Co-organised by IEEE CIS Diversity and Inclusion and IEEE Women in Computational Intelligence subcommittee.

Panel Aim

To explore the role of diversity and inclusion in designing responsible CI/AI research and technological innovation.

Discussion themes include (but are not limited to):

• The role of diversity and inclusion in the development of Responsible and trustworthy CI/AI.
• The value of co-production with diverse communities when conceptualisation of AI products and services.
• What does it mean to have a representative data set in machine learning?
• The impact of unconscious bias
• The importance of mentoring.
• Building a culture of diversity and inclusion in tech.

Panel Chair:

• Prof. Nelishia Pillay, Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa

Panellists:

• Dalma Novak, VP of Engineering at Octane Wireless, USA
• Professor Katherine Malan, University of South Africa
• Prof Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Director of research emeritus at the National Centre for Scientific Research
• Professor Uzay Kaymak, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Sanaz Mostaghim Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany