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Innovate Pasadena and Artificial Intelligence Los Angeles (AILA) are partnering with Global Research Methods and Data Science (RMDS) for a free online meet-up on AI Bias and Surveillance: Recognition, Analysis and Prediction on Tuesday, June 1, 4 to 5 p.m.

The program is targeted to anyone interested in AI bias in detection and analysis systems (face, object, language, emotion) and surveillance in public, private and professional contexts.

No previous knowledge is required of those attending as long as the participants are willing to appreciate diversity of perspectives and think critically about power, harms and risks.

This will be the first of six one-hour per week sessions through Zoom, to be led by Merve Hickok, founder of AIethicist, which provides reference and research material for anyone interested in the current discussions on AI ethics and impact of AI on individuals and society.

The program begins with fundamental concepts in AI ethics and human rights in the first week. Week 2 and 3 move on to specifics of how recognition and analysis systems use face or objects, NLP (natural language processing) and affective computing manifest bias.

Weeks 4 to 6 discuss how data is collected and connected both online and offline, how the recognition and analysis systems are used in different settings, for which purposes, and what the consequences are.

Attendees will be provided with either short reports and/or videos for each class which they can read and watch either ahead of the class or after the class. The live session will allow for discussion of concepts and cases.

Merve Hickok is an independent consultant and trainer focused on capacity building in ethical and responsible AI and governance of AI systems. She is currently an instructor on Data Ethics at the University of Michigan School of Information, senior researcher at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, founding editorial board member of Springer Nature AI and Ethics journal, and one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2021.

She is a fellow at ForHumanity Center, a regional lead for Women in AI Ethics Collective, and sits in a number of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) work groups that set global standards forautonomous systems. Previously, Hickok was Vice President of HR in a number of different roles with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

To register for Tuesdays virtual meetup, visit http://www.innovatepasadena.org/events/ai-bias-surveillance-recognition-analysis-prediction and click on the Attend Event button.

For more information, call (213) 245-1817.

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