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SUMMARY:WATT: AI & Equality - A Human Rights Toolbox: University Edition. 
 Online Workshop via Zoom
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DESCRIPTION:In this crucial moment when AI is transforming every aspect of
  our lives and the very fabric of our society\, it is clear that the desig
 n and deployment of AI must be grounded in human rights. Particularly urge
 nt given the scale at which AI systems are being deployed\, we need scient
 ists\, and engineers that understand the intersectional dimensions\, and t
 he implications their work has for all citizens\, so that we all can thriv
 e.\n\nThis year we are over the moon to take the workshops\, now renamed\n
   <AI & Equality> A Human Rights Toolbox\nin order to further integrate 
 concepts of intersectionality and bring our work to the next step drawing 
 clear lines from human rights principles to code\, with a unique blend of 
 human rights law and data science.\nSofia Kypraiou\, our 2021 <A+> Allianc
 e Tech Fellow who holds a degree in Informatics & Telecommunications from 
 the University of Athens\, and is a final-year master’s student in Data 
 Science at EPFL will be leading the data science charge and refining a uni
 que Jupyter notebook with resources\, wiki and website as her EPFL Masters
  Thesis exploring and enhancing this practical toolbox for AI and Human ri
 ghts.\nJessica Pidoux\, Doctoral Candidate at EPFL who holds a master's de
 gree in sociology of communication and culture from the University of Laus
 anne and is finalising her thesis on dating applications programming and u
 ser practices\, will again lend her talents and research to the workshop a
 nd workbook efforts\, all supervised by <A+> Advisory Board Member Daniel
  Gatica-Perez\, who leads the Social Computing Group at Idiap and is a pro
 fessor at EPFL affiliated with the School of Engineering and the College o
 f Humanities. Hélène Fueger the head of EPFL’s Equality Office suppo
 rts and co-hosts the project.\nCritically\, Asako Hattori\, Human Rights 
 officer from the Women’s Rights and Gender Section of the Office of the 
 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will continue th
 e work first begun together between Women at the Table and OHCHR in 2017\,
  for the workshop planning and implementation in 2019 + 2020\, building br
 idges of connection between human rights principles and the data we use\, 
 the code we write\, and algorithms we make.\nThe first workshop will take 
 place virtually 26 March\, 1400-1700CET for EPFL and certain Swiss Univers
 ity students. A series of workshops are planned at other universities thro
 ughout Spring 2021.\nStay tuned for registration details and outcomes…..
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