SRI Research Lead Karina Vold has been awarded an inaugural AI2050 Early Career Fellowship from Schmidt Futures for her research at the intersection of philosophy, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute is partnering with the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy to co-host the inaugural Toronto Public Tech Workshop, held in person June 9–10, 2023, which will present new and exciting research that explores the use of technology for public purposes. The call for papers is now open.

In a new report published by the Standards Council of Canada, the Schwartz Reisman Institute surveyed the global landscape of AI standards to identify key areas to leverage standards for AI assurance.

Are you a scholar with a PhD in a computational discipline? The Schwartz Reisman Institute is hiring a new postdoctoral fellow to engage in a research program headed by Gillian Hadfield that will explore the phenomenon of human normativity and group coordination.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society has launched its call for 2023 faculty and graduate fellowships, open to researchers at the University of Toronto whose work explores the social impacts of new technologies.

SRI Director and Chair Gillian Hadfield has been named a Canada CIFAR AI Chair, joining a growing cohort of leaders in the country’s robust artificial intelligence research ecosystem. The chairs will help advance Canadian leadership in priority areas under the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy at CIFAR. Hadfield is the first social scientist affiliated with the Vector Institute to be named to the program.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute is launching a new speaker and mentorship series to promote gender equity in artificial intelligence research, in collaboration with Deloitte. The Women in AI series will convene leading female AI researchers to share knowledge through seminar events that promote opportunities for women across the technology sector.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at the University of Toronto has appointed five new research leads to help shape the Institute’s ongoing research program. The new research leads bring expertise and insights on the social impacts of artificial intelligence from the fields of economics, computer science, literature, and philosophy.

The SRI Seminar Series convenes the Schwartz Reisman Institute’s community to discuss cutting-edge ideas and scholarship at the intersection of technology and society. The 2022 Fall Seminar Series begins on September 14, 2022 with a presentation by Julie Shah, director of the Interactive Robotics Group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Evaluating AI risks is a crucial and complex task, yet policymakers lack tools to effectively investigate potential harms and biases within AI systems. In response, Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI and Cyber Policy Center have launched an AI Audit Challenge that calls for solutions, tools, datasets, or models that enable effective audits of AI systems. The Challenge grew out of an SRI Solutions Workshop on AI governance held in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation in 2021.

Four new faculty fellowships and fifteen new graduate fellowships have been awarded by the Schwartz Reisman Institute to outstanding researchers from the University of Toronto. SRI fellowships are awarded to support interdisciplinary research that develop new lines of inquiry and innovative solutions to ensure that advanced technologies will benefit society.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society joins the Partnership on AI (PAI), an international network of leading organizations bringing together diverse voices to develop tools and resources to support the use of AI for social good. The inclusion of SRI alongside five other nonprofits, brings PAI’s global reach to over 100 partner organizations.