Increase student knowledge about AI Literacy and understanding of real-world AI applications
Provide students opportunities to network with post-secondary institutions & industries involved in AI
Inspire students to explore careers or further study in AI
Bailey Kacsmar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and an Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) fellow.
She develops human-centered privacy technology through the parallel study of technical solutions for private computation (privacy in machine learning and private set intersections) alongside the corresponding user perceptions, concerns, and comprehension of these developments.
Prior to joining the University of Alberta, she received her PhD in Computer Science and her Master's of Mathematics, both from the University of Waterloo. Her work has been published in venues such as USENIX Security, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), and the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS).
The Exhibition Hall is a space for students to engage directly with local industry working with Artificial Intelligence. This is a networking and learning space for students to learn about how AI is impacting a variety of businesses and sectors. Students also have the opportunity to chat with post-secondary institutions from across Alberta about their various programs related to Artificial Intelligence, and adjacent fields.