The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Committee serves as a strategic body to guide the university’s endeavours related to AI, with a focus on generative AI, ensuring a holistic approach that encompasses academic, research, and operational perspectives.
The AI Advisory Committee will report to three co-sponsors, the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), the Vice-President (Research), the Vice-President (Finance and Operations), with membership including: (3) co-chairs (appointed by sponsors) and (3) chairs of the Expert Panels.
AI Advisory Committee Members
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Matheus Grasselli, Deputy Provost
- Gayleen Gray, Assistant Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
- Dr. Martin Horn, Deputy Vice President, Research
Expert Panel Chairs:
- Dr. Catherine Anderson, Acting Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning
- Dr. Elkafi Hassini, Associate Dean (Research), Business
- Maggie Pooran, Executive Director, Health, Safety, Well-Being & Labour Relations
Expert Panels and Priorities
In support of the AI Advisory Committee, the AI Expert Panels offer specialized expertise in the domains of teaching and learning, research, and operational excellence.
Guided by the Expert Panel chair, members of the Expert Panel work on specific initiatives, make recommendations, offer feedback and input, and identify additional areas of work that may benefit the institution.
Each Expert Panel has a pool of contributors made up of administrators, faculty, staff and student members. Depending on the initiative the Expert Panel is working on, some or all members of the Expert Panel may be involved in completing the specific work. As a result, Expert Panel members will be able to determine what initiatives to contribute to based on their expertise, interest and availability.
Mandate
To provide consultative guidance, endorse guidelines and recommendations, and ensure ethical considerations in staff operations involving AI at McMaster University, as well as impact and integration of AI with operational and enterprise tools and processes.
2024-25 Projects and Priorities
- Resources for managers and leaders
- Support for individuals and units interested in implementing an AI tool or solution
- Creation of a repository of use cases of AI tools and solutions at McMaster
- Review of processes and supports for adopting new AI tools
- Collection of experiences and perspectives from staff on the use of AI in work
- Review of existing resources and supports and means of sharing/communicating these resources
Panel Members
- Chukwumaobi Onuoha (Moby), Office of the Registrar
- Igor Kamzic, Office of the Registrar
- Huidong Tian (Dennis), Office of the Registrar
- Leanne Ruiz, Office of the Registrar
- Anthony Lucic, Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs
- Baninder Grewal, Advancement
- Melissa Pool, Financial Affairs
- Paola Morrone, Financial Affairs
- Carlos Jose Goncalves Vidal, Faculty of Engineering
- Circe Luna Cordeiro, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Steven Wong, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Alexandre Sevigny, Faculty of Humanities
- Sara Bannerman, Faculty of Humanities
- Jessica Blackwood, Faculty of Science
- James Laforet, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Tracy Dallaire, University Technology Services
- Andrea Oliver, University Technology Services
- Deridor Collier, University Technology Services
- Christa Morrison, University Technology Services
- David Kemper, Library
- Jeanne Tan, Library
- Pat Suleiman, Office of Equity and Inclusion
- Franca Berti-Bogojevic, Human Resources
- Trudi Wright, Privacy Office
- Megan Burkett, Office of Legal Services
- Chelsea Gibson, Office of Legal Services
Mandate
To provide consultative guidance, endorse guidelines and recommendations, and ensure ethical considerations in research involving generative AI at McMaster University.
2024-25 Projects and Priorities
- Develop provisional institutional guidelines for the use of AI in research activities
- Creation of a repository of use cases of AI tools and solutions at McMaster in and for research
- Develop and recommend resources and professional development that support responsible use of generative AI in research
- Develop a protocol for documenting the use of generative AI in research
- Collection of experiences and perspectives on the use of AI in research
- Dialogues on the role of AI in the future of research
Panel Members
- Dina Brooks, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Umaima Usman, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Megan Brickley, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Laura Duncan, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Dawit Wolday, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Cynthia Lokker, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Olaf Kraus De Camargo, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Fulvia Baldassarre, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Dongdong Wang, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Clinton Campbell, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Ray Truant, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Fazmin Nizam, Faculty of Engineering
- Istvan David, Faculty of Engineering
- Michael Curwin, Faculty of Engineering
- Richard Paige, Faculty of Engineering
- Sebastien Mosser, Faculty of Engineering
- S. Andrew Gadsen, Faculty of Engineering
- Thomas Doyle, Faculty of Engineering
- Wenbo He, Faculty of Engineering
- Omar Boursalie, Faculty of Engineering
- Swati Mishra, Faculty of Engineering
- Shane Saunderson, Faculty of Business
- Sara Bannerman, Faculty of Humanities
- Benjamin Bolker, Faculty of Science
- Sara Gharouni Saffar, Faculty of Science
- Ori Freiman, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Kim Mason, Office of Academic Integrity
- John Fink, Library
- Jason Brodeur, Library
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Jo-Anne Petropoulos, Library
Mandate
To offer consultative insights, endorse guidelines and resources, partner on initiatives, and engage in dialogues related to the ethical and impactful application of AI in the realm of teaching and learning at McMaster University.
2024-25 Projects and Priorities
- Dialogues on the role of AI in the future of teaching and learning
- Recommendations for the undergraduate course management policy related to AI
- Consideration of the specific needs of graduate students and AI
- Collection of experiences and perspectives from educators and students on the use of AI in teaching and learning
- Creation of a repository of use cases of AI tools and solutions at McMaster in and for teaching and learning
- Opportunities for educators and students to discuss generative AI in teaching and learning through communities of practice and instructor panels
Panel Members
- Benjamin Taylor, Student Success Centre
- Hannah Jordan, Education Services
- Zachary Gan, Arts and Science
- Maureen Hupfer, Faculty of Business
- Jammal Dell, Faculty of Business
- Fazmin Nizam, Faculty of Engineering
- Matthew Schonewille, Faculty of Engineering
- Sam Scott, Faculty of Engineering
- Omar Boursalie, Faculty of Engineering
- Michael Welland, Faculty of Engineering
- Sara Bannerman, Faculty of Humanities
- Phoebe Gaston, Faculty of Humanities
- Mihaela Georgescu-Pikolon, Faculty of Science
- Sharon King-Yu, Faculty of Science
- Nicole Buston, Faculty of Science
- Miroslav Lovric, Faculty of Science
- Homayun Karimi, Faculty of Science
- Sarah Symons, Faculty of Science
- Antonio Paez, Faculty of Science
- Lisa Rudd-Scott, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Michael Wong, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Renata Mares, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Kathryn Fisher, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Ereny Bassilious, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Venkata Naga Sathya Sowjanya Sivakoti, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Ted Xenodemetropoulos, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Leo Morjaria, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Mathew Savelli, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Anthony Lucic, Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs
- Wale Soyinka, Research and High Performance Computing
- Helen Kula, Library
- Jo-Anne Petropoulos, Library
- Maya Hobbs, McMaster Student Union
- Jovan Popovic, McMaster Student Union
- Joanne Kehoe, Office of the Provost
- Jon Kruithof, MacPherson Institute