{"product_id":"from-compute-to-competitiveness-michael-carrillo-9798950151927","title":"From Compute to Competitiveness: The Vice President for Research","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbstract\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the University of Florida, advances across medicine, education, engineering, and national security increasingly depended on a shared institutional capability: compute. \u003ci\u003eFrom Compute to Competitiveness\u003c\/i\u003e examines how UF's investment in HiPerGator AI led Vice President for Research David Norton to view competitiveness not simply in terms of research funding, but as the institutional capacity to support and win AI-enabled research. Real gains depended on seed funding, technical talent, faculty readiness, and organizational support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs UF's AI research portfolio expanded across colleges, centers, and sponsor ecosystems, the university gained evidence that its growth was outpacing several national and institutional benchmarks. The case follows UF's effort to measure its own transformation through IntelliGator, an LLM-based classifier developed by the Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute (AIIRI) to provide a more systematic view of the research activity tied to UF's AI capabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, the case asks a question every research leader faces after a major technology investment: what can you confidently prove, what can you reasonably argue, and what should you leave unclaimed? Its deeper lesson is that equally important to what AI infrastructure enables is how rigorously leaders can measure and defend the claims they make about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearning Objectives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvaluate how a major technology investment can strengthen research competitiveness only when paired with complementary capabilities such as seed funding, technical staffing, faculty support, and organizational coordination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguish among different types of return-on-investment claims--capability creation, measurable portfolio growth, and causal attribution--and assess the evidence required for each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyze how measurement systems, including AI-enabled classification tools, can help complex organizations assess strategic outcomes under conditions of incomplete information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssess the limits of attribution when institutional performance improves alongside broader shifts in funding, policy, and technological adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppropriate Courses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigital transformation strategy, technology and information management, organizational change and leadership, higher education strategy and governance, strategic partnerships and alliance management, and public sector innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Carrillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798950151927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Warrington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Michael Carrillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50594314092799,"sku":"9798950151927","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-compute-to-competitiveness-michael-carrillo-9798950151927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}