IEEE-USA was a lead organizer for a half-day Expo and Briefing arranged for the Congressional Robotics Caucus to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the U.S. National Robotics Initiative. The event, which will be held on 9 June 2016 in the Rayburn House Office Building, features demonstrations of DoD/DoE/NIST-funded robotics projects by investigators from the Univ.... Read more
IEEE-USA, NSF and USPTO briefing for Congress on importance of federal role in innovation.
The IEEE Symposium on Ethics of Autonomous Systems (SEAS Europe) hosted by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) will take place 28-29 August 2016 in The Hague, Netherlands in partnership with the 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI). You can click here to register and we look forward to seeing you in The Hague! The Symposium is being organized by IEEE's Global Initiative for... Read more
On 5-6 October, IEEE, in collaboration with Internet Society, World Bank and People Centered Internet, will hold Internet Inclusion: Advancing Solutions in Washington, D.C., USA. Like its predecessor event in April,Global Connect Stakeholders: Advancing Solutions, this multi-stakeholder workshop will discuss network technical, regulation and build-out acceleration options for connecting the next billion, with a focus on exploration... Read more
The annual flagship event of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), the IEEE Int'l Symposium on Technology and Society (IEEE-ISTAS) provides a multi-disciplinary platform for practitioners and researchers, engineers and polymaths, policy makers and NGOs, technologists & social scientists, to collaborate, exchange experiences & good practices, and discuss social, cultural, economic and ethical... Read more
IEEE will host Internet Inclusion: Advancing Solutions in Washington, D.C., at the Park Hyatt Washington during two days of events on 24 April and 25 April. IEEE's collaborating partners for the event include: Guifi.net, Internet Society, ITU, 1 World Connected, Partnership for Public Access, People Centered Internet, USAID, World Bank Group and World Economic Forum.... Read more
On June 5-6, 2017, in partnership with the Robert Strauss Center, the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems will hold its second face-to-face meeting to iterate their document Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Wellbeing with Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems. The document is designed to... Read more
On 7 June (11:00 a.m. ET), the authors of the IEEE Internet Technology Policy Community white paper: "Options and Challenges in Providing Universal Access" will highlight their research and conclusions regarding five barriers to universal internet access: infrastructure, cost, digital literacy, availability and disinterest. For more information or to register for the free webinar... Read more
As part of its TechInsiders series, SPECTRUM is offering a webinar on Thursday, June 3 (2:00 pm EDT) entitled "From Code to Congress: What technologists should know to participate in defining AI regulation." Featured speakers include Julia Stoyanovich, co-director of the Center for Responsible AI at NYU, and Mona Sloan, a Fellow of NYU's... Read more
