Computing Research Association

Faculty — are you trying to bring real AI computing power into your classroom but not sure where to start?

The NAIRR Pilot Classroom provides U.S.-based educators with access to national AI computing infrastructure, and our first webinar will walk you through exactly how to request it for your course.

📅 Monday, June 30 | 4:00 PM ET 💻 Free & Virtual 🔗 Register: https://cra-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f6uYPNPBQCuFFOVmo9DUyg

This is the first session in our new NAIRR AI EDU RCN Webinar Series, organized by NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellows Debanjali Banerjee, Oyebade Kunle Oyerinde, and Roderick Lee — faculty who have hands-on experience using NAIRR resources in their own teaching.

Open to any U.S.-based faculty teaching undergraduate or graduate courses with AI content. No prior experience with NAIRR required!

Meet the faces advocating for and shaping the future of AI education! 🤖

Continuing our series highlighting our newly announced NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellows, this week we’re celebrating Elahe Javadi! 🌟

Elahe Javadi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the School of Information Technology at Illinois State University. Her passion for research, curriculum development, and community outreach focuses on applied AI, robotics, and quantum computing. Through the NAIRR AI Education Fellowship, Javadi will collaborate with organizations across Central Illinois to expand access to AI education.

We’re inspired by her drive to collaborate in order to expand AI education!

Catching up on highlighting our 2025 CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellows, we connected with Taslima Akter to chat about her experience and hopes for the future of trustworthy AI. As an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas, San Antonio, Taslima’s research focuses on accessibility and privacy for blind and low-vision individuals using AI technologies.

As a Trustworthy AI Research Fellow, her research focuses on:
🔹 Community-informed design
🔹 Inclusive AI framework
🔹 AI that is prioritized for blind and low-vision individuals

Learn more about Taslima’s research and her commitment to trustworthy AI: https://cra.org/crn/2026/03/cra-trustworthy-ai-research-fellow-spotlight-taslima-akter/