Artificial Intelligence (AI) Committee
Coming soon
The Data Governance Committee focuses on data, analytics, and activities related to campuswide projects and initiatives involving the use of institutional data. [Research data is not included in the scope of the Data Governance Committee.] In alignment with the University’s mission and campus IT strategy, as established by the Executive IT Governance Board, the Data Governance Committee employs:
- Conceptual data governance to enable the emergence and ongoing cultivation of a single, shared definition of our data across the institution.
- Logical data governance to mature processes that create data across the institution so that they generate accurate, timely, and meaningful data.
- Physical data governance to continue development of the non-functional processes that capture, store, classify, and enable the retrieval and use of institutional data in a consistent and secure manner.
AI Innovation Initiative
UCLA launched its campuswide AI program in April 2024, with the launch of a central hub focused on generative AI products and resources and the release of a first-generation web search experience for faculty and staff on the Microsoft platform. The inaugural strategy focused on building strong AI governance including cyber security and enabling consumer-based copilot tools for the workforce and student populations. Within a few months, pilots had been launched across campus in both Google and Microsoft M365 with broad release of the web search experience for students in time for Fall.
On September 20, 2024, UCLA announced a groundbreaking agreement with OpenAI, making it the first university in California to incorporate this advanced technology into its operations, and positioning UCLA as a leader in artificial intelligence adoption. The agreement was negotiated with support from the UC Office of the President. Following, DTS launched an AI Innovation Initiative evolving its focus to driving exploration and implementation of AI innovation across campus and building sustaining AI literacy.
The UCLA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Initiative is a collaborative effort involving Digital Technology & Solutions (DTS) and strategic partners to seed experimentation, enhance AI fluency, foster innovation, and position UCLA as a leader in AI engagement and thought leadership across the campus and beyond.
The goals of the initiative include:
- Promoting AI fluency and demystifying Generative AI (GenAI) capabilities across campus.
- Building a culture of experimentation and exploration by providing support and resources for prototyping with AI technologies.
- Identifying and developing high-impact AI use cases that deliver sustaining value to the UCLA community.
- Creating a community of practice around the development of AI and use of tools, such as copiloting and enterprise GPTs.
- Building robust AI platform management capabilities, including oversight of cost and usage.
Co-led by Chris Mattmann, CDAIO, and Veronica Garcia, Deputy CIO, the Initiative seeks to establish a sustainable support model for AI tools, develop prototypes and conduct proofs of concept, engage various campus segments in AI exploration and innovation, as well as design and implement AI literacy and fluency events. Focused on integrating GenAI into the UCLA community, the AI Innovation Initiative aims to empower students, faculty, and staff with the knowledge and tools to harness this technology's full potential while following safe and ethical practices in accordance with the UC AI Principles.
As part of these efforts, DTS developed a product management and support model to give UCLA students, faculty, and staff access to Open AI, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini following pilots to better understand scalability, integration, cost and support. More information about available GenAI tools is included on our website.
To further encourage AI experimentation on campus, the AI Innovation Initiative managed a call for OpenAI project proposals announced in Fall 2024, inviting ideas for using ChatGPT Enterprise in teaching, learning, administration and operations, or research.
