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Early Career Community Welcome Event

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<p><strong>Attendance is free, but please click <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chias-annual-conference-ai-for-good-tickets-913785616377">HERE</a> to register and secure your place at the conference.</strong></p>


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<p>Generative AI is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in our lives but there has been little conversation about what this means for the very youngest members of society &#8211; our babies and children! How can the power of AI can be harnessed for positive social change that benefits all of our children? What are the potential risks and harms, and how can we avoid them? What is the right balance between regulation and innovation?</p>
<p>CHIA organised an event on <strong>AI and early childhood</strong> that brought together experts in innovation, child development and AI to explore the impact of AI on pre-school children&#8217;s lives. Professor Jenny Gibson led a lively panel discussion, with insightful contributions from Laurence Guinness (CEO of the Childhood Trust), Ravi Gurumurthy (CEO of Nesta) and Robert Hughes (Tamdem).</p>
<p>Louise Weiss, the Founder/CEO of Ogma posted:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever sat in a room with such inspiring people all working at that unique cross-section of developmental psychology, AI, entrepreneurship, and ethics.</p>
<p>What was clear, is that so many of the AI entrepreneurs &amp; researchers out there are in the same boat, trying to navigate how to build AI in a considered way, to support humanity, not take away from it.</p>
<p>With all the debate about the uncertainty around AI, it&#8217;s easy to fear the dystopian future where AI is about loss; job loss, loss of intimacy, loss of connection, loss of opportunity.</p>
<p>Everyone in that room yesterday was passionate, committed and so considered about taking a human-inspired approach to AI; to fuel creativity, connection, learning, and to address inequities. It was an exciting place to be.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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CHIA welcomes its Early Career Community to Winter events

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<p>Seminar on Trustworthy and Responsible Machine Learning</p>
<p>Dr. Pingfan Song, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge<br />
Thursday 30 November 2023, 15:00-17:00<br />
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road (Sidgwick Site), Room SG2</p>
<p>Machine learning-based AI systems are experiencing widespread adoption across various domains, producing a profound influence on daily lives, industries, scientific research, and beyond. Ensuring the safety of these AI systems, particularly in high-stakes real-world applications, stands as an imperative priority. Recent landmark events, such as the first global AI safety summit, have underscored the critical significance of AI safety.</p>
<p>Trustworthy and responsible machine learning has gained significant attention from governments, industries, and scientific communities alike. It is recognized as an essential component and fundamental pillar in the pursuit of AI safety objectives. This presentation will briefly cover some noteworthy limitations in current AI systems, such as opaqueness, bias, fragility, privacy invasion. Subsequently, it will focus on the technical dimensions of trustworthy and responsible machine learning, exploring measures and techniques designed to enhance transparency, interpretability, robustness, privacy protection. While this presentation may not offer an exhaustive and comprehensive overview, hopefully, it aspires to provide researchers and users with some insights, and to advocate a more prudent utilization of AI technology, considering that it is crucial for users not only to harness the benefits AI offers but also to mitigate its potential harm and risks.</p>


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Seminar on social robotics for mental well-being

<p>Professor Hatice Gunes</p>
<p>Social Robotics for Assessing and Promoting Mental Wellbeing</p>
<p>Time: 2-3pm<br />
Date: 21st November<br />
Venue: S1, Alison Richard Building</p>
<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the prevelance of mental heath issues among the adults and children on a global scale. Recent research in the fields of human-robot interaction and social robotics have shown that robots have the potential to serve as novel and engaging tools to improive both physical and emptional wellbeing. In this talk I will present the recent explorations of the Cambridge Affective Intelligence and Robotics Lab in these areas and will illustrate the challenges and opportunities of social robotics for promoting wellbeing with a number of case studies, with insights for short- and long-term adaptation and perceptions and expectations of prospective users of robotic wellbeing coaches.</p>


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CHIA is sponsoring a local NeurIPS conference in Cambridge

