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Initiatives

CAMD faculty, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows are researching how AI is becoming embedded into daily life, as well as how to use AI to promote human flourishing. Read this page to learn more about our labs, initiatives, and specific areas of focus.

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Programs

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AI webinar series

This webinar series examines artificial intelligence as a cultural medium rather than merely a technical tool, exploring how AI shapes communication, creativity, governance, and everyday life across diverse contexts.

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AI Faculty Fellowship

Faculty Fellows are appointed by the Associate Deans in their respective colleges. As opposed to a typical fellowship where most of the work is independent, these Fellows frequently interact to network and learn from each other.

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How are CAMD faculty using (or not using) AI in their teaching?

In this video series, 11 professors across CAMD share how they’re engaging with AI in teaching, research, and creative practice — from active integration to principled resistance.

Research Labs

Led by: John Wihbey

Image of Prof. John Wihbey speaking at the Center for Transformative Media's launch event, "Media in Motion," on Mar. 28, 2025. Wihbey is speaking into a microphone, and there is a bright TV behind him. He is sitting next to faculty members Michael Ann DeVito, Sina Fazelpour, and Derek Curry.

AI-Media Strategies Lab

The AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMES Lab), housed in the Provost's Office, focuses on the use of AI technologies in media industries, providing evidence-based recommendations to organizations, and producing research leveraging methods such as surveys, focus groups, experiments, and data analysis.

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Led by: Dakuo Wang

Northeastern University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Lab (NEU HAI)

The Northeastern University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Lab (NEU HAI, pronounced “new-hi”) is lead by Prof. Dakuo Wang. The overarching goal is to democratize AI for every person and every organization, so that they can access their own AI and collaborate with these real-world AI systems (human-AI collaboration).

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Led by: Smit Desai

Conversational Human-AI Interactions (CHAI) Lab

The CHAI Lab designs AI that enhances human capabilities rather than replacing them, focusing on conversational systems that help people navigate complexity across healthcare, education, and creative domains while preserving human agency.

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AI-Mediated Collaborative Learning Space

Led by the Media Studios Organization, this space will link students and faculty across campuses through an immersive, instrumented learning environment. We are actively seeking faculty collaborators.

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