Reminder: the Research Showcase will be starting in about 30 minutes. On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:52 AM Janna Layton <jlay...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello all, > > This month's Wikimedia Research Showcase will be held on Wednesday, June > 23, at 16:30 UTC (9:30am PDT). The theme is "AI model governance" with > presentations from Haiyi Zhu of Carnegie Mellon University and Andy Craze > and Chris Albon of the Wikimedia Foundation's Machine Learning Team. > > Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USSBuwebWt4 > Mediawiki: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#June_2021 > > Talk 1 > > Speaker: Haiyi Zhu (Carnegie Mellon University) > > Title: Bridging AI and HCI: Incorporating Human Values into the > Development of AI Technologies > > Abstract: The increasing accuracy and falling costs of AI have stimulated > the increased use of AI technologies in mainstream user-facing applications > and services. However, there is a disconnect between mathematically > rigorous AI approaches and the human stakeholders’ needs, motivations, and > values, as well as organizational and institutional realities, contexts, > and constraints; this disconnect is likely to undermine practical > initiatives and may sometimes lead to negative societal impacts. In this > presentation, I will discuss my research on incorporating human > stakeholders’ values and feedback into the creation process of AI > technologies. I will describe a series of projects in the context of the > Wikipedia community to illustrate my approach. I hope this presentation > will contribute to the rich ongoing conversation concerning bridging HCI > and AI and using HCI methods to address AI challenges. > > Talk 2 > > Speaker: Andy Craze, Chris Albon (Wikimedia Foundation, Machine Learning > Team) > > Title: ML Governance: First Steps > > Abstract: The WMF Machine Learning team is upgrading the Foundation's > infrastructure to support the modern machine learning ecosystem. As part of > this work, the team seeks to understand its ethical and legal > responsibilities for developing and hosting predictive models within a > global context. Drawing from previous WMF research related to ethical & > human-centered machine learning, the team wishes to begin a series of > conversations to discuss how we can deploy responsible systems that are > inclusive to newcomers and non-experts, while upholding our commitment to > free and open knowledge. > > -- > Janna Layton (she/her) > Administrative Associate - Product & Technology > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > -- Janna Layton (she/her) Administrative Associate - Product & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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