Webinar to be conducted jointly by the Centre for Software & IT Management and Mizuho India Japan Study Centre
22 April, 2024, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM) and Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC) at IIM Bangalore will host a panel discussion titled, ‘Promises & Perils of AI: Mitigating Bias, Exploring Opportunities and Achieving Fairness’, on 30th April 2024, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
The panellists include: Dr. Jaideep Srivastava, Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Data Science, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota; Dr. Vishal Misra, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Vice Dean of Computing and AI, School of Engineering, Columbia University; Dr. Sharath Chandra Guntuku, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Nikhil Malik, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
The moderator for the session will be Shivam Srivastava, Research Associate, MIJSC.
CSITM and MIJSC will conduct the seminar as part of their initiative to promote dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of academics and professionals from all walks of industry. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session.
This will be a Zoom webinar. To register, those interested need to click this link. Those who register, will be sent a Zoom link for the webinar.
For any queries, please write to: csitm@iimb.ac.in
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has shown its potential to change many industries, but has also raised concerns about the dangers it has, offering a double story of hope and danger. On one hand, AI seems poised to revolutionize various sectors with complex challenges that have never been addressed before. It can go through massive data, automate tasks and make predictions which can reshape processes and enhance efficiency, thereby boosting life quality for people in all parts of the world. In another breath, AI is coupled with grave dangers as well as difficulties. This highlights how bias in algorithms, privacy and data security concerns as well as job displacement are some of the key ethical questions facing society today. Consequently, there is a need to recognize and address related risks while developing its transformative power for good because AI will keep on progressing into different industries.
As more aspects of daily life are swiftly integrated by society with AI, it is important to understand how to navigate its complexity before embracing it completely. The webinar aims to highlight how AI could be exploited effectively while keeping in mind the moral considerations guiding its development as well as its application by employing multifarious approaches. The webinar will touch upon issues ranging from the different economic advantages derived from AI to grappling with the moral concerns that have been raised by its widespread use. For this purpose, active strategies and actual scenarios will be explored so that participants are informed about prejudice reduction, opportunity discovery and pro-equality in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Speaker Profiles
Dr. Jaideep Srivastava is the Co-founder and President of Ninja Metrics Inc., a start-up that focuses on analytics for social systems and social media. He spent three years at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), a flagship institute of Qatar Foundation, as Research Director and Chief Scientist. Additionally, he has spent significant time in the industry, including stints as the Chief Technology Officer for Persistent Systems, Director of Data Analytics for Yodlee Inc., and as a Data Mining Architect for Amazon. He completed his Bachelor's degree at IIT Kanpur and his Master’s and PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Vishal Misra is an ACM and IEEE Fellow, and his research emphasis is on mathematical modelling of systems, bridging the gap between practice and analysis. As a graduate student, he co-founded Cricinfo, which was acquired by ESPN in 2007. In 2021, he developed one of world’s first commercial applications built on top of gpt3 for ESPN Cricinfo and has been subsequently modelling the behavior of LLMs. He also played an active part in the Net Neutrality Regulation Process in India, where his definition of Net Neutrality was adopted by the citizen's movement as well as the regulators. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Bombay (2019) and the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from UMass-Amherst College of Engineering (2014).
Dr. Sharath Chandra Guntuku is an Assistant Professor in the research track in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. His research focuses on building predictive models using user-generated data and uncovering insight into health outcomes and psychological states of individuals and communities. This research aims to supplement clinical diagnoses and facilitate early and personalized interventions for improving treatments and well-being. His research has raised over $ 4.5 million from the National Institutes of Health, Penn Global, the World Bank Group, and other agencies. His work has been covered by the Times of India, American Psychological Association, WIRED, Canadian Broadcasting Company, The Atlantic, US News, and other venues.
Dr. Nikhil Malik studies the economic implications of Machine Learning (ML) and other disruptive technologies. His recent work touches on Zillow’s ML-based pricing for homes and Bitcoin’s pricing for payments. His research highlights issues of pricing, adoption, bias and fairness. His research has been supported in the past by PNC Bank, Ripple (payments network) and Henry J. Gailliot Presidential Fellowships. He serves on the Editorial Review Board of Marketing Science and received the Distinguished Service Award for peer review work at Management Science. He received his PhD and Master’s from Carnegie Mellon University and his Bachelor’s degree from IIT Delhi. He has also spent time designing Big Data Technology for Goldman Sachs.
Webinar to be conducted jointly by the Centre for Software & IT Management and Mizuho India Japan Study Centre
22 April, 2024, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM) and Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC) at IIM Bangalore will host a panel discussion titled, ‘Promises & Perils of AI: Mitigating Bias, Exploring Opportunities and Achieving Fairness’, on 30th April 2024, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
The panellists include: Dr. Jaideep Srivastava, Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Data Science, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota; Dr. Vishal Misra, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Vice Dean of Computing and AI, School of Engineering, Columbia University; Dr. Sharath Chandra Guntuku, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Nikhil Malik, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
The moderator for the session will be Shivam Srivastava, Research Associate, MIJSC.
CSITM and MIJSC will conduct the seminar as part of their initiative to promote dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of academics and professionals from all walks of industry. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session.
This will be a Zoom webinar. To register, those interested need to click this link. Those who register, will be sent a Zoom link for the webinar.
For any queries, please write to: csitm@iimb.ac.in
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has shown its potential to change many industries, but has also raised concerns about the dangers it has, offering a double story of hope and danger. On one hand, AI seems poised to revolutionize various sectors with complex challenges that have never been addressed before. It can go through massive data, automate tasks and make predictions which can reshape processes and enhance efficiency, thereby boosting life quality for people in all parts of the world. In another breath, AI is coupled with grave dangers as well as difficulties. This highlights how bias in algorithms, privacy and data security concerns as well as job displacement are some of the key ethical questions facing society today. Consequently, there is a need to recognize and address related risks while developing its transformative power for good because AI will keep on progressing into different industries.
As more aspects of daily life are swiftly integrated by society with AI, it is important to understand how to navigate its complexity before embracing it completely. The webinar aims to highlight how AI could be exploited effectively while keeping in mind the moral considerations guiding its development as well as its application by employing multifarious approaches. The webinar will touch upon issues ranging from the different economic advantages derived from AI to grappling with the moral concerns that have been raised by its widespread use. For this purpose, active strategies and actual scenarios will be explored so that participants are informed about prejudice reduction, opportunity discovery and pro-equality in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Speaker Profiles
Dr. Jaideep Srivastava is the Co-founder and President of Ninja Metrics Inc., a start-up that focuses on analytics for social systems and social media. He spent three years at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), a flagship institute of Qatar Foundation, as Research Director and Chief Scientist. Additionally, he has spent significant time in the industry, including stints as the Chief Technology Officer for Persistent Systems, Director of Data Analytics for Yodlee Inc., and as a Data Mining Architect for Amazon. He completed his Bachelor's degree at IIT Kanpur and his Master’s and PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Vishal Misra is an ACM and IEEE Fellow, and his research emphasis is on mathematical modelling of systems, bridging the gap between practice and analysis. As a graduate student, he co-founded Cricinfo, which was acquired by ESPN in 2007. In 2021, he developed one of world’s first commercial applications built on top of gpt3 for ESPN Cricinfo and has been subsequently modelling the behavior of LLMs. He also played an active part in the Net Neutrality Regulation Process in India, where his definition of Net Neutrality was adopted by the citizen's movement as well as the regulators. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Bombay (2019) and the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from UMass-Amherst College of Engineering (2014).
Dr. Sharath Chandra Guntuku is an Assistant Professor in the research track in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. His research focuses on building predictive models using user-generated data and uncovering insight into health outcomes and psychological states of individuals and communities. This research aims to supplement clinical diagnoses and facilitate early and personalized interventions for improving treatments and well-being. His research has raised over $ 4.5 million from the National Institutes of Health, Penn Global, the World Bank Group, and other agencies. His work has been covered by the Times of India, American Psychological Association, WIRED, Canadian Broadcasting Company, The Atlantic, US News, and other venues.
Dr. Nikhil Malik studies the economic implications of Machine Learning (ML) and other disruptive technologies. His recent work touches on Zillow’s ML-based pricing for homes and Bitcoin’s pricing for payments. His research highlights issues of pricing, adoption, bias and fairness. His research has been supported in the past by PNC Bank, Ripple (payments network) and Henry J. Gailliot Presidential Fellowships. He serves on the Editorial Review Board of Marketing Science and received the Distinguished Service Award for peer review work at Management Science. He received his PhD and Master’s from Carnegie Mellon University and his Bachelor’s degree from IIT Delhi. He has also spent time designing Big Data Technology for Goldman Sachs.