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Reflections from the Consumer Electronics Show
Our Future of Work team attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this month, seeing first-hand novel tech products like fully wireless TVs, VR skill training applications, solar-powered generators, robots designed for elder care, and much more. Check out our blogpost with their observations of these products on the demo room floor and questions on how they will work once brought to market.
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Events
2022 Events
- Nov 3 National Academy of Public Administration's 2022 Fall Meeting
- Oct 26 Talkin' the Talk: Tips for Academic Presentations of Economic Research with Professor Anna Salomons
- Oct 7 Preparing the Workforce of the Future Conference
- Sep 27 What Could Go Wrong? Student Event
- Sep 12 How is Automation Really Affecting the Labor Market? - A moderated panel discussion on Zoom
- Jun 14 Panel: Professors Jodi Forlizzi and Nikolas Martelaro with UNITE HERE, TWU, and ATU at the 29th AFL-CIO National Convention
- May 25 Faculty Director Ramayya Krishnan speaks at NITRD Symposium on panel: "How Technology Can Benefit Society: Broadening Perspectives in Fundamental Research"
- May 4 Workshop: AFL-CIO Technology Institute & Industrial Union Council
- Apr 1 - Apr 2 Scopeathon for Social Good
- Jan 25 Endgame: Decarbonization—How do We Get There?: Exploring EVs, Electrification and Policy Priorities in the Transportation Sector
2021 Events
- Jun 9 Professor Erica R.H. Fuchs testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on “Building Regional Innovation Economies"
- May 27 Faculty Dialogue: Future of Work
- May 26 Dean Ramayya Krishnan speaks at the Launch of the Commission of Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data
2020 Events
- Oct 19 Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse (AIDR) Symposium 2020
- Oct 6 Combatting Disinformation One Month from the Election: What State and Local Policy Makers Can Do
- Oct 1 Improving Fairness & Equity in Policy Applications of Machine Learning
- Sep 30 COVID, Tech and Local Government: Making an Impact at the City-Level
- Jul 23 Professor Erica Fuchs testifies before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on “Trade, Manufacturing, And Critical Supply Chains: Lessons from COVID-19”
- Jun 12 Critical Considerations for Restarting a More Resilient and Robust US Economy Post COVID-19
- Jun 9 Dean Ramayya Krishnan speaks at the Asian Development Bank's Dialogue on COVID-19 Transition and Recovery in Southeast Asia
- Jun 4 Professor Tom Mitchell addresses the Bureau of Labor Statistics on "Automation and the Labor Force: Data Collection Strategies"
- May 22 2020 Call for Proposals
- Mar 11 Dean Ramayya Krishnan speaks at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center and Commission launch event
- Mar 10 Executive Director Scott Andes presents on inclusive innovation and growth in America's economy at the Progressive Policy Institute
- Mar 6 - Mar 7 Professor David Danks hosts the "Models of morality, Morality of models" workshop on ethical AI
- Mar 2 Dean Martial Hebert and Professor Rayid Ghani speak on the "AI for Policy Implementation" panel
- Feb 28 AI AND HUMANITY: Book and Oral Archive Launch
- Feb 25 Dean Ramayya Krishnan briefs Congress on "AI and the Future of Work: How Will the Workforce Be Impacted and How Do We Prepare?"
- Feb 12 Professor Rayid Ghani testifies on "Equitable Algorithms: Examining Ways to Reduce AI Bias in Financial Services" before the House Committee on Financial Services
Our Impact
Mayor’s Panel on Job Growth & Creation from the NAPA 2022 Fall Meeting.
Technology’s Impact on Workforce Development panel from the NAPA 2022 Fall Meeting
Academic conference: Preparing the Workforce of the Future
Faculty Director Ramayya Krishnan speaks at NITRD 30th Anniversary Symposium: How Technology can Benefit Society
Endgame: Decarbonization- How do We Get There?
Understanding Learning by Modeling Learning Curve Data
- Prof. Ken Koedinger
Critical Considerations for Restarting a More Resilient and Robust US Economy Post COVID-19
Reskilling and the Future of Work
- Dean Ramayya Krishnan
Equitable Algorithms: Examining Ways to Reduce AI Bias in Financial Services
- Prof. Rayid Ghani
AI & Society: A Microcourse
- Prof. Molly Wright Steenson
The Ethics of AI in Business
- Prof. Tae-Wan Kim
Data Science for Social Good & Public Policy
- Prof. Rayid Ghani
World Artificial Intelligence Conference Keynote Address
- Prof. Tom Mitchell
Harnessing AI to enhance team performance
- Prof. Anita Williams Woolley
Data-driven Government Action for Social Good
- Prof. Amelia Haviland
The Social and Ethical Considerations of Using Artificial Intelligence
- Prof. Alex John London
The Social and Ethical Considerations of Using Artificial Intelligence
- Prof. Alex John London
AI, When the Stakes Are High
- Prof. Amelia Haviland
Can AI Make Education Great Again?
- Prof. Lee Branstetter
How AI Changes Work and What We Should Do About It
- Prof. Tom Mitchell
AI and the Future of Work
- Prof. Tom Mitchell
Mind + Machine
- Dean Ramayya Krishnan
Does Technology Kill Jobs?
- Prof. Lee Branstetter
Using AI in Education to Reduce Inequality
- Prof. Amy Ogan
Ethics and Trust in an Automated World
- Prof. David Danks