Recent years have brought rapid advances in artificial intelligence technologies, expanding the capabilities of AI systems to applications in numerous new fields. At the same time, many countries around the world have experienced increasingly serious effects of climate change, in particular in the form of extreme weather events. As these two trends develop in parallel, a range of new opportunities and challenges related to AI and climate change are starting to emerge. On the one hand, AI could help mitigate the climate crisis, helping researchers find cheaper alternatives to decarbonize our economy and aid assessment of exposure to climate risks. On the other hand, the increased demand for energy due to AI data centers is impacting efforts to decarbonize our energy systems. On December 2, 2024, the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings and Duke University will host an event exploring these important topics at the intersection of climate change and AI. The event will feature a keynote fireside chat followed by two expert panels exploring the role of AI in climate change. Viewers can join the conversation and ask questions in advance by emailing events@brookings.edu or on X @BrookingsEcon using the hashtag #AIandClimate. This event is a part of the Center on Regulation and Markets’ series on “Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations.” https://www.brookings.edu/events/leveraging-artificial-intelligence-to-tackle-climate-change/ Speaker(s): , , Agenda: Please find the agenda at this meeting site: https://www.brookings.edu/events/leveraging-artificial-intelligence-to-tackle-climate-change/ Thank You Bldg: The Brookings Institution Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, washington dc, District of Columbia, United States, 20036, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/447245

Why an equity lens is critical in the design and deployment of AI In 2023, the Center for Technology Innovation (CTI) at Brookings launched the AI Equity Lab, an interdisciplinary, cross-sector research and policy project aimed at finding solutions that lead to more inclusive artificial intelligence. Since its inception, the AI Equity Lab has engaged more than 60 distinguished experts who understand the intersection between AI and society to collaboratively assess and determine the opportunities and risks AI presents in critical areas, including education, health care, journalism, and criminal justice. On December 9, join the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings for an event with CTI Director and AI Equity Lab co-chair Nicol Turner Lee, who will provide an update on the work of the Lab and moderate a panel of experts who will share more about their findings and discuss why the framing of equity in human-centered AI is critical to advancing more democratized and ethical models. https://www.brookings.edu/events/why-an-equity-lens-is-critical-in-the-design-and-deployment-of-ai/ Please register here and at this meeting site. This event is hosted by IEEE NH Comm/Sig Society within IEEE. It originates from Brookings Institute. Agenda: https://www.brookings.edu/events/why-an-equity-lens-is-critical-in-the-design-and-deployment-of-ai/ Please register here and at this meeting site. This event is hosted by IEEE NH Comm/Sig Society within IEEE. It originates from Brookings Institute. Bldg: The Brookings Institution Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, washington dc, District of Columbia, United States

This is our year-end technical meeting and dinner honoring our past Chapter Chairs. Abstract We will begin with a brief overview of radiation effects in electronics, and their effect on reliability. Then we will cover the history of the discovery and our growing awareness of them, with special attention paid to the place of the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory (HCL)/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Rad Test program in that history. We will then look at what factors made HCL so prominent in the early work of understanding these effects, and why the re-purposing of equipment built at HCL for the MGH program was particularly useful in electronics reliability testing. Finally, we will finish with a few words on the future of the MGH test program. Speaker(s): Ethan Cascio Agenda: PLEASE NOTE THE NEW 5PM START TIME FOR THIS MEETING 5:00 PM Networking and light dinner 5:30 PM Technical Presentation 7:00 PM Questions and Answers 7:15 PM Informal Q&A and networking 7:30 PM Adjournment Bldg: Main Cafeteria, Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood St, Lexington, Massachusetts, United States, 02421, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/420285