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A flurry of media accompanied the announcement on May 8 that Microsoft will build the nation\u2019s first manufacturing-focused AI Co-Innovation Lab at 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Connected Systems Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lab will give students hands-on learning with artificial intelligence and connect them to Wisconsin manufacturers and Microsoft AI experts. There are only six of these labs<\/a> in the entire world. This will be the first one on a college campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft, made the announcement at a news conference<\/a> at the company\u2019s data center complex in Racine County that featured remarks from President Joe Biden and Gov. Tony Evers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporate leadership at Microsoft has strong Wisconsin ties. Smith was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Appleton. Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella is an alum of the College of Engineering & Applied Science (\u201990 MS computer science).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lab is part of Microsoft\u2019s $3.3 billion investment in southeast Wisconsin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s not so many schools that get the opportunity to work with Microsoft and we are one of them,\u201d Anisha Tasnim, a PhD student in computer science, told TMJ4 News. \u201cIt’s so amazing and we will be able to work with them very closely when the project starts.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Klocko, a senior in industrial engineering was also quoted in the TMJ4 report. Undergraduate biomedical engineering student Abhiroop Reddy Tokala was quoted in the Fox 6 report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CSI is a 51ÁÔÆæ-industry partnership with a mini-factory production line on campus that trains 51ÁÔÆæ students and workers in manufacturing in new digital technologies, including those that use AI. The institute also serves as a research hub where academics and industry can work together on optimizing automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the 51ÁÔÆæ Report story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media coverage includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PBS NewsHour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inc. Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLUK-TV (Green Bay)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox 6, WITI News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TMJ4 News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milwaukee Business Journal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a> May 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a> May 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Public Radio <\/a>interview with Joe Hammes, May 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W51ÁÔÆæ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BizTimes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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