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principles. Harper & Row. VII. RESEARCH QUESTIONS: CREATIVITY & AI [2] Schumpeter, J. A. (1942). Capitalism, socialism and democracy. Harper & Brothers. [3] Pratt, M. K., & McLaughlin, E. (2023). Business innovation. TechDoes AI support divergent thinking, or does it reinforce patterns Target. https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/definition/business-innovationthat limit originality? Can it act as a co-creator alongside human [4] Goswami, S., & Mathew, M. (2005). Definition of innovation revisited:artists, or does it produce work that lacks depth and

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Mohamed Elwakil; Tooran Emami Ph. D.

these gaps, educators and AI Knowledge and Prompt Engineering Ability: A Mixed Methodspolicymakers can ensure that prompt engineering instruction Study," arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.07302, Aug. 2024. [Online].evolves to meet the demands of an AI-driven future, equipping Available: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07302learners across disciplines with the skills to innovate properly [4] J. Prather, J. Leinonen, N. Kiesler, J. G. Benario, S. Lau, S. MacNeil, N.and effectively. Norouzi, S. Opel, V. Pettit, L. Porter, B. N. Reeves, J. Savelka, D. H

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Lina H. Kloub, University of Connecticut; Christina Smith, University of Connecticut; Faiyhaa-Sydra Saulat, University of Connecticut

engineeringthis issue requires continuous evaluation of AI algorithms and education: The future is now,” in Proceedings of the Canadian Societypromoting AI literacy among students so they can critically for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2023, Volume 1, ser. Lectureassess AI-generated outputs. Notes in Civil Engineering, S. Desjardins and G. J. Poitras, Eds. Springer, Cham, 2024, vol. 495. Furthermore, the risk of over-reliance on AI tools is an- [6] A. J. J. Schleiss and S. Stober, “Integrating ai education in disciplinaryother challenge that educators must consider. While AI can engineering

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Shashi Kiran Chandrappa; Sidike Paheding; Yu Cai Cai

[1] S. Sivakorn, I. Polakis, and A. D. Keromytis, “Thein performance comparison. The dataset encompassed diverse cracked cookie jar: Http cookie hijacking and the expo-HTTP request sequences, covering both Normal and Anomaly sure of private information,” in 2016 IEEE Symposiumclasses. Preprocessing techniques ensured structured input on Security and Privacy (SP), 2016, pp. 724–742. DOI:representation, and models were evaluated on accuracy, in- 10.1109/SP.2016.49.terpretability, and classification reliability. This uniform setup [2] J. Hasan and A. M. Zeki, “Evaluation of web applica-enabled comparative analysis of LLM efficacy in anomaly

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. Inside the air chamber is images. The minimum exposure time for our camera (1 ms)the Bluetooth module, which is visible in this image, and the was still significantly longer than the exposure timeSPS30, which is not. necessary to get clear images of the particles (~10 µs), so we instead took long, 1 s exposure images with a brief 10 µs The microscope (AMScope, B100, Irvine, CA) shown in flash of light provided by a light emitting diode (LED) toFig. 3 was used for the prototype. One reason was its high achieve an effective exposure time of

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questions and refining their responses iter- for Responsible and Effective Usage IV. R ESULTS AND F INDINGS P OST-C OURSE S URVEY RESULTS . At the end of the semester, a follow-up survey was con- P RE -C OURSE S URVEY RESULTS . ducted to assess the impact of the AI integration framework To establish a baseline understanding of how students in the Algorithms and Complexity course.utilized AI tools and perceived their role in academic work, The survey evaluated changes in students’ perceptions,a survey was conducted at the

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VI. REFERENCES [1] Rose, S. J., Allen, D., Noble, D., & Clarke, J. A. (2017). Quantitative analysis of vocalizations of captive Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae). Method Accuracy False False Processing Bioacoustics, 27(1), 13–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2016.1272003 Positives Negatives Time [2] X. Kong, D. Liu, A. Kathait, et al., "Behavioral-psychological motivations encoded in

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Sunil Dehipawala; Guozhen An; Arkadiy Portnoy; Tak Cheung

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-source GNU Radio software, and SDR hardware such as ADALM Pluto, along with affordable benchtop equipment, enhances learning and understanding of key concepts. REFERENCES [1] “Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems”, B.P. Lathi and Zhi Dong, Oxford University Press, Fifth Edition, 2019. [2] Pierre, J., & Hossain, M. S., & Hosur, S

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Junling Hu; Godwin Agyei-Owusu, University of Bridgeport

Development History and Implementation Outlook of the United States, 2023 ICEBE. [3] J. Putnam, J. Littell, “Crashworthiness of a Lift plus Cruise eVTOL Vehicle Design within Dynamic Loading Environments”, 76th Vertical Flight Society's Annual Forum & Technology Display, October 6, 2020. [4] M. Ding, A. Xie, S. Zhu, W. Song, J. Cai, X. Yan, "Crashworthiness

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Mina Gaber Wahba Ibrahim; Xingguo Xiong; Navarun Gupta; Ahmed El-Sayed

with a wind speed of 7 mph ‘3.13 Over the WiFi data that was transferred to the raspberry pi m/s’, a revised decay constant k=2.47s/m is needed to accurately5 using the flask server. Sensor data was updated every second. calculate the observed PM2.5 concentration which is 2.90The IP address identified during the Arduino code to match the µg/m³.Flask server as well as its port. A combination of sensor This suggests that natural wind patterns and environmentalreadings was sent simultaneously while containing the factors significantly affect PM dispersion, and the decayparticulate

