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Members of the Girls Computing League and Dr. Gil Alterovitz discuss their participation in the 2019 AI Tech Sprint on Good Morning Washington. From left to right: Shreeja Kikkisetti, Neeyanth Kopparapu, Adrianna Hopkins, a reporter with ABC News 7, and Dr. Gil Alterovitz. (Photo was taken prior to COVID-19 pandemic.)

2020 AI Tech Sprint open for applications

Posted on Monday, November 9, 2020 9:00 amNovember 5, 2020 Posted in Research, Top Stories by Erica Sprey 760 views

Throughout the tech sprint, teams have unique access to in-house experts, useful feedback from VA clinicians …

Veteran and his wife

Delivering Precision Oncology to Improve Veteran care

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 2:00 pmSeptember 4, 2020 Posted in Health, Research, Technology, Top Stories by Ashleigh Barry 6k views

VA's Precision Oncology program has significantly grown over the past several years and today is used in …

IMAGE: Dr. Gil Alterovitz, Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, Department of Veterans Affairs, (right) with members of the Girls Computing League discuss the Clinical Trial Selector project at last week’s “demo day” at the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.

National Artificial Intelligence Institute: AI Tech Sprint Veteran-focused teams recognized in national challenge

Posted on Monday, December 16, 2019 4:33 amDecember 19, 2019 Posted in VA Innovations by Alan Greilsamer 1k views

Last week, half a dozen teams from the AI Tech Sprint, run by the National Artificial Intelligence Institute …