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We Come In Peace II: A Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence in our Communities

The Northeast Ohio ACM Professional Chapter, in collaboration with the Artificial Intelligence Journal and the ACM AI Special Interest Group, is hosting a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence in our Ohio communities. The panel will discuss some of the most important and influential AI projects that are being implemented in Ohio, namely: Self-Driving Vehicles, Smart Cities, Robotics, and Cognitive Computing. It will cover the many hopeful scenarios that AI offers along with the challenges that have to be met when implementing AI technologies. This discussion entitled: “We Come In Peace II” will take place on:

Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 4:00 – 8:00 PM at Youngstown State University’s McDonough Museum of Art Auditorium, 525 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio.

The special guest moderator will be Nikola Danaylov, #1 bestselling author of the book “Conversations with the Future”. He is also a keynote speaker, Futurist, strategic adviser, popular International Blogger and Podcast host of “Singularity 1-on-1”. He is considered the “Larry King” of the Singularity.

The panelists will be:
Andrew Konya: Co-founder & CEO of Remesh, an Cleveland-based AI company.
Doug McCollough: CTO of Dublin Ohio
Dr. Shiqi Zhang: AI and Robotics Researcher at Cleveland State University
Dr. Jay Ramanathan: Executive Director of Arthapedia.zone
Paul Carlson: Intelligent Community Strategist for Columbus Ohio
Dr. Mark Vopat: Professor of Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics at Youngstown State University

AI technology and applications are apart of our daily lives. There are AI startups and efforts popping all over Ohio but there has not been a platform where the community can be properly informed about this technology or a means in which they can express their concerns. NEOACM is trying to provide that platform! In part 1 that took place last year at Kent State University, the panel discussed the basic meaning of AI and some of the general challenges. With part 2, we want to continue this discussion by talking about specific efforts and applications in Ohio. Prior to the discussion, there will be 3 presentations from 4:00 – 5:00 PM:

Andrew Konya from Remesh will discuss his AI software that summarizes group discussions
Cameron Hughes from Ctest Labs will give a presentation on their approach to Intelligent robot programming
Chris Slee from AWH will discuss the difference between AI and Machine Learning and how ML can be used for business.