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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Stupidity? Diversity\, Inclusion and AI
DESCRIPTION:The advent of Artificial Intelligence came with promises to overcome the human limitations of speed\, processing and information storage\, opening up a whole new world of possibilities for how we live and how we work. However\, AI has yet to deliver on those promises and now faces ethical and moral dilemmas never encountered before. With COVID-19 now shaking the fabric of every society without discrimination on the basis of gender\, race or faith\, the world has become even more reliant on technology and data for sustaining the social order. We now compensate for social distancing with virtual connections and Zoom’s boxes have replaced human interactions as the COVID-19 normal. \nMeanwhile\, the history of our global civilisation is marked by racial\, gender and economic divides. A product of human intelligence\, Artificial Intelligence has been shown to exacerbate our human biases. It is time to re-evaluate our increasing dependence on technology and AI and question what it means for diversity and inclusion. Join Dr Muneera Bano on a time travelling journey; exploring how our decisions in the present\, based on our experiences of the past\, are critical for the future directions of humanity and AI. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Muneera Bano is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at Deakin University. She specialises in the field of socio-technical domains of software engineering\, focusing on human-centred technologies. Muneera works at the intersection between computers and humans – looking for ways to engineer technology to work better with the people that use it. Her research interests include requirements engineering\, service orientation\, sentiment analysis and evidence-based software engineering. \nA passionate advocate for women in STEM\, Muneera Bano was announced as the Most Influential Asian-Australian Under 40 in 2019. A ‘Superstar of STEM and member of the Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion committee for Science and Technology Australia\, Muneera has a strong commitment to smash society’s gender and cultural assumptions about scientists. She is the Go Girl\, Go For IT 2020 Ambassador with the aim to inspire the next generation of girls in STEM careers. \n A part of the RSV’s 2020 contribution to the Inspiring Victoria program. The webinar will be livestreamed via the Society’s Facebook site – please tune in at the allotted time to join proceedings and contribute your questions and comments.
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/artificial-stupidity/
LOCATION:Online\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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SUMMARY:Spinning Yarns
DESCRIPTION:  \nIntrospection is something of a feature of our lives in 2020; never mind the trajectory of the global pandemic and the fate of the planet\, how did we each\, individually start out from our distant personal origins to arrive at this curious point in time and space? So we’ve asked four scholars\, scientists and seekers of a better world: What’s keeping you off the streets\, and up at night? \nThe unsurprising answer is that a life of enquiry is never short of things to do! Throughout Victoria’s 2020 pandemic lockdowns\, our speakers have dauntlessly continued their labours\, producing scientific research and products for the public good\, campaigning for a brighter future informed by scientific knowledge\, or dutifully preserving the beautiful legacy of scientific instrumentation from earlier times\, holding something of the story of long-gone people rising to the challenges of their own times. \nJoin us for four\, short presentations from four very different Councillors of the Royal Society of Victoria\, variously taking us through earlier times\, their passion projects of today and concerns for tomorrow. \nSpeakers:\n \nFunction\, Precision and Beauty: Finding and Preserving the Instruments of Ludwig Oertling – Mrs Nicola Williams\nI was a lecturer in chemistry at Monash in the 1980s\, during the time when university governance was changing from a collegial to a business model. One result was that anything that didn’t earn money was considered not worth keeping\, and this included old instruments and glassware. I’d been interested in historical instruments for some years\, so I began to collect the instruments which were being thrown out ‘as the space was needed.’ \n  \n \nThere and Back Again: My Roundabout Path to Seasonal Prediction (and why I love it) – Dr Catherine de Burgh-Day\nMy academic education started with a desire to study Meteorology\, culminated in a PhD in Astrophysics\, and then led to me working at the Bureau of Meteorology. It may seem like it was a bit of a detour\, but I wouldn’t have it any other way\, and it turns out Astrophysics and Seasonal prediction have a lot in common! I’m going to give you a brief history of my still-short career\, and also tell you about what I work on now: Everything to do with predicting the conditions in the upcoming weeks and seasons\, from developing the models and science through to talking to farmers about what they need to know on the ground. I hope that by the end of this you’ll see why every change in direction I took along the way is one I am glad I did\, and each one taught me things I bring to the table at the BoM every day. \n \nWhat Keeps Me Up at Night – Mr Rob Gell\nFamiliar to many as a television presenter of Victoria’s weather for many years\, Rob is today a director of three companies working to deliver positive sustainability outcomes. They are all exploring new technology opportunities in environmental monitoring\, energy management and water conservation: Attentis® has developed Australia’s first real-time integrated environmental sensor network operating at regional scale; ReThink Sustainability offers range of sustainability advisory services\, particularly in energy efficiency and management; and Circular Things has developed the Eco Water Wall\, an innovative water tank design. \n \nLoose Ends\, and Going Round in Circles: A Life [Good] in Medical Research – Professor David Walker\nProfessor David Walker is a physiologist with a long interest in fetal and neonatal development. His research has become centred on perinatal brain damage and the causes of cerebral palsy. Previously situated with the Hudson Institute and now working with RMIT’s School of Health and Biomedical Sciences\, David’s major research questions are around the basic chemical energy system employed by all body cells. \nA part of the RSV’s 2020 contribution to the Inspiring Victoria program. The webinar will be livestreamed via the Society’s Facebook site – please tune in at the allotted time to join proceedings and contribute your questions and comments. 
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/spinning-yarns/
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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