About the event;

Ethics of AI; dealing with bias and discrimination and ensuring benefit to all.

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About the speakers:

A Research Fellow in Computer Science at UCL, Adriano Koshiyama has held many roles as a Data Scientist in Retail, Finance, Recruitment, and R&D companies over the last 7 years. He is the Co-founder of Holistic AI, a start-up focused on auditing AI systems. Academically, he has published more than 30 papers in international conferences and journals. During his PhD, he interned during 2016-17 at Nomura International plc in its Quant Strategies Desk (Fixed Income); late 2017 and start 2018 he was at MindX as a Data Scientist, developing machine learning products for psychometric assessment. He was an intern at the AI Labs in Goldman Sachs, working as a Machine Learning Strats, and part of the Alan Turing Institute as an Enrichment Scheme Student. His main research topics are related to Machine Learning, Finance, Trustworthy AI. He also holds BSc in Economics and an MSc in Electrical Engineering.

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About the festival:

The AI Kora Festival is a not for profilt online festival with a goal of raising £100'000 for a community of West African musicians in the UK whose income has been decimated by Covid-19 lockdown. Donations will be used to pay the artists the going rate for their gigs first and foremost, and any surplus will be used for further enablement streams for the community, focussing on English language and technology skill development.

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Tickets on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/aikora-5-the-ethics-edition-with-adriano-koshiyama-tickets-117170822083

 

Justgiving site here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/aikora