UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Su Lin Blodgett, a postdoctoral researcher in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics group at Microsoft Research Montréal, will present a free public lecture titled “Towards Equitable Language Technologies” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. The lecture is part of the Young Achievers Symposium series hosted by the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence and will be held live via Zoom View Webinar. No registration is required.
Blodgett’s research examines the social and ethical implications of natural language processing (NLP) technologies. She develops approaches for anticipating, measuring and mitigating harms arising from language technologies, focusing on the complexities of language and language technologies in their social contexts, and on supporting NLP practitioners in their ethical work.
Upcoming lectures in the Young Achievers Symposium series include:
- April 12: "Challenges and Frontiers in Deploying Transparent Machine Learning" by Umang Bhatt, doctoral candidate in the Machine Learning Group at the University of Cambridge, from 4 to 5 p.m. on Zoom.
- April 26: Paidamoyo Chapfuwa, postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, from 4 to 5 p.m. on Zoom.
Previous lectures can be viewed at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence website.
About the Young Achievers Symposium
The Young Achievers Symposium highlights early career researchers in diverse fields of AI for social impact. The symposium series seeks to focus on emerging research, stimulate discussions, and initiate collaborations that can advance research in artificial intelligence for societal benefit. All events in the series are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Penn State students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty with an interest in socially responsible AI applications are encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact Amulya Yadav, assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, at auy212@psu.edu.