Name: YAN and the future of AI
Start: 2022-11-23T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2022-11-23T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Van Swinderen Huys

YAN and the future of AI

The University of Groningen (UG) has established the Young Alumni Network (YAN) to offer alumni up to the age of 35 a professional and social network. It is important to the UG that after graduation alumni will stay in touch with both the University and each other. The network support young alumni to work on their career.

Young Alumni Network, University of Groningen

Should robots be allowed to kill?
What can AI learn from the movement of fish and birds?

Van Swinderen Huys

It&#x27;s our pleasure to invite you for the interactive YAN meeting on 23 November in Van Swinderen Huys, Groningen. We will discuss the next big step in the development and adoption of AI. AI is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals and humans. From self-driving cars to innovative drug development: AI will fundamentally change our lives in many different ways. But what about AI implemented in military applications? And how can AI be used to allow groups of autonomous robots to work together ?S﻿peakers<ul><li><a href="https://www.rug.nl/staff/t.f.blauth/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Taís Fernanda Blauth</a> PhD Researcher, will inform us about the legal aspects of military applications of AI. </li><li><a href="https://www.rug.nl/staff/m.cao/?lang=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ming Cao</a>, professor in Networks and Robotics, will talk about control systems that allow groups of autonomous robots to work together. The algorithms he develops for robots are partly inspired by the movements of animals, particularly fish and birds, which also act in formation. </li></ul>The discussion will be moderated by <a href="https://myuniversity.rug.nl/infonet/medewerkers/profiles/remco.kouwenhoven/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Remco Kouwenhoven</a>, Director Alumni relations and Philanthropy UG.Interested? sign up quickly! For only €7.50,- an interactive debate with interesting participants, including including coffee, tea, one beverage, and some snacks. Places are limited.W﻿e look forward to meeting you, the YAN committee: Nicole Dijk, Thomas Kamphuis, Jasper Ottens, Mustafa Refaee, Berdien Schillings.Program<ul><li>19:00 Welcome with coffee and tea</li><li>19:30 Opening, presentations and discussion</li><li>21:00 Networking and Drinks</li><li>22.00 The end</li></ul>

<a href="https://www.rug.nl/staff/t.f.blauth/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Taís Fernanda Blauth</a> is a PhD Researcher in the programme “Artificial Intelligence &amp; International Relations”, (RUG/Campus Fryslân). She focuses on AI governance, AI ethics, military innovation, and arms control. She is an International Research Fellow at the Research Center in Information Society Law (ISLC), University of Milan, for the period 2022-2023. She was also a 2022 Fellow in the Evolving Digital Society research group at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), in Berlin. Throughout the past years, she has continuously worked on the intersection between technology and society. Her research interests include the intersection of policy, information technology, government, and the public; governance and regulation of digital technologies; and ethical issues of digital technologies. For more information about Blauth, <a href="https://www.rug.nl/news/2022/10/the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-war" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">check this out</a>. <a href="https://www.rug.nl/staff/m.cao/?lang=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ming Cao</a>, professor in Networks and Robotics and Director of the Jantina Tammes School. This interdisciplinary platform focuses on digital innovation, artificial intelligence, and technological progress. If autonomous cars and robots are to function effectively and safely, they must be able to take each other’s actions into account. Cao works on this development with colleagues from the fields of sociology, mathematics and biology. The algorithms he develops for robots are partly inspired by the movements of animals, particularly fish and birds, which also act in formation. For more information about Cao, <a href="https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/press-information/scientists-in-focus/mcao" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">check this out</a>.

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