CMI Town Hall

Please join us for the next Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) Town Hall on Wednesday 8th October, at The Wave. This event is in-person only and open to anyone with an interest in AI and data - you don't need to be actively using AI in your work to attend!

This is a fantastic opportunity to network, hear what's happening at the CMI, and across the community. It's also an opportunity to hear more about a key concern across AI disciplines: bias. 

Bias is a perennial concern that is multifaceted, demanding diverse expertise. Bias in training data sets, in research approaches and in systems design will bias outcomes and outputs. While social inequalities bias opportunities to access technologies, and bias AI literacy. 

Give a Talk or Pitch

If you're interested in giving a talk on bias, let us know on the registration form. We'll do our best to include as many as we can! This can be a short 1-minute pitch or a longer presentation.

Have a problem, solution, or research you want to share with the community? We also invite you to give a short, 1-minute community pitch. These are open to everyone, regardless of your current use of AI.

Agenda

The agenda includes an update from CMI Director, James Marshall, and an introduction to our new team members, Amir Ghalamzan, Tom Hayward, Jon Stammers and Midhun Parakkal Unni. 

We'll then have presentations from our guest speakers, including Monica Lestari Paramita, Madhu Pahar, and Caitlin Illingworth. We’ll be announcing more speakers soon! 

The day will also feature updates on cross-faculty research support, publicising your research via the university player, and a session of 1-minute community pitches.

Event Details:

• Date & time: Wednesday 8th October, 12:15pm - 4:30pm

• Location: Workroom 1, The Wave, 2 Whitham Rd, Sheffield, S10 2AH

• Focus: Bias

Registration

Registration is required - places are limited and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

This is a University of Sheffield internal event. If you'd like to attend but haven't received an invitation, please email us at cmi-enquiries@sheffield.ac.uk.

Note: The CMI Town Hall is a bi-annual event with themes that vary each time. If you can't make this one, keep an eye out for details on our next meeting in the spring!

We look forward to seeing you there!