Current undergraduate students

Artificial intelligence is the cutting edge in decision-making and computer science. However, there is also the sense that AI is nothing more than a buzzword used in almost every facet of our lives right now. Given the current buzz surrounding AI, it is relevant to ask: what are the limits of AI? In many instances, such as with military technology, the availability of artificial intelligence is what made the technology possible in the first place. Can we expect systems to achieve decision-making capabilities and performances that are better than human across domains?

Critical Tech Talk 1: Nicole Aschoff – The digital frontier and its limits

Monday, November 8, 2021, 5 PM | Theatre of the Arts, University of Waterloo, in-person and livestreamed | REGISTER 

The Centre for Security Governance is hosting the fourth Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society on December 10, 2019.

Combining 2 Cultures (C2C) is an annual conference for undergraduate students pursuing or interested in interdisciplinary studies. The conference serves as an epicentre of growth for an internationally represented interdisciplinary community by allowing students of unique backgrounds to make connections with one another.

What does it mean to think of drones as a culture?  In this exhibition, Sara Matthews employs installation and and social documentary practices to provoke a dialogue about the logistics of drone technologies and our intimate relations with them. 

"Join Darwin AI CEO Sheldon Fernandez (BASc 2001, Computer Engineering) for this timely talk on misinformation in the digital age. Pizza lunch will be provided at 12:15pm, with the talk following at 12:30pm. All students, alumni, staff and faculty are welcome to register for this free event using the registration link below."

More information is available at the event webpage. 

Panel Discussion: Education for ethical design thinking

Panelists are Grant Hutchison, Mariel García Montes, Paul Heidebrecht and Scott Campbell.