Welcome to What’s Next in AI
Seminar Series Africa
IBM Research is inventing what's next in AI - from ground-breaking research in technologies that advance our computational understanding of language, to the next paradigms of AI that merge neural and symbolic reasoning, to advances towards trustworthy AI. Through this series of seminars delivered by some of IBM Research's leading Scientists in Africa and other global labs, IBM Research Africa invites academics, students, developers, researchers and AI practitioners to a dialogue on the future of AI. With a focus on advances in trustworthy AI, neural and symbolic learning, reasoning and language understanding, this series will launch a continent-wide conversation on the future of AI and the role of the African computing community in inventing what's next for AI in Africa.
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Agenda
Week 1, 18 August 2021Advances in Trustworthy AI |
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Time | Topic | Speaker |
09:00 EDT | 15:00 SAST | Introduction |
Skyler Speakman (IBM Research Nairobi) Solomon Assefa, Director IBM Research Africa |
09:10 EDT | 15:10 SAST | Keynote: Overview of Trustworthy AI (30 mins) |
Kush Varshney (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center) |
09:40 EDT | 15:40 SAST | Perspectives on AI from Different Worldviews (40 mins) |
Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center) Ezinne Nwankwo (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center / Duke University) |
10:20 EDT | 16:20 SAST | Q&A |
Moderator: Skyler Speakman (IBM Research Nairobi) |
10:30 EDT | 16:30 SAST | External Speakers: Spotlight Talks (10 mins) |
Benjamin Rosman (Wits University, South Africa) |
10:40 EDT | 16:40 SAST | Applications and Human-Centered Perspectives in Fair and Explainable AI (60 mins) |
Vera Liao (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center) Celia Cintas (IBM Research Nairobi) Girmaw Tadesse (IBM Research Nairobi) |
11:40 EDT | 17:40 SAST | Q&A |
Moderator: Skyler Speakman (IBM Research Nairobi) |
11:50 EDT | 17:50 SAST | Vote of Thanks & Closing |
Moderator: Skyler Speakman (IBM Research Nairobi) |
Week 2, 25 August 2021Advances in Learning, Reasoning, and Language Understanding |
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Time | Topic | Speaker |
09:00 EDT | 15:00 SAST | Introduction |
Ismail Akhalwaya (IBM Research Johannesburg) Charity Wayua, Senior Manager IBM Research Nairobi |
09:10 EDT | 15:10 SAST | Keynote: IBM Project Debater (30 mins) |
Noam Slonim (IBM Research Haifa) |
09:40 EDT | 15:40 SAST | AI and NLP for Social Good |
Joan Byamugisha (IBM Research Johannesburg) Alexandre Rademaker (IBM Research Brazil) Youssef Mroueh (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center) Richard Young (IBM Research Johannesburg) |
10:30 EDT | 16:30 SAST | Q&A |
Moderator: Ismail Akhalwaya (IBM Research Johannesburg) |
10:40 EDT | 16:40 SAST | External Speakers: Spotlight Talks (10 mins) |
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10:50 EDT | 16:50 SAST | Advances in Learning and Reasoning (Neurosymbolic AI) towards NLU (60 mins) |
Ryan Riegel (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center) Naweed Khan (IBM Research Johannesburg) Francois Luus (IBM Research Johannesburg) |
11:50 EDT | 17:50 SAST | Q&A |
Moderator: Ndivhuwo Makondo (IBM Research Johannesburg) |
12:00 EDT | 18:00 SAST | Closing |
Moderator: Ndivhuwo Makondo (IBM Research Johannesburg) |