  {"id":228,"date":"2024-03-11T18:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T22:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2025-03-02T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:10:18","slug":"trustworthy-ai-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/trustworthy-ai-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Trustworthy AI Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/03\/maximalfocus-HakTxidk36I-unsplash-scaled.jpg); background-position: 43% 31%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.750);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Trustworthy AI Lab\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/CU_Sprott_TIMFull_Logo_Horizontal_CMYK_Red_Black_on_light-copy-1024x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/CU_Sprott_TIMFull_Logo_Horizontal_CMYK_Red_Black_on_light-copy-1024x220.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/CU_Sprott_TIMFull_Logo_Horizontal_CMYK_Red_Black_on_light-copy-512x110.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/CU_Sprott_TIMFull_Logo_Horizontal_CMYK_Red_Black_on_light-copy-320x69.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/CU_Sprott_TIMFull_Logo_Horizontal_CMYK_Red_Black_on_light-copy-768x165.jpg 768w, 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text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#the-trustworthy-ai-lab-tim-carleton-university\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        The Trustworthy AI Lab @ TIM, 杏吧原创 University\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#lab-members\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Lab Members\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#teaching-activities\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Teaching Activities\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.3\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#new-pilot-project-assessing-trustworthiness-of-generative-ai-applications-in-the-context-higher-education\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        New Pilot Project: Assessing Trustworthiness of Generative AI Applications in the Context Higher Education\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.4\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#approach\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Approach\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-trustworthy-ai-lab-tim-carleton-university\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">The Trustworthy AI Lab @ TIM, 杏吧原创 University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the Trustworthy AI Lab is to advance AI research, education, policy and best practices to support the adoption of ethical, responsible, mindful, sustainable and trustworthy AI systems and digital technologies in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trustworthy AI Lab is hosted and managed by the Technology Innovation Management Program at 杏吧原创 University. It is an interdisciplinary initiative involving multiple international researchers from various disciplines and providing a peer forum for academic and industrial research, value creation projects and applications. In addition, the Lab offers workshops and continuous learning possibilities for citizens, local and regional private entities, professionals, engineers and developers, and students who want to learn more about the ethical and trustworthy use of AI technologies and systems. A key aspect of the Trustworthy AI Lab is the engagement and support of student projects focusing on the evaluation of the trustworthiness of AI systems and digital technologies adopted by external organizations from both the private and public sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trustworthy AI Lab is affiliated with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/z-inspection.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Z-Inspection\u00ae<\/a> initiative. It adopts the Z-inspection trustworthiness process in combination with a comprehensive design thinking approach to the assessment of the trustworthiness of real-life AI systems and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"lab-members\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Lab Members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/profile\/stoyan-tanev\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Stoyan Tanev<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Associate Professor, TIM Program, Sprott School of Business, 杏吧原创 University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/profile\/somaieh-nikpoor\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Somaieh Nikpoor<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Adjunct Professor, TIM Program, Sprott School of Business; Lead-AI Strategy and Data Science at the Government of Canada; Certified Z-Inspection Teaching Professional<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:tonybailetti@cunet.carleton.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Tony <\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/profile\/tony-bailetti\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bailetti<\/a><\/strong>, PhD, Associate Professor, TIM Program, Sprott School of Business, 杏吧原创 University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/profile\/nusa-fain\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nu\u0161a Fain<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Assistant Professor, TIM Program, Sprott School of Business, 杏吧原创 University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:DavidHudson@CUNET.CARLETON.CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>David <\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tim\/profile\/david-hudson\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hudson<\/a><\/strong>, PhD, Adjunct Professor, TIM Program, Sprott School of Business; ICT Advisor at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:roberto@zicari.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Roberto V. Zicari<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Affiliated professor, Yrkesh\u00f6gskolan Arcada, Helsinki, Finland; Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:Norman.Vinson@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Norm Vinson<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Research Officer at National Research Council Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"teaching-activities\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Teaching Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trustworthy AI Lab members are currently involved in the following educational activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TIMG 5204, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, A summer Masters-level course of the Technology Innovation Management Program structured around the Z-Inspection evaluation framework.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Thinking for Digital Transformation (DT4DT) \u2013 3 days professional development program for aspiring professionals and managers interested in adopting trustworthy digital technologies in driving digital business transformation initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/z-inspection.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Z-Inspection\u00ae<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is a holistic process used to evaluate the trustworthiness of AI-based technologies at different stages of the AI lifecycle. It focuses, in particular, on the identification and discussion of ethical issues and tensions through the elaboration of socio-technical scenarios. It uses the European Union\u2019s High-Level Expert Group\u2019s (EU HLEG) guidelines for trustworthy AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/z-inspection.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Z-Inspection\u00ae<\/a>&nbsp;process is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons (Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike CC BY-NC-SA) license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/z-inspection.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Z-Inspection\u00ae<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is listed in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/oecd.ai\/en\/catalogue\/tools\/z-inspection\">OECD Catalogue of AI Tools &amp; Metrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"new-pilot-project-assessing-trustworthiness-of-generative-ai-applications-in-the-context-higher-education\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">New Pilot Project: Assessing Trustworthiness of Generative AI Applications in the Context Higher Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trustworthy AI Lab @ TIM, 杏吧原创 University&nbsp;is participating in this pilot project of the Z-inspection\u00ae initiative which aims at assessing the use of Generative AI in use cases emerging within the context of higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pilot project focuses on assessing the ethical, technical, domain-specific (i.e. higher education) and legal implications of the use of Generative AI-products\/services within the university context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We follow the UNESCO guidance for policymakers on AI and education, in particular, the policy recommendation 6: Pilot testing, monitoring and evaluation, and building an evidence base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"approach\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage and support students to adopt the Z-Inspection\u00ae process in identifying and engaging with an interdisciplinary team of experts for the sake of assessing the trustworthiness of Generative AI for their specific final Master projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/z-inspection.org\/pilot-project-assessing-trustworthiness-of-the-use-of-generative-ai-for-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn More 杏吧原创 The Pilot Project <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trustworthy AI Lab @ TIM, 杏吧原创 University The mission of the Trustworthy AI Lab is to advance AI research, education, policy and best practices to support the adoption of ethical, responsible, mindful, sustainable and trustworthy AI systems and digital technologies in general. 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