SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEES

With special focus on research excellence, the Centre is undertaking vital work looking at different approaches of Artificial Intelligence towards UN SDGs. This work resulted in accompanying AI platforms, reports and white papers that were managed by the Chairs of the following Programme Committees:

Catherine Holloway

Professor and Academic Director, Global Disability Innovation Hub at UCL

PC Chair in AI and Assistive Technologies

Colin de la Higuera

UNESCO Chair in teacher training technologies with OER

PC Chair in AI and Education

Aidan O'Sullivan

Associate Professor in Energy and AI at UCL

PC Chair in AI and Climate Change

Mitja Jermol

UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for OER and Open Learning

PC Chair in AI and Circular Economy

Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes

Professor of Biomedical Computing at UCL

PC Chair in AI and Healthcare

Vanessa nurock

Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Côte d'Azur (France) and UNESCO EVA Chair (Ethique du Vivant et de l'Artificiel /Ethics of the Living and the Artificial)

PC Chair in AI and Ethics

Matjaž Mikoš

Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, UNESCO Chair in Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction

PC Chair in AI and Water Resources Management

These are the fora in which individual projects will be reviewed, approved for adoption by the centre, and prioritized for funding. They will be formed from the domain experts as well as appropriate AI experts. They will also help to identify promising avenues for tackling the chosen Grand Challenges with novel AI approaches and where appropriate defining calls for proposals to address the opportunities identified. This work resulted in creating the Opinion Series with accompanying reports and white papers that were edited by the Chairs of the Programme Committees. Currently there are five such PCs created for the most pertinent post COVID-19 issues on the list of SDGs, namely:

AI & Ethics

AI & Healthcare

AI & Education

AI & Circular Economy

AI & Climate Change

AI & Assistive Technologies

AI & Water Resources Management

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