FEBRUARY 1st, 2023

Read our 2021-2022 Report

Curious about our work this past year? Have a look at our interactive report, learn about our goals, success stories, our members’ work and its educational, research, and social impact.

2023 Legal Innovation & Digital Law Conference

On February 10, discover the technologies and ideas that are shaping the future of law at this year’s Legal Innovation and Digital Law Conference, hosted by the Law and Business Association and the Digital Law and Innovation Society.

Hear from industry leaders and innovators who are on the cutting-edge of law and tech. From artificial intelligence to legal automation, you’ll learn about the latest developments and have the opportunity to network with experts in the field.

Lawyers, entrepreneurs, researchers and students are invited to connect in this free, day-long conference, offered both in-person and virtually.

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Read: Geoffrey Rockwell article on The Conversation

ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogue

Today’s AI-driven chatbots follow a rich history of dialogue that goes back to the philosophers of ancient Greece

It is time to take human-AI dialogue seriously again. With the release of sophisticated chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, effective human-AI dialogue has become interesting and accessible to everyone. Even to students writing essays, which has led to some academic concerns.

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Congratulations to AI4Society Researcher Ehsan Hashemi!

"Researcher aims to help autonomous vehicles make faster, safer decisions in real time"

“Shared perception” system uses AI to improve reliability and efficiency of self-driving vehicle technology.

U of A engineering researchers are developing an AI-powered “shared perception” system for autonomous vehicles that could dramatically improve the time it takes for vehicles to refresh data and make decisions.

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Opportunities

HEAd'23: Call for Papers

9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances

June 19 - 22, 2023. Valencia, Spain

After the great success of the last HEAd conferences, with more than 250 participants from more than 50 countries, we are pleased to announce the 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'23).

The HEAd'23 conference will be held fully in-person on June 19-22, 2023 on the Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), which has been recently ranked as the best technical university in Spain by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2022.

Submission deadline: February 10, 2023
Acceptance notification: April 4, 2023
Camera ready due: April 23, 2023
Workshoos: June 19, 2023
Main conference: June 20-22, 2023

Learn more and submit here

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.