Over the past few decades, phenomenal advancement in the science and engineering of computing have helped shape society as we know it today. The next decades will also surprise us with game changing disruptions on all fronts. While many factors are contributing to this computing age of enlightenment, intelligence that attempts to mimic and often exceed that of humans, as well as an ability to make sense and good use of the global tsunami of data are at the front lines of such achievements. Artificial Intelligence as a domain, along with Data Science with obvious contributions from basic sciences, position themselves at the core of computing with fascinating cross disciplinary contributions and applications. One could claim that there is no bright future for the well-being of humanity without contributions in those two domains. Advances in medicine, pharmaceuticals, space travel, transportation, logistics, safety and security, assisted living, humanities, journalism, linguistics, and many more are but examples of domains that are fueled by contributions in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. This panel touches the surface of those two domains, highlights some of the wow factors of each of them, and a glimpse of how AUC is helping shape the future in its own way.
