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SubscribeThe AI Tech Sprints are a series of competitions hosted by the VA National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII). Through a three-month competitive engagement, teams strive to provide new solutions to meet Veteran needs. The competitions encourage collaboration between industry, academia, and VA, as participants create AI-enabled tools that leverage federal data to address specific Veteran health care issues.
During the 2022 AI Tech Sprint, teams worked to produce prototype learning platforms for the All Services Personnel and Institutional Readiness Engine (ASPIRE) project. Mentors from VA, many federal agencies, and AI experts supported the teams as they created and refined a computer-based platform to test and train users in important tech skills. The ultimate goal is to create a testing and training system used across the federal workforce.
NAII launched the AI Summit Series in 2022 to bring together AI professionals and stakeholders to address the various ways AI can improve health outcomes and health care services for Veterans and the public.
The inaugural event of the series, the Brain Health and Rehabilitation through Artificial Intelligence Network (BRAIN) Summit, highlighted how AI is impacting three areas of critical importance to Veteran health: brain cancer, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and rehabilitation, and mental health.
More than 500 attendees gathered to hear about the potential of AI regarding Veteran health care, including how the technology can help with suicide prevention, applying AI learning to address TBI and brain cancer, and emerging applications and AI regulation.
For more information, visit the AI Summit Series website.
