University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Renée Cummings is an AI ethicist and the first Data Activist in Residence, at the School of Data Science, at the University of Virginia and co-director of the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) at the University of Virginia. She is also a criminologist, criminal psychologist, and therapeutic jurisprudence specialist and a community scholar at Columbia University. Advocating for AI we can trust, fair, ethical, accountable, transparent, explainable, responsible and principled as well as justice-oriented, diverse, equitable, and inclusive, Renée is on the frontline of ethical AI, generating real time solutions to many of the consequences of AI and the impacts of data on society. Renée specializes in AI leadership, AI policy and governance, AI risk management, AI crisis communication, building ethical AI and using AI to save lives. She is committed to using AI to empower and transform by helping governments and organizations navigate the AI landscape and develop future AI leaders and community-inspired and public interest technology. Renée is on the Board of Advisors of the Carnegie Council, Artificial Intelligence & Equity Initiative, for Ethics in International Affairs, and the International Research Centre of Artificial Intelligence, UNESCO. She’s also a founding board member of the Springer journal AI Ethics, on the board of Women in Voice, as well as on the board of Inspired Minds, producers of the World Summit AI. Renée lectures extensively on AI and data ethics and contributed significantly to the creation of the first ethical emerging technologist certification. A thought-leader, motivational speaker, and mentor, Renée has mastered the art of creative storytelling, science communication and deconstructing complex topics into critical everyday conversations that inform and inspire.
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Panel IV: Data Advocacy, Governance, and Ethics in an Age of Big Data
Thursday, November 18, 2021
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM ET