AI@SJSU Vision 2030

As Silicon Valley’s public university, San José State University will be the place people go to learn, discover, experiment, build and create societal impact with AI, grounded in equity, integrity and community partnership.

Our Vision

San José State University sits at the heart of Silicon Valley and serves an extraordinarily diverse student and community population. By 2030, we will be the leading public university living lab for trustworthy, equity-centered AI, preparing every Spartan to thrive in an AI-shaped world and partnering to solve real problems in San José, California and beyond.

What You Can Do Here

• Learn: AI fluency pathways, workshops and curricular, extracurricular and research experiences across every major.
• Discover: interdisciplinary AI research clusters, student research fellowships and secure data/compute support to turn questions into new knowledge.
• Experiment: safe tools, sandboxes and faculty/staff support for researching and trying ideas quickly.
• Build: studios, labs, capstones and startup pathways to create real AI-enabled solutions.
• Impact: public-interest projects with community partners - measured for results and equity.

Our Commitments

• Empower innovation for students, faculty and staff with access, training and time.
• Protect privacy, security, accessibility and intellectual property with clear guidance and review.
• Keep humans accountable in high-stakes decisions and publish transparent evaluation of impacts.
• Advance equity and belonging, AI should narrow opportunity gaps, not widen them.

Signature Initiatives (Proposed)

•  Spartan AI Studio: a campuswide support and experimentation program (tools + coaching + office hours).
• AI Across the Curriculum: discipline-specific AI outcomes and assessment redesign.
• Spartan AI Discovery Commons: seed grants + student research fellows + secure data/compute to accelerate AI research and translation.
  AI for the Public Good Grand Challenge: annual projects with city/state/community partners.
• AI @ Work: people-centered workflow improvement pilots co-designed with staff and faculty.

Get Involved

• Join a community of practice or request a workshop for your unit/class.
• Propose an AI pilot project (teaching, research, operations, community impact).
• Use vetted tools and follow guidance for responsible AI use.