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PRESENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Dawscon-Logo_final\"\n

Montreal’s FREE Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Students, Industry, and Educators<\/strong><\/p>\n

Featuring Student Talks & Weekend Data Storytelling Challenge\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAWS<\/strong>CON at Dawson College | March 24-26<\/h3>\n

Dawson College will be hosting a free conference and weekend Data Journalism challenge<\/a> in Montreal aimed at students and educators of any background.<\/p>\n

Attendees will be exposed to a wide range of AI topics from ethics and bias to data manipulation and machine learning. Presentations will be given by Dawson students and faculty from the AI Teaching and Research Communities of Practice as well as partner organizations, external researchers and industry professionals.<\/p>\n

Talks will take place on Friday, March 24 and the day will end with networking and the challenge kick off. The rest of the weekend will be devoted to workshops and the Data Journalism Challenge open to teams of college students.<\/p>\n

DawsCon 2023 is proud to feature student lightning talk sessions. College students (current or graduated) are invited to present their work or interest.<\/p>\n

The 2023 Dawscon Conference program can be found here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Conference Schedule – Friday, March 24<\/h3>\n

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8:00-8:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[rm 5B.13 lounge area] <\/strong>Registration & Networking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30-8:45<\/strong><\/td>\n[A1 rm 5B.16]\u00a0<\/strong>Rotshenn\u00f3n:ni Two-Axe — <\/em>Welcome
\nJoel Trudeau — <\/em>DawsonAI: An Overview of AI Initiatives for Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45-9:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[A2, rm 5B.16]<\/strong>\u00a0 Elham Kheradmand <\/em>— AI For Social Good<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30-10:15<\/strong><\/td>\n[B1, rm 5B.16]<\/strong> Saba Hamedi & Patrick Downing<\/em> — Cybersecurity, Quantum, and AI Applications in Finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15-11:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[C1, rm 5B.16]<\/strong> Ken Fogel<\/em> — Java-Friendly Machine Learning with JSR381 VisRec<\/td>\n[C2, rm 3F.43]<\/strong>\u00a0Nick Gertler <\/em>— Beyond the Questionnaire: An Algorithmic Impact Assessment for Education (interactive session)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00-11:45<\/strong><\/td>\n[D1, rm 5B.16]<\/strong> Henri Tremblay<\/em> — After Java 8: The cool stuff<\/td>\n[D2, rm 3F.43]<\/strong> Reshem Khan\u00a0<\/em>— Societal Implications of AI and Emerging Technologies: Positioning for the Future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00-13:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[rm 5B.13] <\/strong>LUNCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00-14:15<\/strong><\/td>\n[rm 5B.16]<\/strong> Keynote:<\/strong> Hugo Larochelle – <\/em>Deep Learning – A Revolution in Artificial Intelligence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30-16:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[E, rm 3F.38]<\/strong> DawsonAI AI Teaching CoP led by Robert Stephens <\/em>\u00a0— ChatGPT Workshop and Roundtable Discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00-15:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[F1, rm 3F.43]<\/strong>\u00a0 Bessam Abdulrazak<\/em> — From IoT to Applied AI for Well-being and Healthy Aging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:30-16:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[G1, rm 3F.43]<\/strong> Sourour Ben Cheikh & Bernard Duval — <\/em>Mitacs Research Opportunities at the College Level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00-17:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[H1, rm 3F.43]<\/strong> Applied AI Student Institute Internships: Updates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00-18:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[rm 3F.43]<\/strong> Networking and Data Journalism Challenge Kickoff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Data Journalism Challenge – Friday, March 24 to Sunday, March 26<\/h3>\n

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See schedule here<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nWorkshop preparation and judging information to be announced.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PR\u00c9SENTE<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Dawscon-Logo_final\"\n

Conf\u00e9rence GRATUITE de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pour les \u00e9tudiants, l’industrie, et les \u00e9ducateurs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pr\u00e9sentations \u00e9tudiantes et d\u00e9fi de journalisme de donn\u00e9es le week-end\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DAWS<\/strong>CON au Coll\u00e8ge Dawson | 24-26 mars<\/h3>\n

Le Coll\u00e8ge Dawson accueillera une conf\u00e9rence gratuite et un d\u00e9fi de journalisme de donn\u00e9es<\/a> \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, destin\u00e9 aux \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9ducateurs de tous horizons.<\/p>\n

