The Schwartz Reisman Institute’s annual academic conference will take place May 6–8, 2024, with select sessions taking place in the newly-completed Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus located in the heart of Toronto’s Discovery District. Speakers include: Peter Railton, Harper Reed, Huili Chen, Ray Perrault, Gillian Hadfield, and more.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute’s 2021–23 faculty fellows explored the social implications of new technologies, foregrounding the significance of ethics, equity, and human-centred values. Learn more about their research projects and how to apply for Schwartz Reisman fellowships.

Luke Stark, an assistant professor at Western University, has been appointed as the inaugural Schwartz Reisman Scholar-in-Residence. Stark’s work interrogates the historical, social, and ethical impacts of computing and artificial intelligence technologies, particularly those mediating social and emotional expression.

A new AI-powered solutions network for predicting and preventing diabetes developed by SRI researchers Laura Rosella, Jennifer Gibson, and Shion Guha has received $900K in funding from CIFAR’s AI for Health Solution Networks grant program.

In collaboration with Deloitte, the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society presented a distinguished speaker series highlighting contributions from six innovative female researchers working at the forefront of artificial intelligence across a wide range of specializations.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute is proud to announce its 2023 cohort of fellowship recipients, welcoming four new faculty fellows and sixteen new graduate fellows from across the University of Toronto. From computer science, medical biophysics, and applied engineering to architecture, psychology, and philosophy, Schwartz Reisman fellowships support interdisciplinary research that builds new approaches to examine the relations between technology and society.

In a recent article in PLOS Digital Health, SRI Graduate Affiliate Vinyas Harish explores how cross-sector partnerships can enable new technologies for more effective healthcare during emergencies, and the importance of robust governance frameworks.

How are advanced technologies shaping beliefs and truths in our daily lives, and what role does trust play in developing new technologies? At the 2022 SRI Graduate Workshop “Technologies of Trust,” a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship explored these themes in relation to health sciences, philosophy, management, and education.

With a storied career of service in healthcare, policy development, and technological innovation, Monique Crichlow has been appointed Executive Director at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society.

Hailing from a wide variety of disciplines, our graduate fellows represent the best and brightest U of T student researchers working on topics at the intersection of technology and society. The fellows will serve a one-year term at the Schwartz Reisman Institute.

Launched in 2014, the 100-Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) convenes leading thinkers from across a wide spectrum of fields to examine how the effects of AI will ripple through every aspect of how people work, live, and play. The initiative’s new report is out now, and features contributions from SRI Director Gillian Hadfield and SRI Associate Director Sheila McIlraith.

Rosalie Wang, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Jason Plaks, and Anna Su join the Schwartz Reisman Institute to expand research on AI-enabled assistive and rehabilitation technologies, moral psychology and human-computer interaction, data practices in the Global South, and international human rights.