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INPACE “International Symposium on Digital Technologies and Policies: Supporting the Indo-Pacific-European Digital Partnerships” on October 21-22, 2024 in Seoul
Sira Maliphol on behalf of our Trustworthy AI Lab at the Graduate School of Data Science, Seoul National University participated to the
INPACE “International Symposium on Digital Technologies and Policies: Supporting the Indo-Pacific-European Digital Partnerships” on October 21-22, 2024 in Seoul.
and presented the Z-Inspection® process in the session:
PUBLIC THEMATIC TECHNICAL SESSION: TRUSTWORTHINESS IN AI: A DATA AND RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE (DAY 1)
CONTEXT OF THE SYMPOSIUM
The mission of the INPACE project (Indo-Pacific-European Hub for Digital Partnerships)is to support the Digital Partnerships and the Trade and Technology Council and to contribute to the deepening of the collaboration between Europe and India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore in the domain of digital technologies and their application for the well-being of the citizens in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific region.
As part of this effort, INPACE organised a two-day symposium at the Daeyang AI Centre, Sejong University, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 21-22rd of October, 2024, focused on Digital Technologies and Policies to strengthen Indo-Pacific-European Digital Partnerships.
The Summary Report is available here.
Lessons Learned in Performing a Trustworthy AI and Fundamental Rights Assessment
I am super proud of our work and very happy to share with you that the big report for our pilot project is now public online in ArXiv!
Prof. Roberto V. Zicari
Z-Inspection® Initiative Lead
“Responsible use of AI” Pilot Project with the Province of Fryslân, Rijks ICT Gilde & the
Z-Inspection® Initiative.
This report shares the experiences, results and lessons learned in conducting a pilot project 'Responsible use of AI' in cooperation with the Province of Friesland, Rijks ICT Gilde-part of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) (both in The Netherlands) and a group of members of the Z-Inspection® Initiative.
The pilot project took place from May 2022 through January 2023. During the pilot, the practical application of a deep learning algorithm from the province of Frŷslan was assessed. The AI maps heathland grassland by means of satellite images for monitoring nature reserves. Environmental monitoring is one of the crucial activities carried on by society for several purposes ranging from maintaining standards on drinkable water to quantifying the CO2 emissions of a particular state or region. Using satellite imagery and machine learning to support decisions is becoming an important part of environmental monitoring.
The main focus of this report is to share the experiences, results and lessons learned from performing both a Trustworthy AI assessment using the Z-Inspection® process and the EU framework for Trustworthy AI, and combining it with a Fundamental Rights assessment using the Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA) as recommended by the Dutch government for the use of AI algorithms by the Dutch public authorities.
Comments: On behalf of the Z-Inspection® Initiative
Subjects: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
Cite: arXiv:2404.14366 [cs.CY] (or arXiv:2404.14366v1 [cs.CY] for this version)
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14366
(Following the link you can then download the online .pdf of the report)
OECD.AI Highlights Z-Inspection®
We are honoured that OECD.AI mentioned Z-Inspection®, our process to assess trustworthy AI in practice:
"The Z-Inspection® process has the potential to play a key role in the context of the new EU AI Act." -- OECD.AI
Z-Inspection® is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA) license.
The process is well suited for Governments, Ministries and Public Administrations.
Link to the OECD.AI Catalog:
https://oecd.ai/en/catalogue/tools/z-inspection
Seminar: "How to Build Human-Centric AI"
Tuesday 31.10.2023, 15:00–16:45
The seminar is jointly organized by the Embassy of Finland and Sookmyung Women's University.
Our Lab fellow, Melody Salm has been invited to be on a panel.
Our Lab Advisor, Antti Niemelä, Deputy Head, Embassy of Finland is the Moderator.
Artificial intelligence – AI – will shape our societies in coming decades probably more thoroughly than any technological advancement before. It will transform not only our digital environment and how we work, but also our physical environment and how we live our daily lives. AI comes with a great promise, but also with considerable risks to equality, inclusivity, fairness, and human life. How can we make sure that the new technology actually makes life better on our planet and that the technology serves humanity, not enslave it?
This seminar of current leaders discusses how especially new generation of young women – from all walks of life – can take leadership in shaping AI towards common good of our societies. AI development is simply too important to be left for the technologists only.
Program:
15:00 - 15:05 Opening Remarks: Prof. Yunkuem Chang, President of Sookmyung Women's University
15:05 - 15:15 Keynote Speech: Ms. Anita Lehikoinen, Vice-Minister of Education & Culture of Finland
15: 15 - 16:00 Panel discussion: Dr. Erja Heikkinen, Science Policy Director, Ministry of Education and Culture
Ms. Meeri Haataja, Founder & CEO of Saidot.ai
Ms. Melody Song, Principal of Bo-DAA
Prof. Yujin Lim, Sookmyung Women's University
Moderator: Mr. Antti Niemelä, Deputy Head, Embassy of Finland
16:00 - 16:02 Closing Remarks: Dr. Paula Eerola, President of the Research Council of Finland
16:05 - 16:45 Networking Reception
Event information:
Register now :
https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/How_to_Build_HumanCentric_AI_5039
Name Seminar: How to Build Human-Centric AI
Time Tuesday 31.10.2023, 15:00–16:45
Venue Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Digital Humanities Center. The 2nd foundation campus
Address South Korea, Seoul, Yongsan-gu, 청파동3가 115-23번지, On the map
First World Z-inspection® Conference. Ateneo Veneto, March 10-11, 2023, Venice, Italy -CONFERENCE READER
The interdisciplinary meeting welcomed over 60 international scientist and experts from AI, ethics, human rights and domains like healthcare, ecology, business or law.
At the conference the practical use of the Z-Inspection® process to assess real use cases for the assesment of trustworthy AI were presented.Among them :
The Pilot Project: “Assessment for Responsible Artificial Intelligence” together with Rijks ICT Gilde – part of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK)- and the province of Fryslân (The Netherlands);
The assessment of the use of AI in times of COVID-19 at the Brescia Public Hospital (“ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia“).
Two panel discussions on “Human Rights and Trustworthy AI” and “How do we trust AI?“ provided an interdisciplinary view on the relevance of data and AI ethics in the human rights and business context.
The main message of the conference was the need of a Mindful Use of AI (#MUAI).
This premiere World Z-Inspection® Conference was held in cooperation with Global Campus of Human Rights and Venice Urban Lab and was supported by Arcada University of Applied Science, Merck, Roche and Zurich Insurance Company.
Republic of Korea - European Union Digital Partnership
On 28 November 2022, a new Digital Partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Korea was launched.
This future-oriented partnership will strengthen the cooperation between trusted and technologically advanced partners in the digital area that is crucial for the sustainable advance of European and Korean economies, and for our trade and investment ties.
It will foster joint work on semiconductors, next generation mobile networks, quantum and High-Performance Computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, platforms, data and skills.