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The spring master’s graduate used an engineer’s mindset to navigate a tricky job market and land a job at Tesla.

Photo by Annie Barker

Helping international students make our region stronger

stuxbury — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:09:28 +0000

Helping international students make our region stronger stuxbury Mon, 04/21/2025 - 08:09

��-Dearborn graduate student Patrick Imoh is a senior network engineer with more than a decade of experience. He’s worked for companies including ExxonMobil and Cisco. As Imoh — who returned to school in 2023 — approaches his Spring 2025 graduation, he’s been interviewing with Fortune 500 companies who have locations around the world.

But with southeast Michigan's strong presence in industries like automotive, mobility and advanced manufacturing, Imoh — an international student from Nigeria who’s earning a Master of Science in cybersecurity and information assurance — has a talent that’s needed in the Detroit area. On the Indeed online job board, so many companies are looking for network and cybersecurity engineers that there are six pages of postings for Michigan alone.

A partnership between ��-Dearborn and Global Detroit, a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant inclusion to drive economic growth across Michigan, is working to keep students like Imoh in the region. Through a four-week Global Talent Accelerator led by the organization, ��-Dearborn graduate students learned how to expand their networks and develop the soft skills needed to succeed in the American workplace.

Through the GTA sessions, a cohort of 20 international students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Business visited the Detroit LinkedIn office to learn about networking and personal branding. They also took part in mock interviews, discussed workplace culture in the U.S. with HR experts, attended a job fair and more.

��-Dearborn international students finished Global Detroit's Global Talent Accelerator program earlier this month.

“In the United States, there is an openness in the recruitment process that isn’t there in other countries. They want to get to know you beyond your skills. It’s different from what I’ve experienced before,” says Imoh, who has had multiple U.S.-based interviews since the program concluded. “While the skills you have are essential to promote, I’ve learned that employers here want to know if you’ll be a good fit for the team. So instead of reciting off a list of projects and experience in an interview, be your authentic self.”

��-Dearborn Career Services Assistant Director Mai Qazzaz says the U.S. is a global leader in the science and technology field thanks, in part, to the skills the international students bring through education and experience. In southeast Michigan, however, there is a widening gap between the skill sets of students graduating from local universities and the state’s job demand.

“The U.S. is one of the leading destinations for international students, and Michigan welcomes a significant number of them,” Qazzaz says. “They offer exceptional and in-demand skill sets that are highly sought after by employers.” In addition to specialized degrees in high-demand fields, international students speak multiple languages and can help businesses better navigate a global market. Michigan has 38,123 international students — the eighth-largest international student population in the country — with 739 currently enrolled at ��-Dearborn.

Attracting and retaining international students benefits not only employers, but the economy of the entire region and state, according to a 2022 Global Detroit study. “International students [across the U.S.] comprise more than 70 percent of all the graduate students in electrical engineering, computer and information sciences, and industrial and manufacturing engineering — fields critical to the future of the Michigan economy,” the report states. In addition to bringing much-needed talent to many of Michigan’s key industries, international students make outsize contributions to university research and technology commercialization, and boost the economy with their tuition dollars and other spending, the report explains.

Imoh and his cohort took part in a GTA graduation ceremony at Fairlane Center South in early April. Priya Pati, who is earning a Master of Science in business analytics, says the program helped her better curate her professional experience on her resume. And Yogendra Sai Pavan Nalam — who goes by Pavan and is finishing his Master of Science in data science — gained more experience and assurance with soft skills like interpersonal communication. “I’m very good at technical stuff, but I was lacking in areas like talking in front of an audience,” he said at the ceremony. “I am up here and speaking with confidence thanks to the Global Detroit team.”

��-Dearborn Career Services Professional Development Program Manager Devin Johannis says employers across the United States want to hire international students, but are often concerned about student visa or U.S. work sponsorship costs. There are no financial costs to an employer hiring an international student for an internship or for short-term employment post-graduation, however. All international students studying full time in the U.S. are eligible to work for one year in their field of study through a work permit attached to their student visa, known as Optional Practical Training. OPT can be extended an additional two years for those with degrees in STEM-related fields. There are currently 791 ��-Dearborn graduates working in the U.S. through OPT.

