Date & time
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
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Demystifying ChatGPT: How it works and what to know (SOLD OUT)
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Speaker(s)
Mirco Ravanelli, Tanja Tajmel and Gita Ghiasi
Cost
This event is free
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Where
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
1515 St. Catherine W.
Room EV 2.260
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Yet, there is still much about the OpenAI chatbot that remains unknown to users.
Join Mirco Ravanelli, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Tanja Tajmel, special advisor to the dean of the Gina Cody School on equity, diversity and inclusion; and Gita Ghiasi, PhD 18, affiliate assistant professor at the Centre for Engineering in Society; as they explore the impact of ChatGPT from a technological and societal point of view.
The conversation will be moderated by Emad Shihab, associate dean of research and innovation at the Gina Cody School.
This event is part of the Gina Cody School Day festivities.
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Panelists
Photo by David Ward
Mirco Ravanelli is an assistant professor at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science. He works on deep learning for sequence processing, with a focus on Conversational AI. He is also an adjunct professor at the Université de Montréal and an associate member at Mila - Quebec AI Institute.
Tanja Tajmel is an associate professor at the Centre for Engineering in Society and the Concordia University Research Chair in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). She established the EDI Lab, a platform for students and researchers to discuss EDI research in STEM fields. She is also leading Decolonizing Light, an interdisciplinary project exploring approaches to decolonize science.
Gita Ghiasi is a senior research advisor at the Université de Montréal and an affiliate assistant professor at the Centre for Engineering in Society at Concordia. Her research focuses on the potent effects that a new technology can and may have on society and introduces policy implications to orient emerging technologies towards equity and equality outcomes.
Moderator
Emad Shihab is the associate dean of research and innovation, as well as an associate professor and Concordia Research Chair in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. He holds a Concordia University Research Chair in Software Analytics. His research interests are in software engineering, mining software repositories, software analytics and software bots.