Sat, March 2, 9:00 PM
120 MINUTES
Artificial Intelligence, Challenges, and Opportunities: Exploring Ethical Aspects of AI; Bias, Privacy, Alignment, and Regulation

This roundtable will dive into the various aspects of artificial intelligence and its impact on society. We will talk about the ethical and social implications of AI, examining how these technologies affect our lives and ethical standards. The conversation about bias and fairness will explore whether AI tends to worsen or improve inequalities, highlighting the importance of using diverse data and algorithms. Privacy concerns will be discussed, focusing on how to protect personal information in a time when AI surveillance is widespread. Lastly, we will debate the alignment of AI with human values and the need for clear regulations to ensure ethical development and deployment.

Ahmad Patooghy

Assistant Professor @ North Carolina A&T State University

Ahmad Patooghy, (Senior Member, IEEE) received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2011. From 2011 to 2017, he was an Assistant Professor at Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran. Then, he joined the University of Central Arkansas, AR, USA (2018 to 2021). Since August 2021, he has been with the Department of Computer Systems Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, leading the Intelligent Cyber-Systems and Architectures Laboratory. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings. He has been a reviewer and PC member for various IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, and Springer journals and conferences. He has also served as a panelist for the National Science Foundation for reviewing grant proposals. His research interests include the security and reliability of machine learning applications and accelerators, hardware security in IoT and cyber-physical systems, and hardware design for machine learning acceleration. Dr. Patooghy is a Senior Member of the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and a Member of the ACM. Dr. Patooghy has received significant funding ($4M) for his research projects from esteemed national agencies and organizations including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Transportation (DOT), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA, Google, and North Carolina Partnership for Cybersecurity Excellence.
Abbas Mehrabian

Researcher @ Google DeepMind

Abbas Mehrabian received his BSc from Sharif in 2009 and moved to Canada to pursue his graduate studies in mathematics. Since 2021, he is a research scientist in artificial intelligence at Google DeepMind in Montreal.
Hossein Esfandiari

Senior Research Scientist @ Google

Lilly Irani

Associate Professor @ UC San Diego