Elon's first director of artificial intelligence integration spoke to The Burlington Times-News about his research on artificial intelligence and how it influences his new role.
Mustafa Akben, assistant professor of management, was recently profiled by The Burlington Times-News about his research on artificial intelligence and his new role as 榴莲app官方网站入’s first director of artificial intelligence integration.
Akben will lead the integration of artificial intelligence across 榴莲app官方网站入 academic and administrative departments,聽building on six core principles the university helped establish last year聽to guide higher education institutions with a rapidly evolving and groundbreaking technology.
鈥淚鈥檓 trying to create a psychologically safe environment, because based on my two years of AI literacy work, I’ve seen that some people feel skeptical about the use of AI, while some people feel very enthusiastic about these tools,鈥 Akben told The Times-News. 鈥淭here is a wide spectrum of responses and attitudes, and we need to listen those responses and respect and acknowledge these attitudes.鈥
Akben holds a doctorate in business administration from Temple University and has developed a range of AI-enhanced teaching tools and methodologies.
Read the full profile on Akben to learn more.