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15-Jan-2025

A new research program led by Concordia is Indigenizing artificial intelligence

Concordia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new initiative steered by Concordia researchers is challenging the conversation around the direction of artificial intelligence (AI). It charges that the current trajectory is inherently biased against non-Western modes of thinking about intelligence — especially those originating from Indigenous cultures.Abundant Intelligences is an international, multi-institutional and interdisciplinary program that seeks to rethink how we conceive of AI. The driving concept behind it is the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems to create an inclusive, robust concept of intelligence and intelligent action, and how that can be embedded into existing and future technologies.

Journal: AI & Society
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Research Coordinating Committee

15-Jan-2025

AIP launches 2025 Research Agenda, invites collaboration across the physical sciences

American Institute of Physics
Business Announcement

AIP is launching its first annual research agenda as part of a new strategy to explore pressing topics at the nexus of history, policy, and culture. The Institute’s 2025 agenda is the result of a monthslong engagement with stakeholders, including AIP’s 10 Member Societies, and throughout the year, AIP’s expert social scientists, historians, librarians, policy analysts, and archivists will work on projects to identify issues where social science, policy analysis, and historical research could provide useful context as the physical sciences community seeks to engage in positive change in how our science is done and by whom.

15-Jan-2025

Armed conflict in Africa may hamper girls’ educational attainment nearby

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Across 28 countries in Africa, armed conflict within 25 kilometers of a female primary school student’s household is associated with a reduction in schooling of 0.38 years by the time she reaches adolescence – while male students do not experience a similar effect. Xiao Hui Tai of the University of California, Davis, U.S., presents these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on January 15, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

15-Jan-2025

How improving education could close maternal heart health gaps

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research has established a clear link between racial and ethnic disparities in maternal heart health and higher risks of preterm birth, preeclampsia and cardiovascular issues for Black and Hispanic mothers and their babies.

Journal: Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

15-Jan-2025

Simon Fraser University awarded $22.9 million to lead National Invention to Innovation (I2I) network expansion

Simon Fraser University
Grant and Award Announcement

Simon Fraser University (SFU) has been awarded approximately $23 million in funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Lab to Market program, to expand their award-winning Invention to Innovation (i2I) suite of programs over the next five years. The i2I programs provide bilingual innovation and entrepreneurship training for graduate students, researchers and faculty in STEM and healthcare fields.

15-Jan-2025

What a magic school bus taught us about science education

Virginia Tech
Grant and Award Announcement

Matthew Wisnioski, associate professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Science, Technology, and Society, received a National Science Foundation grant to explore the history of “The Magic School Bus,” and to better understand how multimedia, educational entertainment experiments transformed science education.

15-Jan-2025

Miami University and Cleveland Clinic announce partnership to advance education in quantum computing

Cleveland Clinic
Business Announcement

Oxford, OH and Cleveland, OH – January 15, 2025 -  Miami University and Cleveland Clinic are partnering to advance education in quantum computing and elevate Ohio’s global position in this transformative field. Through an innovative partnership, Ohio’s first specialized degree programs and research experiences in quantum computing will be established. This initiative also will cultivate scientific and entrepreneurial talent to develop companies, elevate businesses, and advance organizations that leverage quantum computing.