August 8, 2024: Music and AI
Artists and academics gather to discuss their projects, challenges, and the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in music creation.
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April 19, 2024: Deepening Knowledge and Learning Using AI
Members of Thaumazo’s ‘AI & Us Working Group’ explores how AI can become a catalyst for learning experiences. Panelists included: Daniel Lindenberger, Reid Patterson, Nick Woolsey. Moderated by Dr. Melanie Wong.
September 22, 2023: Legal Developments in AI
An insightful discussion regarding AI and Law, hosted by the UBC Emerging Media Lab (EML) through the Emerging Media Community of Practice (EMCoP) with participation from Céline Castets-Renard (University of Ottawa Civil Law), Jon Festinger (UBC Allard School of Law), and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau (University of Ottawa Law)
June 23, 2023 – Towards Responsible AI: Leveraging Multi-partner Engagement
PANELISTS Kristina Podnar, Digital Policy Consultant Kristina Podnar is a digital policy innovator. For over two decades, she has worked with some of the most high-profile companies, governments, and non-governmental entities to see policies as opportunities to free the organization from uncertainty, risk, and internal chaos. More importantly though, she helps digital teams unlock opportunity, Read more about June 23, 2023 – Towards Responsible AI: Leveraging Multi-partner Engagement[…]
April 2023: Using AI Tools for Creative Process
Thank you to everyone who joined us! If you could not attend, view the recorded Zoom session here. Panelists Included: Dr. Derek Jacoby, University of Victoria, Computer Science Dr. Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Nottingham Trent University Orla McElroy, MSc Student, Lund University
February 2023: How AI Tools such as ChatGPT are changing conversations in Higher Education
Thank you to everyone who joined us! If you could not attend, view the recorded Zoom session here. The Emerging Media Lab presented an online Zoom seminar about AI technologies (such as ChatGPT), and how they will affect our world going forward. Hosted by the Emerging Media Community of Practice and moderated by Patrick Pennefather, Read more about February 2023: How AI Tools such as ChatGPT are changing conversations in Higher Education[…]
August 2022
Future-proofing Emerging Tech Development in Post-Secondary Environments: At this EMCoP meetup during the SIGGRAPH conference, participants gathered at UBC Robson Square to discuss obstacles and solutions to bringing emerging technologies to their own institutions. The session recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/OMdHJeKuTvM
February 2022
Host: the Emerging Media Lab at UBCTheme: Beyond The WordDate: February 18, 2022 Emerging Media takes us into, through, and beyond where texts take us. This month we’ll see how members of the EML community are making Shakespeare’s First Folio come alive, keeping the written documentation on track and up to date for OpenXR development Read more about February 2022[…]
December 2021
Host: the Emerging Media Lab at UBCTheme: Reinventing XRDate: December 17, 2021 Registration is now closed EMCoP is evolving and increasing our focus on building a strong network & bringing opportunities to collaborate across different communities that care about the role of virtual/augmented reality in education and research. Join this month’s EMCoP meeting hosted by Read more about December 2021[…]
November 2021
Co-Host: the University of Victoria and the Emerging Media Lab at UBCTheme: Limitless Possibilities: To Infinity and Beyond!Date: November 19, 2021 Registration is now closed Our reality is more interconnected with technology than it ever has. Join this month’s EMCoP conference co-hosted by the University of Victoria and the Emerging Media Lab at UBC to Read more about November 2021[…]