ACM India Bootcamp on Responsible Computing

ACM India, in partnership with Kotak-IISc AI Center, Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru), is conducting “Bootcamp on Responsible Computing” on 13-16 April 2023.

The 4-day program is geared towards professionals and senior researchers to get a deep perspective of different aspects of Responsible Computing. Eminent subject matter experts of international repute will conduct the sessions and combine it with several hands-on exercises.

Those interested in attending this bootcamp can register and make the respective payments. Seats are limited so hurry up and reserve your spot. Limited on-campus double occupancy accommodation has been made available on first come first served basis at a nominal charge of Rs 1000 + taxes / night. Registrants who wish to avail this offer should write to [email protected].

Title: ACM India Bootcamp on Responsible Computing

Date: Afternoon of Thursday 13^th April 2023 to Forenoon of Sunday 16 ^th April 2023

Venue: IISc campus, Bengaluru

Registration fees:

If you are IISc faculty or IISc PhD student, you may want to avail of the limited free seats reserved for you. Instead of filling out the form, please send a short email from your IISc email ID to [email protected] mentioning your Name and Department.

1. INR 10,000/- + GST per person for professionals and academic faculty ( https://www.townscript.com/e/acm-india-bootcamp-on-responsible-computing-200242 )

2. Free* for PhD students ( https://www.townscript.com/e/acm-india-bootcamp-on-responsible-computing-for-phd-students-414012 ). Note: The seats in this category are sold out. Those students who want to be on the wait-list may write to ACM India COO Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe ([email protected] ).

Seats are limited and available one first come, first served basis. *Although the bootcamp is free for PhD students, there will be Rs 1,000/- + GST booking fee to reserve a seat; the fee will be reimbursed after the bootcamp to those who attend.

The registration covers the sessions, lunch and tea/coffee/snacks on all days.

About the Bootcamp on Responsible Computing

Data about almost every aspect of our life -- including our health, family, finance, work -- is digitized and processed. This implies that we, as computer engineers, scientists, and analysts, need to be vigilant about social/moral/legal implications of computing over such data. The challenges and concerns can be further exacerbated by the latest machine learning and data analysis techniques which pool in data from various sources and provide predictions about many critical use cases like loan disbursement, candidate application pruning etc.

The goal of this bootcamp is to holistically study this problem by first introducing the problem itself and studying various aspects of the problem such as privacy/security, public policy for responsible computing, human-computer interaction for ethical computing, and fairness in AI/ML techniques.

The bootcamp will bring together top researchers and faculty members working in the domain of responsible computing and provide a chance to interact closely with them to understand their viewpoints.

The hands-on instructions assume under-graduate level familiarity with standard computer science subjects including machine learning and artificial intelligence.

About the Speakers and the Topics Covered by them

Shweta Agarwal	IIT Madras	Privacy/Security Aspects of Responsible Computing
Hima Lakkaraju	Harvard University	Explainable AI
Nandana Sengupta	IIT Delhi	Public Policy + AI
Abhijnan Chakraborty	IIT Delhi	Fairness in AI
Divy Thakkar	Google	AI for Social Good
Prateek Jain	Google	Privacy/Security Aspects of Responsible Computing
Shweta Agarwal	IIT Madras	Pitfalls of Deep learning

And Here is the Tentative Schedule:

13 April 2023

Time	Speaker	Topic
2:00pm-2:15pm		Participant welcome, overview of ACM and the goal of the bootcamp
2:15pm-3:30pm	Shweta Agrawal	Need for responsible computing
4:00pm-5:30pm	Shweta Agrawal	Security + Privacy 101

14^th April 2023

Time	Speaker	Topic
9:00am-10:00am	Hima Lakkaraju	Explainable AI
10:30am-11:30am	Divy Thakkar	AI for Social Good
11:30am-12:30pm	Nandana Sengupta	Public Policy + AI 1
2:00pm-3:30pm	Nandana Sengupta	Public Policy + AI 2
4:00pm-5:30pm	Nandana Sengupta	Public Policy + AI 3

15^th April 2023

Time	Speaker	Topic
9:00am-10:30am	Prateek Jain	Pitfalls of Deep Learning
11:00am-12:30pm	Hari Subramonyam	Human Centered Ethical AI 1
2:00pm-3:30pm	Hari Subramonyam	Human Centered Ethical AI 2
4:00pm-5:30pm	Hari Subramonyam	Human Centered Ethical AI 3

16^th April 2023

Time	Speaker	Topic
9:00am-10:30am	Abhijnan Chakraborty	Fairness in ML 1
11:00pm-12:30pm	Abhijnan Chakraborty	Fairness in ML 2