Autonomous Vehicles
Steele
Agenda
Bias in AI
Blamey, Morena, and Talvela
The Symposium was a culmination of a yearlong initiative undertaken by 50 students from 10 Canadian universities. Beside the students and their faculty, the Symposium brought together representatives from the private sector, academic experts, and government officials to develop policy recommendations aimed at positioning Canada as a global leader on AI that is human rights respecting and promoting.
Les fausses nouvelles
Guiraud et Lebrun
AI and Climate Change
Dubey
April 18/18
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Global Affairs Canada,
125 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario
Refugee Rights
Ouertani, Polacco and Wynne
BREAKOUT TEAMS
During the Symposium, students were divided into three teams to develop a collaborative policy proposal in just two hours. Teams then presented their proposals to a panel featuring CIFAR CEO Dr. Alan Bernstein, Global Affairs Canada Deputy Minister Ian Shugart, and Advanced Symbolics President Erin Kelly.
Extremist Content Online
Rostami
Autonomous Vehicles
Lucien
In partnership with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Global Affairs Canada’s Digital Inclusion Lab (Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion) hosted a Student Symposium on AI and Human Rights on April 18, 2018.
PROJECTS
Throughout the year, 13 student teams from universities across Canada worked together to develop policy suggestions to present to Global Affairs Canada as an input to the department’s planning. The topics ranged from online extremism to gender and racial bias; from global governance to fake news. Each team’s final memoranda of action and presentations are below.
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AI & SOCIETY Symposium
AI Governance
Badea, Myers and Romanchik
AI Governance
Almeida, Farfan De Los Godos, Haseeb, Kornhauser and Mitton
AI Governance
Dutton, Ko, Lim, and Shabani
Privacy
Kingra
Extremist Content Online
Herbener, Lacey and Markudi
Student Symposium on Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights
Les fausses nouvelles
Beaudoin, Christiaen, Pineau, Rivest-Roy, Queudot, et Vallee
Memorandum
PresentationMemorandum
Presentation
Session 1 10:00-12:00
HAPPINESS AT THE CENTRE OF GOVERNMENT WORK: POLICY PERSPECTIVES
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12:00 | Opening Remarks President of the General Assembly |
12:15 | World Happiness Report Overview John Helliwell |
1:00 | Break |