AI Ethics - Past, Present, and Future is presented by Nicholas Berente, Professor of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations at the Mendoza College of Business and Dr. Heather Domin, Global Leader, Responsible AI Initiatives, IBM Office of Privacy &Responsible Technology. Berente studies how digital innovations such as artificial intelligence technologies drive change in organizations and institutions. He teaches courses on Strategic Business Technology and is Co-Director of the GAMA Lab and affiliated faculty in Notre Dame's Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, as well as the Notre Dame Center for Technology Ethics. Domin has been instrumental in developing and executing foundational practices in AI ethics and governance, including building IBM's Ethics by Design program and its Algorithmic Impact Assessment. As Associate Director of the Notre Dame - IBM Tåch Ethics Lab, she has shaped a robust industry-academic ecosystem and delivered novel research. As a World Economic Forum Fellow, she has provided executive and research leadership on research centered on generative AI. This is the seventh of eight lectures in the Ten Years Hence Speaker Series which will focus on Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Peril. See the website for details on additional lectures and speaker bios. All lectures are free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public. No tickets or registration required. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment.  

AI Ethics - Past, Present, and Future is presented by Nicholas Berente, Professor of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations at the Mendoza College of Business and Dr. Heather Domin, Global Leader, Responsible AI Initiatives, IBM Office of Privacy &Responsible Technology. Berente studies how digital innovations such as artificial intelligence technologies drive change in organizations and institutions. He teaches courses on Strategic Business Technology and is Co-Director of the GAMA Lab and affiliated faculty in Notre Dame's Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, as well as the Notre Dame Center for Technology Ethics. Domin has been instrumental in developing and executing foundational practices in AI ethics and governance, including building IBM's Ethics by Design program and its Algorithmic Impact Assessment. As Associate Director of the Notre Dame - IBM Tåch Ethics Lab, she has shaped a robust industry-academic ecosystem and delivered novel research. As a World Economic Forum Fellow, she has provided executive and research leadership on research centered on generative AI. This is the seventh of eight lectures in the Ten Years Hence Speaker Series which will focus on Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Peril. See the website for details on additional lectures and speaker bios. All lectures are free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public. No tickets or registration required. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment.  

“And is Only Raining”: post-catastrophic Irelands in contemporary fiction Dr Aran Ward Sell is W. B. Yeats Fellow in Irish literature at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, based in the Department of English. His work has appeared in Irish Studies Review, C21 Literature, Alluvium, HJEAS, Antae and elsewhere, and at conferences in the UK, Malta and Belgium. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He specializes in contemporary modernist, experimental and “weird” fiction, and the aftermaths of economic and environmental crisis. In this talk he will introduce himself to the department, and discuss recent fictional Irelands ravaged by the aftermaths of anthropogenic crisis, focusing on Danny Denton’s debut novel The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow (2018).

“And is Only Raining”: post-catastrophic Irelands in contemporary fiction Dr Aran Ward Sell is W. B. Yeats Fellow in Irish literature at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, based in the Department of English. His work has appeared in Irish Studies Review, C21 Literature, Alluvium, HJEAS, Antae and elsewhere, and at conferences in the UK, Malta and Belgium. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He specializes in contemporary modernist, experimental and “weird” fiction, and the aftermaths of economic and environmental crisis. In this talk he will introduce himself to the department, and discuss recent fictional Irelands ravaged by the aftermaths of anthropogenic crisis, focusing on Danny Denton’s debut novel The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow (2018).

This drop-in tour will introduce you to your new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Join a student gallery teacher to explore the architecture of the building through some of its most unique spaces, revisit familiar favorites from the collection, and discover works of art on view for the first time. Meet at the Welcome Desk. No registration is required, but each tour is limited to twenty participants. This tour will explore all gallery levels of the Museum. Although the tour will keep moving between spaces, gallery stools are available upon request.

This drop-in tour will introduce you to your new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Join a student gallery teacher to explore the architecture of the building through some of its most unique spaces, revisit familiar favorites from the collection, and discover works of art on view for the first time. Meet at the Welcome Desk. No registration is required, but each tour is limited to twenty participants. This tour will explore all gallery levels of the Museum. Although the tour will keep moving between spaces, gallery stools are available upon request.

The English Conversation Table (ECT -- formerly English Language Table) is a great chance to practice English with both native and non-native speakers and to make some new friends in the process. It is free and open to anyone at Notre Dame. Spring 2024 ECT Schedule: The English Conversation Table meets on Friday evenings at 5:00-6:00 pm. Here are the meeting dates for the spring semester. The location will be 220E Bond Hall unless otherwise specified.January 19 and 26 February 9 and 23 March 8 and 22 April 5 and 19 May 3For more information or to be added to the participants' email list, contact Josh Barthuly (barthulyjosh@gmail.com).

The English Conversation Table (ECT -- formerly English Language Table) is a great chance to practice English with both native and non-native speakers and to make some new friends in the process. It is free and open to anyone at Notre Dame. Spring 2024 ECT Schedule: The English Conversation Table meets on Friday evenings at 5:00-6:00 pm. Here are the meeting dates for the spring semester. The location will be 220E Bond Hall unless otherwise specified.January 19 and 26 February 9 and 23 March 8 and 22 April 5 and 19 May 3For more information or to be added to the participants' email list, contact Josh Barthuly (barthulyjosh@gmail.com).