Constructive Collisions: AI.Humanity with a Social Justice Lens

We invite you to join us at a networking event and pitch competition between Emory University and Georgia Tech on the topic of AI.Humanity with a Social Justice Lens. This event is open to researchers from both universities and is intended to spur new research collaborations and expand existing partnerships that seek to develop, leverage, apply, and/or critically evaluate artificial intelligence (AI).

The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative (NAII) identifies Advancing Trustworthy AI as one of its six strategic pillars. According to NAII, for AI to be trustworthy, technologies must appropriately reflect characteristics such as accuracy, explainability and interpretability, privacy, reliability, robustness, safety, and security or resilience to attacks – and ensure that bias is mitigated. Developing and using AI in ways that are ethical, reduce bias, promote fairness, and protect privacy is essential for fostering a positive effect on society consistent with core U.S. values.

Those who are experts in AI and Social Justice as well as those who do not currently work in these spaces but are interested are welcome to attend. Researchers from disciplines such as Business, Law, Humanities, Health Sciences, Basic Sciences, and Engineering with an interest in this shared research space are highly encouraged to attend.

We will host a Pitch Session where event attendees will network, collaborate, and brainstorm project ideas that can lead to extramural funding in this area.  The event will culminate with each team pitching a real seed project, with up to three teams receiving small, on-the-spot funding to support new collaborations.

Agenda for the event is as follows:

Event Check in                                                                           2:00-2:45pm                    

Welcome, Opening, Instructions                                           2:45-3:00pm                    

Brainstorming and Team forming                                         3:00-4:00pm                    

Pitch Development                                                                   4:00-4:45pm                    

Pitch Competition                                                                    5:00-5:30pm                    

Networking!                                                                               5:30-6:30pm                    

Reviewers Decisions Announced during networking