UC Davis Artificial Intelligence (AI) Council

UC Davis Artificial Intelligence (AI) Council

In May 2024, Chancellor Gary May convened a UC Davis AI Council with a charge “to work collaboratively to develop campus-based principles and a proposed governance structure to guide the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence on our two campuses” consistent with the UC Responsible AI Principles as laid out in the UCOP Presidential Working Group Report, Responsible Artificial Intelligence. He requested a report in Winter Quarter 2025 to circulate for campus discussion.

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UC Davis Artificial Intelligence (AI) Council Members

Co-Chair: Simon Atkinson, Vice Chancellor, Research
Co-Chair: Katheryn Russ, Chair, Academic Senate

Workgroups

Administration & Services
- Chair: Zainab Shakoor, Senior Campus Counsel, Privacy Officer
  - Viji Murali, CIO and Vice Provost, Information and Educational Technology
  - Rebecca "Becky" Oskin, Director of Communications and Marketing, Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, Communications Chair, Staff Assembly, UC Davis
  - Pablo Reguerín, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
  - Clare Shinnerl, Vice Chancellor, Finance, Operations and Administration
  - Renetta Garrison Tull, Vice Chancellor, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Health
- Chair: John Cook, Associate Chief Information Officer, Innovation Technology, UCDH
  - Ron Amodeo, Chief Strategy Officer, UCDH
  - Sarah Button, Past Chair, Staff Assembly, UCDH
  - Karl Engelbach, Associate Chancellor and Chief of Staff
  - Stefan Toma, Chair, Staff Assembly, UCDH
Research
- Chair: Simon Atkinson, Vice Chancellor, Office of Research
  - Raissa D’Souza, Professor, Computer Sciences and Mechanical Aerospace Engineering, Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering
  - Ben Ruilin Fong, President, Graduate Student Association
  - Ari Kelman, Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor and Provost
  - Katheryn "Kadee" Russ, Professor, Economics, College of Letters and Science, Chair, Academic Senate
  - Mohammad Sadoghi, Associate Professor, Computer Science; Academic Senate Committee on Research
  - Erkin Şeker, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Academic Senate Graduate Council
Instruction
- Chair: Michael Bradford, Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education
  - Gerardo Con Diaz, Associate Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Academic Senate Undergraduate Council
  - Rohan French, Associate Professor, Philosophy; Academic Senate Committee on Information Technology
  - William Garrity, University Librarian and Vice Provost of Digital Scholarship
  - Gaius Ilupeju, President, Associated Students of UC Davis
  - Rayyan Islam, Member, Chancellor's Undergraduate Advisory Board
  - Martin Smith, Past Chair, Academic Federation
  - Dan Wilson, Vice Chair, Academic Federation

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