Global Partnership on AI(GPAI) Annual Summit Research Symposium: Advancing Responsible AI in Public Sector Applications

About

The rapid advancement of AI technologies presents significant opportunities and unique challenges with AI deployment in the public sector. To promote collaboration and research in responsible AI, MeitY, in collaboration with the Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras is organising a Research Symposium as part of the Annual GPAI Summit in New Delhi.

The Symposium is intended to provide a platform for Indian and International academics and researchers to collaborate with other AI experts and present actionable research on Responsible AI in front of a global audience.

Theme

Advancing Responsible AI in Public-Sector Applications

Format

The Symposium will have two tracks:
  • Invited expert speakers
  • Regular conference shortlist track

Our invited speakers and shortlisted authors include exceptional scholars and practitioners from engineering and public policy fields. They include experts from New York University, Oxford University, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Carnegie Mellon University, and iSPIRT Foundation among others.

Submission Overview

The call for papers for the shortlist track was issued on 24 July 2023. We received over 150 submissions from 38 countries on various topics, from responsible AI principles, algorithmic accountability, and explainability to responsible AI assessments. We selected 11 submissions after a rigorous review process with support from a committee comprising members from academia, industry and government.

The final selection of submissions (4 from invited expert speakers and 11 from the regular conference shortlist track) engages with an interesting and wide range of topics as mentioned below and comes from over 10 countries: