AI Innovation Initiative (AIII)

Welcome to Weber State's College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology—where AI Spoken Here means empowering students, faculty, staff, and our community with next-generation technology. Through the EAST AI Innovation Initiative (AIII), we highlight essential learning tools and collaborate to build innovative new AI resources.

Students Connect Classroom Concepts to AI Internships @ WSU's Data Summit

September 24, 2026 | Written by Luka Shvelidze
At Weber State University’s recent Data Summit, students presented work from their summer internships which included several projects that involved AI. These experiences highlighted that working with AI is not always about building chatbots or training huge models. Sometimes working with AI comes down to figuring out when AI gets something wrong. Other times it means deciding how AI interacts with people in the first place.

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AI Events & Opportunities

AI Hackathon

The Weber State University AI Hackathon invites students and professionals from Weber State and the wider community to build AI-powered tools in a short sprint. The competition is open to everyone regardless of technical ability and offers generous prizes to the most innovative and impactful software

Data Science Summer Internship Program

The School of Computing offers scholarships for student internships during the summer. These internships are joint projects with industry partners, and often involve work in data science, machine learning, data analytics, or data engineering

2D Summer Video Gaming Camp (Grades 9-12)

The week-long training camp will focus on using a game development tool to build video games. At the end of the week, participants will showcase their projects for judging and winners will receive prizes. This camp will feature material on AI for video games

WEBCats Summer Camp (Ages 13-15)

Join the Wildcats for a week of hands-on learning, where you'll dive into the basics of HTML and CSS, build your very own website from scratch, and sharpen your skills in user experience and creative design thinking. This camp will feature material on AI for video games