Engineers are uniquely positioned to lead the charge in harnessing AI’s potential and shaping its future direction, according to the report, AI Engineering | A Strategic Research Framework to Benefit Society. AI Engineering, defined as the accelerating convergence of the artificial intelligence and engineering fields to deliver benefits to society, can facilitate this. Collaborating with government, industry and academia, AI and engineering practitioners can address 14 “grand challenges” of AI Engineering. By seamlessly integrating AI capabilities with established engineering principles, practitioners can unlock unprecedented innovation across various sectors.

See the executive summary and full report, featuring Pascal Van Hentenryck, a prominent figure in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and optimization who is making significant contributions to the strategic thinking needed for advancing engineering research in the AI era. As the Director of the NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT) and a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Van Hentenryck is at the forefront of integrating AI with engineering disciplines.