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14 | Star/flag Enhancing the Capabilities of Not-So-Large Large Language Models with Autonomous Self-Prompting | Lock Enhancing the Capabilities of Not-So-Large Large Language Models with Autonomous Self-Prompting | Add notes to Enhancing the Capabilities of Not-So-Large Large Language Models with Autonomous Self-Prompting | Mon, 01/06/2025 - 10:56 | mdear2 | English | 10.64.6.7 | Enhancing the Capabilities of Not-So-Large Large Language Models with Autonomous Self-Prompting | Mon, 01/13/2025 - 00:00 | This research project investigates the development of an autonomous, iterative pipeline designed to enhance the capabilities of small- to mid-sized large language models (LLMs) by enabling them to refine both system and user prompts for a given task. We explore strategies for self-prompting frameworks in which the LLM iteratively analyzes a user prompt, generates optimized system-level instructions, and refines the prompt to improve task-specific performance in terms of quality and relevance of the generated response. The largest state-of-the-art LLMs often demonstrate superior capabilities. However, smaller models are more accessible for resource-constrained environments, such as edge and personal devices. Enhancing the utility of these lightweight LLMs without fine-tuning or expanding their parameter counts could significantly broaden their practical applications. To assess the effectiveness of this self-prompting framework, the project will establish both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks, including NLP-based similarity scoring and task-specific performance metrics. The interdisciplinary scope will be supported through collaboration with subject matter experts across multiple academic fields to design diverse input prompts and evaluate the quality of the generated outputs. While this project aims to expand the capabilities of resource-efficient LLMs, we also seek to identify reusable, LLM-specific strategies for improving prompt effectiveness across domains. The findings may later be integrated into existing self-correcting LLM pipelines for tasks involving scientific code generation, contributing to the further advancement of autonomous LLM techniques in scientific contexts. |
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Computer Science | Not required | This is a new research proposal for collaboration with interested undergraduate and graduate students at UIS. The ideas outlined here are closely related to current efforts at Argonne National Laboratory in delivering enterprise-scale secure and internal generative AI solutions as well as recent research published here: https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTERWorkshops61563.2024.00029 We are also interested in partnering with subject matter experts across disciplines at UIS to inform and evaluate experimentally observations of LLM performance for explored self-prompting strategies. Interested students as well as faculty and staff may reach out to Matthew Dearing at mdear2@uis.edu for more information and opportunities. |
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13 | Star/flag AI and IoT curriculum Development for K-12 | Lock AI and IoT curriculum Development for K-12 | Add notes to AI and IoT curriculum Development for K-12 | Thu, 10/24/2024 - 15:39 | esahe2 | English | 10.64.6.7 | AI and IoT curriculum Development for K-12 | A few states (e.g., Maryland, Georgia, and Florida) have begun integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into K-12 education, while others continue to rely on informal learning spaces to foster AI literacy. This project aims to design a curriculum for middle and high school students that bridges AI with physical computing through the use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The curriculum integrates AI and microelectronics education by training computer vision models and deploying them on IoT devices in engaging, hands-on applications such as autonomous vehicles. |
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12 | Star/flag Application of Language Models in Protein Engineering | Lock Application of Language Models in Protein Engineering | Add notes to Application of Language Models in Protein Engineering | Thu, 10/24/2024 - 15:26 | esahe2 | English | 10.64.6.7 | Application of Language Models in Protein Engineering | The advancement of machine learning (ML), particularly deep learning (DL) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies, along with increased computing power, has further enhanced biotechnological applications, including protein design and engineering . These developments have led to the creation of Large Protein Language Models (LPLMs), which assist in discovering the evolutionary, structural, and functional properties across protein space by encoding amino-acid sequences into numeric vector representations we leverage pretrained LPLMs to extract features for antibody design specifically targeting ADAM17 (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 17) and MMP-9cd (Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 catalytic domain). Both ADAM17 and MMP-9 play critical roles in pathological processes such as inflammation, cancer metastasis, and tissue remodeling, making them promising therapeutic targets. |