The federal government’s recent revocations of international student visas across the U.S. has many international students — and the offices and organizations who support them — very worried. But Wang says the students she has spoken with remain committed to pursuing their education and careers here in the U.S.

“I’ve worked with international students for much of my 30-year career at U-M and I can tell you that they are kind, talented and bring a needed global perspective,” Wang says. “International students are also problem solvers and strategic thinkers. They’ve navigated a lot of difficulties to achieve their goals, and just like Detroit, they are resilient and persistent.”

Imoh wants to work in the U.S. — in southeast Michigan, ideally — because many large, global companies are based here and American workplaces often encourage an open exchange of ideas. “It’s where much of the world’s innovation starts,” he says. “While I was a graduate student at ��-Dearborn, I felt at home here. I like living near Detroit. It’s a welcoming place with a lot of opportunities for growth.”

Story by Sarah Tuxbury

International

Career Services

International Affairs

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A ��-Dearborn partnership with Global Detroit underscores the integral role international students play in our universities, communities and economy.

��-Dearborn graduate student Patrick Imoh, left, was recognized by Global Detroit Senior Director of Talent Initiatives Theodore Jones. Photos by Annie Barker

Career Services is trying new ways to connect with students

lblouin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:55:58 +0000

Career Services is trying new ways to connect with students lblouin Mon, 01/06/2025 - 08:55

Laurel Draudt says it wasn’t that long ago that college career services offices were known for resume review services and not a whole lot else. At some institutions, this “model from the 1990s” is still the norm. But when Draudt started as ��-Dearborn’s Career Services director in 2022, she was excited to experiment with a broader vision for their five-person office. Borrowing from her background in higher education professional development, Draudt saw an opportunity to recast Career Services as something students used throughout their academic careers — not just in the final few months before graduation when the pressure of a job search suddenly becomes real. “We’re really trying to get students to think about what they can be doing now to be more competitive later,” Draudt says. “We want to be having conversations with first- and second-year students about the benefits of an on-campus job or doing research or studying abroad, because if we can reach them early enough, they actually have time to make changes and do these things.”

So far, that new approach is manifesting itself in a few different ways. Draudt says the office recently added two new career coaches to bolster the office’s core service of by-appointment and walk-in career counseling sessions. And what career coaches are focusing on in those sessions with students is expanding a lot. They still give their fair share of feedback on resumes and cover letters when that’s what students need help with. But coaches are just as likely to be talking with students about programs and careers that might match their interests, how to find a not-for-credit internship (and how to sound professional when you send your inquiries), figuring out how to talk effectively about past job experiences even if they’re unrelated to a career field, or how to develop a tailored job search strategy so they’re not simply applying to hundreds of jobs and hoping for the best.

Draudt says they’ve also been investing a lot of energy into expanding their lineup of in-person and virtual workshops. Looking to go beyond the staples, like sessions on effective job interviewing, they’ve added workshops on other equally practical topics, like understanding benefits packages (which involved a collaboration with ��-Dearborn’s Human Resources office), confident communication, and how to manage stress and anxiety during a job search. The latter two workshop ideas came from the office’s newest member — Career Coach Zainab Radi, a former career peer in the office who recently graduated from ��-Dearborn and took a staff position in the office in October 2023. Radi says being so fresh out of college and having just been through her own job search have turned out to be big assets when coming up with workshop ideas that students might actually find useful. For the confident communication session, she hit up one of her former instructors, COB Lecturer Christine Fischer, who covered everything from strategies for emailing to pitching your ideas to a supervisor to making presentations. The workshop on stress and anxiety grew directly out of conversations she was having with students. “I noticed that with the current job market, and even everything going on politically, students were experiencing a lot of uncertainty and there was a lot of stress and negative energy around that,” Radi says. “Some students who were struggling in their job searches were even having panic attacks. Not being trained in mental health or counseling, I wanted to find a way to provide meaningful support.” So she reached out to her contacts at Counseling and Psychological Services, who put together a workshop on how to manage anxiety during a job search. Radi says it was really eye opening for the attendees, many of whom had never experienced anxiety until this stage of their lives. “I remember they were really surprised by the idea of taking a walk or just getting outside and enjoying nature,” Radi says. “But that can really help you destress. You have to do other things than be on your computer all day applying for jobs, hitting refresh to check and see if you got an email back from an employer. That can just make things worse.”

