{"id":1286,"date":"2021-09-10T07:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2021-11-08T17:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:36:19","slug":"participation-in-facebook-ethics-in-ai-research-initiative-for-the-asia-pacific-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/2021\/09\/10\/participation-in-facebook-ethics-in-ai-research-initiative-for-the-asia-pacific-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"CSE Faculty Participates in Facebook &#8220;Ethics in AI Research Initiative for the Asia Pacific&#8221; Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1286\" class=\"elementor elementor-1286\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fd77f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fd77f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-004314c\" data-id=\"004314c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff4d25c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff4d25c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_1288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1288\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1288\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/files\/2021\/09\/picture-300x158.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/files\/2021\/09\/picture-300x158.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/files\/2021\/09\/picture-1024x541.png 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/files\/2021\/09\/picture-768x406.png 768w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/files\/2021\/09\/picture.png 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online meeting for the roundtable<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Dr. Junaid Qadir, Professor of Computer Engineering at our department participated in the &#8220;Facebook Ethics in AI Research Initiative for the Asia Pacific&#8221; Roundtable on 10th September, 2021, and presented an update on the \u201cCulturally-informed pro-social AI regulation and persuasion framework\u201d project. This project is funded by Facebook Research and focuses on studying the ethical issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an Islamic Perspective and explores culturally-sensitive human-centered AI for the Muslim World. The roundtable was attended by top AI experts and discussants included ethicists, technologists, researchers, and policy makers.<\/p><p>Dr. Junaid is currently teaching the course CMPE483 \u201cIntroduction to Robotics\u201d at QU. The course provides a detailed overview of the robotic ecosystem and discusses basic concepts related to sensing, actuation, and robotic intelligence. 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