by BGF | Dec 24, 2018 | News
On December 16, 2018, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum; Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation appeared on the Talkshow “Leadership and Innovative Spirit in the era of Artificial Intelligence” held by Dalat University, Vietnam. The anchor was Journalist Ta Bich Loan, Director of Vietnam Televisions VTV3 Channel.
Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum; Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation appeared on the Talkshow “Leadership and Innovative Spirit in the era of AI”
The program was organized by the leaders of the Dalat University and broadcasted on Vietnamese Lam Dong and VTV3 Television. Being an alumnus of Dalat University; and currently CEO of Boston Global Forum; Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (US), Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan was invited as a guest speaker to share his ideas with many students and professionals in the Dalat University.
Students and lecturers of the Dalat University participating in the Talkshow
Not only did Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan explained to his audience the concept and importance of artificial intelligence nowsadays, he also noted that the spirit of innovation, daring to think and do differently are the most identified qualities of great leaders to capture the new trend of the future and lead in the society of Artificial Intelligence.
The conversation is all very respectful and at times funny. Toward the end of the interview, Journalist Ta Bich Loan and Mr. Nguyen Anh discussed about the spirit of leadership and why the era of Artificial Intelligence needs a spirit of leadership and innovation.
This event is considered one of the university’s most visited events in recent years.
by BGF | Dec 17, 2018 | News
On December 12, 2018, The Global Cybersecurity Day 2018 was held at Loeb House, Harvard University, under the moderation of Governor Michael Dukakis – Chairman of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI).
The goal of Global Cybersecurity Day is to inspire shared responsibility of the world’s citizens to protect the Internet’s safety and transparency. This year’s conference revolved around the theme “AI solutions solve disinformation.” During the discussion, experts explored the current state of cybersecurity and the threat posed by disinformation, anonymous sources, and fake news, as well as the role AI can play as an effective defense mechanism against these threats to truth and the principles of democracy.
Highlighted in this event were the online speeches of prominent speakers: President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono, and Rt. Hon. Liam Byrne MP, Member of Parliament for Birmingham. Especially, Liam Byrne delivered the first AI World Society Distinguished Lecture, which had strongly impact to the audiences. Their speeches at the symposium stated the current situation as well as called for the public awareness of protecting their safety on Internet.
At this event, Dr. Thomas Creely, Associate Professor of Ethics, Director of Ethics & Emerging Military Technology Graduate Program, U.S. Naval War College, on behalf of the authors group, presented the AIWS Report about AI Ethics and published the Government AIWS Ethics Index. This proposal is expected to build common standards for an AI society around the world, from technology, laws, conventions, etc. to guarantee the interoperability among different frameworks and approaches between countries.
The presentation of Cameroon Hickey from Information Disorder Lab, Shorenstein Center for Media on fake news also received much of the audience’s attention. The report brought people conscience about the definition and classification of information disorder and its challenging impact to our society.
by BGF | Dec 17, 2018 | AI World Society Distinguished Lecture, Michael Dukakis Institute
Rt. Hon. Liam Byrne MP, Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Hodge Hill, Shadow Digital Minister, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusive Growth, delivered the first AI World Society Distinguished Lecture at Global Cybersecurity Day 2018.
Liam’s lecture was held at Loeb House, Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities. Despite his absence at the symposium, he delivered his lecture virtually with all of his spirit. His lecture was extremely inspiring to all audiences, most of whom were scholars from Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, etc. In the speech, he focused on the changes occurred in our society the last decade, and how it affected the society and market along with the risks and challenges. In conclusion, he called for the join force of lawmakers and changemakers to reshape those constraints.
Watch full AI World Society Distinguished Lecture of Rt. Hon. Liam Byrne MP
After his enlivening lecture, the questions of scholars posed at the conference were delivered and answered directly by Liam Byrne MP online. The atmosphere of the conference became buoyant with challenging issues arising around the management of the slowness of the regulatory mechanisms to adaptive changes, the mental wiring of tech companies to incorporate social benefits, the definition of digital rights, etc.
The AI World Society Distinguished Lectures was proposed to honor those who have made outstanding contributions associated with the Artificial Intelligence World Society (AIWS) 7- Layer Model. These excellent achievements are dedicated to one of the seven layers of the AIWS Initiative. Simultaneously, the honor will help to introduce and increase awareness of the dedication of these outstanding, noble honorees among members of the global elite community.
by BGF | Dec 17, 2018 | News
AI researchers have been created new techniques for training machine-learning algorithm while ensure patient’s privacy.
An innovative solution for privacy issues has emerged from the absorption of DeepMind’s health division in Google.
In response to the privacy concerns about the disclosure of patient data as Google moved its subsidiary DeepMind Health division into the main company, a split neutral network has been introduced as the latest advanced method to process data with confidentiality.
Its basic operation mechanism is similar to the process of data encryption. The neutral networks divide the data processing into separate stages that can be carried out by different people: one person starts training the machine learning model then another person can finish it. Based on this mechanism, patients’ raw data could be processed in hospitals and other medical institutions to form the training of the partway model in the first stage. These half-trained models would then be sent to a centralized location, either the clouds services, Google, or another company, to be completed in the final stages of training.
The superior advantage is that due to the obfuscation of medical data in the first stage, the centralized location can only be seen the output of the half-processed model plus the model itself. The raw patient data, therefore, is secure with the initial constitutions and the hospitals would benefit from a final model trained on a combination of every participating institution’s data.
This approach with split neural networks has been found to involve considerably fewer computational resources to train while producing much more accurate models.
Privacy issues stemming from AI have raised worries among users. AI is just a tool, and it is essential for people to closely supervise and moderate its operation with transparency. The importance of AI applications in key sectors including healthcare is the focus of Layer 7 – Business Applications for All of Society of the AIWS 7-Layer Model developed by the Michael Dukakis Institute.
by BGF | Dec 17, 2018 | News
On December 12, 2018 at Global Cybersecurity Day Symposium, Eliot Weinman – GM & Founder of AI World, Executive Editor of AI Trends, announced the future cooperation between AI World and Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation – Boston Global Forum (MDI-BGF) to form the strategic alliance to host AI World Government Conference & Expo. The event will be held on June 24-26, 2019 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
At the Symposium, Eliot Weinman, Founder of AI World mentioned the problems of ethics, security, privacy have exploded for all the obvious reasons just until recently, especially for public sectors since he has been working in AI for 20-25 years. He emphasized that this requires a call for action. For that reason, together with Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman of MDI and Mr. Tuan Nguyen, CEO of MDI, he has decided to organize an event in Washington DC in June 24 to 26, with two thirds of which will be an AI event for the government.
AI World Government Conference & Expo is expected to provide a forum to educate and inform public sector agencies (federal, state, and local governments) and its supply chain on the many benefits of deploying AI technologies. These agencies are like public and private “enterprises”, which AI World is established and known for. The government application of AI is already in its early adoption period and has been deployed in a wide variety of applications that have shown benefits. As AI continues to evolve at a rapid pace, the next generation of deployment will enable government agencies to:
- Provide better and enhanced services to its constituents
- Increase productivity and reduce costs
- Accelerate the overall digital transformation efforts underway throughout government agencies
AI World Government is also the backdrop for shaping the discussion around ethics, safety, and regulatory requirements for machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, image and pattern recognition, and emerging intelligent automation solutions.
In the event, the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) will present a half-day special program to gather global political leaders and major research institutions for discussion of the requirements to address AI ethics issues.
For more information, updates and useful links, please visit the official website of AI World Government 2019: http://www.aiworldgov.com/