Career Coach Zainab Radi, a '23 alum and the newest member of the Career Services team, has been responsible for several new workshop ideas.

Both Draudt and Radi say they’re excited to try out more new ideas in 2025, including some new workshops. Radi says a session on financial literacy and how to manage your income boost post-graduation is one topic she’s been thinking about. And Draudt says they’re going to be making more of an effort to collaborate with people and offices that are already regularly interfacing with students. “There’s so much competition for student attention these days, we think it’s a good idea to reach students where they are, because the reality is many of them still might not be thinking they need career services until it’s time for their job search.” Draudt says linking up with faculty, many of whom are already providing a lot of informal career advice, and tailoring more programs and events to specific communities, like international students, are two big priorities for the new year.

Of course, one of the biggest changes for 2025 is that Career Services will be getting a new home. Right now, the office is tucked over in Fairlane Center, but around Spring Break, the staff will be packing up and moving to their new digs on the first floor of the Renick University Center. Draudt is hopeful the convenient location at the heart of campus will help students see that Career Services is something they can be taking advantage of at any point in their college journeys.

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Want to keep an eye on upcoming Career Services workshops? Check out the office’s VictorsLink page. Story by Lou Blouin. Photos by Annie Barker.

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New workshops on topics like managing anxiety during a job search, understanding benefits packages and confident speaking are part of an effort to impact students long before their senior-year job searches.

The Career Services team, from left: Career Coach and Professional Development Manager Devin Johannis, Assistant Director Mai Qazzaz, Career Coach Zainab Radi, Director Laurel Draudt and Senior Professional Development Program Jennifer Macleod.

The (solar) power of teamwork

lblouin — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:46:29 +0000

The (solar) power of teamwork lblouin Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:46

Sustainable energy is a growing field, with opportunities for students working toward a number of different majors, especially in engineering. But when two students saw a need for more ways to develop hands-on experience on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus, they took the lead to launch a collaboration with a national organization providing just that.

Christian Cannon and Alexis Thompson not only brought GRID Alternatives to ��-Dearborn but — as co-presidents of the university's student chapter — united the group with the Ann Arbor campus to provide meaningful experiences installing solar energy systems in San Diego County, Los Angeles and even Nepal. Cannon — a 2024 environmental science graduate — now works as a clean energy business development intern at Walker-Miller Energy Services in Detroit. Thompson has been working as a consultant for sustainability projects while completing her degree in mathematics, with a certificate in geographic information systems.

Cannon and Thompson began exploring a partnership with GRID Alternatives, the largest nonprofit solar installer in the United States, out of a shared interest in gaining hands-on experience in the clean energy field. While attending the Solar Power International conference in Las Vegas in 2017, they met Tim Sears and Erica Mackie, the co-founders of GRID Alternatives, who helped connect Cannon and Thompson with the then-leaders of their affiliated student group chapter — GRID Alternatives Students for Sustainable Energy — on the ��-Ann Arbor campus. Soon after that meeting, Cannon and Thompson became the co-presidents of a newly united U-M chapter under the guidance of faculty advisor Tony Reames, an associate professor in U-M’s School of Environment and Sustainability, and Eva Gogola, ��-Dearborn’s director of annual giving and advancement services.

Students participating in GRID take part in an immersive service-learning opportunity called Solar Spring Break, providing students with hands-on experience at GRID locations in different regions throughout the country and abroad. The students also volunteer to install solar panels in low-income neighborhoods. "This work represents an invaluable opportunity for students to gain real-world experience in the clean energy industry," Cannon says.

One challenge student-run organizations face, however, is funding. Like GRID-affiliated chapters across the U.S., the U-M chapter had to raise money for the solar installation equipment, travel and other expenses. Thompson stressed the need for equity in these efforts, pushing back against the trend that the students who are able to participate in such opportunities are only those who can personally afford to do so. "One of the things we wanted, which has not always been the case with other GRID campus groups, was to send people to work in these communities who look like those communities," Thompson says.