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11 | Star/flag Simulate Ecological Models using Physics-informed Neural Networks | Lock Simulate Ecological Models using Physics-informed Neural Networks | Add notes to Simulate Ecological Models using Physics-informed Neural Networks | Sat, 09/28/2024 - 12:33 | Anonymous | English | 10.64.6.7 | Simulate Ecological Models using Physics-informed Neural Networks | Wed, 08/16/2023 - 00:00 | Fri, 07/31/2026 - 00:00 | This project highlights the need for interdisciplinary AI education, focusing on integrating physics and machine learning. While Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) demonstrate the importance of incorporating physical laws into AI models, current curricula often overlook this. We propose the designs that combine a type of Ecological differential equations and machine learning to equip students with the skills to create models that are both data-driven and grounded in physics. |
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College of Health, Science and Technology | Not required | No | ||||||
10 | Star/flag AI towards AGI and Digital Transformation 5.0 | Lock AI towards AGI and Digital Transformation 5.0 | Add notes to AI towards AGI and Digital Transformation 5.0 | Fri, 09/06/2024 - 14:34 | Anonymous | English | 10.64.6.7 | AI towards AGI and Digital Transformation 5.0 | Thu, 06/27/2024 - 00:00 | Fri, 06/20/2025 - 00:00 | Book abstract. AI progressing into AGI creates conditions for the real Industrial Revolution 5.0, thus enabling Digital Transformation 5.0 The goal is to explore productive links between Artificial General Intelligence, and Digital Transformation in Management.. chapter 1. Industry 4.5 reaching for the Horizon Chapter 2. Discovery Engines: Compute at the edge of chaos: Goertzel-Hanson's Sophia; meets Thaler's DABUS. Paraconsistent human and artificial creativity engines, and values. Chapter 3. The alignment problem taken care of AGI that knows what's going on (Sanz); AGI's inculcated into Gemeinschaft of human practices and emergent values Chapter 4, Paraconsistent creati Chapter 5. Floridi's dethronement of naive, homocentric humanism (Kopernicus; Darwin, Freud/Velmans; Turing/DABUS). Paradoxical axiology of Pico della Mirandola as the sole basis of human exceptionalism, if at all. Chapter 6. Digital Transformation beyond Taylorizations. The Poverty of Philosophy part two. The Value proposition beyond Rogers flooding customers by apps; beyond ChallGalla's shrood marketing; and beyond Proudhon-style naive socialism. hapter 7. Machine consciousness -- relevant dimesnions
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Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences and Philosophy | Not required | This is the book project that resulted from scaling down the historical issues of Industrial Revolutions planned in the prevous draft. I focuse on the AGI.This change is necessitated by fast approaching of the early forms of Artificial General Intelligence. We ought to face this technology as an opportunity. Trying to outsmart AGIs is like trying to outrun a car, or airplane, instead of using their strenghts, and paying attention to their weaknesses. The main organizational point of this projet is to keep active links among Computer Science in the area of AI and AGI; Business Science (Digital Transformation in Management Studies) -- all within Philosophy, viewed redesign of broad paradigms. I have some colaborators and colleagues in the US (including UIS), in Poland (especially Dr. M. Marchewka, who visited UIS Busines School last Fall; in Christchurch New Zealand, and Australia. I do not mention many names since team-building is in its early stages. Also, UIS students at PHI/CSC470 this semester sem highly interested and promissing -- It would be a appropriate for them to partake in the project. |
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9 | Star/flag Application of Generative AI (GenAI) Integration in Business Education: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | Lock Application of Generative AI (GenAI) Integration in Business Education: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | Add notes to Application of Generative AI (GenAI) Integration in Business Education: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | Wed, 09/04/2024 - 16:20 | jbaum02s | English | 10.64.6.7 | Application of Generative AI (GenAI) Integration in Business Education: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | Sat, 06/01/2024 - 00:00 | Wed, 12/31/2025 - 00:00 | This study investigates the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) in business education from a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on its impact on student performance and learning outcomes. The research involves a controlled experiment with business students from universities in the U.S., Poland, and Brazil, where participants are exposed to varying levels of GenAI use and training. