BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74295@annarborwithkids.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T193000 DTSTAMP:20260219T155246Z URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/events/friday-night-ai-generative-ai-for- teaching-and-learning-an-opportunity-or-a-threat/ SUMMARY:Friday Night AI: AI &\; Energy: Balancing Power and Sustainabili ty DESCRIPTION:\nArtificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful tool used i n an increasing number of applications\, including efforts to improve how we use and conserve energy\, from optimizing heating and cooling systems i n buildings to coordinating smart grids\, forecasting demand\, and identif ying new opportunities for efficiency across industries. At the same time\ , training and deploying large AI models requires vast computational resou rces and significant amounts of electricity\, raising concerns about carbo n emissions and other air pollution\, water consumption\, and the long-ter m energy footprint of AI itself. How can we harness the benefits of AI whi le avoiding the escalating costs of running increasingly large systems? Wh at role can smaller models\, hardware advances\, and new design practices play in making AI more sustainable? Join us for a conversation with expert s in AI &\; systems and energy and environmental law as we explore how to balance innovation with environmental responsibility.Rada Mihalcea  \;is the Janice M. Jenkins Professor of Computer Science and Engineering a t the University of Michigan and the Director of the Michigan Artificial I ntelligence Lab. Her research interests are in natural language processing \, with a focus on multimodal processing and computational social sciences . She is an ACM Fellow\, a AAAI Fellow\, and served as ACL President (2018 -2022 Vice/Past). She is the recipient of a Sarah Goddard Power award (201 9) for her contributions to diversity in science\, and the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers awarded by Pr esident Obama (2009).Mosharaf Chowdhury \;is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbo r\, where he leads the \;SymbioticLab. His research focuses on making AI/ML workloads more efficient\, with a particular emphasis on reducing th eir energy consumption through \;the ML Energy Initiative. Major open- source projects from his team include \;Infiniswap\, the first scalabl e memory disaggregation solution\; \;FedScale\, a planetary-scale AI/M L platform\; \;TPP\, a tiered memory manager integrated into the Linux kernel (v5.18+)\; and \;Zeus\, the first energy-optimal generative AI stack. \;Alexandra Klass \;is the James G. Degnan Professor of La w at the University of MichiganLaw School. She teaches and writes primaril y in the areas of energy law\, environmental law\, and natural resources l aw. In 2022 and 2023\, she served in the Biden-Harris administration as De puty General Counsel for Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Demonstrations at the U.S. Department of Energy. Professor Klass’s recent scholarly wo rk\, published in many of the nation’s leading law journals\, addresses regulatory and permitting challenges to integrating more renewable energy into the nation’s electric transmission grid\, siting and eminent domain issues surrounding interstate electric transmission lines and oil and gas pipelines\, and applications of the public trust doctrine to modern envir onmental law challenges. \;\n\n\n\nThis event is in partnership with t he Michigan AI Lab.\n\n\n\nFor teens &\; adults. Held in First Floor Lo bby\n CATEGORIES:Arbor Annie's Highlights,Free,High Schoolers,Indoor Activities,Middle Schoolers,Parents,STEM LOCATION:Downtown Branch of AADL\, 343 South Fifth Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, Mic higan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States GEO:42.278198;-83.745971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=343 South Fifth Avenue\, An n Arbor\, Michigan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X -TITLE=Downtown Branch of AADL:geo:42.278198,-83.745971 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR