Women in Robotics: Roboticist Dr. AJung Moon, Open Roboethics Institute
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AI Ethics? Roboethics?: A Taster for the Growing Ethics Discussion about Machine Autonomy
Join us on November 7 to hear about the work of Dr. AJung Moon, founder and CEO of Generation R, and founder and Director of the Open Roboethics Institute (ORI). Dr. Moon has been speaking and advising internationally on roboethics issues since 2012. Her company, Generation R is the first consulting firm in the world to deliver ethics assessments of predictive algorithms for today’s businesses.
Come and hear about her experiences working with the private sector, helping them assess their ethical risk as they implement these advanced technologies.
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Ethics is increasingly becoming a buzz word in AI and robotics. Machine learning algorithms and robotics systems have been developed and used for years, but never before has the discussion about ethics of the technologies been getting so much attention. What is all this AI ethics and roboethics discussion all about? What ethical risks do you and your organization end up (often unknowingly) taking on as you increasingly implement machine autonomy into your organization? Most importantly, what can you do about them? Small and large companies today are struggling to innovate their operations with data-driven, predictive algorithms without the full understanding of what undesirable effects these algorithms can have on their organization and our society. As applications of robotics extend to areas outside of industrial environments, roboticists are increasingly noticing the importance for designers and policy makers to address the question of “What should a robot do?” It turns out that discussions about ethics becomes quite sexy when mixed with autonomous, intelligent technologies.
Dr. Moon will share relevant studies and examples (from right here in Canada!) to paint a broad landscape of the fascinating world of AI ethics and roboethics.
Note: Dr. Moon will also give an academic talk at the University of Toronto Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics on Nov 7 at 5pm (http://irm.utoronto.ca/event/seminar-dr-ajung-moon-ai-ethics-roboethics-practical-approaches-growing-ethics-discussion-machine-autonomy/) where she will present technical and non-technical approaches to integrating ethics in the design of technological systems.
Dr. AJung Moon (http://profile.amoon.ca/) is a roboticist on a mission to make ethics a core part of AI and robotics technologies. She is a founder and CEO of Generation R (https://genr.ca/), the first consulting firm in the world to deliver ethics assessment of predictive algorithms for today’s businesses. She is also a founder and Director of the Open Roboethics Institute (ORI) (http://www.openroboethics.org/), an international think tank that has been spearheading open discussions on roboethics topics since 2012. She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Vanier Scholar) from the University of British Columbia with a specialization in the design of human-inspired interactive robot behaviours and roboethics.
She advises numerous national and international organizations on ethical and societal implications of AI and robotics, including the OECD, ICRC, and the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons. She serves on the Executive Committee of The IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in AI and Autonomous Systems (http://standards.ieee.org/develop/indconn/ec/autonomous_systems.html) and served as a founder and co-chair of the IEEE Global Initiative’s committee on embedding values into autonomous intelligent systems. She is a co-chair of the Canadian Robotics Strategy (http://canadianroboticsnetwork.com/), and a panelist of the International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (IPRAW) (https://www.ipraw.org/). Now she is excited to be on the program committee of the new, AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (http://www.aies-conference.com/).
Get Your Bot On! (https://twitter.com/getyourboton), its hosting partners IEEE Women in Engineering (http://toronto.ieee.ca/women-in-engineering-wie/) and FutureWorld (http://fitc.ca/event/futureworld/)are pleased to bring you this edition of the 'Women in Robotics Speaker Series'. This series celebrates the work of women in the field of robotics and provides a forum for them to share their work and career with the community. We invite all community members to come and learn, participate in the discussion, and celebrate the contribution of women to this field.
See you in November!
Shout us out at the Twitter handles below or use the tag #WinRSeries and check out past events on Twitter at #WinRSeries (https://twitter.com/hashtag/winrseries?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash).
Agenda
6:30 pm - Networking
7:00 pm - Speaker and Q & A
8:00 pm - Networking
9:00 pm - Close
Special thanks to our host sponsors for the evening, Normative Inc. (http://normative.com)
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About Get Your Bot On!
Get Your Bot On! is a community of roboticists, engineers, designers and hobbyists in the Toronto area. GYBO! hosts meetups, workshops and hackathons for knowledge sharing and collaboration among its members. Join us for our 2017-2018 Women in Robotics series and our regular Meetup. Find out more at our website (https://getyourboton.com/) or follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/getyourboton).
About IEEE Women in Engineering Toronto Chapter
IEEE Toronto is a community for electrical and computer engineers and related professions. We hold professional/technical meetings, tutorials, conferences, etc. for our members and guests, and recognize excellence through our awards program. With approximately 4000 members in the local area, and more than 50 yearly events, we are very active in serving the electrical engineering professionals at all levels. Find out more about the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (http://toronto.ieee.ca/engineering-in-medicine-and-biology/) chapter and the IEEE Women in Engineering (http://toronto.ieee.ca/women-in-engineering-wie/) group.
About RIFFT and FutureWorld
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RIIFT is the Robotics and Interactive Intelligence Festival of Toronto (http://fitc.ca/event/futureworld2017/). Our first design for robotics and AI conference, FutureWorld, was on June 10. Stay tuned for our 2018 Festival. (http://fitc.ca/event/futureworld2017/)
Community Partners
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Society of Women Engineers, Toronto Chapter (http://toronto.swe.org/)
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DCSIL: Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (https://www.dcsil.ca/)
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HealthEdge Challenge: Devices Edition (http://healthedge.ca)
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Translational Research Program at U of T (https://trp.utoronto.ca)