SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at Miami-Dade College\u2019s Kendall Campus to open a new artificial intelligence innovation hub.<\/p>\n
The South Florida college is helping gear up future students with the new complex, and featured a dancing robot at the ceremony.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are opening our AI Innovation Hub; this is gonna be the center for innovation for Miami-Dade County, where we are looking to infuse businesses with AI-driven products,\u201d said Dr. Ernesto Lee, assistant professor at MDC.<\/p>\n
The college\u2019s new hub is designed to train South Florida\u2019s future technology workforce.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is we are looking at how AI can move the needle for Miami businesses,\u201d said Lee. \u201cSo, we are looking at how we can define workflows, how AI can be integrated into workflows, and how it can be integrated into robots.\u201d<\/p>\n
MDC is considered a national leader in AI education, with more than 4,000 students receiving AI training through the school\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are looking at how we can add value, from a revenue perspective, from an efficiency perspective, just so we can make sure Miami is not part of the innovation but is driving in innovation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
College professors emphasized the importance of AI, all in the name of progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in the middle of a transformation. It\u2019s just like electricity, electricity impacted everybody, it removed some jobs, it transformed every job, it created brand new jobs, we have the exact same thing happening right now with artificial intelligence,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\n
MDC launched Florida\u2019s first bachelor\u2019s degree in applied artificial intelligence in 2024 and is now expanding partnerships with companies including Intel, Google, Microsoft, and International Business Machines.<\/p>\n
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