Report on a Visit to the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Exhibition & Conference (Autumn)
2022.Feb.24
On Friday, October 29th, 2021, members of the B’AI Global Forum visited the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Exhibition & Conference (Autumn) at Makuhari Messe in Japan. The event, which is held twice a year, is a great opportunity to not only learn about concrete examples of the use of AI in business, but also to listen to lectures by front-line experts. In this report, AI application examples from the exhibitions and lectures at the event will be introduced, taking into account the perspectives on the minorities that the B'AI Global Forum usually discusses.
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An Interview with Michiko Kawahara, Project Professor of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (III) at the University of Tokyo
2022.Feb.16
In November 2021, Michiko Kawahara, who is a chair of Trauma Reporting Study Group at the B’AI Global Forum, was appointed as a project professor of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (III） at the University of Tokyo. We conducted an interview with her and asked about her past and current activities and her thought about the B’AI Global Forum.
Report on the Workshop “The History of Medialization and Empowerment: The Intersection of Women’s Rights Activism and the Media” (German Historical Institute London)
2022.Feb.16
On January 20-21, 2022, Atsuko Sano, Project Researcher of the B’AI Global Forum, participated in a workshop organized by the German Historical Institute London and gave a presentation on the impact of media and ICT on reproductive health and rights based on examples from Japan and Germany.
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Science and the Internet”
2022.Feb.16
On December 9, 2021, the 6th BAIRAL research meeting for 2021 was held on Zoom. In this talk event, Yuko Ikkatai, Associate Professor at Kanazawa University, gave a presentation on collaborative research involving both experts and non-experts, such as citizen science and crowdfunding with foreign and domestic examples.
Report on the 5th B’AI Book Club
Meredith Broussard, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (2018)
2022.Jan.28
The fifth meeting of B’AI Book Club was held on October 26, 2021. Kayoung Kim, Project Researcher of the B’AI Global Forum, reviewed Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World by Meredith Broussard.
Report on the 6th B’AI Book Club
Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (2018)
2022.Jan.14
The sixth meeting of B’AI Book Club was held on November 30, 2021. Hiroki Kato, Research Assistant of the B’AI Global Forum, introduced Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (New York University Press, 2018) by Safiya Umoja Noble.
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering Olympic and Paralympic Games Coverage and Its Gender Representation”
2021.Dec.09
Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi), an industry-university cooperative research group based at the B'AI Global Forum, held an online workshop on the theme of "Considering Olympic and Paralympic Games Coverage and Its Gender Representation” on August 28, 2021.
Report on the 2nd B’AI Book Club
Rana El Kaliouby and Carol Colman, Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology (2020)
2021.Dec.03
The second meeting of B’AI Book Club was held on June 22, 2021. Jooeun Noh, Project Researcher of the B’AI Global Forum, introduced Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology by Rana El Kaliouby and Carol Colman.
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano “Taste and Vision in History: The Transformation of “Aesthetics” and the Rise of Consumer Society”
2021.Nov.16
On May 28, 2021, B'AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano, who joined B’AI as an associate professor and the University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher. The lecture was moderated by Prof. Kaori Hayashi of the B'AI Global Forum and featured comments from Prof. Shunji Yamanaka from the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies and the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo.