The 3rd Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
2021.Oct.20
The third meeting of the talk series, “Disparities and Bullying in Online Games: E-sports Players Becoming Gladiators,” was held on May 25, 2021. Professor Hiroko Kanoh from Yamagata University talked about disparities and bullying in the online gaming space as a microcosm of real society.
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
2021.Oct.19
On June 28, 2021, BAIRAL invited Professor Yuichiro Nishimura, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University. He talked about the use of crowdsourcing geographic information systems (GIS) in Japan, especially about its relationship with fairness, equality, and diversity in society.
Report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos “Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
2021.Sep.27
On the 27th of August, 2021, B’AI Global Forum held the 2nd installment of a tripartite series on "Artificial Intelligence and Social Justice." Dr. Phebe Vayanos, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Computer Science, University of Southern California, talked about algorithmic fairness particularly as it is applied in public health interventions.
Report on the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti “Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
2021.Sep.15
On the 30th of August, 2021, B’AI Global Forum held the 3rd installment of a tripartite series on "Artificial Intelligence and Social Justice." Ivana Bartoletti, Technical Director of Privacy at Deloitte and Co-Founder of the Women Leading in AI Network, talked about the vision for an inclusive use of AI technology.
Report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border: Migration and Human Rights Considerations”
2021.Sep.10
On the 25th of August, 2021, B’AI Global Forum held the 1st installment of a tripartite series on "Artificial Intelligence and Social Justice." Dr. Ana Beduschi from the University of Exeter Law School talked about the application of artificial intelligence in border control and the implications on human rights.
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Ethical Issues in the Use of AI”
2021.Aug.06
On June 3, 2021, the second BAIRAL research meeting for 2021 was held on Zoom. Dr. Hiromi Arai of RIKEN talked about ethical issues in the use of AI in the research meeting.
Report on the 1st B’AI Book Club
Yarden Katz, Artificial Whiteness: Politics and Ideology in Artificial Intelligence (2020)
2021.Aug.06
The first meeting of B’AI Book Club was held on May 12, 2021. Prof. Yujin Yaguchi of the B’AI Global Forum reviewed Artificial Whiteness: Politics and Ideology in Artificial Intelligence (Columbia University Press, 2020) by Yarden Katz.
Workshop Report on “Introduction to Data Analysis with R”
2021.Jun.29
In April 2021, the B'AI Global Forum, in collaboration with The Carpentries, held a hands-on workshop “Introduction to Data Analysis with R” for graduate students and other researchers at the University of Tokyo.
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2020
2021.Jun.01
The Annual Report 2020 of the B’AI Global Forum is now available.