[UW-GIS-L] Fwd: [Escience_bbl] Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE) to Host Saleema Amershi, 9am PT, May 20th

[Bo Zhao]

Sorry for cross-listing. This talk might be of someone's interest.

Bo

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From: Emily F Keller <efkeller at uw.edu>
Date: Wed, May 18, 2022 at 9:32 AM
Subject: [Escience_bbl] Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE)
to Host Saleema Amershi, 9am PT, May 20th
To: escience_bbl at uw.edu <escience_bbl at uw.edu>


Please join the Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences
<https://www.raise.uw.edu/> (RAISE) group at the University of Washington
as we host *Saleema Amershi*
<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/samershi/>, Senior
Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research, presenting the talk:
“*Challenges
in Creating Responsible and Human-Centered AI*,” at *9am PT Friday, May 20*
.


*Join*: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94636255672



*Abstract: *The tech industry is facing tremendous societal and increasing
legal pressure to ensure our AI technologies are responsibly developed and
deployed. Yet many organizations that create AI technologies report being
unprepared to address AI risks and failures.



In this talk, I will argue for why a human-centered approach is needed to
meet these challenges. Specifically, I will define human-centered AI both
in terms of ensuring that *what we build benefits people and society* and
that *how we build it begins and ends with people in mind*. I will then
describe what is needed to operationalize this definition including the
cultural shift needed to move the industry from its deep-rooted focus on
model performance to thinking about AI systems holistically and in context,
and the tooling advances needed to empower interdisciplinary teams to
contend with AI's probabilistic and adaptive capabilities. Finally, I will
present open challenges and opportunities to advance the state-of-the-art
and drive the industry towards more human-centered practices.



*Bio*: Saleema Amershi is a Senior Principal Research Manager at Microsoft
Research where she leads the Human-AI eXperiences (HAX) team
<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fresearch%2Fgroup%2Fhax-team%2F&data=05%7C01%7Csamershi%40microsoft.com%7Cc7450543903e4081a41608da2974d428%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637867879033800951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=un9MCdfXeme5MD%2FDMswP9SIFTEOfNncVRgTqUOjGI%2FE%3D&reserved=0>,
building tools for creating responsible AI experiences. She also currently
chairs Microsoft’s Aether Working Group on Human-AI Interaction and
Collaboration. Aether is Microsoft’s advisory committee on responsible and
ethical AI.

Saleema holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from the Paul G.
Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. Prior to UW, she completed
a MSc in Computer Science and a BSc in Computer Science & Mathematics at
the University of British Columbia.



*RAISE* is a UW-wide group of students and faculty interested in the broad
space of responsibility in AI, trustworthy machine learning, human-centered
computing and data science. As part of this group, our mission is to engage
in scholarly, educational, and outreach activities that lead to
foundational research in these areas.




Emily F. Keller
Research Administrator, Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences
University of Washington

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