Advances in AI promote shift in technology toward helping others
Future thoughts from: Amit Maraj, professor, School of Business, IT & Management and lead researcher, DC AI Hub
It’s becoming clear that society is moving toward a ‘together is stronger approach’ with global innovation and collaboration using technology to augment solutions to problems previously unsolvable across a broad scope of fields.
New programs are being tailored to meet emerging market needs including an overall increase in advanced diploma and graduate certificate programs in areas including AI and Data Analytics that convey the breadth of programming DC has to offer. In addition, new innovation centres such as the AI Hub provide unique value propositions that continue to enhance DC’s strong reputation for collaboration and promote interaction among faculty and students, not only in the classroom but via a student experience that opens the door to meaningful careers.
“Technology is taking an unprecedented shift from creating efficiencies in our daily lives toward the purpose of helping others,” said Amit Maraj, professor, School of Business, IT & Management and lead researcher, DC AI Hub. “The focus is now on developing AI in areas of robotics hardware built in to the human body, and software in areas such as closed captioning to improve mobility and accessibility for people with disabilities. In addition, incredible opportunities exist for organizations to create unique value propositions with every business having the potential to mine and collect data for use in purposeful decision-making."
One of the fastest-growing areas of technology and a burgeoning hotbed in Toronto and Montréal, Maraj feels AI will have a major societal and economic impact in the future with DC’s AI Hub poised to play a key role in providing business and industry across the province with opportunities to collaborate on the development of AI technology. This includes working with Maraj, who has led more than a dozen AI research projects at DC and is dedicated to ensuring that research continues to be an important part of the student experience.
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