Voice AI Summer School - USF Site

5-week in-person program at the intersection of healthcare and voice artificial intelligence

The Bridge2AI-Voice Consortium and the USF Institute for Artificial Intelligence are proud to announce the inaugural Voice AI Summer School. This innovative educational experience is is a multi-site, interdisciplinary, collaborative program featuring innovative & hands-on learning experiences uniting students from health science & computer science backgrounds. Participating sites include USF, Oregon Health & Science University, Weill Cornell, and Washington University St Louis, however students are welcome to apply from any institution. Voice biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence show potential for advancing healthcare by building predictive models to assist in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of a broad range of diseases, including several diseases with unmet clinical needs. The Voice AI Summer School provides a unique and innovative hands-on opportunity for students in health, informatics, data, computer science and related fields to collaborate and learn about the creation of voice biomarkers using Artificial Intelligence. Curriculum will include processing voice audio, extracting and choosing acoustic and linguistic features, training and testing voice algorithms, as well as the social and ethical implications of working with voice data.

Important Information

Program Details

• Program is a full time commitment for 5 weeks (40 hrs/week)
• A stipend of approximately $4,000-$5,000 is awarded per student, determined based upon their credentials and experience
• There are up to 12 positions available for this program per site (current application site is for USF ONLY)

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must be students, trainees, fellows, or residents who are registered in a university program at any level. No prerequisites are required, but applicants with training or experience in data science, computer science, or informatics are encouraged to apply. Demographic information is being collected in application form for evaluative purposes and will be used along with other information and metrics to help determine the effectiveness of the training program. This information will not be used in intern selection. US citizenship or permanent residence is not required to apply to the program, but you must be physically located in the United States by the start of the program in Summer 2024. The program will not provide visa sponsorship.

• Applicants Category 1: Biomedical informatics: Informatics, computer science, electrical engineering, public health, information systems, health technology
• Application Requirements: Completed Application Form, CV or resume, a one-page essay describing interest in program, link to GitHub page, and unofficial transcripts from current university
• Applicants Category 2: Healthcare trainees: Nursing, pharmacy, medicine, genomics, speech pathology health-related bioethics
• Application Requirements: Completed Application Form, CV or resume, a one-page essay describing interest in program, and unofficial transcripts from current university

Dates for USF Site

The Voice AI Summer School is a multi-site program taking place across four institutions during the Summer of 2024. The following dates are specific to the USF Site:

• Applications open January 15th
• Applications close February 29th
• Applicants are notified whether or not they are accepted March 22nd
• School lasts 5 weeks from June 17th-July 19th, 2024
• Culminating Hackathon Event takes place at USF on August 10th-11th, 2024