4th Community Workshop 2024 &
AIDA Symposium
26 – 27 June 2024
Venue: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas – CERTH
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
To celebrate four years of building excellence of AI research and foresighting the impact of the European Networks of Excellence Centres in AI and Robotics (AI NoEs), the Fourth Community Workshop 2024 aims to provide a forum for sharing ideas and best practices and sustaining collaborative activities beyond the NoEs’ lifetime.
The event is open for a broader audience beyond the NoEs community – simply register for online attendance and join the exchanges with us!
The two-day 4th Community Workshop is hosted by CERTH and co-organised by all the NoEs, with one specific day on AI and education.
● 26 June 2024:
NoE Community Workshop
● 27 June 2024:
AIDA Symposium “AI Education Beyond Borders”
5th edition of the AIDA AI Mellontology symposium series
The goal is to foster collaborations within the NoEs’ community and to discuss ways forward to maximise the impact of NoE research in 2025 – and beyond. This 4th Community Workshop builds on the previous events:
the First ICT-48 Community Workshop held online in June 2021, a very fruitful Second ICT-48 Community Workshop held in Brussels in October 2022, and the Third Community Workshop in June 2023 Siena.
Recordings & Live-Streaming on YouTube
If you missed the event or want to recall some of the sessions, you can watch the recording of the whole live stream on AI4Media YouTube too:
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Target Audience
Online Attendance:
The workshop is designed specifically for the entire AI NoEs’ Community but is open to anyone interested. In this case, please register for an online participation only. This registration form can also be used by members of the NoEs community who cannot (for whatever reason) attend onsite.
For remote listeners at the plenary sessions, the possibility of participation is unlimited across the broader community and beyond.
Onsite Attendance:
Due to limited room capacity, the workshop is open to a given number of NoEs community members to attend on-site. To ensure a balanced group of in-person participants from NoEs stakeholders, each NoE will receive 8 tickets. A link to a special registration form will be emailed separately to NoEs coordinators and project managers so that they can decide on on-site participation for each NoE and distribute the link.
Also the representatives of the European Commision, ADRA, ADRA-e and AI4Europe are more then welcome and expected to come to Thessaloniki.
Day 1: Agenda
AI NoE Community Workshop
Please note that all times are in local Greek time (EEST): in CEST time, the programme is one hour earlier (e.g. 11:00 EEST = 10:00 CEST).
Wed | 26 June 2024
NoE Community Workshop
8:30 – 9:00 Walk-in
9:00 – 9:10 ▶️ Welcome
Chair: Yiannis Kompatsiaris (AI4Media)
Room: Amphitheatre
9:10 – 9:45 ▶️Discussion on the future of AI research & innovation
Cécile Huet, EC DG CONNECT (online)
Room: Amphitheatre
9:45 – 11:00 ▶️Highlights of the NoEs and introduction of the new NoEs (dAIEDGE, ELIAS, ENFIELD)
Room: Amphitheatre
Chair: Nicu Sebe
Speakers: 1 representative per NoE
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Parallel Workshops 1-3
Parallel Workshop 1: Evaluating and Auditing, versus Safe and Secure by Design AI Systems
Room: Zefyros
Organisers: ELSA and ENFIELD
Parallel Workshop 2: Navigating Interdisciplinarity
Room: Library
Organisers: AI4Media
Parallel Workshop 3: #EuroGen: Mapping the Future with Generative AI
Room: Amphitheatre
Organisers: euROBIN and HumanE-AI-NET
▶️This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Workshops 4-6:
Parallel Workshop 4: Next-generation infrastructure federation: a Virtual research lab for edge AI
Room: Library
Organiser: dAIEDGE
Parallel Workshop 5: Assessing and Enhancing Fairness in AI Systems
Room: Zefyros
Organisers: AI4Media and ELIAS
Parallel Workshop 6: NoE collaborative actions: Joint SRA and Ecosystem Mapping
Room: Amphitheatre
Organisers: VISION, TAILOR and ELISE
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Worldcafé on sustainability of the NoE community
Room: Amphitheatre
17:00 – 17:30 Closing town hall
Room: Amphitheatre
20:30 – 22:00 Dinner – Kantouni restaurant
Day 2: Agenda
AIDA Symposium: AI Education Beyond Borders
5th edition of the AIDA AI Mellontology symposium series
Please note that all times are in local Greek time (EEST): in CEST time, the programme is one hour earlier (e.g. 11:00 EEST = 10:00 CEST).
