In a joint statement, Professors Pina D’Agostino and James Elder, Co-Directors of the York University Centre for AI & Society (CAIS), announced the names of the Centre’s newly established inaugural Advisory Board
Read the full story: Centre for AI & Society announces inaugural advisory board – YFile (yorku.ca)
Stanford University lists the world’s top 2% researchers, recognizing 25 Lassonde faculty members, which includes 7 CAIS members.
Read the full story here: Stanford University lists the world’s top 2% researchers, recognizing 25 Lassonde faculty members | Lassonde School of Engineering (yorku.ca)
CAIS member Professor Xiaogang (Steven Wang) received a US patent approval for an algorithm that will reduce the training time of artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML),
Read the full story here: Professor receives patent to improve AI machine learning – YFile (yorku.ca)
CAIS Co-director, Professor James Elder was interviewed for an article in The York University Magazine, Summer 2024 Edition. Read the full story here: Summer 2024 – The York University Magazine : The York University Magazine
Dr. Pina D’Agostino Recognized as One of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers
of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in addition to her Italian Immigration Story. A place on this list is a highly regarded accolade and reflects how the work of these members of the legal system has had an impact, whether in the courtroom, law school, law firm or business or at a policy level; Canadian Lawyer Mag stated that D’Agostino was making “an incredible impact in the lives of students and helping Canadian entrepreneurs.”
Dr. James Elder – Human and Computer Vision
Dr. James Elder’s research is an interdisciplinary approach to human and computer vision. His work on attentive sensing focuses on how the human visual system works, and creating an artificial visual system that has the properties of human vision.
Watch the official launch of the The Centre for AI & Society, which took place at the 2022 “Bracing For Impact Conference: The Future of AI for Society”!
Prof D’Agostino was also recently featured in the Law Times for her role in another important research initiative at @YorkUniversity! A “pioneering $ 318-million interdisciplinary research project called Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society.”
Check out this new piece in the Global Policy Journal by our co-Director and @osgoodenews Prof. Pina D’Agostino: “Who is the AI Owner? Hacking the Illusive AI Inventorship Challenge”