The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age

This two-day event invites participants to explore the social impact of AI technology in higher education, from political, cultural, and ethical perspectives. How should we understand the latest AI technologies? How should they be reflected in the future design of higher education? We will invite scholars from various fields in Japan and the United States to discuss multifaceted implications of AI technologies by looking not only at their technical aspects but also at their political, social, and cultural dimensions.

This event is organized by the B’AI Global Forum at the University of Tokyo and supported by the Institute for AI and Beyond and UTokyo New York Office.

Date & Venue
・ Dates:
　December 14, 2023 (Thu) 3:00-6:10 pm (EST)
　　(December 15, 2023 (Fri) 5:00-8:10 am (JST))
　December 15, 2023 (Fri) 4:30-6:00 pm (EST)
　　(December 16, 2023 (Sat) 6:30-8:00 am (JST))
・ Format: On-site & Online Hybrid
・ Venue: University of Tokyo New York Office
・ Registration: Pre-registration required.
Please register using the URL below by Dec 10, 2023.
https://shorturl.at/dqsU3
・ Language: English

※ Please note that the seating capacity at the NY Office is about 30 people. In-person registration will be closed once all the seats are taken.
※ We will publish the video of the event on the B’AI Global Forum YouTube channel.

Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo/ B’AI Global Forum, Institute for AI and Beyond will hold a talk by Jennifer ROBERTSON (Tokyo College Professor, The University of Tokyo Professor Emerita, University of Michigan) entitled ““SECURITAINMENT”: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance” on November 27, 2023.

Date(s): Monday, 27 November 2023, 15:00-16:30
Venue: Zoom Webinar (Register here)
Registration Pre-registration required.
Please register the application form below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r_pJvZs9TemRCZCkTew7uQ#/registration
Language: English (Japanese interpretation)

Abstract:
CCTV cameras are installed almost everywhere in Tokyo and other Japanese cities, and private security systems, introduced in the 1980s, are now standard in most homes. Surveillance is also embedded in everyday life, work, and play and has become “a way of seeing” and influences “ways of being seen.” In this presentation Prof. Robertson explores how and why AI-enabled entertainment and surveillance technologies have become fused, and speculates on the consequences of their triangulation.

Program:
Lecturer
Jennifer ROBERTSON (Tokyo College Professor, The University of Tokyo Professor Emerita, University of Michigan)

Commentator
ITATSU Yuko (Director, B’AI Global Forum & Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)

Moderator
Flavia BALDARI (Project Researcher, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)

MeDi, formed in May 2017, became a subsidiary organization of the Institute for AI and Beyond, the University of Tokyo, B'AI Global Forum, in 2020. Over the past six years, it has been engaged in various activities. Now, we have decided to hold a symposium titled "Media and Diversity - Has Women's Voices Reached the Media?" to reassess the outcomes of its six years of activities.

A video recording of the event "How do we live with AI?", celebrating the publication of the book “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” on July 28th, organized by by the B'AI Global Forum is now available.
The event was held in Japanese.

The contents of the book was introduced through reports by the authors and discussions with commentators, as well as to discuss AI technology critically from multiple perspectives at the event.

About the book （Japanese only)
https://www.utp.or.jp/book/b10026693.html

B’AI Global Forum Official Website
https://baiforum.jp/en/

The B'AI Global Forum will hold an event to celebrate the publication of the book, "Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power 2023" (Japanese only : AIから読み解く社会——権力化する最新技術), which examines AI technologies from the perspective of various fields including sociology, philosophy, and engineering. The event will be held to introduce the contents of the book through reports by the authors and discussions with commentators, as well as to discuss AI technology critically from multiple perspectives. All those interested are welcome to attend.

“Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” is a book compiled and published last March by Professor Yuko Itatsu and Associate Professor Ai Hisano of the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies.

Professor Itatsu is the research leader of the basic research project “B’AI Global Forum: Research on norms, ethics and praxis for a truly gender equal society and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI age”.

