News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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OCTOBER 4th, 2022
Funding is still available
Researchers at the University of Alberta in any discipline are invited to propose projects, grant preparation ideas, and big question events for funding support from AI4Society.
Positive Impact!
AI4Society director Eleni Stroulia, alongside to a team of leaders that includes Omid Ardakanian (Department of Computer Science) and Petr Musilek (Department Electrical and Computer Engineering) have been working hard on making use of their latest Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leader Fund in transforming the 100 years old Dentistry/Pharmacy building into a smart state-of the art construction in the University of Alberta North campus.
“Once the model becomes highly accurate, whatever you do in the model will actually predict real-world phenomena in the real world,” says Stroulia. “We can use this information to better control the heating, lighting and ventilation systems for the building.”
Read more on the links below.
AI4IA Podcast
The AI4IA podcast series is in association with the Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility 2022 Conference on September 28, 2022, which commemorated the International Day for Universal Access to Information. The AI4IA Conference and the podcast series are hosted in collaboration with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, the AI4Society Signature Area and the Kule Institute for Advanced Studies, both at the University of Alberta; the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy at the Observer Research Foundation in India; and the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica.
A new episodes to listen to:
- AI for Information Accessibility: The Ethics of “Intelligence Augmentation,” with László Z. Karvalics
....or in you favourite platforms:
Reverse EXPO is back for a special Fall edition
The 2022 Reverse EXPO will be on Oct 20 (Thursday) afternoon, at Amii's building downtown.
If you are new to the Reverse EXPO, it is an academic event created by the CS department a few years back to offer graduate students an opportunity to present their work to other students and faculty across campus and to guests from outside the university. The format is a poster session where each student can present their work. Demos are possible, but students need to coordinate with us (denilson@ualberta.ca and abram.hindle@ualberta.ca).
We strongly encourage all graduate students to present their recent research (for their thesis or for a course). It is OK to reuse a poster from a recent presentation/conference. Finally, posters reflecting group work are also welcome. Of course, all graduate students are welcome to attend even if they don't have a poster to present.
The Reverse EXPO was held a few times in person up until 2020, and as an on-line only event last year. We plan to have it again, next year, at the "regular" time -- the week before the February break.
Most out-of-campus guests are from companies and government, and come wanting to meet students with future internships or jobs in mind, and to talk to faculty about potential collaborations.
At the moment, everyone can register as an attendee through https://www.amiitechaid.com/.
The form for submitting posters will be up soon and announced here.
Society, Culture and Technology
Courage Under Fire: Dr. Timnit Gebru’s journey from Google to founding the Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute
October 6th, 2022
Dr. Timnit Gebru is a prominent artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist, a widely respected leader in AI ethics research, and an advocate for diversity in technology. She is the founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team.
Community opportunities
The River City Venture Clinic is now hosting our second legal information event, First Steps to Self-Employment, online on October 26th, 12-1:30 pm MST. Click here to register!
Guests will hear from lawyers at Prowse Chowne LLP and from the team at Startup Edmonton. Our speakers will share information about the legal options available to start-ups as they get up and running.
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.