Cannon and Thompson worked closely with Mariah Fiumara, director of U-M’s Engineering Center for Student Organizations, to raise funds through competitive grants, business sponsorships and local fundraising efforts, while Ann Arbor GRID member Camille Burke, a 2020 grad, rallied support from other student-run organizations. The group raised more than $100,000, which supported a dedicated team of 100 students from both campuses. "I want to stress that this is something students can do, that it is possible," Thompson says. "We want this work to continue for ��-Dearborn and Ann Arbor students."

The group took part in three Solar Spring Breaks, the first installing solar energy systems on the La Jolla Indian Reservation near San Diego, the second installing in residential homes in Los Angeles and the most recent on the Kumal Tower in Nepal's Chitwan National Park. Together, these initiatives represent more than 40 kW of solar capacity — an amount that can typically supply electricity to about 10 average U.S. homes while offsetting 40 tons of carbon dioxide.

Camille Burke, Christian Cannon and Alexis Thompson (top row, second, third and fourth from left) with fellow GRID members on the Kumal Tower.

"Our campus was the first university to conduct an international trip through GRID Alternatives’ Solar Spring Break program," Cannon says of the group's work in Nepal. The idea for an international installation took root with the group's first experience on the La Jolla Reservation, where the proximity to Tijuana, Mexico, inspired the team to provide sustainable energy to lower-income areas beyond U.S. borders. While the logistics were unfavorable for a Solar Spring Break in Mexico, the students found an ideal opportunity to do meaningful work rehabilitating Nepal’s Kumal Tower, a disused watchtower that previously did not have a functioning power supply, converting it into a fully functional wildlife observation center.

Members of GRID Alternatives Students for Sustainable Energy found their experiences installing solar energy systems meaningful on both professional and personal levels. “Working with GRID Alternatives taught me how my engineering skills could make sustainable energy accessible to those who need it most," says Yesha Lester, a 2019 ��-Ann Arbor grad. "I gained hands-on experience with solar technology and saw the power of community-focused projects. Knowing our work would lower a family’s bills made the project rewarding and showed me that engineering is about improving lives, not just solving technical problems.”

While GRID has not been active at ��-Dearborn since 2022 because Solar Spring Break programs were paused for the pandemic, Cannon has been speaking with other sustainability groups on campus about adopting solar work and leading more sustainability-focused international projects in the future. He says the rewards for interested students are well worth the effort: "Working with GRID Alternatives has deepened my academic learning and shaped me into a leader within the clean energy industry.”

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Story by Shaun Manning. Photos courtesy of Christian Cannon.

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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 14:43

Alum Christian Cannon and student Alexis Thompson led GRID Alternatives Students for Sustainable Energy, an inter-campus student group providing hands-on experience in renewable energy.

Christian Cannon, left, helps install solar panels on the roof of the Kumal Tower, a disused watchtower in Nepal.

Dearborn Wolverines gain real-world experience through internships

kbourlie — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:35:56 +0000

Dearborn Wolverines gain real-world experience through internships kbourlie Thu, 10/17/2024 - 12:35

For students getting ready to enter the workforce, internships offer valuable opportunities to build skill sets and resumes, while also testing out knowledge learned in the classroom in the real world. Reporter recently talked to four students who dedicated part of this past summer to an internship to learn more about their experiences.

Caroline Tepper, College of Business

Business major Caroline Tepper plans to graduate this December and already has a job lined up with Ford Motor Company, thanks in large part to a purchasing and supply chain internship she completed this summer.

“I'm lucky and grateful that I've been extended an offer to actually join Ford Motor Company starting in January. It's really exciting to come back after my internship,” Tepper says. “I'll be a Supply Chain Ford College Graduate in purchasing, and that entails a three-year rotational program. You move through two or three different rotations to help new hires gain experience in the field.”

Tepper says her summer experience gave her a chance to put skills she learned to the test.

“I actually utilized pretty strong data analytical skills throughout learning how to navigate several of Ford's data risk tools that they use in order to monitor risks throughout the entire world,” says Tepper.

For other students preparing to enter the workforce with their first internship, Tepper reminds them, “You have to think of it like a foot in the door to a company potentially extending you a full time position. It’s almost like a longer interview.”

“Try your best, ask questions,” Temper advises. And remember: “We have fresh and diverse perspectives, and what we can bring to a company from our college experience, I think, it’s really valuable.”

