'AI, Innovation and Society' learning community

The 'AI, Innovation and Society' learning community at the University of Groningen lets students explore the impact of AI through lectures, workshops, and hands-on projects. Students work in multidisciplinary teams on consultancy assignments at local companies, focusing on the benefits of AI for those organisations and gaining some entrepreneurial insights at the same time.

They start with a business analysis to understand the company’s challenges and pain points before proposing AI-driven solutions. The programme emphasises collaboration, networking, and hands-on experience, preparing participants for careers in the future.

Learning Community

In short, the learning community aims to:

• Connect students and organizations (working with AI) in the region and execute consultancy-based assignments.
• Attending interesting lectures and workshops all related to the latest developments in AI.
• Work within an interdisciplinary platform at the House of Connection and GDBC
• Work together with students from other faculties
• Meet professors and companies from different backgrounds.
• Learn what career possibilities are available for you

Preliminary programme

• 8 April: opening and forming teams - House of connections
• 15 April: workshop consultancy methodology
• Planning individual sessions with coaches - location UG
• 29 April: workshop AI
• 13 May: workshop AI
• 27 May: workshop AI
• Planning individual sessions with coaches - location UG
• 3 of 10 June: wrap up - House of Connecions

More information

For more information and registration, see the Groningen Digital Business Centre (GDBC) blogpost 'The 2nd LC AI, innovation & society'.

The learning community is organised as a project of the Jantina Tammes School, and the Groningen Digital Business Centre. The Jantina Tammes School is the University of Groningen’s interdisciplinary center dedicated to digital society, technology and artificial intelligence (AI).