For more details of the event, please refer to the flyer.

The event will be held in Japanese language only.

・Inquiry: B'AI Global Forum Office
　bai.global.forum[at]gmail.com（replace [at] by @）

About the book
https://www.utp.or.jp/book/b10026693.html

B’AI Global Forum Official Website
https://baiforum.jp/en/

The 46th Research Seminar was held on April 4, 2023.
Title: Thoughts on Understanding AI in Society: How technology exerts power
Speaker:
Yuko Itatsu / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies / Professor
Ai Hisano / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies / Associate Professor

A video recording of the lecture on 6 December 2022 by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen hosted by the B'AI Global Forum is now available.

・Lecture title: Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR
・Speaker:
Richard Carter-White（Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University）
　Maartje Roelofsen (Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)
・Language: English

B’AI Global Forum was established as part of the medium- and long-term research project “B’AI Global Forum: Research on norms, ethics and praxis for a truly gender equal society and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI age” led by Professor Yuko ITATSU.

B'AI Global Forum: https://baiforum.jp/en/
Project page : https://beyondai.jp/contents/projects/hayashi/?lang=e

A video recording of the lecture on 17 October 2022 by Dr. Lulu Shi hosted by the B'AI Global Forum is now available.

・Lecture title: The Future(s) of Unpaid Work: How Susceptible Do Experts from Different Backgrounds Think the Domestic Sphere is to Automation?
・Speaker: Lulu Shi (Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford)
・Language: English

B’AI Global Forum was established as part of the medium- and long-term research project “B’AI Global Forum: Research on norms, ethics and praxis for a truly gender equal society and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI age” led by Professor Yuko ITATSU.

B'AI Global Forum: https://baiforum.jp/en/
Project page : https://beyondai.jp/contents/projects/hayashi/?lang=e

The B'AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen entitled “Embodiment, deferral and (dis)inhibition: learning and teaching geography with VR” on December 6, 2022.
The details are as follows.

・Lecture title: Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR
・Speaker:
Dr. Richard Carter-White / Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
Dr. Maartje Roelofsen / Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
・Lecture summary & Speakers profile :https://beyondai.jp/contents/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Description_E.pdf

◇Date & Venue
・Date: December 6, 2022 (Tue), 16:30 ~ 18:00 (JST)
・Venue: On-site & Online Hybrid
Please register and select your type of participation (on-site or online) from the application form below. Please note: The registration deadline for on-site and online participation are different
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLfEfE71Xf5oiAdrNRmoTeQjzktU9Atuwy772r02-VSSFupQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

【On-site】
Venue: Institute for AI and Beyond (The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus)
Please register by 29th November 2022 from the registration form above.
※ We will email you directions to the venue after the registration is closed.
【Online】
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Please register by 4th December 2022 from the registration form above.
※ We will send you the ZOOM URL on 5th December (one day before the event) to your registered e-mail address.

・Language: English

・Moderator: Yujin Yaguchi (Vice President and Professor, the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies / Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
・Organizer: B'AI Global Forum, Institute for AI and Beyond, University of Tokyo
・Supported by: Institute for AI and Beyond, University of Tokyo
・Inquiry: B'AI Global Forum Office
　bai.global.forum[at]gmail.com（replace [at] by @）

A lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas about the battle between the U.S. and China for digital sovereignty, was held on 8 August at the B’AI Global Forum.

・Lecture title: Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty
・Speaker: Aynne Kokas (Associate Professor, The University of Virginia, Abe Fellow)

A video recording of the lecture is now available.

B’AI Global Forum was established as part of the medium- and long-term research project “B’AI Global Forum: Research on norms, ethics and praxis for a truly gender equal society and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI age” led by Professor Yuko ITATSU.

B'AI Global Forum: https://baiforum.jp/en/
Project page : https://beyondai.jp/contents/projects/hayashi/?lang=e