Thu | 27 June 2024
8:30 – 8:50 Walk-in
8:45 – 9:00 ▶️Welcome
Symposium Address by Prof. C. Feidas, Rector of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Chair: Ioannis Pitas (AI4Media)
Room: Amphitheatre
9:00 – 10:00 AI University Education
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
Room: Amphitheatre
Organiser: Efstratios Gavves, University of Amsterdam
Panelists: Evangelos Kanoulas, University of Amsterdam; Vincenzo Lomonaco, University of Pisa
In this panel, we will discuss how AI already impact and will continue impacting higher education, not only in AI and computational sciences but also natural sciences and humanities. What are the building blocks of AI, which of them will be critically needed for other sciences, what is the best way to deliver this education? In this panel we will be focusing on all these questions.
10:00 – 11:00 Track 1: Training AI Expertise for Europe: Initiatives and the EU AI PhD Curriculum
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
Room: Amphitheatre
Organiser: Barry O’Sullivan, University College Cork | VISION
Panelists: Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | AI4Media; Paul Lukowicz, DFKI and RPTU | AI4Europe, HumanE-AI-Net; Peter Flach, University of Bristol (remote); Mohamed Chetouani, ISIR (remote).
Doctoral-level Artificial Intelligence (AI) education is pivotal in shaping the next generation of AI professionals across various domains. The session focuses on the efforts within the European AI community to train AI expertise for the EU and a joint effort to establish a standardized and comprehensive AI PhD curriculum.
Spearheaded by the European networks of excellence (NOEs or ICT-48 projects) namely AI4Media, ELISE, HumanE-AI Net, TAILOR and VISION, the session has two parts:
- A roundtable of leading EU educators discussing the training of AI expertise for Europe in numerous initiatives to capture the opportunities offered by AI.
- An introduction of the EU AI PhD Curriculum, an outcome of a joint effort by the NOEs, followed by an official launch of the Curriculum.
The session signifies the endeavor to train researchers, practitioners, and educators with the latest technical advancements and ethical considerations in AI, drawing on European approaches that prioritize human-centric values and fundamental rights in both development and applications.
10:00 – 11:00 Track 2: First responders education on AI for natural disaster management
Room: Library
Organiser: Alessandro Paciaroni. the Lisbon Council, TEMA
Panelists:
Wojciech Samek, Prof. Dr., Head of the AI department at the Fraunhofer Institute, outlines the benefits of using explainable AI to harness the benefit of the technology for natural disaster management.
Ilaria Mariani, Ph.D, Researcher at the Politecnico di Milano, Master AI4Gov, sheds lights on the AI competencies in the public sector
Aleksi Kopponen, Director of Digital Transformation at the City of Tampere, brings the example of the Skills and Competences Development Programme of the Finnish National Programme on Artificial Intelligence (AuroraAI).
Anna Pizzamiglio from the Lisbon Council, policy impact partner in TEMA, brings together the various perspectives under the European Union Digital Skills policy. (all remote).
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Track 3: Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusive Global Education
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
Room: Amphitheatre
Organiser: Passant Elagroudy, DFKI and RPTU | HumanE-AI-Net
Panelists: Paul Lukowicz, DFKI and RPTU | HumanE-AI-Net; Yannis Ioannidis, University of Athens and ACM president; Slim Abdennadher, President of the German International University; Anicia Peters, National Commission on Research Science and Technology
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the demand for skilled professionals in artificial intelligence (AI) has never been higher. This panel seeks to explore the diverse approaches and challenges in AI education worldwide, with a focus on fostering a new generation of experts capable of navigating the complexities of AI innovation.
11:30-12:30 Track 4: EBU Academy School of AI: How EBU Academy is upskilling Europe’s Public Service Media on AI
Room: Library
Organiser: Justin Kings, EBU Academy (remote)
Panelists: Hélène Rauby Matta, EBU Academy (remote)
Artificial Intelligence will bring profound change for Public Service Media across Europe and the rest of the world. AI offers exciting opportunities in areas such as content creation and journalism but it also brings new ethical and organizational challenges. In this session, you can learn how the EBU Academy, the learning and development unit of the European Broadcasting Union, is responding to the media industry’s need for acquiring critical knowledge and training, by opening its own School of AI.
