DATE: Thu, September 19, 2024 – 11:00 am
LOCATION: Walter C. Koerner Library (UBC ID needed for entry), Research Commons’ Presentation Room (548/552), Vancouver Campus

DETAILS

Join us on September 19th at 11:00am at the Walter C. Koerner Library (UBC ID needed for entry), Research Commons’ Presentation Room (548/552), for “Connecting Minds: Exploring the Intersection of AI and the Social Sciences.” The morning will start with an engaging series of 5-minute lightning talks exploring the dynamic intersection of Artificial Intelligence with education, sociology, economics, politics, culture, and language, followed by a networking lunch at noon. This event, co-sponsored by the Centre for Computational Social Science (CCSS) and the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-making and Action (CAIDA), will bring together faculty, researchers, and students from fundamental AI disciplines—such as computer science, statistics, mathematics, and electrical and computer engineering—and the humanities and social sciences. Our goal is to foster meaningful connections, enhance mutual understanding, and spark collaborations that advance both AI development and social science research.

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SPEAKERS

Faculty of Arts:
Jonathan Graves (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Vancouver School of Economics): “AI and Qualitative Coding”
Laura K. Nelson (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology): “AI for Cultural and Historical Reasoning”
Fatemeh Salehian Kia (Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Information): “AI in Education”

Foundational AI:
Cristina Conati (Professor, Computer Science): “Human-Centered AI, AI-driven Personalization, Explainable AI, AI in Education, Affective Computing.”
Vered Shwartz (Assistant Professor, Computer Science): “AI; Natural Language Processing; computational semantics; pragmatics; commonsense reasoning; machine learning.”
Dongwook Yoon (Associate Professor, Computer Science): “AI applications to human-computer interaction; multimodal user interfaces; speech and gesture user interfaces; video user interfaces; computer-supported cooperative work.”

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