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Sustainable AI

It's about time somebody is taking up the challenge of naming the elephant in the room when it comes to train and deploy current AI solutions. They are NOT sustainable at all! I do not only tell you why, but I also tell you how to solve the current problems. I end with a positive scenario for our grandchildren.

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Mixed Dutch & English
Target audience: Everyone who wants to learn more about sustainable AI

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Highlights

  • A very short history of AI
  • Why current AI is not sustainable for Humans
  • Why current AI is not sustainable for the Planet
  • How to make AI sustainable for Humans
  • How to make AI sustainable for the Planet
  • Seven real-world sustainable Use Cases
  • Your roadmap towards Sustainable AI

Teacher / speaker

Erik Mannens

Erik Mannens is Director @ imec UAntwerp IDLab & Professor @ UAntwerp (Sustainable AI) and @ Ghent University (Semantic Intelligence). Since 2005 he has successfully managed +160 "interdisciplinary" projects (amounting 30M euro of Funding for his team) and teams of 50 to 125 researchers. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science Engineering (2011) at UGent, his Masters degree in Computer Science (1995) at K.U. Leuven University & his Masters degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (1992) at KAHO Ghent.

Being 50+, from now on I tend to only take on new projects who will have a positive & lasting impact on Society and "Spaceship Earth" as a whole! #SustainableDevelopmentGoals ... As such, I took on the Operational Lead of SOLID Lab Flanders for half a year in 2022 and now I am heading imec UAntwerp IDLab where we're working towards Sustainable AI. As such, I now head a Data Science team of +125 Wireless Communication & AI Experts that research all aspects of the Sustainability of AI.

Expertise: Sustainable AI & Ethical AI

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