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Karen Garza; Nhat Pham; Junling Hu

inlet velocity of 3 m/s to emulate the typical operational conditions observed in a server room environment specified by The Cold Aisle Containment baseline configuration has two ASHRAE 8.0. A pressure outlet boundary condition is used atwalls placed on either side of the server rack to impede the the outlet.escape of cold air and prevent its mixing with the hot air exitingfrom the server. This configuration has only one inlet with The Standard Mesh setting was employed across all 12 testdimensions of 0.5m x 5m and results in reducing the air volume cases. A mesh independent study was conducted with the Hotflow entering into the room to

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Elizabeth O'Connell; Sarath Chandra Kumar Jagupilla; Muhammad Hajj

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Susrutha Babu Sukhavasi; SUPARSHYA BABU SUKHAVASI

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Lina H. Kloub, University of Connecticut; Vraj Patel; Tina Huey

different VIII. L IMITATIONS OF THE S TUDY academic fields. While this study provides valuable insights into instructors’ As AI technologies continue to evolve, it is imperative forperceptions of AI in education, several limitations must be educators, researchers, and policymakers to remain proactiveacknowledged. in addressing emerging challenges. By fostering a culture of First, the sample size was limited to instructors at a single openness, adaptability, and critical engagement, the educa-institution, which may restrict the generalizability of the find- tional community can harness AI’s potential to enhance learn-ings. While the

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Mashtura Rahman; Shivansh Sharma; Michael Ventourat; Julianne Torreno; Nealesh Guha; David Lee; Alec Kisselev; Tak Choi David Cheung; Sunil Dehipawala; Harsha Rajapakse

science and Ronali Dissanayake, Alexandr N. Simonov, Berntengineering, as described in the introduction section. With a Johannessen, Daniel S. Eldridge, Rosalie K. Hockingcampus location in New York City, the Brookhaven and Characterization of Energy Materials with X-rayCornell Synchrotron Radiation Facilities are within driving Absorption Spectroscopy─ Advantages, Challenges, anddistance for continuous data collection. Opportunities 2022.The advances in AI diffusion model in text to image https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c04072technology have helped Microsoft to develop MatterGen to [3] Pooria Sedigh Rahimabadi, Mehdi

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Teresa Piliouras; Steffi Crasto; Chinmay Dharap; Pui Lam Yu; Navarun Gupta

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Shohana Iffat

, vol. 1, no. 6649283, 2021.was drafted and presented to the research group within one day [5] Y. Tong, Y. Wang, S. Zhang, Y. Chen, Z. Li, D. Niu, “Study on mechanical properties of basalt fiber shotcrete in high geothermalwhich finally helped the group to initiate tasks within a week. In environment”. Materials, vol. 14, no. 24 (7816), 2021.this research, the author utilized free version of ChatGPT and [6] G. L. Chynoweth, “ Properties of Latex-Modified Shotcrete Beneficial toonly explored “chat” option. More options e.g., create an image, Concrete Repairs

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Gowtham Raj Vuppari; Navarun Gupta; Ahmed El-Sayed; Xingguo Xiong

REFERENCES(10), the confusion matrix emphasizes the model's robustnessand guarantees great detection dependability. The model also [1] Wang, J., Liu, Y., and Zhang, H., "Vision Transformerobtained an F1-score of 0.97, therefore confirming its efficiency (ViT)-based wildfire detection using satellite imagery," IEEEin precisely spotting wildfires and lowering false alarms. Our Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp.ViT-based wildfire detection system exceeds current techniques 1-12, 2023.with an enhanced ultimate accuracy of 96.10%, thereforehighlighting the possibilities of transformer-based architectures [2] Lopez, M., Gonzalez, R., and Patel, S., "Hybrid CNN-for sophisticated environmental image

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. UNESCO, 2021.[4] S. Roy and S.K. Paul, "Revolutionizing Education: How [13] Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan, Louisa H.Y. Tsi, The AI Revolution in Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Learning Landscape," Education: Will AI Replace or Assist Teachers in Higher International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Education? Cecilia.Chan@cetl.hku.hk Development (IJTSRD), vol. 7, no. 4, July-August 2023. [14] A. D. Lantada and C. De Maria, "Towards Open-Source and[5] J. L. Martín Núñez and A. S. Dı́az Lantada, "Artificial Collaborative Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education: Intelligence Aided Engineering Education: State of the Art

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Hasan Baig; Phillip Bradford

several outliers and scatteredpoints, indicating variability in student performance. Some ACKNOWLEDGMENTstudents scored low on paper-based assessments but relatively During the preparation of this work the author(s) usedhigher on computer-based assessments. These outliers ChatGPT tool to compare students’ solutions to check if theyrepresent students who extensively used Generative AI tools are generated by ChatGPT. We also used this platform forfor completing their auto-graded computer-based assignments improving the language of the manuscript. After using thisto obtain high scores but struggled to write simple code on tool/service, the author reviewed and edited the

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B. Kris Jaeger-Helton

group got creative on their own and came up with 4 4 16 some unique ideas to use without AI.” 56  Totals  121 “Our team had some discussions on what ways and how much to use AI and could not always agree. We decided to just do what we wanted for each of our parts for the seminar. Students were forthcoming in recognizing and describingthe potential drawbacks of relying on generative AI for this “I actually wonder how this affect[s] my

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Marlon Jost; Umme Hani Bootwala; Don Heiman; Haridas Kumuraku

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electronics.combination of 4 sequential bits set by player-2. After player-1makes their guess of the 4-bits, they receive instantaneous Students who investigate this game may also experimentfeedback from a row of LEDs telling them how many bits were with different configurations of logic gates and observe howchosen incorrectly, but not which ones were incorrect. Using this these changes affect the device's behavior. This process wouldinformation, player-1 makes a second guess for the 4 bits and help reinforce theoretical knowledge through practicalreceives second feedback from the LEDs. Player-1 gets a total of application. Due to the strategic nature of the game, studentsfour trial guesses to find player-2’s original 4

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