The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?

Abstract

The 2025 HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award winner was William Jones, Ph.D., professor of computing science in the University’s Gupta College of Science. As the winner of this award, Jones presented a public lecture titled “The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?” Jones\u27 lecture deals with his collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory, the LANL-CCU Collaboration initiative created to solve specific national security challenges, and his focus on undergraduate research and mentorship. The HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award is presented to a Coastal Carolina University faculty member who demonstrates outstanding teaching and brings about student learning through scholarship and mentoring. The award is made possible through a generous donation from the Horry Telephone Cooperative.https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/dtsls/1028/thumbnail.jp