The Milwaukee community celebrated the grand opening of the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab, housed within the UWM Connected Systems Institute, on June 25. The lab is Microsoft’s first AI Co-Innovation Lab with a dedicated focus on helping manufacturing advance their competitive edge through AI. It’s also the first such lab based at a university.
The Connected Systems Institute aims to expand Wisconsin’s talent pipeline for Industry 4.0 manufacturing, which allows small and medium manufacturers to integrate new technologies, such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and robotics into their production processes. It promotes learning experiences for engineering and computer science students, including a Connected Systems Engineering master’s degree, offered through the College of Engineering & Applied Science.
The lab’s opening event marks one year since Microsoft’s investment to build AI infrastructure in Wisconsin. That effort is unfolding through a partnership among Microsoft Corp., the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, TitletownTech and UWM.
See the UWM REPORT story and all the photos from the celebration here. See Wisconsin Public Radio report. See TMJ4 News report. See Fox6 News report.