Zoom Registration Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZRkwk7YyRS2S9eJFwyXa5A

Poster session link: https://gather.town/app/KCAI8kBjnJoncwtL/usc-cais

Password: caisequity!

AI systems are becoming more commonly deployed in social sectors, and they have the potential to improve human decision making and thereby contribute immensely to social welfare. Rightfully so, however, there has been increased concern about issues of fairness and equity in AI, and particularly about the ways in which AI can perpetuate racial inequities and systemic racism. We believe tackling these problems effectively requires both technical expertise and a depth of knowledge about racism, poverty, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination and systemic bias. Thus, the CAIS Symposium on Equity and AI is intended to be a forum for learning and collaboration among social scientists, computer and data scientists, engineers, service organizations, and community members. We believe such a multitude of perspectives is needed to begin to understand and ultimately address the ways in which AI systems create, enhance, and perpetuate biases that impact marginalized and underrepresented groups. We hope to foster a conversation not only about how to mitigate these systemic problems, but particularly how AI can be used to improve equity for marginalized groups.

Confirmed keynote speakers include Sanmay Das (George Mason University), Patrick Fowler (Washington University of St. Louis), Karen Smilowitz (Northwestern), Nicol Turner Lee (Brookings), Maria Rodriguez (SUNY Buffalo), Francesca Rossi (IBM), Rediet Abebe (UC Berkeley), Daniel Ho (Stanford), Eric Rice (USC), and Phebe Vayanos (USC).

Confirmed spotlight speakers and panelists are Erika Van Buren (First Place for Youth), Sina Fazelpour (Carnegie Mellon), Caroline Johnston (USC), Hima Lakkaraju (Harvard), Maria de Arteaga (UT Austin), Elisa Celis (Yale), Chyna Hill (USC), Vinodkumar Pradhakaran (Google Research) and Ece Kamar (Microsoft Research)

Confirmed poster presentations by Kayse Maass, Yaren Bilge Kaya (Northeastern), Basileal Imana, Ignacio Cruz, Sina Aghaei, Aaron Ferber, Eunhye Ahn, Joo-Wha Hong, Aida Rahmattalabi (USC), Angela Zhou (Cornell), Theodora Chaspari, Vinesh Ravuri (Texas A&M), Ana-Andreea Stoica (Columbia University), Shahin Jabbari (Harvard).