MAIN x ITS x AWS
AI Innovation Hub
The Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network, Mississippi ITS, and Amazon Web Services are accelerating practical AI transformation across state agencies, higher education, and business.
Statewide Collaboration
A practical hub for AI implementation
The AI Innovation Hub helps Mississippi agencies, higher education partners, and businesses explore practical AI use cases, request training, and develop proof-of-concept solutions connected to workforce development and responsible implementation.
Use case intake
Collect practical opportunities where AI could improve services, workflows, learning, research, or operations.
Training alignment
Connect requests to MAIN learning pathways, workshops, and implementation support.
Proof-of-concept support
Support selected AI projects through partner infrastructure, workshops, and implementation roadmaps.
From agency challenge to student-built proof of concept
A repeatable five-step path. Each cohort follows the same gated pipeline: predictable for agencies, structured for students, and governed end-to-end.
- 01
Use case intake
Agencies submit operational challenges they believe are well-suited for an AI proof of concept.
- 02
Governance review
The Hub evaluates risk profile, data readiness, technical feasibility, and strategic fit.
- 03
Team formation
University mentors form student teams; each team applies for a use case with mentor sign-off.
- 04
Sandbox build
Students train on AWS Skill Builder, then develop a 6 to 8 week proof of concept in the sandbox.
- 05
Showcase & handoff
Teams showcase results. POCs become open-source assets; production is at agency discretion.
Repeatable · Governed · Educational · Scalable
Eight use cases in flight
A snapshot of the active cohort: what students are building inside the sandbox, and for which agencies.
SOS · Secretary of State
Regulatory Research & Compliance Assistant
Faster search across Mississippi statutes, regulations, and policy; citation-grounded responses with gap and conflict detection.
Search · Citations
ITS · Procurement Services
Procurement Knowledge Assistant
Surfaces grounded answers and references for the day-to-day procurement questions that drain institutional memory.
RAG · Internal
MDA · Development Authority
Automated CSR Certificate Lifecycle
Agentic monitoring, renewal, validation, and reporting so state web certificates stop quietly expiring.
Agentic · Ops
MDHS · Department of Human Services
NutriLink Rural Food Platform
Natural-language chatbot routing residents to local food, wellness, and nutrition resources at the county level.
Citizen · Chat
MSBN · Board of Nursing
Fraud-Sensitive Transcript Verification
Extracts academic information, checks completion evidence, and flags anomalies for closer human review.
Verification · Risk
MDES · Employment Security
Resume Building Assistant
Workforce tool that helps job seekers refine resumes and align experience with WIN Job Center placements.
Workforce · Citizen
MDA · Development Authority
IT Helpdesk Assistant
Internal AI support that searches approved docs and walks staff through common troubleshooting steps.
Internal · Support
MSDH · Department of Health
Document & Contract Lifecycle Automation
Tracks signature-dependent documents before expiry; automates reminders, routing, and renewal workflows.
Automation · Ops
Six things you don’t have to build
From sandbox infrastructure to soft-skill coaching, the operational layer is already in place.
Sandbox & credits
Dedicated AWS landing-zone environment with credits for student team builds.
Program management
Intake, cohort planning, and showcase coordination handled centrally.
Technical mentorship
Cloud and AI/ML guidance layered on top of your faculty mentors.
Soft-skill coaching
Stakeholder communication, demo prep, and professional presentation polish.
Communications
Visibility across ITS, agency, and statewide channels for student work and outcomes.
Workforce bridge
A connection between graduating students and Mississippi public-service technology roles.
Take Action
Get involved with the AI Innovation Hub
Submit an AI use case, request training, or share a problem statement. Submissions are reviewed by the Mississippi Innovation Hub team.
All Participants
AI Use Case and Training Request
Submit an AI use case, request training, or describe a challenge you want to solve with AI.
State Agencies
Problem Statement and Use Case
Mississippi state agencies can submit a formal problem statement or AI use case for review and potential POC support.
Questions? Email InnovationHub@its.ms.gov
Partnership Structure
Key components of the partnership
POC investment
AWS funds AI application proof-of-concept work using AWS landing zones operated by ITS.
Educational investment
AWS contributes AI/ML curriculum for higher education, supported by MAIN through labs, workshops, and certification pathways.
Innovation roadmaps
ITS, AWS, and MAIN run workshops to explore use cases and build actionable innovation roadmaps.
Advisory committee
A joint committee of ITS, MAIN, and AWS guides statewide AI initiatives.