12:30-13:00 AIDA and AIoD platform and experience
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
Room: Amphitheatre
Organiser: Long Pham, University College Cork | VISION
Panelists: Stefano Berretti, University of Firenze
This is a part of the AIoD Platform Seminar Series organised by VISION for the NoEs.
AI resources are key to the training and educating AI expertise for the EU, which wants to leverage AI technologies in driving innovation, improving competitiveness, and addressing grand challenges. The Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA) and the AI on Demand (AIoD) Platform are in the process of making AI resources including datasets, models and other services, available for the European AI ecosystem.
AIDA focuses on enhancing doctoral training in AI, providing PhD students with access to leading academic researchers, advanced European-based courses, and collaborative networks with some connection with industry partnerships.
AIoD platform is a community-driven comprehensive channel for European AI innovation and research communities, who can access, share and innovate around AI tools, datasets, models, methodologies, and others. The work-in-progress Platform is facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among AI practitioners and businesses across the EU and beyond.
The session will include two parts:
- A presentation about AIDA and a walkthrough of the AIDA website with a focus on AI educational resources
- A presentation about the AIoD Platform and a live demo on accessing key educational resources, datasets and models.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Track 5: Innovation for Education: How AI can revamp long-life learning
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
Room: Amphitheatre
Organiser: Salvatore Moccia, Head of Education and Skills at EIT Digital
Panelists: Vanessa Wainwright, Abodoo; Nektar Baziotis, ICARUS AI E-Learning (all remote)
Since ChatGPT was released late 2022, followed swiftly by other “large language models”, hype and concern about AI’s possible impact on education has flooded the media. In response to “generative AI” applications arriving in Universities and Schools, the Assistant Director-General of Education at UNESCO, Stefania Giannini, wrote that “The speed at which generative AI technologies are being integrated into education systems in the absence of checks, rules or regulations, is astonishing”. (Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Octobre 2023).
During this panel, we would like to explore the other uses of AI in education, apart from generating texts. What are the possible applications of AI in Education? What impact they can have? What the future of education will look like? How upskilling and reskilling can be impacted by AI?
14:00 – 15:00 Track 6: AI in journalism and misinformation: Overview, audiovisual applications and media literacy needs
Room: Library
Organiser: Nikos Sarris CERTH | AI4Media, MedDMO
Panelists: Andreas Veglis, Charalampos, Dimoulas and Nikolaos Vryzas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
This panel will discuss the latest trends in AI and particularly generative AI technologies that (may) affect journalism in positive and negative ways. Particular tools that have been developed in this area and can be helpful to journalists, fact-checkers and researchers, will be presented and demonstrated, discussing the challenges and opportunities for future developments.
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Track 7: AI tools in education (impact of LLMs and Generative AI in education, exams, essays)
▶️ This session was live-streamed – recording is available here
Room: Amphitheatre
Organiser: Efstratios Gavves, Marc Salomon, University of Amsterdam
Panelists: George Tsatsaronis, Elsevier; Kristen DiCerbo, Khan Academy; Maud Pols, Microsoft (remote)
In this panel, we will focus on the impact of AI tools on education, its positive uses that can make education more effective and personalized, as well as the possible negative impact on examination and quality assurance.
15:30 – 16:30 Track 8: AI PhD and Postdoc education: ELLIS experience
Room: Library
Organiser/Speaker: Lorraine Wolter CISPA (ELSA)
Speaker/Moderator: Stefano Berretti, University of Firenze (AIDA)
Speakers or panelists – PhD students: Ioanna Valsamara, Evangelos Charalampakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (both AIDA/AI4Media); Tobias Lorenz, CISPA (ELSA/ELLIS); Aditya Gulati, University of Alicante (ELLIS); Karsten Roth, University of Tübingen (ELLIS)
This session provides exclusive insights on the ELLIS PhD/Postdoc program, its success stories, and innovative tracks, while exploring collaborative opportunities to advance AI research in Europe.
Furthermore, five ELLIS and AIDA PhD students will be given the floor in a panel discussion to share their experiences and perspectives.
16:30 – 17:30 ICT-48 Sustainability Session with the EC representatives (closed meeting), chair: Cécile Huet, EC DG CONNECT (remote)
Room: Amphitheatre
17:30 – 18:30 AIDA General Assembly
Room: Amphitheatre
Registration
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Day 1 live-streaming | Day 2 live-streaming
Venue:
Please join us in the Conference Centre of Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH).
