Data and AI in Society Lecture Series

Expand your understanding of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) in this changing world. Discover how data and artificial intelligence are shaping our lives and our society and why it matters to you.

This series is open to everyone—no AI experience is needed. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and be inspired!

This series is co-sponsored by the School for Environment and Sustainability

Upcoming Sessions

Defining the Discipline of Robotics for Excellence and Equity in an AI-driven World

Chad Jenkins
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Can AI Reason Through Zoning? How AI Navigates Complex Rules

Xiaofan Liang

How AI Is Helping Doctors Diagnose Brain Tumors Faster

Todd Hollon

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Past Sessions

Can AI Help Us Build Better Connections? How Social Robots Are Transforming Human Experiences

Patricia Alves-Oliveira
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How AI Might Make And Break America’s Justice System

Vivek Sankaran, Bridgette Carr

From Vacancy to Vision (V2V-AI): Using AI to Improve Housing Data in Detroit through City–University Partnerships

Derek Van Berkel & Jeffrey Morenoff

Pro-Social Design with Pluralistic and Narrative AI Systems

Ceren Budak

Combinatorial Explosion: From Atom-bond Arrangements to Exotic Diseases

Tim Cernak

Bowerbirds: Optimization, The Evolution of Aesthetics, and Art.

Sophia Brueckner

Energy Optimal AI

Mosharaf Chowdhury

Translating AI Innovations into Solutions in the Global South

P. Anandan

Deepfakes: How Artificial Intelligence is Powering a New Age of Disinformation

Barbara McQuade

AI’s Role in Upskilling Medical Practice

Jason Corso

AI Regulation: If, What, and How

Merve Hickok

Industries of Ideas: Preparing People & Policy for Work in an AI Economy

Jason Owen-Smith

Generative AI and Sexual Harms

Sarita Schoenebeck
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Labor, Machines, and Economic Growth: Will Workers Be Needed in our AI Future

Betsey Stevenson

Can AI Be Conscious, and Why Does It Matter?

Kentaro Toyama