Cognitive Science Speaker Series | AWARE-AI Learnings

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Speaker: Cecilia (Cissi) O. Alm

Title: AWARE-AI Learnings 

Short Bio: Cecilia (Cissi) O. Alm is the joint program director of the MS in AI in the School of Information, the director of the AWARE-AI program at RIT, a PI for the NSF-funded IRES AI-PROWIL program, a partnership with University West, and for an NSF collaborative research EAGER project, a collaboration with Gallaudet University. Her research interests are in AI and machine learning for linguistic or multimodal sensing, multimodal dialogue processing, and humans in AI/NLP systems, including interactive, cognition-inspired, or resource-efficient machine learning frameworks. She is an associate director of the Center for Human-aware AI at RIT, director of the Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing Lab, professor in the Department of Psychology and affiliated with iSchool. Other RIT affiliations include the Ph.D. Programs in Cognitive Science and in Computing and Information Sciences, the Department of Computer Science, and the MS in Data Science.

Abstract: AWARE-AI is a scalable research traineeship program in which graduate students from many disciplines experience AI research in convergent research tracks focused on AI software, AI hardware, HCI for AI, or cognitive modeling for AI. Trainees also participate in training elements preparing them for research careers. This talk will describe the process involved in seeking a training grant and, after a summary description of the AWARE-AI program, report on outcomes from recent evaluations and additional supplemental data involving AWARE-AI, in addition to discussing select research projects and partnerships in more detail.

ASL-English interpreters have been requested. Light refreshments will be provided.


Contact
Matthew Dye
Event Snapshot
When and Where
February 14, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room/Location: GAN-2070
Who

Open to the Public

Interpreter Requested?

Yes

Topics
imaging science
research