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of GenAI tools and training in enhancing task performance, comparing outcomes across cultural contexts. Quantitative and qualitative data, including surveys, performance assessments, and interviews, will be analyzed to understand the attitudes, skills, and effectiveness of GenAI integration in educational settings. The findings are expected to offer insights into optimizing AI-supported learning, informing educational practices and policy development in business education globally. |
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Accounting, Economics and Finance, Web & Digital Strategy | Yes | Yes | ||||||
8 | Star/flag Trustworthy AI Potentials: A Reserach Agenda | Lock Trustworthy AI Potentials: A Reserach Agenda | Add notes to Trustworthy AI Potentials: A Reserach Agenda | Sat, 08/31/2024 - 12:19 | Anonymous | English | 10.64.6.7 | Trustworthy AI Potentials: A Reserach Agenda | Sat, 08/31/2024 - 00:00 | Trustworthy AI project aims to survey and uncover relevant dimensions and factors in businesses or organizations. The initial stage involves a systematic literature review with bibliometric analysis, with impactful insights leading to prominent future implications, applications, or funding chances. |
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7 | Star/flag Trip Distribution Post-Pandemic and Disparate Impacts of Work from Home on Demands for Transit Services in Chicago: Evaluating Mobility Network Patterns from Mobile Phone Tracing Data | Lock Trip Distribution Post-Pandemic and Disparate Impacts of Work from Home on Demands for Transit Services in Chicago: Evaluating Mobility Network Patterns from Mobile Phone Tracing Data | Add notes to Trip Distribution Post-Pandemic and Disparate Impacts of Work from Home on Demands for Transit Services in Chicago: Evaluating Mobility Network Patterns from Mobile Phone Tracing Data | Wed, 08/28/2024 - 17:40 | Anonymous | English | 10.64.6.7 | Trip Distribution Post-Pandemic and Disparate Impacts of Work from Home on Demands for Transit Services in Chicago: Evaluating Mobility Network Patterns from Mobile Phone Tracing Data | Mon, 01/01/2024 - 00:00 | Tue, 12/31/2024 - 00:00 | Across the United States, transit ridership has recovered to about 71 percent of pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The slow ridership recovery translates into less farebox revenue and large budget gaps for the nation’s largest transit agencies when revenue support from the federal government ceased in October 2024. Ridership recovery is slower in Chicago than national averages, below 70 percent for bus and below 60 percent for rail. Our paper illuminates disparate impacts from possible service reductions in eliminating an estimated $700 million deficit in the budget for Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority. We construct monthly mobility pattern networks from mobile phone tracing data (Dantsuji et al. 2023) and characterize the patterns before and after the pandemic across 4.4 million residential blockgroup-to-workplace blockgroup networks. We then test an empirical trip distribution model to assess importance of the share of workforce in Skilled Scalable Services occupations (Althoff et al. 2022) as a determinant of commuting flows. Our focus on the mobility networks allows us to pinpoint transit services throughout the city where continued investment might be justified for employer demand at the destination (vis-à -vis the share of jobs that cannot work from home) or suggested by limited alternatives for mobility at the origin (vis-à -vis low household incomes and house values among other factors). |
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School of Public Management and Policy | Not required | This project does not involve human subjects and does not require IRB approval. | Yes | |||||
3 | Star/flag High-Performance Computing Array | Lock High-Performance Computing Array | Add notes to High-Performance Computing Array | Wed, 08/23/2023 - 09:26 | jbaum02s | English | 172.17.0.1 | High-Performance Computing Array | Mon, 01/23/2023 - 00:00 | Sun, 12/31/2023 - 00:00 | Building a high-performance computer (HPC) involves carefully designing, assembling, and configuring a system to deliver exceptional computationalpower. Key stages include assessing needs, selecting hardware, assembly, software configuration, and rigorous testing. The HPC empowers researchers with a robust computing platform for cutting-edge research and data-intensive computations. |
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Computer Science, Orion Lab | Yes |
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