Chinasa T. Okolo, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, will present a free public lecture titled “Navigating the Limits of AI Explainability: Designing for Novice Technology Users in Low-Resource Settings" at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. The lecture is part of the Young Achievers Symposium series hosted by the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence and will be held online via Zoom View Webinar. No registration is required.

Okolo's research interests include explainable AI, human-AI interaction, global health, and information and communication technologies for development. She works on projects to understand how frontline health care workers in rural India perceive and value artificial intelligence and examines how explainability can be best leveraged in AI-enabled technologies deployed throughout the Global South.

The Young Achievers Symposium series highlights early career researchers in diverse fields of AI for social impact and will continue throughout the spring, with each talk beginning at 3:30 p.m.:

• Thursday, March 23 - Lily Xu, Harvard University

• Thursday, April 6 - Christine Herlihy, University of Maryland, College Park

• Thursday, April 20 - Serena Wang, University of California, Berkeley

Previous lectures in the series can be viewed at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence website.

For more information, contact Amulya Yadav, assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, at auy212@psu.edu.

About the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence aims to enhance interdisciplinary education, research, and outreach in artificial intelligence; its applications; and its impact on work, society, and all aspects of our daily lives. Launched in April 2020 and housed administratively in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, the center aims to promote, practice and study socially responsible ways of building, deploying and using AI technology, with an emphasis on understanding the social and ethical implications of these activities. The center also supports and encourages activities that enhance social good through the ethical use of AI and efforts that can mitigate threats from its misuse.