AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Chris Edwards
Chris serves as an enterprise account executive at AWS, partnering with higher education institutions across Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky. Prior to AWS, he held various roles at Anthology spanning customer success, sales leadership, and product management. Drawing from his experience as assistant vice president for eLearning at the University of Cincinnati, Chris combines deep higher education expertise with technical knowledge. He holds a Master's in Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor's from Purdue University.
Can AI Help Our Cities Beat the Heat? Inside the University of Michigan’s AI for Urban Heat Resilience Hackathon
Learn how AWS partnered with the University of Michigan’s Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE), the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (MIDAS), SmithGroup, and Ecosystems, Finance and Health (EFH) to co-sponsor the AI for Urban Heat Resilience Hackathon — a two-day event built around a deceptively simple question: Can machine learning generate thermal imagery from standard RGB photographs?
Democratizing quantum resources: University of Michigan and AWS collaborate on a remote access quantum testbed
The University of Michigan is breaking new ground in quantum technology accessibility through an innovative collaboration with AWS. This partnership aims to transform the university’s QREAL (Quantum Receiver Enhanced by Adaptive Learning) platform funded by the National Science Foundation into a cloud-accessible quantum testbed. Read this post to learn more.