CERTH (“EKETA” in Greek)
6th km Charilaou – Thermi Road
570 01 Thermi
Thessaloniki, GREECE
CERTH is located at the 6th km of the Charilaou-Thermi Road in Thermi, Thessaloniki. It is about 10km from the centre of Thessaloniki and about 8 km from “Makedonia” International airport.
More about the Agenda
Thursday 26 June 2024: NoEs Community Workshop – Parallel Workshops
11:30 – 13:30
PW 1: Evaluating and Auditing, versus Safe and Secure by Design AI Systems
Organised by: ELSA and ENFIELD
AI systems are increasingly used to drive decision making and control, including in security- and safety-critical application domains.
The recent approval of the AI Act in EU introduces a strict regulatory framework for AI-powered systems that foresees clear obligations to assess and reduce risks, to be transparent and to ensure human oversight.
Being able to state with certain confidence that an AI system will behave within its designed limitations and will comply with such regulatory requirements is a sine-qua-non condition for the controlled deployment of AI. This becomes especially important for general-purpose AI models that can be used to power a wide range of applications, some unforeseen at the time of their development.
Following by-design principles for developing safe and secure AI is essential. But over and above being safe and secure by design, AI systems should also be “auditable by design”, providing enough insight and transparency about the underlying models and the training procedures employed to enable third parties to continuously evaluate their behaviour in a range of scenarios. In parallel, new tools and techniques should be developed to power the right AI auditing mechanisms, that must go over and above typical performance evaluation and benchmarking.
In this workshop we expect to discuss and debate on the issues above and identify ways for the networks of excellence to practically contribute towards developing meaningful AI auditing tools and procedures.
PW 2: Navigating Interdisciplinarity: Leveraging Insights from ICT-48 Projects to Enhance Synergies Across Academic Disciplines
Organised by: AI4Media
In this hands-on session, we collect good practices, do’s and don’ts, and also identify what next steps could be taken to take interdisciplinarity to the next level. The workshop will start with a panel discussion on why interdisciplinarity is essential for doing research on responsible AI. It will bring together legal, regulatory, computer science, and practitioners’ perspectives. Then, the participants will be invited to reflect on the following questions: (i) lessons learned: what it takes to lead an interdisciplinary project; (ii) how to evaluate and reward interdisciplinarity; (iii) lessons for program officers and funders on how to enable and facilitate interdisciplinarity. The workshop will conclude with suggestions for researchers, funders, and evaluators of the EU-funded projects.
In this workshop, we will critically reflect on the issues above and identify ways for the networks of excellence to contribute towards meaningful interdisciplinary AI research.
PW 3: EuroGen: Mapping the Future with Generative AI
Organised by: euROBIN and HumanE-AI-NET
This session acts as a launch pad to discuss: 1) what have we achieved as networks of excellence regarding generative AI, and 2) what is needed to create more prominent collaborations and how can the EC help with that. We will talk about topics like how will genAI transform the research scene, particularly in robotics and activity recognition, the impact of human-AI collaboration on society as a whole, impact of GenAI on industry. We will focus on investigating how can the new funding calls target the current GenAI challenges in Europe. By examining these aspects, the session aims to provide insights into the transformative potential of GenAI, stimulate collaboration, and chart a course for future advancements with EC backing.
14:00 – 15:30
PW 4: Next-generation infrastructure federation: a Virtual research lab for edge AI
Organised by: dAIEDGE
The workshop will focus on the concept of next-generation infrastructure federation, specifically highlighting the development of a virtual research lab tailored for edge AI. This lab will serve as a collaborative platform for researchers and developers to conduct experiments and research across various domains of edge AI.
Key aspects of the workshop will include discussions on facilitating common research endeavors, providing access to dedicated resources, tools, and services within a decentralized network. Attendees will explore how this infrastructure can enhance edge resource availability, optimize costs, and foster innovation in the field of AI at the edge. Through interactive session and discussions, participants will exchange views and gain insights into the potential of virtual research labs to advance edge AI technologies and address real-world challenges effectively.
PW 5: Assessing and Enhancing Fairness in AI Systems
Organised by: AI4Media and ELIAS
AI algorithms exhibit biases that are inherited from those present in their training data and these biases might lead to unfair decisions in real-life situations.
