UTARI Researchers, Dr. Nick Gans, Principal Researcher and Head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems Division, as well as Cody Lundberg, Research Engineer II, participated in the Technical Exchange Meeting at the US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Ft. Moore, GA with Analytical Framework for AI University Partners, Maneuver Center of Excellence, and Armor Master Gunner School.
AI analysts from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Analysis Center, or DAC, collaborated with Maneuver Center of Excellence, Armor School, students, and professors from the Analytic Framework for AI. Four project teams from across the country came together for the first time at the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry collection in Fort Moore, GA. The tour of the Collection was educational and inspirational – enabling a comprehensive appreciation of the physical environment inside a ground combat vehicle.
Gans and Lundberg led the discussion and exploration section of the event. Learning directly from the soldiers helps understand at a much greater level the tasks of including AI. UTARI collaborated with the University of Georgia, Northeastern University, and University of Pittsburgh to create working relationships enabling synergistic goals for the project.
The collaboration is mutually beneficial for the Army and the universities. These projects assist the Army by increasing capabilities to assess AI in the future while giving the university students and professors the ability to learn directly from soldiers. Students as well as professors were able to learn from soldiers about what it is like to operate and aim a ground combat vehicle.