AI for all (ALe)

Funded by: Akademie for Teaching Development (ALe)

Duration: 01.10.2025 to 30.09.2026

Project leader: Dr. Saeid Sadeghnejad

Personnel in charge: Dr. Marjan Ashrafizadeh

Description:

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming Geoscience by enhancing the analysis of complex geological data. It advances predictive modelling for natural disasters, aids in resource exploration, boosts environmental monitoring, and provides sustainable solutions for subsurface energy storage and extraction. This innovative teaching-based project (course) integrates machine learning (ML) with Geoscience applications through problem-based learning (PBL), cross-disciplinary projects, and hackathons, offering an engaging experience for master's students and doctoral researchers. The PBL approach enhances critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and student motivation. The developed interactive tools and online games teach ML concepts practically and dynamically. The course promotes inter-institutional networking within Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena through holding of interdisciplinary Hackathon events. It also includes reusable materials and adaptable methodologies, allowing transfer to other institutes and scalability across various academic disciplines.