While many existing efforts focus on bias detection and understanding, this workshop will address proactive ways to counter the phenomenon. Particular attention will be given to three topics:
- Interdisciplinary initiatives that seek to make AI fairer, such as initiatives to reduce dataset biases by design.
- Effects of biases in high-impact AI applications (face recognition, recommenders, automatic scoring, media analysis).
- Representational biases in Large Multimodal and Language Models.
PW 6: NoE collaborative actions: Joint SRA and Ecosystem Mapping
Organised by: VISION, TAILOR, ELISE
Since the 1st community workshop, the EC and the Networks of Excellence (NoE) proclaimed that a mapping of the AI ecosystem is a promising, strategic topic. Together VISION and the NoEs undertook an extensive mapping and developed a prototype of the tool, and learned several lessons along the way.
Next, to ensure the further development, the NoEs have joined forces with Adra-e and the AI-on-demand in founding an ADRA topic group with the mandate to guide the development and governance of the map. In this session we will present our shared vision and invite the audience to join the discussion on what such a mapping could provide to be useful.
The six Networks of Excellence Centres in AI and Robotics (NoEs) are providing a Joint Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). Version 2 will be launched in June 2024. The European Union’s aspirations for AI, Data and Robotics (ADR) that are “made in Europe” demand an ambitious approach to advancing European AI research and development. The six Networks of Excellence Centres in AI and Robotics (NoEs) – AI4Media, ELISE, ELSA, euROBIN, HUMANE-AI-Net, and TAILOR – are providing a framework for delivering these ambitions, by advancing the frontiers of AI, data and robotics research and its translation to real-world impact in different domains.
Agenda:
- Introduction
- Joint SRA presentation & discussion
- Ecosystem mapping & brainstorming
- Group discussion about alignment
- Next steps
Thursday 27 June 2024: AIDA Symposium
9:00 – 10:00 AI University Education
Evangelos Kanoulas: AI Literacy Across the Campus
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has started a new chapter in our world, making AI a part of almost every area of life today. This change highlights the urgent need for a wide-ranging AI education that goes beyond just computer science to cover all fields of study. In this presentation, we aim to look into how AI education is being woven into the fabric of university courses and programs. We’ll discuss why it’s important to update and broaden our approaches to learning to keep pace with the ongoing AI revolution. In this presentation, I will initially address several challenges encountered in AI education across campuses, including diverse student backgrounds, curriculum integration, and resource limitations. Subsequently, I will present the University of Amsterdam as a case study to showcase a variety of strategies devised to overcome these challenges. Topics will include bolstering computational resources, crafting an AI pedagogy that emphasizes hands-on experiential learning, fostering collaboration with industrial partners within the AI ecosystem, and incorporating industrial projects and theses. Furthermore, I will introduce a model for AI literacy tailored to the diverse educational needs and disciplines, and delineate the creation of specialized programs and pathways aimed at equipping students with vital AI skills and competencies. Additionally, the presentation will concentrate on leveraging AI to scale AI education, exploring how AI technologies themselves can be utilized to mitigate the expertise gap in AI and augment the provision of AI education across campuses.
Vincenzo Lomonaco: Artificial Intelligence Soft and Hard Skills: Current Italian Education and Exploitation Practices
Since the launch of ChatGPT, the rush has been on to build new applications of AI in education. This presentation will look at how decades of research can help inform efforts to integrate the latest large language models into digital learning environments. We will talk about the promise of AI to help solve persistent problems in education and also potential pitfalls. In doing so, we will discuss the development of Khanmigo, Khan Academy’s tutor for students and assistant for teachers.
10:00 – 11:00 Track 2: First responders education on AI for natural disaster management.
Track 2: First responders education on AI for natural disaster management: Lifelong education and AI upskilling/reskilling
Organizer: Alessandro Paciaroni / the Lisbon Council / TEMA
Today’s public sector is facing a new landscape of digital technologies. Their effective use is dependent on a renovated understanding of their impact on public services, public value creation, citizens, organisational structures and processes as well as the multifaceted nature of human-computer interaction.
The effective implementation and roll-out of innovative solutions like Artificial Intelligence hinges on the ability of an organisation to sense technological trends, seize opportunities for innovation and public value creation, and the successful digital transformation of its processes and services.
