In this special edition of Planet Texas 2050’s Resilience Roundtable Series, Environmental and Water Resource Engineering Professors Paola Passalacqua and Matt Bartos will reflect on their experience witnessing the Way of Water: Onion Creek with Artistic Director Allison Orr and Producer Lisa Byrd of Forklift Danceworks.

this virtual event brings together researchers and thought leaders working across disciplines and sectors, focusing on developing AI tools for use by journalists, fact-checkers, and researchers. The event will feature three keynote talks and a panel discussion covering a wide range of topics. Viewers are encouraged to participate in interactive Q&As following each session.

In this panel, we will discuss how researchers and managers at the Marine Science Institute and the City of Corpus Christi are working to shed light on the interplay between contaminants and aquatic ecosystems, the techniques to trace their presence, the impacts they can have on human and environmental health, as well strategies for their mitigation.

Whole Communities-Whole Health Research Showcase 2024

21st century media pose challenges to preserving the historical record. Collecting institutions need guidance and new strategies in order to save selective cellphone video, GPS data, and video from surveillance cameras, drones, and police bodycams. In this Talk, Howard Besser will discuss how saving this type of material poses procedural, policy, and privacy issues.

Join Good Systems at UT Austin for its fourth annual symposium exploring the future of human-centered, values-driven artificial intelligence. Connect with an interdisciplinary and cross-sector community of faculty leaders, researchers, students, professionals, and civic leaders to discuss the most pressing opportunities and challenges in Ethical AI.

Conceptualising Trust -- and what it means for Artificial Intelligence

In this talk Dr. Julie Shah presents research case studies from industry and also shares the MIT Interactive Robotics Group's latest research effectively blending the unique decision-making strengths of humans and intelligent machines.

The annual symposium brings together university faculty, researchers, staff, students, practitioners, artists, and community members interested in applied interdisciplinary research on climate resilience, adaptation, and environmental justice.

How are our perceptions of AI technologies influenced by popular media? Join us for a dynamic and thought-provoking discussion on the blurred, hard lines, and connections between AI hype, portrayals of AI in entertainment media, and reality.