Unapologetically Open Science -- the complexity and challenges of making openness win!
In the past 5 years, AI has been trending towards becoming a closed and propreitary field -- undoing hard work from the previous decade. This is alarming for scientific progress. The reasons for this trend are complex, and so are the solutions -- ranging from energy and resources to capital pressure to geopolitics to breaking previous societal mechanics around intellectual property. I will give an opinionated view of how to get us as a field to a better place.
The effects of digital technology on youth development in low-and-middle-income countries
Most youth grow up in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in an increasingly digitized context but with unequal digital media access, skill, and opportunity. In these settings, limited resources to effectively scaffold digital media use constrain youth thriving. As a result, globally, adolescents facing offline disadvantages often find themselves further marginalized in the digital realm. In this talk, I will review the current knowledge on the interaction between digital media and adolescent development, highlight crucial evidence gaps in LMICs, and propose and future directions to address these pressing issues.
The Physics4ML social will bring together attendees with physics backgrounds who work towards a theoretical understanding of deep learning.