David Reed

Dr. David Reed is the Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Florida and the founding Director of the university’s AI2 Center. Dr. Reed has been at the forefront of expanding AI education across the full breadth of the University of Florida. UF now has over 200 AI courses across its 16 colleges, and over 12,000 students per year taking AI courses. Reed is an authoritative voice in teaching AI Across the Curriculum. Dr. Reed created the Artificial Intelligence Academic Initiative Center (AI2 Center) to support faculty interested in learning about AI and building out new AI courses. The Center also supports UF students who want to learn AI skills and move into AI-empowered jobs. Before leading UF in its artificial intelligence initiative, Dr. Reed was the PI of a genetics/genomics lab that was funded by the National Science Foundation for twenty years in the Florida Museum of Natural History.