RAISE
is
launching
a
speaker
series
partnering
with
each
faculty
to
explore
themes
of
xenophobia,
racism,
and
intersectionality
within
various
topics
of
academia.
The
series
is
called
"unwrapped"
because
their mission
is
to
peel
back
the
layers
of
systemic
and
institutional
bias
which
exist
within
the
academic
realm.
Starting
Spring
2019,
RAISE
will
be
hosting
professors,
alumni,
and
undergraduate
students
from
varying
disciplines
to
lead
a
discourse
to
engage
students
and
faculty
on
this
topic.
The opening
event
will
be
held with
Engineering
Society
and
focused
on
the
topic
of
Artificial
Intelligence
(AI)!
As
the
capabilities
of
artificial
intelligence
continue
to
expand
at
an
increasing
rate,
various
implementations
of
this
technology
have
become
more
prevalent
in
our
everyday
lives.
We
now
rely
on
AI
not
only
for
the
automation
of
menial
quantitative
labour
but
are
also
entrusting
it
with
complex
qualitative
tasks
in
fields
that
hold
significant
impact
over
the
lives
of
human
beings
(criminal
justice,
healthcare,
job
screening).
Because
of
the
potential
human
cost
involved
in
these
areas,
it
has
become
increasingly
important
to
investigate
whether
the
systems
that
make
these
qualitative
judgments
do
so
in
an
objective
manner.
The
purpose
of
this
discussion
is
to
examine
the
potential
racial
biases
that
exist
within
popular
implementations
of
artificial
intelligence.
The
panellists
for
this
event
are:
- Yasmin Ahmed - student, Management Engineering
- Audrey Chung - PHD candidate, Vision and Image Processing Group
- Carla Leal Ramos - student, Management Engineering
Drinks
and
snacks
will
be
provided
-
RAISE
and
the
Engineering
Society look
forward
to
seeing
you
there!