Friday, January 19, 2024
Artificial Intelligence: Can It be Trusted?
TRuST panel discusses the benefits and perils of AI in a fast-changing world.
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Experts discuss AI's impact at Waterloo event.
Leaders from UW, Google and NASA gathered to explore AI's societal transformation and associated risks and promises.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Can we really trust AI?
TRuST Scholarly Network hosts conversations on the transformational impact of artificial intelligence, big data and innovating responsibly.
Monday, December 18, 2023
New CMAJ articles to explore trust in health care
This issue of CMAJ includes the first of a new article type on the topic of trust in health care, developed in collaboration with CMAJ’s patient advisory panel.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
TRuST's Lai-Tze Fan: Is Alexa sexist? In short, yes
Popular virtual assistant technology reinforces stereotyped and sexist expectations of gendered labour, according to a new study.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
The urgent need to humanize engineering
If we want to attract and keep women in the engineering profession, we need to focus on why we build, not just what we build.
Monday, November 6, 2023
TRuST's Carla Fehr: Society needs diversity in STEM
Diversity bolsters knowledge creation and positively advances science and technology for our future.
Monday, November 6, 2023
TRuST's Kelly Grindrod: Q&A with the Experts: Everything you need to know about COVID-19 booster vaccines
Providing the Waterloo community with more information for this fall's new COVID-19 booster vaccines.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
TRuST's Dean Wells: Women from UWaterloo named among Canada’s most powerful
In addition to being Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Waterloo, Dr. Mary Wells is an accomplished researcher and materials engineer. She has prioritized initiatives to make the engineering profession more welcoming and accessible for members of underrepresented groups. She is honoured in the Canadian Tire Community Impact category, for women working to make a positive impact in their communities.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Talking about science and technology has positive impacts on research and society
Discussions around science and technology can become controversial, such as public conversations around climate science or gene-editing tools. That might leave the impression that such conversations are best avoided. But it is important to have constructive conversations about scientific and technical subjects because of how they impact our lives.