Partner event: Flynn Coleman – AI and Human Rights – Zurich
Welcome to a presentation and networking event with Flynn Coleman—author, international human rights attorney, Fellow at Harvard and Yale, and professor—on the timely topic of AI and Human Rights.
A true expert in the field, she has been named a Technology & Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. She authored the book, A Human Algorithm, a groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of humanely designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology. She is also a contributing writer for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Irish Times, Literary Hub, Tech Policy Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, Global Citizen, The Next Web, Darling Magazine, and Nautilus Magazine.
Flynn has worked with the United Nations, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the UNHCR, the United States Federal Government, and with international companies, universities, and human rights organizations around the world.
To put it simply, Flynn has a profound understanding of this pressing subject matter, and we are honoured to have her join us for a conversation.
This event is organised by SFS (Scandinavian Forum Switzerland) , and in collaboration with EF Education First, SSCC, Norgesklubben and SWEA (The Swedish Women’s Educational Association).
Programme
18.30 – 19.00 Registration & reception
19.00 – 20.00 Fireside chat with Flynn Coleman, moderated by Prof. Andreas Diedrich, University of Gothenburg
20.00 – 20.30 Q&A
20.30 – 22.00 Apéro dînatoire, interactive “AI4Good” presentations, and book-signing
AI4Good: Interactive presentations
David Alonso del Barrio and AI4Media
Research Engineer at the Idiap Research Institute
David Alonso del Barrio is a Spanish Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He did his second year of his Master’s degree at the Computer Science section of the EPFL, where he started his career in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Currently, he is a Research Engineer at the Idiap Research Institute in Martigny, Switzerland. He is a member of the Social Computing Group led by Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez of EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), where his passion for applying technical knowledge to societal challenges has driven his work.
Over the past 2 years, David has been actively involved in the European project AI4Media, a pioneering initiative focused on the application of AI techniques in the context of European newspapers. Within this project, he has contributed to several publications exploring the intersection of AI and media.
David’s presentation at the event will delve into the intriguing concept of frame analysis. In simple terms, this technique involves identifying the perspective from which journalists approach a given topic, such as a moral or economic approach or one that emphasises a conflict, or approaching a topic from a more emotional angle by humanising the subject or attributing responsibility for the problem or solution to a person or institution. David will illuminate how cutting-edge language models, such as LLM (Large Language Models), can play a pivotal role in enhancing this identification process, shedding light on the nuances that might be missed otherwise.
His work underscores the potential for AI to make meaningful contributions to our understanding of how information is framed in news reporting, with the aim of exploring new techniques in the identification of bias in the news.
Fees
CHF 50 for SSCC Members
CHF 90 for Non-Members
CHF 25 for University Students
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Tuesday 31 October 2023
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