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MARCH 2021
In a collaborative effort with the Faculty of Law and the Digital Law & Innovation Society we are proud to announce this four event excellent forum that will focus on how AI affects decision-making in public institutions.
It brings together law, technology, and governance reform experts for an interdisciplinary look at legal liability, regulation and the reform of public institutions in a digital age.
We will have the honor of having as panelist Digital Lead and Special Advisor for the Benefits Delivery Modernization program at Service Canada in Ottawa Pia Andrews, amongst with Jason Fung, Blair Neufeld, Argyri Panezi, and Professor Péter Szigeti.
- We still have March 3rd event coming!
- Find more information on how to join us here.
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Hosted by Dr. Lianne M. Lefsrud, From Social Platforms Chatter to Information is a workshop that will discuss study of social platforms to examine their role in mobilizing knowledge, sharing information, and influencing opinions. We also encourage you to invite students, colleagues, and anyone else you think may be interested in this broad field. The objective of the workshop is to make everyone aware of each other's work and to help form clusters of researchers that may be interested
in pursuing grant applications together.
To help with introductions, we kindly ask you to bring one slide about your team, the research questions you are interested in, and the social platforms (broadly conceived) that you are analyzing.
- March 12th. 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Click here for more information
- Join us in Zoom: https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/j/97442506875
AI in Healthcare Symposium
AIMSS would like to invite you to our second annual AI in Healthcare Symposium! To be held virtually on March 12 and 13, 2021. Register for free to get the chance to meet experts in the fields of AI and medicine. From a speaker series, featuring renowned
researchers like Dr. Kim Solez, Dr. Samina Ali and Dr. David Wishart, to a virtual booth fair where you'll get the chance to meet representatives from research and industry organizations.
Sign-up early and be eligible to receive our AIMSS welcome package in the mail, as well as additional give-aways (did someone say, AIMSS T-shirt?!) for at least the first 100 individuals who register and confirm attendance for the symposium.
Register here!
Andre Brock will begin with a short 15 minute presentation on his work and we will have an extended workshop conversation with them with the aim of making their work as excellent as possible and increasing our knowledge of work across the field.
From Code of Ethics to Developing Ethical Code:
a practical approach to applied AI ethics in health care
An interdisciplinary virtual workshop exploring intersections of health ethics and artificial intelligence. Speakers and Facilitators: Katrina Ingram Fahim Hassan Michael van Manen
- March 20, 2021 via Zoom
- More information here
Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) – of which your university is a
member - in collaboration with the United Nations Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Education Section, is holding a series of free
virtual networking workshops, each thematically focused on a UN Sustainable
Development Goal. The workshops are intended to bring together early career
researchers (ECRs) from all around the world interested in establishing connections to colleagues in their field.
The workshops are intended to bring together early career researchers* from all around the world interested in establishing connections to colleagues in their field. This networking webinar will focus on Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
AI4Society
News
AI4Society Dialogs
On January 22nd our fourth episode was premiered, Episode Four: Francois Bolduc: Genetics, chatbots and the future of medicine. Visit the official site AI4Society Dialogues to hear this and our previous episodes.
What's coming - Episode Five: Michael Frishkopf: Advancing ethnomusicology with AI
Music and sound are fundamental aspects of how we interact with the environment and play an important role in shaping culture. Dr. Michael Frishkopf is an ethnomusicologist who is deploying the power of AI to formulate and test new hypotheses about the relationship between music and culture, speech and individuality.
Release date: March 8th, 2021
Listen to all episodes on these platforms!
New AI4Society Collaboratory
We just gave green light to Dr. Christopher Frei to begin his work on the collaboratory called FinTech4Society, he will be working with this great team of researchers: Efstathios Avdis, Philippe Cote, Nidhi Hegde, Barry Scholnick. We are very looking forward for the outcome of this innitiative!
Wondering about hosting a Collaboratory with us?
Please refer to our information page, and don't hesitate to contact us for more information if you think you have a proposal for us!
