199.110 Introduction to Responsible AI
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2023S, VU, 2.0h, 3.0EC

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: VU Lecture and Exercise
  • Format: Presence

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

understand the concepts, ethics, governance, methods, tools, and regulation behind responsible AI; as well as to have the basic knowledge on bias and fairness, interpretability and explainability, and algorithmic audits. Finally, they will understand how to design responsible algorithmic systems.

Subject of course

Content

1. Introduction (2 hours)
Why responsible AI?
Examples of current issues

2. Human Intelligence (2 hours)
The brain
Consciousness and intelligence

3. Artificial Intelligence (2 hours)
Overview
Limitations of data
Limitations of methods
Evaluation problems

4. AI Ethics (2 hours)
Values
Instrumental principles
Ethical risk assessments

5. AI Governance (2 hours)
People and processes
Tools

6. Bias and Fairness (2 hours)
Definitions
Measures
Challenges

7. Interpretable & Explainable AI (2 hours)
Interpretability
Explainability
Challenges

8. Algorithmic Audits (2 hours)
Main concepts
Detailed example

9. Data & AI Regulation (2 hours)
Data privacy
AI Act (EU)
AI Bill of Rights (US)

10. Design of Responsible AI Systems (2 hours)
Human-centered AI
AI for Good

 

Teaching methods

Lecture with discussions, as well as short presentations from students (flipped class).

Mode of examination

Immanent

Additional information

The lecturer of this course will be Ricardo Baeza-Yates, rbaeza@acm.org.

This is a guest professor course of the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School. It is targeted to Doctoral Students of the Faculty of Informatics, but, subject to availability of free seats, open to all PhD students and interested Master students.

 

Course schedule:

The course will be held from June 5 - June 28.

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Mon10:00 - 12:0005.06.2023 - 26.06.2023FAV Hörsaal 2 Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed10:00 - 12:0007.06.2023Seminarraum FAV 05 (Seminarraum 186) Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed10:00 - 12:0014.06.2023 - 21.06.2023Seminarraum FAV 05 (Seminarraum 186) Introduction to Responsible AI
Fri10:00 - 12:0016.06.2023 - 23.06.2023Seminarraum 127 Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed10:00 - 12:0028.06.2023FAV Hörsaal 2 Lecture
Introduction to Responsible AI - Single appointments
DayDateTimeLocationDescription
Mon05.06.202310:00 - 12:00FAV Hörsaal 2 Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed07.06.202310:00 - 12:00Seminarraum FAV 05 (Seminarraum 186) Introduction to Responsible AI
Mon12.06.202310:00 - 12:00FAV Hörsaal 2 Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed14.06.202310:00 - 12:00Seminarraum FAV 05 (Seminarraum 186) Introduction to Responsible AI
Fri16.06.202310:00 - 12:00Seminarraum 127 Introduction to Responsible AI
Mon19.06.202310:00 - 12:00FAV Hörsaal 2 Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed21.06.202310:00 - 12:00Seminarraum FAV 05 (Seminarraum 186) Introduction to Responsible AI
Fri23.06.202310:00 - 12:00Seminarraum 127 Introduction to Responsible AI
Mon26.06.202310:00 - 12:00FAV Hörsaal 2 Introduction to Responsible AI
Wed28.06.202310:00 - 12:00FAV Hörsaal 2 Lecture

Examination modalities

Proposal of essay topic (10%), written essay (60%) plus short presentation (30%).

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
13.02.2023 00:00 05.06.2023 23:59

Registration modalities

Please register in TISS.

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
PhD TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School Not specified

Literature

Reading Material

  1. Lauren Smiley, Aftermath of a Self-Driving Tragedy, Wired, 2022.
  2. Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Margaret Mitchell & Alexander Todorov, Physiognomy’s New Clothes, Medium, 2917.
  3. John Searle, Minds, Brains, and Programs, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1980.
  4. Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Bias on the Web, Communications of ACM, 2018.

Previous knowledge

Basic notions of calculus, algorithms, and programming.

Miscellaneous

  • Attendance Required!

Language

English