HMI held a workshop in December 2023 to celebrate our achievements since our formation in 2019, as well as looking into the future of the research initiative.
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Congratulations to Dr. Will bateman (Australian National University, Law School) on his third HMI policy paper ‘Explanatory Memorandum: Model Law on the Registration of Algorithmic Decision - Systems’. Click through to read the full paper.
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Congratulations to Dr. Will bateman (Australian National University, Law School) on his second HMI policy paper ‘Legal Audit of AI in the Public Sector’. Click through to read the full paper.
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Congratulations to Dr. Will bateman (Australian National University, Law School) and Dr. Julia Powles (University of Western Australia, Law School) for their first HMI policy paper ‘Legal Audit of AI in the Public Sector’ funded by the Minderoo Foundation.
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Particular AI-related research and analysis needs have been identified by the Bangladesh Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme of the ICT Division and Cabinet Division of Bangladesh. Applicants are asked to choose one research question/problem, under either ‘Continuous Assessment’’ or ‘Pregnancy Monitoring’, to respond to in a policy research paper. (Representatives from the relevant government agencies will provide guidance to the researchers as they develop their papers.). Click through for more details!
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Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Logan of the Australian National University and Dr. Jasper Tromp of the National University of Singapore for winning research grants for this EOI. Sarah and Jasper will create a policy relevant papers for the Thai government in the areas of ‘Poverty Alleviation’ and ‘Medicine & Healthcare’ respectively.
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Seth Lazar has been made a Distinguished Research Fellow of the University of Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, and the Faculty of Philosophy. This honorary position is in recognition of the existing deep collaboration between Seth and the Oxford Institute, including through the PAIS consortium.
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HMI CI Toni Erskine is academic lead for a major collaboration on 'AI for Social Good', uniting the UN Economic and Social Council for the Asia-Pacific (UN ESCAP), Google, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Toni, in collaboration with HMI staff, will assist in building out the multi-stakeholder network and policy insight briefs developed from the AI for Social Good Project and Summit.
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Claire Benn is working with Kalervo Gulson from the University of Sydney and the Gradient Institute on the co-design project ‘UK Exam Algorithm Controversy – Co-designing an Interactive Interface’.
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Call for Papers now open! ACM FAccT solicits work from a wide variety of disciplines, including computer science, statistics, law, social sciences, the humanities, and policy, and multidisciplinary scholarships on fairness, accountability and transparency in computational systems (broadly construed). We welcome contributions that consider dimensions beyond individual decisions, including equity and justice in systems, policy, and human rights. Click through for more information.
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World Economic Forum's Quantum Computing Governance Principles programme brings together a global multi-stakeholder community of experts from across public sector, private sector, academia and civil society to formulate principles and create a broader ethical framework for responsible and purpose-driven design and adoption of quantum computing technologies to drive positive outcomes for society.
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Congratulations to Hanna Kurniawati and Sylvie Thiebaux on receiving ARC funding for their project Integrated Planning for Uncertainty-Centric Pilot Assistance Systems!
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