Upskilling, reskilling and lifelong education must be the new mantra of the public sector – and society at large. Understanding technological trends, being able to identify opportunities for change and improvement and knowing how to manage digital transformation relies on skills, competences and attitude.
Service design, data governance and digital transformation (innovation) management are three areas identified as fundaments of digital competences. This panel will discuss the potential uses of AI for natural disaster management before deep diving into the AI competencies for public organisations, including concrete cases of first responders. The session will conclude with a look at the broader digital skills policy landscape in the European Union.
- 10′ Welcome and introduction
- 5′ Keynote: Digital Skills for Europe | Anna Pizzamiglio, Research Associate at the Lisbon Council
- 5′ Opening statement: harnessing the benefits of AI | Wojciech Samek, Prof. Dr., Head of the AI department at the Fraunhofer Institute
- 5′ Opening statement: AI competencies in the government | Ilaria Mariani, Ph.D, Researcher at the Politecnico di Milano, Master AI4Gov
- 5′ Opening statement: implementing an AI competence centre | Aleksi Kopponen, Director of Digital Transformation at the City of Tampere
- 20′ Panel discussion
- 10′ Closing
11:30 – 12:30 Track 4: Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusive Global Education.
Track 4: Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusive Global Education
Organizers: Paul Lukowicz and Passant Elagroudy, DFKI and RPTU | Humane-AI-Net.
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the demand for skilled professionals in artificial intelligence (AI) has never been higher. This panel seeks to explore the diverse approaches and challenges in AI education worldwide, with a focus on fostering a new generation of experts capable of navigating the complexities of AI innovation. From formal academic programs to informal learning initiatives, the panelists will share insights into the methods employed to equip learners with the necessary skills and knowledge in AI. Additionally, the discussion will delve into the unique challenges encountered in different regions, including access to resources, curriculum development, and bridging the gap between academia and industry. By examining these efforts on a global scale, the panel aims to identify best practices and collaborative opportunities to advance AI education and ensure a sustainable pipeline of talent for the future.
Agenda:
- Introduction
- Joint SRA presentation & discussion
- Ecosystem mapping & brainstorming
- Group discussion about alignment
- Next steps
15:00 – 16:00 Track7: AI tools in education (impact of LLMs and Generative AI in education, exams, essays)
Track 7: Georgios Tsatsaronis: Artificial Intelligence in Research, Health and Life Sciences
The rapid advancements of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) have created the circumstances for a plethora of opportunities in the Research space, as well as in the space of Health and Life Sciences. In parallel, unprecedented challenges await for us ahead, to ensure the development of responsible and ethical AI solutions that can serve our Research and Professional communities in the best possible way. In this talk we are going to focus on the most representative text-to-text GAI architectures that can deliver applied AI solutions with impact, leveraging the immense capabilities of large language models and other types of deep neural networks. We are also going to highlight the most important risks and challenges, and provide an overview of the latest evolutions in the research and governance space to address them. We are going to conclude the talk by demonstrating some of the latest, cutting edge GAI solutions that Elsevier has developed and released, serving the research and professional communities and supporting them in advancing science.
Track 7: Kristen Dicerbo: AI in Education: A Khanmigo Case Study
Since the launch of ChatGPT, the rush has been on to build new applications of AI in education. This presentation will look at how decades of research can help inform efforts to integrate the latest large language models into digital learning environments. We will talk about the promise of AI to help solve persistent problems in education and also potential pitfalls. In doing so, we will discuss the development of Khanmigo, Khan Academy’s tutor for students and assistant for teachers.
Organising Committee:
The 4th European AI Network of Excellence Community Workshop is organised by a committee of representatives from the NoEs and relevant organizations (sorted by organization name):
- Filareti Tsalakanidou – AI4Media (local organizer)
- Ioannis Pitas – AIDA (local organizer)
- Efthymia Patmanidou – AIDA
- Candela Bravo – AI4Media
- Mariana Carola – AI4Media
- Mohamed Selim – dAIEDGE
- Cecilia Zanazzo – ELIAS
- Lorraine Wolter – ELSA
- Passant El Agroudy – HumanE-AI-Net
- Myrra Carstens – VISION
- Claudio Lazo – VISION
- Eva Dolezalova – VISION
- Joachim de Greeff – VISION
- Long Pham – VISION, AI4Europe