Artificial Intelligence

In October, I was fortunate to attend the Health AI Systems Thinking for Equity (HASTE) workshop as a mentor, which was hosted by the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM – I know it’s all quite a mouthful!) at UofT and Dr. Leo Celi from MIT. This was a workshop designed for computer scientists, engineers, and healthcare experts alike with an interest in how AI systems and technologies are being integrated into safety-critical situations like hospitals or the healthcare system more generally. We discussed a variety of papers and articles, which I’ll link at the end, and the ways that their information relates to key concepts like fairness, accountability, and transparency. ...

Computing the Climate, the book to be released next week by University of Toronto professor Steve Easterbrook takes readers on a journey through the long history of climate science and draws from the extensive experience of Easterbook when visiting climate modelling labs. In the book, the readers can expect to gain a high-level understanding of the core concepts in climate science, the transformative power of new technology and data science, as well as the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration. With the foundational knowledge of climate science, readers are encouraged to research more, as well as find ways to apply their unique skills and knowledge to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in the modern day. ...