OCTOBER 2020

Last month...

We hosted our first two events on September 25th!

You can check out the video recordings in our YouTube channel:

• Introduction: AI4Society, a Signature Research Area
• Our University, Our Work: Artificial Intelligence Around Campus

Of particular interest should be the description of the AI4Society protocols for supporting research initiatives in general and collaboratories more specifically.

You can find a short report on the two events and some of the questions we received and our answers at the internal-launch event report, in the reading room of our web site.

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KIAS, AI4Society, and the International Center for Information Ethics co-hosted the Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility Conference (AI4IA).

AI4Society Associate Director, Geoffrey Rockwell, wrote a short report on the event, in the reading room of our web site.

Announcements

We are starting a monthly blog, on "AI and Society Musings"

• Have you read an interesting paper?
• Have you organized a conference?
• Have you attended a compelling presentation?

Send us a short post with your thoughts and we will profile it on our web site and share it through the newsletter!

Upcoming Events

The Webinar with EPS, originally scheduled for October 2,
has been postponed.

October 29, 2020: "Reflections on the Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence", a seminar by Jason Lewis. Register here to attend the Jason Lewis talk.

October 29, 2020 (19:00 - 22:00): 2020 UofA-Huawei Joint Innovation Collaboration (UAHJIC) Online Workshop on Artificial Intelligence. Register here to attend (by October 22).

October 26-30, 2020: A4Society is participating in the Sustainability Week activities with a panel, entitled "Sun, Fire, and Water: Optimizing Climate Change response with Artificial Intelligence" on October 27 - 2:30-4:00pm.

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Upcoming Deadline

October 26, 2020: NSERC launched a new funding opportunity, aiming to enhance national capacity of infectious disease modelling, and provide direct support to Canada’s COVID-19 response.

Who

Any UofAlberta community member (faculty, researcher, or student) interested in any and all aspects of Artificial Intelligence!

Why

• To stay informed about AI-related funding opportunities and events (research grants, internships, competitions, ...)
• To access AI4Society support for research and teaching initiatives
• To profile your research and to collaborate with other community members, through our Forum.

How

Send an email with a brief description of your affiliation, interests and activities related to artificial intelligence to ai4s@ualberta.ca.

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