U-M Groups
The future of work is reshaping how we live and work, driven by technological advancements, remote work culture, and global trends. At the University of Michigan, numerous groups are dedicated to exploring and addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by this evolving landscape. The list below is a great starting place to learn about U-M groups working on innovative and sustainable solutions at local, regional, state, and national levels.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) research at the University of Michigan is comprised of a multidisciplinary group of researchers conducting theoretical, experimental, and applied investigations of intelligent systems. Current projects include research in cognitive architectures, distributed systems of multiple agents, machine learning, data mining, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, computational healthcare, human computing, and computational social science, and others
The University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation is committed to bringing educational opportunities from the University of Michigan to a global network of lifelong learners. Through curricular innovation, tools for student success and equity, and educational research and analytics, the center is building the future of education.
The Future of Work Steering Group at the University of Michigan was created in 2022. Sponsored by Geoffrey Chatas, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Laurie McCauley, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, the group was charged to consider workplace changes prompted by the public health landscape and recommend ways to carry out the university’s missions while supporting an inclusive and flexible environment. The group, comprised of a diverse group of staff and faculty members from all campuses and Michigan Medicine, aimed to build upon successful practices built locally during the last few years and recommend dependable and consistent frameworks that would benefit the university.
ICOS, or the Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, has the single goal of enhancing the University of Michigan's strength as a world center for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on organizations. We seek to enrich the intellectual environment of Ph.D. students and faculty interested in organization studies, by increasing the quality, breadth, depth, and usefulness of organizational research.
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