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class="container"> <div class="row mx-lg-n5"> <div class="col-lg-7 py-3 px-lg-5"> <p class="lead" style="text-align: left;"><span>Artificial intelligence technology enables us to compute large amounts of data and find answers to a </span><span>myriad of questions faster than ever before. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Our faculty and students are leveraging AI and machine learning, in their research and education in nearly every field. From discovering new medical advances that improve human health to exploring the outer reaches of the universe, LSU researchers are using AI and machine learning to pu<span>sh the boundaries in every discipline. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span>The sky is not the limit. Join us on the journey.</span></p> <br> <p> </p> </div> <div class="col-lg-5 py-3 px-lg-5"> <p class="lead" style="text-align: left;"><span>Our AI research:</span><span></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type: square;"> <li class="lead"> <p>Discovers new, safe and effective medicine in mere minutes</p> </li> <li class="lead"> <p>Predicts wildfires to help planners and responders</p> </li> <li class="lead"> <p>Leverages the power of social media to track critical resource needs during hurricanes and extreme weather events </p> </li> <li class="lead"> <p>Creates new media tools in our virtual production program</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <section aria-label="Statistics" class="stats light"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-4"> <div class="wrap"> <h2>+180</h2> <p>faculty engaged in research using artificial intelligence & machine learning to propel solutions</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-4"> <div class="wrap"> <h2>$69M+</h2> <p>in funded AI and machine learning projects over the past four years</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-4"> <div class="wrap"> <h2>Fastest</h2> <p><span>AI computers: DGX A100, DGX1 & two Exxact Deep Learning Servers</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div> <section aria-label="Card section" class="cards"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <h2>Latest News</h2> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-top"> <img src="https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/09/0922_wfl_lending_multiple_realities_homes_money_jump.jpg" alt="WFL Lending"/> <h3> <a href="https://www.lsu.edu/ai/news/2022/wfl-lending.php"> AI and Alternative Data Could Help Millions Gain Access to Credit </a> </h3> </div> <div class="card-body"> <p>Less than half of all U.S. adults have access to prime credit because of their credit score. But new LSU and Harvard University research shows a lot more people could become eligible if lenders use artificial intelligence, or AI, and alternative data, such as education and employment history. Smarter underwriting algorithms would especially benefit recent college graduates and young people with short credit histories as well as people with low or no credit scores.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="col-md-4"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-top"> <img src="https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/09/0922_wfl_basf_chemical_tubes_pipelines_plant_interconnected.jpg" alt="BASF"/> <h3> <a href="https://www.lsu.edu/ai/news/2022/wfl_basf.php"> Chemical Industry Leader BASF Taps LSU to Help Optimize Its Operations Using AI </a> </h3> </div> <div class="card-body"> <p>BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, is collaborating with LSU chemical engineers to better understand and predict its own production ebbs and flows using artificial intelligence, or AI.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="col-md-4"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-top"> <img src="https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/09/0922_wfl_coast_storm_surge_prediction_visualization.jpg" alt="WFL Coastal Storm Surge Prediction"/> <h3> <a href="https://www.lsu.edu/ai/news/2022/wfl-coast-musikal-cera.php"> LSU Improves Storm Surge and Flood Predictions with AI </a> </h3> </div> <div class="card-body"> <p>The LSU-developed tool to predict storm surge and flooding during severe weather events has become an essential resource for thousands of emergency managers and first responders in Louisiana and the nation’s coastal states to help protect people and infrastructure. </p> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> </div> <section aria-label="Card section" class="cards"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-top"> <img src="https://www.lsu.edu/blog/images/2025/01/data2_logo.jpg" alt="Data2 logo"/> <h3><a href="/blog/2025/01/23-data2-partnership.php">LSU and Data2 Partner to Solve Cyber, Defense, Energy Challenges for Louisiana, Nation</a></h3> </div> <div class="card-body"> <p>Advanced AI platform provides LSU researchers and students with tools to address critical energy and national security challenges.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="col-md-4"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-top"> <img src="https://www.lsu.edu/blog/images/2024/08/raby-speaking.png" alt="Colin Raby speaking on mike with a colleague seated next to him and an A.I. backdrop"/> <h3><a href="/blog/2024/08/26-raby-ai-congress.php">AI Meets Public Policy: LSU Graduate Plays Groundbreaking Role in D.C.</a></h3> </div> <div class="card-body"> <p>Colin Raby’s commitment and service to the LSU campus led him to become one of the first congressional artificial intelligence (AI) specialists in the nation, tasked with pioneering AI-powered tools to help Congress run more efficiently. </p> </div> </div></div><div class="col-md-4"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-top"> <img src="https://www.lsu.edu/blog/images/2024/07/robot-hand.jpg" alt="AI-generated image of robot and human hands reaching out to each other"/> <h3><a href="/blog/2024/07/17-goldgaber-ai-ethics.php">Exploring the Intersection of Philosophy, AI, and Ethics at LSU</a></h3> </div> <div class="card-body"> <p>Debbie Goldgaber, associate professor of philosophy and director of the LSU Ethics Institute, reveals some of the ethical/normative issues with the predicative artificial intelligence that increasingly inserts itself into our lives. </p> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </section> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 one-column-with-margin"> <td> <blockquote class="text-container"> <div class="copy-container"> <p class="h3"> “In seconds, our AI can process more information than any human could in a lifetime. 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