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ECE Seminar Series: Wednesday, January 29

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By Jenn Ambrose
Free Public Seminar - Wednesdays at 10:30 AM - Micron Engineering Center, Room 114

Featuring Randy K. Rannow, Engineering Director at Silverdraft Supercomputing and IEEE Boise Section Chair


Ethics, Privacy, Bias, Transparency, and Standards Development: A High-Performance Computing Perspective

With the ever-evolving use of artificial intelligence, ethics-related matters (privacy, bias, transparency) are surfacing as the speed of innovation (especially in high-performance computing) continues to increase. There are many complex ethics-related matters to be considered, including the various standards development organizations that have initiated activities to further explore ethics-related matters.

This presentation will provide an overview of a standard development process that adheres to fair and equitable processes, ensure the highest quality outputs, and reinforces the market relevance of standards. Specific IEEE standards activities related to Ethically Aligned Design will also be discussed.

SPEAKER BIO | Rannow has more than 25 years of professional experience in academia, industry, and aerospace/defense as an individual contributor and team leader. With a formal background in condensed matter physics, he has broad knowledge in product development and applied research and well as high volume manufacturing.



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