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SUMMARY:Ontario Tech University: Embracing the Diversity of the Intellectual and Social Landscapes when Conducting Research in Computing or Developing Intelligent Systems
DESCRIPTION:Alvine Boaye Belle presents at UB 1055\, North Campus\, OntarioTech University. \nTalk description: Digital discrimination occurs when intelligent systems make automated decisions based on specific individual attributes (e.g.\, income\, education\, gender\, and ethnicity) or when relying on biased data engineering practices. This may reinforce social inequities by supporting the automation of consequential and sometimes unfair decisions that may be made by such systems and which may have an adverse impact on credit scores\, insurance payouts\, and even health evaluations\, just to name a few. One of the root causes of digital discrimination is the lack of representativity of some cultural groups in the computing sector. That lack of representativity is notably due to the scarcity of some cultural groups (e.g.\, Black people) in computing undergraduate programs. Another issue that plagues the computing sector is that researchers from some developing countries\, female researchers and/or researchers belonging to minoritized groups seem to be significantly less cited than other researchers belonging to dominant groups. Often same efforts\, same intellectual abilities but less visibility (e.g.\, sometimes 50-75% less citations/paper acceptance). This is notably due to effects such as the “Matthew Effect” (tendency to cite prestigious scientists)\, and “Matilda Effect” (tendency for women to receive less recognition because they are women). This may have an adverse impact on recruitment\, hiring\, promotion\, awards\, etc. So\, how\, as computing professionals should we approach and/or address such discrimination issues to make sure the systems we develop and the research we carry out sufficiently reflect the intellectual and social diversity within computing fields and beyond?
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/alvine-boaye-belle/
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SUMMARY:Al\, Education and Changing Cultural Values
DESCRIPTION:Join the Artificial Intelligence Initiative on March 6th from 12:00-1:30 pm on Zoom for this semester’s first speaker series event. Dr. Isabel Pedersen of the University of Ontario and the Director of the Digital Life Institute will discuss Al\, education and changing cultural values.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/al-education-and-changing-cultural-values/
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SUMMARY:Ontario Tech University: From Personal Journey to Collective Action: Navigating EDI Challenges in Education and Research
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Falconer presents at SIRC 4150\, North Campus\, OntarioTech University\,  and Virtual/Online.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/from-personal-journey-to-collective-action-navigating-edi-challenges-in-education-and-research/
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SUMMARY:Ontario Tech University: Creative AI?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our spring speakers forum hosted by Digital Life Institute and Trustworthy AI Lab! \nHistorically\, creativity has been judged according to its impact and ways that people moved other people’s thinking\, challenged longstanding beliefs\, or transformed a field. Artificial Intelligence has raised sensationalized debates concerning not only the question over its ability to create\, but whether it can harm society. Do we trust AI? Can AI systems really be creative? Do we risk human creativity as we adopt AI? Will our communities be sustainable? The goal of this event is to highlight three points of view concerning artificial intelligence and creativity. \nLocation: Ontario Tech University\, Room: SHA 024\nAddress: 2000 Simcoe Street North\, Oshawa\nThis event is free & open to the public. \ninfo@digitallife.org \nSpeakers: \nDr. Peter Lewis holds a Canada Research Chair in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence\, at Ontario Tech University. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Information Technology and Director of the Trustworthy AI Lab. He is a member of the AI Implications cluster of the Digital Life Institute. His research advances both foundational and applied aspects of trustworthy\, reflective\, and socially intelligent systems. Drawing on extensive experience applying AI commercially\, he is interested in where AI meets society\, and how to help that relationship work well. His research is concerned with how to conceive of and build AI systems that meet this challenge. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Technology & Society Magazine (TSM) and ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS)\, a board member of the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL). \nDr. Délon Omrow is a Professor and Sessional Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow at Centennial College and Ontario Tech University\, respectively. He also an artist and an academic who studies AI and creativity. He is a three-time Canadian Latin Grammy nominee\, a two-time Oshawa Music Award winner and has been featured on CBC Music’s SearchLight 2023 Top 100 List for his single “Peace & Love”. Following his experiences as an artist\, one aspect of his research explores AI and the music industry and how artists are using it in creative practices. He is a member of the Sustainability\, Equity\, and Digital Culture cluster of the Digital Life Institute. \nDr. Isabel Pedersen is the Director of the Digital Life Institute and she leads the AI and Implications cluster at the Institute\, Ontario Tech University. She studies the myriad ways that AI is entangled with culture. She explores how AI is used to augment human creativity through embodied technologies in ways that advance human experiences. At the same time\, she studies the ethical\, political\, and cultural challenges that artificial intelligence has instigated through its emergence and\, increasingly\, its mass adoption. She recently released a book on the topic\, Augmentation technologies and artificial intelligence in technical and professional communication: Designing ethical futures (Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen\, 2023\, Routledge).
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/creative-ai/
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SUMMARY:AMLD EPFL 2024
DESCRIPTION:Lesley Wilton presented at Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD) 2024 sponsored by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). \nHer presentation\, AI Literacy in the Education Field\, can be viewed here. Lesley and also participated in a panel discussion titled Data and AI Literacy – Quo Vadis\, which can be heard here.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/amld-epfl-2024/
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