CECAS News and Notes

Small Models, Big Capabilities: Clemson and NVIDIA’s Work on Video Tool Calling and Long-Horizon Reasoning

Capgemini published a global report projecting that AI agents will deliver more than $450B in economic value by 2028. Industry momentum is unmistakable: enterprises are rapidly shifting from passive large language model (LLM) chatbots to active, tool-using AI agents that can retrieve data, execute workflows, and make decisions. NVIDIA’s position aligns with this shift.

Next Engineers Celebrates 2025 Graduates

The Next Engineers: Engineering Academy Greenville proudly announces the graduation of its 2025 cohort, marking a significant milestone in the program’s mission to inspire the next generation of engineers. This year, 33 students from 16 high schools across the Upstate completed the rigorous three-year program, which combines hands-on design challenges, career coaching, and college-readiness workshops. […]

Building Resilience, Building Leaders: CEDC Hosts 2025 Spring Summit

Clemson Engineers for Developing Communities (CEDC) hosted its 2025 Spring Summit at the end of the semester, showcasing the innovative, student-led projects that are making a difference in South Carolina and beyond. Held at the Hendrix Student Center, the event brought together students, faculty, alumni, and community partners to celebrate another year of impactful work […]

Powered by NVIDIA: Clemson Students Create AI Teaching Assistant for Smarter, Scalable Learning

Clemson University computer science students teamed up with global AI leader NVIDIA to develop an AI-powered virtual teaching assistant designed to enhance learning and uphold academic integrity. They built the tool using NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI Blueprint for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), creating a system that helps students strengthen their understanding of core concepts while offering scalable, […]

PEER and WISE Experience

Our mission is to educate, recruit, and retain students in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.  To achieve this, the program focuses on mentoring, counseling, and academic coaching and enrichment, such as the PEER & WISE Experience. This unique initiative provides incoming students with a glimpse of what their first year as an […]