Students Lead the Way: Open-Source AI Solutions to Improve Accessibility and Security

The pace of innovation requires public sector organizations to think differently about how they evolve to keep pace. This session explores how organizations across the globe leverage university-based Cloud Innovation Centers to develop open-source technical solutions. These public-private partnerships, powered by AWS, leverage student workers, university staff, and AWS employees to solve efficiency and mission-related challenges. This session showcases scalable solutions built for higher education applications. These projects address core challenges like PDF accessibility and cybersecurity using generative AI. This session showcases how scalable solutions are developed and peer-to-peer learning exchanges enable teams to think big, start small, and innovate quickly.