Les participants seront expos\u00e9s \u00e0 une large gamme de sujets en IA, allant de l\u2019\u00e9thique et les biais \u00e0 la manipulation des donn\u00e9es et l\u2019apprentissage automatique. Les pr\u00e9sentations seront donn\u00e9es par des \u00e9tudiants et des professeurs de Dawson, des communaut\u00e9s de pratique sur l\u2019enseignement et la recherche en IA, ainsi que par des organisations partenaires, des chercheurs externes et des professionnels de l\u2019industrie.<\/p>\n

Les pr\u00e9sentations auront lieu le vendredi 24 mars et la journ\u00e9e se terminera par des s\u00e9ances de r\u00e9seautage et le lancement du d\u00e9fi. Le reste du week-end sera consacr\u00e9 aux ateliers et au d\u00e9fi de journalisme de donn\u00e9es ouvert aux \u00e9quipes d\u2019\u00e9tudiants coll\u00e9giaux.<\/p>\n

DawsCon 2023 est fier de pr\u00e9senter des sessions de \u00ab lightning talks \u00bb d\u2019\u00e9tudiants. Les \u00e9tudiants coll\u00e9giaux (actuels ou dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s) sont invit\u00e9s \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter leur travail ou leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats.<\/p>\n

Le programme de la conf\u00e9rence Dawscon 2023 est disponible ici<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Programme de la Conf\u00e9rence – Vendredi 24 mars<\/h3>\n

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8:00-8:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[salle 5B.13] <\/strong>Inscription & R\u00e9seautage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30-8:45<\/strong><\/td>\n[A1, salle 5B.16]\u00a0<\/strong>Rotshenn\u00f3n:ni Two-Axe — <\/em>Accueil
\nJoel Trudeau — <\/em>DawsonAI : Un aper\u00e7u des initiatives en IA pour l’\u00e9ducation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45-9:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[A2, salle 5B.16]<\/strong>\u00a0Elham Kheradmand<\/em> — IA pour le bien social<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30-10:15<\/strong><\/td>\n[B1, salle 5B.16]<\/strong> Saba Hamedi & Patrick Downing<\/em> — Cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9, quantique, et applications de l’IA en finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15-11:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[C1, salle 5B.16]<\/strong> Ken Fogel<\/em> — Apprentissage automatique compatible avec Java avec JSR381 VisRec<\/td>\n[C2, salle 3F.43]<\/strong> Nick Gertler<\/em> — Au-del\u00e0 du questionnaire : une \u00e9valuation de l’impact algorithmique pour l’\u00e9ducation (session interactive)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00-11:45<\/strong><\/td>\n[D1, salle 5B.16]<\/strong> Henri Tremblay<\/em> — Apr\u00e8s Java 8 : Les nouveaut\u00e9s int\u00e9ressantes<\/td>\n[D2, salle 3F.43]<\/strong> Reshem Khan<\/em> — Implications soci\u00e9tales de l’IA et des technologies \u00e9mergentes : se pr\u00e9parer pour l’avenir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00-13:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[salle 5B.13] <\/strong>D\u00c9JEUNER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00-14:15<\/strong><\/td>\n[salle 5B.16]<\/strong> Conf\u00e9rence principale :<\/strong> Hugo Larochelle – <\/em>Apprentissage profond – Une r\u00e9volution en intelligence artificielle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30-16:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[E, salle 3F.38]<\/strong> Communaut\u00e9 de pratique sur l’enseignement de l’IA dirig\u00e9e par Robert Stephens <\/em>\u00a0— Atelier ChatGPT et discussion table ronde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00-15:30<\/strong><\/td>\n[F1, salle 3F.43]<\/strong>\u00a0Bessam Abdulrazak<\/em> — De l’IoT \u00e0 l’IA appliqu\u00e9e pour le bien-\u00eatre et le vieillissement en bonne sant\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:30-16:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[G1, salle 3F.43]<\/strong> Sourour Ben Cheikh & Bernard Duval<\/em> — Opportunit\u00e9s de recherche Mitacs au niveau coll\u00e9gial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00-17:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[H1, salle 3F.43]<\/strong> Instituts \u00e9tudiants en IA appliqu\u00e9e : Mises \u00e0 jour sur les stages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00-18:00<\/strong><\/td>\n[salle 3F.43]<\/strong> R\u00e9seautage et lancement du d\u00e9fi de journalisme de donn\u00e9es<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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D\u00e9fi de Journalisme de Donn\u00e9es – Vendredi 24 mars au Dimanche 26 mars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Voir le programme ici<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nInformations sur la pr\u00e9paration des ateliers et l’\u00e9valuation \u00e0 venir.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Speakers\/Conf\u00e9renciers<\/h3>\n\n