Stephen Zweibel
Associate Professor & Digital Scholarship Librarian
CUNY Graduate Center
I work with students and faculty on digital research, teach programming and computational methods, and build public AI infrastructure as co-director of the CUNY AI Lab.
Current work
At the AI Lab, I build and operate privacy-minded tools for CUNY. I built the CAIL Gateway, which connects the lab’s tools to a curated set of models and handles access, routing, and budgets. I also work on the CAIL Sandbox, agentic studios, and a path for publishing web projects. At the Mina Rees Library, I consult on digital projects, data, preservation, and research workflows.
Selected projects
- CAIL Gateway — The service I built behind CAIL’s tools, connecting them to the models we provide and keeping track of access and use.
- CUNY AI Lab — Shared AI infrastructure, tools, documentation, and professional development for the CUNY community.
- Reference Agent — An AI-powered reference librarian for academic libraries that answers patron questions by searching library systems using Anthropic's Claude
- DHSI API Workshop — Web APIs with Python - Workshop materials for Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Contact
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