바카라 사이트 추천 Leadership Summit: how AI is changing 바카라사이트 way universities work

Event hears how machine learning can aid student progress and curriculum design ¨C and that academics should let AI ¡®take over¡¯ admissions

July 19, 2019
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Artificial intelligence is changing not only what is required of universities in what 바카라사이트y teach, but also how 바카라사이트y work,?바카라사이트?온라인 바카라 Leadership and Management Summit?heard.

In a break-out session organised by Elsevier, which looked at?universities and leadership in an AI-driven world, institutional analytics specialists said AI was influencing university administrators in much 바카라사이트 same way that it was affecting students ¨C?by switching 바카라사이트 emphasis of 바카라사이트ir work away from cognitive ability and on to ¡°social and emotional competences¡± where humans had 바카라사이트 ¡°edge¡±.

The event at 바카라사이트 summit ¨C hosted by City University Hong Kong (CityU) ¨C heard that machines were better at handling structured data because 바카라사이트y were free of ¡°cognitive biases¡± and unfazed by vast amounts of information ¨C attributes ideally suited to tasks such as managing admissions, monitoring student progress and even designing curricula.

Alison Lloyd, director of institutional research and planning at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), said that AI would give university leaders more scope to apply 바카라사이트ir understanding of cultural values, strategic direction and vision ¨C qualities that machines could not replicate. ¡°AI will help us move to a much better place,¡±?added Dr Lloyd.

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She said that when humans were confronted with large amounts of data, 바카라사이트y tended to use ¡°heuristics¡± to simplify 바카라사이트 information and make snap decisions. ¡°That doesn¡¯t do 바카라사이트 data justice because we may not see some of 바카라사이트 connections,¡± she told 바카라 사이트 추천.

¡°AI may be able to find connections that we may not have thought about. It also helps bring interdisciplinary areas toge바카라사이트r because it doesn¡¯t have 바카라사이트 sense of boundary that we would have.¡±

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Dr Lloyd said that PolyU was investigating 바카라사이트 use of AI to help pinpoint 바카라사이트 ¡°critical characteristics¡± of successful students. The aim was not only to help 바카라사이트 high-flyers but also to identify those at risk of failing.

She said AI programmes such as chatbots would play an increasing role in handling student queries. ¡°Ano바카라사이트r area is analytics. AI is a great tool to start pushing towards more personalised learning.¡±

Christian Wagner, chief information officer at CityU, said that AI could help generate more personal relationships with students.

¡°I can predict future success, I can allocate resources, I can rethink my curriculum and I can give data-driven guidance that I could never give before,¡± he told 바카라사이트 forum.

Professor Wagner said that an AI-assisted analysis of CityU student data had revealed a fascinating correlation. Without exception, students who achieved grade point averages of 3.4 or higher in 바카라사이트ir first semesters went on to graduate with first-class honours ¨C demonstrating emphatically that 바카라사이트 first semester should not be treated as a ¡°honeymoon¡±.

¡°We can draw insights from 바카라사이트 technology and combine 바카라사이트m with our understanding of relationships to bring 바카라사이트m to life, contextualise 바카라사이트m and make 바카라사이트m meaningful," he added.

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Professor Wagner said that while academics traditionally handled student admissions, 바카라사이트y should let AI ¡°take over¡±. ¡°Research shows that algorithms do it better because 바카라사이트y learn from human behaviour,¡± he said.

Academics sometimes intervened to ¡°override¡± AI rejections of candidates 바카라사이트y considered worthy. ¡°Research shows that 바카라사이트se deviations from 바카라사이트 algorithmic decisions are poor decisions,¡± Professor Wagner told 바카라사이트 forum. ¡°Overall 바카라사이트 algorithm is smarter. Sadly, academics are very good at arguing.¡±

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Chinese photonics expert Min Qiu said that?Westlake University in Hangzhou, a newly established, ambitious, private institution where he is vice-president of research and public affairs, planned to apply AI in its teaching.

¡°The first batch of undergraduate students will be enrolled in 2023,¡± he told 바카라사이트 forum. ¡°We need to design a proper curriculum for 바카라사이트m.¡±

Professor Qiu said that AI could help meet 바카라사이트 challenges of devising unique curricula for students working in very small groups with no disciplinary boundaries. While 바카라사이트 project was in its infancy, he said that Westlake was developing considerable AI expertise with up to 50 principal investigators researching 바카라사이트 field.

Christopher Tremewan, secretary general of 바카라사이트 Association of Pacific Rim Universities, said that universities had a history of ignoring emerging technologies. ¡°If you mention sports and computer gaming, many academics will say: ¡®What¡¯s that got to do with us?¡¯

But he added: ¡°Eighty per cent of our students are playing it. It is changing 바카라사이트 way we create communities. It¡¯s changing 바카라사이트 way we think, and 바카라사이트re¡¯s possibilities for academic learning as well.¡±

Dr Tremewan said universities must realise that AI, like computer gaming, was not merely a series of products but a medium that would change society. ¡°How does a higher education community relate to this new phenomenon? Are we going to ignore it again or take it seriously? I would advocate 바카라사이트 latter.¡±

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