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AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (AIES Conference) 2022

gabrielemartel — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 22:00:00 +0000

This year’s AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society will be back as a hybrid event. Registration is now open and includes admission to all AIES technical paper and poster sessions, and invited talks. Paula Helm (TU Munich, STS department – formerly WeNet member) will be at the event, presenting the paper “Diversity by…

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The Culture of Trustworthy AI. Public debate, education, practical learning

gabrielemartel — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:00:00 +0000

This workshop will try to explore how we can get closer to a Trustworthy AI culture sharing investigations and good practices moving along the trajectories suggested by Trustworthy AI guidelines: public debate, education and practical learning. The event is part of the AI4EU project and will give the opportunity to share the results achieved by…

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AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (AIES Conference)

gabrielemartel — Tue, 18 May 2021 22:00:00 +0000

This year’s AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society will be presented as a virtual event: ALL ATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM. The AIES 2021 program registration includes admission to all prerecorded and interactive sessions during the conference, including technical paper and poster presentations, invited talks, and exhibits. For…

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TÜV® AI Conference

gabrielemartel — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 22:00:00 +0000

On October 5, the German TÜV® invites politicians, academics, and practitioners to the German capital to discuss the future of AI and society. PD Dr. Jessica Hessen – Head of the research group “Media Ethics and Information Technology” at the University of Tübingen and the research leader on ethics at the WeNet project – will…

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Online debate: Is the EU doing enough on AI?

gabrielemartel — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

WeNet participates to the event with Carles Sierra, Director, IIIA-CSIC, moderating the online panel. Of all digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is potentially the one that could have a deeper impact on the political, economic and social transformation process we are currently experiencing. Before this wide range of opportunities, there is a strong competition among…

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An Ethics Perspective on “AI and Elections”

galileomartel — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:28:10 +0000

WeNet ethics partner Jessica Heesen (University of Tübingen) publishes with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Tel Aviv on “AI and Elections.” Her text explores how the ability of AI to disseminate information more effectively, considering both the intended audience and the appropriate timing and channel, is prone to abuse and can pose a threat to democracy. After…

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The incentive server (or how to get people to do the right thing when they collaborate)

galileomartel — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:11:17 +0000

Society relies on collaboration between people to advance and to thrive, from settings as diverse as scientific projects, sports teams, and negotiation talks. But how can we get people to engage in helpful activities in a sustained and prolonged way? The team of project partner Ben-Gurion University is studying the role of incentives as a…

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Towards Increasing Diversity in Datasets

galileomartel — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:42:08 +0000

Daniel Gatica-Perez, Head of the Social Computing Group of WeNet partner Idiap Research Institute, recently gave two online invited talks on the theme “Towards Increasing Diversity in Datasets” at the ICCV Workshop on Understanding Social Behavior in Dyadic and Small Group Interactions (Oct 16, 2021) and the ACM ICMI Int. Workshop on Corpora and Tools…

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WeNet’s work at AIES 2021

galileomartel — Tue, 18 May 2021 08:38:42 +0000

As previously anticipated, WeNet’s work will be featured on May 19 at this year’s virtual edition of The AAAI/ACM conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (AIES): an important event that brings together Computer Science, Law and Policy, the Social Sciences, and Philosophy researchers to encourage the possibilities for interdisciplinary connections and challenges on AI…

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Do not miss WeNet’s poster at AIES

galileomartel — Thu, 06 May 2021 12:29:17 +0000

The AAAI/ACM conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (AIES) is an important yearly event that brings together Computer Science, Law and Policy, the Social Sciences, and Philosophy talented researchers to encourage the possibilities for interdisciplinary connections and challenges on AI related topics. The fourth edition of this conference will take place on 19-21 May 2021 as a fully virtual…

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