Harvey Mudd’s approach to artificial intelligence education and research is human-centered and interdisciplinary. We are exploring the technical frontiers of AI intertwined with its human, ethical and societal implications, while preparing students to collaborate with intelligent systems in complex, real-world contexts.
The College has launched a search for a newly endowed professorship in artificial intelligence, established with a gift from the Paul and Jenna Segal Family Foundation.
Students displayed the chemistry research group’s expansion into artificial intelligence demonstrating how modern algorithms can accelerate the discovery of new therapeutic drugs.
Four Harvey Mudd College students earned top recognition at the 2025 SoCal AI Responsibility Summit (SAIRS), taking home awards in two major hackathon categories.
The ServiceNow Clinic team developed a semi-automated pipeline for identifying and categorizing the causes of explainable patterns in customer service data, such as incorrect responses from virtual agents, LLM hallucinations, or mis-assigned cases.
The Microsoft Clinic team created an AI-powered bug characterization system that identifies a bug’s core elements and finds the most similar bugs from a vast archive of other Microsoft bug reports.
The UCS Clinic team analyzed water and energy usage patterns in artificial intelligence (AI) systems at data center operations nationwide and created an informational tool for NGOs and the public.
Jenna and Paul Segal Endowed Professorship of Artificial Intelligence
Advancing human-centered AI education at Harvey Mudd through hands-on prototyping, responsible development and interdisciplinary innovation. Current projects include:
The College seeks to provide opportunities to students from their first year through the fourth, so they can learn and grow and become leaders in AI. Planned activities include conferences, lectures, mentorships, prototype development and academic courses and that will provide education and hands-on learning. To learn more about ways to support Harvey Mudd College AI programs, please contact:
Jennifer Eccles
Vice President for Advancement
909.607.7069
jeccles@hmc.edu