The TAIGA days this year will not be focused on presenting interesting AI developments of the past year, but rather focus on shaping the four new overall themes of TAIGA for the next years. Besides the eight focus areas (that will continue) that were meant to develop the research in specific areas across the university we will now use the following four themes to create more synergies, while also allowing new groups to actively participate.
The four themes are strategically chosen to both provide a recognizable profile for TAIGA and to connect with strong research profiles of the university. The four themes are:
Arctic AI should be about AI theory and systems specifically connected to aspects of the Arctic. E.g. NLP for minority languages, e-health for isolated areas, support to cope with climate change in the Arctic, or other examples.
Power and AI is about how the use of AI influences the power balance in society. It can give more power to certain groups of people, it can support or undermine democracy, AI policies can benefit some groups and neglect others, AI can change human interactions, or other examples.
AI for the region is meant to reach out specifically outside university and connect AI research at university with needs of municipalities, companies and other regional organizations, or other examples.
AI and education is aiming to create a roadmap for AI education both at university as well as in the region. This roadmap can be used to coordinate efforts already underway and facilitate discussion on where more efforts are needed. E.g. should we start an interdisciplinary AI or have a CS AI bachelor or both. How about several interdisciplinary AI Master programs? What are the needs of industry and municipalities wrt AI literacy? Are they the same or different? What role can we play in this education? Who should fund these efforts?
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Last date to register is November 16. Registration link
Participation is free, but please register to selected sessions or the whole program.
For each theme we have half a day at the TAIGA days. Each session starts with an inspirational talk followed by a round table discussion with all participants. The goal of each session is to have a list of interested people and some concrete action points for the next months. If you are interested in one or more themes, please, register for the sessions and bring your ideas! You do not need to know how to solve problems with AI! As long as you have interesting ideas that you think could be tackled (partly) with AI you are welcome to come.
Besides the four sessions on the four themes there will also be a session on Friday especially for and by students. This is only for students! But then all students interested in AI or doing research in AI or with AI are welcome to come and see who else is doing that. This is the first event of the S4S group of TAIGA that hopes to bring students that have an interest in AI together.
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