Christina Townsend, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters

��-Dearborn senior Christina Townsend found her perfect internship match this summer working in social media and public relations for the Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit animal shelter. The journalism and screen studies major – who is also minoring in marketing – needed to complete an internship to fulfill her degree requirements. For the animal lover, being able to use her videography skills while building her marketing skills was an ideal fit.

“I'm a big cat and dog lover. For the dogs, I joined them on walks around the site and I took pictures with them. With the cats, I visit them in their cat condos and make videos with them or put them in a greeting room and make a more interactive video with some toys. But I also enjoy the people. There's a lot of good people here,” says Townsend.

One of those people was her supervisor, Manager of Development and Community Relations Maria Nardecchia, who Townsend says “took her under her wing” and went above and beyond to make sure she got the experience and knowledge she needed out of the internship. “I left the internship more confident in my ability to market and showcase my skills,” says Townsend.

Logan Kilby, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Mechanical engineering senior Logan Kilby spent summer 2024 continuing to gain hands-on experience through his product engineering co-op with American Axle and Manufacturing. The mechanical engineering student has worked in driveline systems for the company over the last three years, largely focusing on component engineering. While the co-op has given Kilby the real world experience he needs to succeed as an engineer, it’s also given him an opportunity to make industry connections both within his company and with original equipment manufacturers such as GM.

As he looks toward graduating this December, he’s confident in the knowledge and skills he’s built. “I've really gone from not knowing anything to having all kinds of skills under my belt. And I feel confident that I can do the job of any full-time engineer,” says Kilby. “Most of the tools I would use as an engineer, I already have about three years’ experience with.”

This October, Kilby accepted a full time position as a mechatronic engineer with AAM.

Maya Abdallah, College of Education, Health and Human Services

Maya Abdallah

During her final semester at ��-Dearborn, Maya Abdallah completed a summer internship at United Outstanding Physicians with their data entry department. While the internship was not required for her major, Abdallah wanted to get insight into the business and insurance side of healthcare since the next step in her career path is applying for medical school. During her internship, Abdallah was able to learn more about how medical insurance works and the collaboration that happens behind the scenes between physicians and insurance providers to make sure the needs of patients are met. She says one of the best aspects of her internship was the people she worked with. “They were very welcoming and very nice, and they really wanted to make sure that I had a good experience there. They really made sure that I was learning.”

While Abdallah is now looking at applying to medical school, she’s glad to have had this experience early on in her academic career so she can put that knowledge into practice and knows what to expect later on.

“It's a very niche and specific part of the medical field that you wouldn't really see even as a physician,” says Abdallah. “I definitely will be using it in my future career.”

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Interested in learning more about completing an internship as part of your academic journey? College of Arts, Sciences and Letters students can contact the CASL Internship Office. College of Engineering and Computer Science students can contact CECS Experiential Education. College of Business Students can contact the COB Business Career Center. College of Education, Health and Human Services students can contact CEHHS Field Placement.

Story by Kathryn Bourlier. Photos by Julianne Lindsey and Julie Howells.

College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

Student Success

College of Business

College of Education, Health, and Human Services

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Mon, 10/21/2024 - 16:17

Hear from students across ��-Dearborn’s four colleges who furthered their career goals over the summer.

Caroline Tepper outside of the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn where she completed in internship over the summer. Photo by Julianne Lindsey

Caroline Tepper outside the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, where she completed an internship over the summer.

Reckoning with AI’s trust issues

jpow — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:40 +0000

Reckoning with AI’s trust issues jpow Fri, 07/26/2024 - 15:30

It seems to be an unbreakable human habit to unleash technologies into the world and ponder the consequences later. The most recent dramatic example of this phenomenon is the artificial intelligence boom. For years, critics — even many who believe the technology can do a lot of good in the world — have been sounding the alarm that AI applications are creating sticky situations when it comes to safety and fairness. Autonomous vehicles have injured and killed pedestrians. Algorithms used in healthcare, banking and law enforcement are embedded with human racial biases. More recently, companies behind generative AI models like ChatGPT have apparently developed their models using an unfathomable amount of copyrighted material — without bothering to ask content creators.

