Critical Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Ethics Conference (CPAIE20) explores human and non-human impacts of Artificial Intelligence, critiquing the AI system pipeline, through application domains and implications to the construction of framing and narratives of AI. The conference will connect researchers from across many different fields, fostering an intersection of perspectives which will enrich the future of AI ethics research.

CPAIE20 will be taking place on April 23rd and 24th 2020 in Edinburgh, organised by the AI Ethics & Society research group. AIES promotes multidisciplinary discussions of pivotal topics in AI Ethics via seminars, reading groups and screenings and fostering a community of researchers in the area.

Key panel themes of the conference include but are not limited to: 

• • Intersectionality in Algorithmic Systems 
  • Sustainability and AI 
  • Hidden Costs of AI in Healthcare and Public Services
  • Diversifying Conceptualisations of AI Ethics
  • Experimental Art as a Vanguard for Speculative Ethics
  • Sociological and Historical Dynamics in the Framing of AI
  • Beyond FAT (Fairness, Accountability and Transparency),
  • Climate Change & Costs of AI,
  • Responsibility and Accountability in Multi-agent Systems, 
  • Smart Architecture,
  • Autonomous vehicles,
  • Criteria in content filters,
  • Resisting AI surveillance

Invited Speakers

• Keynote speaker - Alex Taylor
• Keynote speaker -  Shannon Vallor
• Invited talk - Ben Green

Venue

The conference will be held in Edinburgh, UK on the 23rd and 24th of April 2020, in Dovecot Studios

Submission Guidelines

Paper sessions will be composed by the Organising Committee based on the individual paper abstracts submitted. Panels are sessions that bring together a group of presenters with contributions on a topic related to the themes. The session format will engage the panellists and audience in interactive discussions and represent a diversity of views on the topic. Each presentation will last 15 minutes. 

Abstracts should consist of:

• Name(s) of Author(s)
• Affiliation(s) of Author(s)
• Proposed Title of Paper
• A 500 word abstract

Poster presentations 

• Name(s) of Author(s)
• Affiliation(s) of Author(s)
• Proposed Title of Poster
• An abstract of up to 250 words

Submission criteria:

Interested conference participants are invited to submit abstracts for this proposal. 

List of General Topics

• Intersectionality in Algorithmic Systems
• Sustainability and AI 
• Hidden Costs of AI in Healthcare and Public Services
• Diversifying Conceptualisations of AI Ethics
• Experimental Art as a Vanguard for Speculative Ethics
• Sociological and Historical Dynamics in the Framing of AI

Committees

Program Committee

• Sarah Bennett - Sarah.bennett@ed.ac.uk
• Yazmin Morlet - Yazmin.Morlet@ed.ac.uk
• Benedetta Catanzariti - Benedetta.catanzariti@ed.ac.uk
• Vassilis Galanos - Vassilis.Galanos@ed.ac.uk

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the AI Ethics & Society group

Key Dates 

• February 5, 2019: Submission of individual paper abstracts 
• February 20, 2020: Decisions regarding papers and posters
• April 23rd and 24th 2020: Conference held in Edinburgh