December 4, 2024

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Notre Dame Stories: Using Artificial Intelligence to change minds

To help those experiencing homelessness, Notre Dame researchers Margaret Pfeil, Georgina Curto Rex and Matthew Hauenstein are harnessing the power of AI to measure and change the biases that the local public hold toward people experiencing homelessness. 

The researchers are building a model based on a larger analysis Curto uses and adapting it for local use. The two-year pilot project, for which the group won a Strategic Framework Grant, is a partnership with the city of South Bend and the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, where Curto and Hauenstein are faculty members.

GEORGINA CURTO REX

"Technology Transfer and Culture in Africa” Workshop & Conference at the University of Johannesburg

December 18-22, 2024
Johannesburg, South Africa

Georgina Curto Rex, assistant research professor for the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, collaborated with the University of Johannesburg to organize an international conference and workshop, “Technology Transfer and Culture in Africa: Large Scale Models in Focus.”

The events were funded by the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab and was hosted by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg.

MATTHEW SISK & ANNA SOKOL

Artificial Intelligence at the Service of
A Permanent Conversation of the Country on Victims, Truth and Non-Repetition

December 3 & 4, 2024
Bogotá, Colombia

In a joint effort to promote peacebuilding and transitional justice in Colombia through the ethical and effective use of artificial intelligence, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the University of Notre Dame - within the framework of the Legacy Project and the Notre Dame-IBM Technology and Ethics Lab - supported a two-day conference to discuss the advances and challenges in the development of technological tools, including ethical chatbots, when applied to the analysis and appropriation of the legacy of the Colombian Truth Commission. 

Matthew Sisk, associate professor of the practice for the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, presented, "On the contribution of information technologies and artificial intelligence to contemporary societies." Anna Sokol, Lucy Graduate Scholar and PhD student in the Department of Computer Science, facilitated a workshop for Colombian students. 

The Lucy Family Institute is currently recruiting an events & communications coordinator to provide communications, event design and planning for the Institute!

The events & communications coordinator will collaborate on the development and implementation of Institute-wide communications that inform and engage the Institute’s constituencies on and off campus forwarding the Institute’s mission.

For more information on other open opportunities, and to apply, please visit the Lucy Family Institute website.

Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence: LLM Agents MOOC Hackathon

Project submission deadline: December 17, 2024

The LLM Agents Hackathon, hosted by Berkeley RDI and in conjunction with the LLM Agents MOOC, aims to bring together students, researchers, and practitioners to build and showcase innovative work in LLM agents, grow the AI agent community, and advance LLM agent technology. It is open to the public and will be held both virtually and in-person at UC Berkeley.

To sign-up, participants must fill out this form.

The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society is grateful for the strong tradition of philanthropy expressed by our partners, friends, and community. Your unwavering support of the Institute's work is generating impactful data and AI innovations, and fostering communities of research and scholarship within and beyond campus.

If you are interested in contributing a gift of support, please use the link below. Your gift will not only continue our mission, but will count towards the University of Notre Dame's football ticket lottery. 

"The Lucy Family Institute will be an intellectual and interdisciplinary beacon that produces impactful and equitable data-driven solutions for the good of society."

– Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director