Grant Opportunities
Call For AI Instructional Materials
The AI4Society Signature Area calls for proposals to create instructional materials, for modules on artificial intelligence and its social/ethical impact. Proposals will be funded with up to $1000.
Deadline on March 15th, 2021
Full information here
CIHR: Health Research Training Platform Pilot
With
the HRTP Pilot, CIHR will support the development of research leaders of tomorrow by equipping trainees and early career researchers (ECRs) with the experiences and skills needed to lead high-impact, interdisciplinary health research careers in a rapidly evolving research landscape.
Funding pools for this opportunity include: AI, Public Health and Equity; Boys, Men and Masculinities; Girls and Women's Health and Wellness; Integrating Mental Health Services within Primary and Community Care; Stigma Reduction and Life Course Mental Wellness for LGBTQ/2S Populations.
Application deadline: April 21st, 2021
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.
Academics
CALLS
Replaying Japan 2021
Are you interested in Japanese game culture? The ninth international Replaying Japan Conference will be held online August 9-13 2021 - hosted by the University of Alberta. This year’s theme is Artificial Intelligence in Japanese Games. We invite
submissions to be submitted to replayingjapan@gmail.com as a MS Word Document. The abstract should be no more than 500 words.
Replaying Japan 2021 is being organized by a partnership of the AI4Society signature area, the Prince Takamado Japan Centre (PTJC), and the Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) at the University of Alberta. It is organized in collaboration with the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, the University of Delaware, Bath Spa University, Seijoh University, University of Liège, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and DiGRA Japan.
Proposals in Japanese are most welcome! 日本語の発表要旨はrcgs[a]st.ritsumei.ac.jpにご送付ください。詳しくはRCGSのウェブサイトをご覧ください。
- More information here
- Deadline is March 31st, 2021
- Notification of Acceptance: May, 2021
Call For Proposals: Ethics in the Age of Smart Systems Symposium
In collaborative partnership, the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin, the AI4Society Signature Area at the University of Alberta, and the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy at Loyola University Chicago are co-organizing a Symposium on Ethics Dialogues in the Age of Smart Systems. This Symposium also marks the 10th Annual International symposium for the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy (#CDEP10th) and is the first convening of virtual delegates for this online gathering.
This Symposium brings together researchers from Canada, the USA and Germany and beyond working in the interdisciplinary area of AI, ethics and policy. We welcome papers that deal with systemic issues around the social impact and ethics of big data, automated systems, artificial intelligence, and robotics. It builds on the Ethics Dialogues series that have been running since February 2021.
- Find the full information here
- Deadline is March 19th, 2021
Call for expressions of interest: Establishing multidisciplinary artificial intelligence for development labs (AI4D labs) in Africa
This call for expressions of interest is open to public universities from low and lower-middle income countries in Africa with demonstrated expertise in the subjects that are critical for responsible AI research, education, and innovation.
Only universities that meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the call document should submit an expression of interest to host the AI4D labs.
- Apply here
- Deadline: March 19, 2021
WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Postdoctoral Fellow at UAlberta - Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
The Department of Computing Science and Amii, at the University of Alberta, has an immediate opening for one or two postdoctoral fellows to work with the Amii Fellows in multiple areas of Artificial Intelligence research.
The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) is one of three centers of excellence in the Pan-Canadian AI strategy. Amii is establishing an Amii-wide post-doc position for post-docs to work with the Amii Fellows. One strength of Amii is the collaborative nature of the centre. Thus, the ideal candidate will work with two or more fellows to conduct novel and transformative research.
Find more information here
Software developer for AI Ethics
Ethically Aligned AI has an immediate opening for a contractor to work on project development of a new AI product. Ethically Aligned AI is a social enterprise startup that is focused on helping organizations
build and deploy certifiably better AI systems.
The developer will work with a small multi-disciplinary group in developing a new product for Responsible AI, with technical guidance by Prof. Nidhi Hegde. EAAI is developing a new set of tools for validation of AI products along AI ethics measures and will produce a prototype for one such tool.
Find more information here
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