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<p class="CjVfdc"><span class="C9DxTc ">CHIA is sponsoring a local </span><span class="C9DxTc ">meetup</span><span class="C9DxTc "> of the </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://nips.cc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc ">Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)</span></a> <span class="C9DxTc ">conference in Cambridge: </span><a href="https://www.neuripsmeetupcambridge.info"><strong>NeurIPS@Cambrid</strong><strong>ge.</strong></a> This event will take place Friday, 8th of December, 2023 in William Gates Building, West Cambridge. The goal is to bring students, researchers, and engineers from the greater Cambridge area together for an opportunity to meet and discuss machine learning research presented at NeurIPS. We also want to provide an opportunity for researchers to promote their work and meet people from their local community. The day will feature poster and panel sessions and in-person presentations. Please register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neurips-cambridge-tickets-763055578777?aff=oddtdtcreator">HERE</a>.</p>
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CHIA welcomes its Early Career Community to a series of autumn events

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<p><strong>18 OCTOBER, 2023</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Morning coffee and co-working</strong></em></p>
<p>Time: 10am-2pm</p>
<p>Venue: LCFI Boardroom, First floor, 16 Mill Lane</p>
<p>Format: Social co-working space, option to present work in progress, coffee and snacks available</p>
<p>Register: <a href="mailto:contact@chia.cam.ac.uk">contact@chia.cam.ac.uk</a></p>
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<p><strong>9 NOVEMBER, 2023</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Research talks in the Pub: November edition</strong></em></p>
<p>Time: 7pm-9pm</p>
<p>Venue: St. John&#8217;s Bar (meeting point&#8221; Porter&#8217;s lodge)</p>
<p>Format: social with research talks by the members of CHIA ECC &#8211; come early to get a free drink!</p>
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<p><strong>16 NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>CHIA X Cambridge AI Ethics Society: AI Ethics Afternoon</strong></em></p>
<p>Time: 1pm-4pm</p>
<p>Venue: Raised Faculty Building, Common Room (106+107)</p>
<p>Format: lunch, a talk by Maya Indira Ganesh and a practical workshop on AI ethics</p>
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<p><strong>21 NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Seminar by Hatice Gunes: Affective AI</strong></em></p>
<p>Time: 2-3pm</p>
<p>Venue: Alison Richard Building, Room S1</p>
<p>Format: a talk, a QA session + coffee and cake</p>
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<p><strong>30 NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Seminart by Pingfan Song: Trustworthy AI</strong></em></p>
<p>Time: 3-5pm</p>
<p>Venue: Alison Richard Building, Room SG2</p>
<p>Format: a talk, a QA session + coffee and cake</p>
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<p>For more information about the CHIA Early Career Community or to join our mailing list, please get in touch: <a href="mailto:contact@chia.cam.ac.uk"><strong>contact@chia.cam.ac.uk </strong></a></p>
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CHIA Early Career Community – Welcome Event

<p>The academic 2023-2024 year has started and the <strong>CHIA Early Career Community</strong> is gearing up for a series of events!</p>
<p>The <strong>Welcome Event</strong> aimed at all early career researchers in Cambridge with an interest in human-inspired AI. The event will take place on Thursday 5 October at the Maypole outdoor area (20A Portugal Place, CB5 8AF). It will feature 10 minute mini talks by students and researchers across different academic departments. Come and meet everyone and get involved in our community!</p>
<p>More information about the CHIA Early Career Community and our activities, please get in touch: <a href="mailto:contact@chia.cam.ac.uk">contact@chia.cam.ac.uk</a></p>


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ECC Welcome Event

Welcome to the new academic year, we will kick off the term with a networking and welcome event!

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Early Career Community Welcome Event

Past Events

CHIA conference: 11 June, 2024

Early Childhood and AI

CHIA Early Career Community: Winter 2024 Events

CHIA Early Career Community: Seminar on Trustworthy AI

CHIA Early Career Community: Seminar on Social Robotics

NeurIPS@Cambridge event on 8 December, 2023

AI Ethics Workshop for Early Career Researchers

CHIA Early Career Community: Autumn 2023 Events

CHIA Early Career Community