undergraduate and graduate—will have the opportunity to participate in AI Makerspace-related projects.
Students have the opportunity to complete coursework projects related to computer vision, large language models, robotics, supply chain management, chemistry, or biomedical engineering.
Georgia Tech also plans to build AI Makerspace Omniverse, a sandbox for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), in 2026. The research center is based on NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for connecting and developing 3D tools and applications that is open to all students.
UIUC School of Computing and Data Science
近日，全美顶尖的计算机院校——伊利诺伊大学香槟分校（UIUC）宣布成立Siebel计算与数据科学学院（Siebel School of Computing and Data Science）。
UIUC's School of Computer and Data Science was founded thanks to a $50 million donation from alumnus Thomas M. Siebel, and UIUC plans to build a new building.
新成立的计算机和数据科学学院隶属于UIUC大名鼎鼎的工程学院（The Grainger College of Engineering），该工程学院多年排名全美前十。
Previously, at UIUC, computer science and computer engineering majors were all majors under the School of Engineering, and the university did not offer independent data science majors, but opened several "X+Data Science" majors, such as: Business+DS, Finance+DS, Accountancy+DS, Information Science+DS, Astronomy+DS, and these majors are also affiliated with different faculties.
The establishment of the new school will be an important milestone in UIUC's commitment to excellence in interdisciplinary education and groundbreaking research, as it will advance UIUC's leadership in computing and data science education and research, shape the future of technology and innovation.
At the same time, it may make it more difficult to apply for CS majors.
In recent years, in order to meet the needs of society, many famous American universities are also vigorously developing computer education and have made Computing independent.
去年UC Berkeley官宣了新的College of Computing, Data Science, and Society（CDSS）；南加利福尼亚州也成立新的School of Advanced Computing。
UCB Faculty of Computing, Data Science and Society
The University of California, Berkeley, as the top public Ivy League, is the top university closest to the core of Silicon Valley except for Stanford, and is also a pioneer in the field of computer science and one of the "four famous universities" of CS in the United States.
此前，UCB董事会投票决定成立加州大学伯克利分校计算、数据科学和社会学院（College of Computing, Data Science, and Society），这是该校50多年来的首个新学院。
With the advent of the era of big data, more and more industries need talents with data analysis capabilities, and data science majors have emerged and become more and more popular.
According to UC Berkeley, data science and computer science majors are currently among the top five most popular majors on campus.
At present, the School of Computing, Data Science and Social Sciences has five departments/colleges/research centers: the Department of Statistics, the Center for Computational Biology, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), the School of Information, and the Department of Computational Precision Health.
An undergraduate major in data science will be offered, as well as other degree programs in computer science, statistics, computational biology, and computational precision health.
USC School of Advanced Computational Sciences
USC Chancellor Carol L. Folt previously officially announced the opening of a School of Advanced Computing for non-computer science majors to teach data science and information technology.
Spanning 10 years and with a total investment of more than $1 billion, the Frontiers of Computing is the largest and most comprehensive comprehensive program in USC history, focusing on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, blockchain and quantum information.
The newly opened School of Advanced Computing Science is part of the Viterbi School of Engineering and will offer majors in information technology, data science, and interdisciplinary advanced computing science, and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2024.
At the same time, USC plans to hire 30 leading experts in computer science and computing-related fields to serve on faculty in the next three years, and 60 top scholars as faculty members by 2030.
Over the next 10 years, more than 28,000 graduates are expected to earn degrees from the college, equipping them with interdisciplinary and computer-related skills that will prepare them for future careers in cutting-edge technology.
In addition to the new college, Southern California has established two institutes in Silicon Beach, with plans to allow USC students to work with companies for a semester through internships or projects, while learning and interning.