Breaking Ground Without Breaking Rules: Navigating the Frontier of AI Innovation and Governance
The integration of Artificial Intelligence into engineering disciplines has become a primary catalyst for modern breakthrough innovations. Meanwhile regulations and governance of AI have utmost importance to build the right guardrails and keep the pace of innovation. This talk provides a comprehensive overview of the maturing AI landscape across multiple industries before narrowing focus on a specific success story: the 15-year evolution of AI within wireless communications The potential and the limits of groundbreaking generative AI along with the responsible use of technology will be outlined.
About Dr. Erol-Kantarci:
Melike (Mel) Erol-Kantarci is a highly cited prolific researcher and an influential industry leader in AI in telecom. She is Strategic Product Manager for AI in RAN at Ericsson and Canada Research Chair in AI-enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Throughout her 15+ years of career in communications, she has received numerous awards and recognitions from technical societies. Dr. Erol-Kantarci is the co-editor of three books on smart grids, smart cities and intelligent transportation. She has over 250+ peer-reviewed publications with citations close to 12,000 and h-index 54. She is a sought-after speaker with 80+ keynotes, plenary talks and tutorials around the globe both at industry events and academic conferences. Dr. Erol-Kantarci serves on the editorial board of several IEEE transactions. She has acted as the general chair and the technical program chair for many international conferences and workshops. Most recently, she was the General Co-Charing the IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking 2024. She is also the Vice-chair of IEEE ComSoc emerging technologies initiative on Machine Learning for Communications. Her main research interests are AI-enabled wireless networks, 5G and 6G wireless communications, smart grid and Internet of Things. She was an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer between 2020-2023. She is an IEEE Fellow.
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