PROJECTS
2020 Projects
Advocacy
Workshop on strengthening multilingualism through datasets in low resourced languages at IGF 2020
Organised a workshop that brought together researchers in AI, ML and policy practitioners to discuss the challenges of lack of training data in indegenous languages
Project
Capacity Development for Judicial Operators
around the World
Co-developed the project concept note for training of judicial operators world wide
in upholding the Rule of Law with respect to its use in judicial systems and
its legal challenge.
Review
UNICEF Policy Guidance on AI for Children
Peer reviewed UNICEF’s Policy Guidance on AI for Children
Advocacy
Capacity Building in the Age of Convergence
Participated as a speaker at IGF 2020 session on capacity building for the governance of digital technologies organised by Microsoft
Multimedia
Animated Videos for Young People to understand the implications of AI
Based on UNESCO’s UNESCO’s flagship publication on AI, Rights, Openness, Access, Multistakeholder participation and Gender Equality
Government AI Survey
UNESCO launches Artificial Intelligence capacity building needs assessment survey for Africa region
As part of UNESCO’s global priority Africa, the AI Capacity Building Needs Assessment survey has been designed within the framework of the ‘United Nations system-wide strategic approach and road map for supporting capacity development on artificial intelligence’. It is based on the African Union Agenda 2063 priorities as discussed in the UNESCO report ‘Steering AI and Advanced ICTs for Knowledge Societies’. The survey results would be used for designing capacity building initiatives and coalitions for development activities related to AI, along with partner governments.
Other activities
AI and Open Educational Resources Hackathon
Jury Member at a hackathon for Open Educational Resources solutions using AI for strengthening access to information and knowledge.
Other activities
Workshop on impact of AI on Teaching Competencies
Participated in a Multistakeholder experts consultation to review the emerging context and impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on competencies for teachers.
2019 Projects
Advocacy
AI Policy Dialogue in Nairobi: UNESCO Engages Technology and Policy Experts for Human Centered AI in Africa, September, 2019
The workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Fairness at the Deep Learning Indaba 2019, the annual gathering of the African Machine Learning Community in Kenya, engaged participants through case studies on topics concerning AI, privacy, access and online education.
Advocacy
AI Policy Dialogue in Paris : UNESCO advocated ROAM principles for Steering AI for Knowledge Societies,
March, 2019
UNESCO’s Mobile Learning Week 2019 was the context for showing how the ROAM principles can reveal what Artificial Intelligence means for the future of communication and information.
Advocacy
AI for Development Network in Africa Agenda Formulation in Nairobi
The meeting brought together stakeholders working on AI from across Africa to develop an agenda for the AI for Development Network in Africa through design thinking workshops and knowledge exchange.
Advocacy
Gender Equality and Technology: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Women Empowerment
The multistakeholder discussion focused on data driven and programmer driven biases in AI systems; gender equality and participation of women in AI research and project implementation and the role of AI education in women empowerment
Feasibility Study
Authored Feasibility Study for UNESCO AI Category II Centre in Slovenia
Co-authored the feasibility study for the establishment of a Category II Centre on AI in Slovenia, under the auspices of UNESCO. Analysed the governance, financial, sustainability and programmatic aspects for the proposed International Research Centre on AI. Prepared the legal agreement for consideration of UNESCO’s governing bodies.
Agreement to establish the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence in Ljubljana signed: