DMSB AI Strategic Hub

Northeastern students turned compassion into action with CatBot, an AI-powered chatbot helping place Boston's senior and special-needs cats in loving homes. CatBot answers questions, dispels misconceptions, and guides potential adopters, fostering stronger community engagement while freeing volunteers to focus on care.

At D'Amore-McKim, students are proving AI can be a bridge, not a barrier. Through the Prison Project at Suffolk County House of Correction, they guide incarcerated individuals in using generative AI to build resumes, practice interviews, and even draft business plans—skills that boost confidence and future job prospects.

Faculty explore how Essaybot, built on the DASH_box, can streamline grading, improve feedback, and shape AI-assisted learning.

Debashish Ghose uses DASH_Box to overcome hardware bottlenecks and accelerate large-scale data analysis of Kickstarter project trends.

Professor Guohou Shan uses DASH_Box to power large-scale AI models, accelerate discovery, and build real-world applications in information security.

Professor Chris Riedl leverages DASH_Box to power breakthrough research in AI, workforce studies, and network modeling—securely and at speed.

In 2024, D'Amore-McKim professor Shawn Bhimani helped launch Supply Trace, which uses machine learning to comb through millions of data points including news clippings, container labels and shipping documents.

Offered at no cost to current D'Amore-McKim undergraduates (including combined majors and minors), the new module also provides students with a digital badge that signals to employers their readiness to apply cutting-edge AI tools in business.

Professors Bruce Clark and Barbara Larson led an insightful exploration into the use of AI in the classroom.