citiesabc interview: Michael Rovatsos Prof AI University Of Edinburgh, Director of Bayes Centre

Prof Michael Rovatsos is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh, and Director of the Bayes Centre, the University’s innovation hub for Data Science and AI. He also represents the University at the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for Data Science and AI. In his research he develops AI algorithms and architectures to support collaboration between humans, e.g. in sharing economy, electronic commerce, or logistics applications. In recent years, much of his work has focused on ethical aspects of AI, primarily through the development of methods for designing fair and diversity-aware AI algorithms that respect the values of human users.

Interview focus

- Personal background
- Education and university background
- Career highlights and development
- Research focus and main areas
- How do you see the challenges of education in your area
- How Covid 19 is impacting the world and the areas of your expertise
- What message of hope do you highlight in these times?


MICHAEL ROVATSOS BIO: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mrovatso/
SCHOLAR CITATIONS: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE: https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/resea...

https://www.citiesabc.com/
https://twitter.com/citiesabc_
https://www.instagram.com/citiesabc/

Support the Show.