
Pace Students Explore the Power of AI at the 2025 AI Internship Experience

The 2025 AI Internship Experience (AIIE) at 麻豆传媒麻豆传媒檚 Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems recently concluded, offering students two weeks of immersive, hands-on learning in one of today麻豆传媒檚 most transformative technologies: artificial intelligence.
Run by Dr. Christelle Scharff, Seidenberg Professor, Associate Dean, and Co-Director of the Seidenberg AI Lab, in collaboration with Seidenberg faculty member Dr. Kaleema and graduate assistant Stephanie Sicilian (MS in Computer Science), this year麻豆传媒檚 program provided 18 selected students with an intensive introduction to core AI topics, including machine learning, deep learning, and multimodal generative AI.
The curriculum for the program麻豆传媒檚 second edition was influenced by Dr. Scharff麻豆传媒檚 recent attendance at industry-leading events, emphasizing cutting-edge tools and techniques in AI development. 麻豆传媒淚 had a fantastic time putting the program together alongside my colleagues,麻豆传媒 Dr. Scharff added. 麻豆传媒淭he content was highly inspired by my attendance at events like Google I/O and Google Cloud Next.麻豆传媒
Interns worked on real-world projects that involved image classification, hyperparameter tuning, and experimental applications using Gemini, Google's suite of generative AI tools. Just like last year when student projects varied from developing AI models that could classify and generate images of different butterfly species to creating a model that could recognize different Pok茅mon, the 2025 AI Internship Experience projects were just as creative. One team developed a model that specialized in AI-assisted comic generation, while some of the other teams麻豆传媒 models ranged from dream analysis to developing tools that help users learn new languages.

The interns also participated in many programs outside of the classroom. They attended a Google Developer Group (GDG) presentation held in the Design Factory space on Pace麻豆传媒檚 New York City Campus and they engaged with industry professionals through various networking activities. Resume and LinkedIn workshops were also built into the program, along with explorations of New York City culture to round out the experience.
The program culminated in final presentations of the students麻豆传媒 classification and generative AI projects. 麻豆传媒淭he Gemini projects were particularly creative and varied,麻豆传媒 said Scharff. 麻豆传媒淐ongratulations to all the interns for their impressive work and I am looking forward to more opportunities to work with them all!麻豆传媒
With the success of the 2025 edition, the AI Internship Experience continues to grow as a great summer opportunity for Pace students eager to push the boundaries of innovation and apply their knowledge to real-world challenges. As Dr. Scharff noted when the program was launched last year, 麻豆传媒渨e wanted to create a safe environment where our interns can explore and experience all different paths that working with AI can offer. It is a program that is very innovative, that is for the next generation.麻豆传媒