AI’s reach into our lives is bound to get broader, and Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science Birhanu Eshete wants his students to be prepared — not only to create powerful problem-solving technologies, but to reckon with the implications for our lives. That’s the mission behind a new trustworthy AI course that Eshete created and launched in Winter 2024, which blends a project-based curriculum focused on specific technical AI applications with explorations of the technology's social, political and economic contexts.

With a two-pronged approach and a sprawling topic, it wasn’t the easiest course to design. Eshete says trustworthy AI is a label that ecompasses a diverse set of issues, from security, privacy and safety to transparency, ethics, fairness and regulation. Any one of those seven topic areas he used to organize his class could be a course on its own, he says. “But the value of an overview course is that students get introduced to a pretty comprehensive set of issues — and then they can go deeper into anything that interests them,” he says. Plus, by reinforcing that almost anything AI touches has human implications, he can drill home to a bunch of future AI professionals that AI is hardly just a technical discipline.

For example, in the ethics section of the course, the class pondered looming real-world applications of AI like autonomous trucking. Eshete says proponents of long-haul autonomous trucks often advance a safety argument — namely, that highway accidents involving trucks are often catastrophic and a result of human error. If the job could be done more precisely by machines, then we could reduce the number of injuries and fatalities. “So it might sound ethically right to make trucks autonomous, because we could save lives,” Eshete explains. “But on the flip side, you’re going to push thousands of truck drivers out of a job, and they and their families will suffer. In fact, the World Economic Forum estimated that roughly 75% of jobs have the potential to be replaced by robots and artificial intelligence. Imagine the disruptions to society. So workforce replacement is not just a technology issue. It’s a human issue.”

You can also see the complexity and variety of the trustworthy AI space in the range of topics students chose for their final projects. One team looked at algorithms used to detect skin cancer to analyze the technology's level of racial and gender bias and explore ways to enhance fairness while protecting privacy. Another group explored techniques for reducing the error rate of stop sign detection algorithms used in autonomous vehicles. A third team investigated techniques used to acquaint a model with tricky inputs designed to fool it. And the final group of students explored how to “poison” databases of customer reviews, a technique attackers use to influence consumer sentiment about products.

Doctoral student Firas Ben Hmida, who’s also a research assistant in Eshete’s lab, says the trustworthy AI topic has been a real eye opener for him. “When I started at my engineering college back home in Tunisia, I started off in cybersecurity, and my interest, probably like everybody else, was advanced attacks and how to defend against attacks,” Hmida says. “But then, as I started working with Professor Eshete, you see that there is this whole other side to cybersecurity and AI. Outside the course, even several of the projects we’re working on in the lab deal with trustworthy AI, so I’m even thinking my PhD is now going to be about trustworthy AI.”

Eshete with his doctoral students Firas Ben Hmida (right) and Philemon Hailemariam. Photo by Erin Kirkland/Michigan Photography

Eshete heard that kind of feedback pretty consistently from students. “I got a lot of comments like, ‘It allowed me to look at AI beyond neural networks,’” Eshete says. “That’s great to hear because you don’t know how students are going to react when you spend half your lecture in an AI course talking about Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and ethical philosophy.” In fact, Eshete says the feedback was the most positive of any course he teaches. Specifically, he says students appreciated that the overview format allowed them to explore many topics in a single course. They also liked the project-based format, which eliminated the need for exams and quizzes.

Eshete plans to teach the class on campus every winter semester, with the exception of Winter 2025 when he’ll be on sabbatical. He’ll actually still be teaching the trustworthy AI course though — just at Addis Ababa University, his alma mater in Ethiopia, where he'll be spending part of his leave. “I’m actually really looking forward to teaching the course in two different countries, because any of these AI trustworthiness issues could mean many different things depending on the context,” he says. “For instance, if you’re thinking about fairness and race here in the U.S., we’re accustomed to thinking about things in terms of Black and white. But in Ethiopia, everybody is Black. So the context of race is slightly different, and we think more about different ethnic groups. So it will be interesting to see how students respond to thinking about these issues for AI applications in high-stakes contexts.”

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Story by Lou Blouin

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Technology

Computer and Information Science

Mon, 07/22/2024 - 19:30

In his new trustworthy AI course, Associate Professor Birhanu Eshete is helping students go beyond the technical know-how and understand the social, political and economic contexts of the artificial intelligence boom.

Photo by Erin Kirkland/Michigan Photography