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HKBU School of Communication to host AI-human-centred summit

Top AI scholars gather to explore AI advances and challenges for the next decade

3 March 2023

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, we are now on the brink of a new era where artificial humans (AH) will play an even more prominent and transformative role in our society. One notable example is the impact of language models like ChatGPT, which has recently revolutionised the way we educate, work and live.

As part of the need to integrate humanity and social science perspectives into the understanding of AI and AH and their impact, the School of Communication of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) will host the “Summit of Artificial Humans and Journal Announcement”, the first AI-Human centred summit in Hong Kong, on 6 March (Monday). The summit will bring together world-renowned scholars in AI and top researchers in natural and social sciences from Canada and six Hong Kong universities to engage in a critical analysis of humanistic involvements in AI, and to highlight evolving challenges and concerns related to AI developments in the next decade.

The summit will equally serve as a launch pad for the new journal Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans which will be announced as the second sister journal of Computers in Human Behavior. Professor William Cheung, Associate Vice-President (Undergraduate Programmes) and Professor at the Department of Computer Science; and Professor Celine Song, Professor at the Department of Journalism, School of Communication of HKBU, will serve as the founding editorial members.

You are cordially invited to send a reporter/photographer to cover the event.

Details of the Summit are as follows:

Date: 6 March 2023 (Monday)

Time: 2:30 - 4:30pm

Venue: WLB 109, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Shaw Campus, HKBU (34 Renfrew Rd, Kowloon Tong)

*No registration needed.

Seminar hosts:

  • Professor Steve GUO, Interim Dean of School of Communication, HKBU
  • Professor ZHONG Bu, Head of Department of Interactive Media, School of Communication, HKBU; Senior Editor of Computers in Human Behavior
  • Professor Celine SONG, Department of Journalism, School of Communication, HKBU; Editorial Board Member of Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans

Welcome speeches:

  • Professor Alexander WAI, President and Vice-Chancellor, HKBU (Video address)
  • Professor Steve GUO, Interim Dean of School of Communication, HKBU

Journal announcement：

  • Professor Matthieu GUITTON, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of International Studies, Laval University, Canada; Editor-in-Chief of Computers in Human Behavior and Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans

Keynote speakers:

  • Professor CAO Jiannong, Department of Computing and Dean of Graduate School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Professor Matthieu GUITTON, Editor-in-Chief of Computers in Human Behavior (CHB) and CHB: Artificial Humans; Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of International Studies of Laval University, Canada
  • Professor GUO Yike, Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Professor S Joe QIN, Acting Dean of School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong; President Designate of Lingnan University
  • Professor WANG Yang, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Video address)
  • Professor Martin DF WONG, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Professor XU Dong, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong
  • Professor ZHONG Bu, Head, Department of Interactive Media, School of Communication, HKBU; Senior Editor of Computers in Human Behavior

About the new journal:

Computers in Human Behavior (CHB) is a scholarly journal dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective. It is the world’s leading journal in its field (with a high impact factor of 8.957) published by Elsevier. The journal addresses the use of computers in psychology, psychiatry, and related disciplines as well as the psychological impact of computer use on individuals, groups, and society.

In 2020, CHB launched the Computers in Human Behavior Report (CHB Report), a sister journal which examines human computer interactions and the impact of computers on human behaviour from diverse interdisciplinary angles. The latest CHB flagship, Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, will be published within 2023 by Elsevier and will be dedicated to exploring issues in AI through social science dimensions like philosophy and ethics.
 

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Media enquiries:

Patricia Chan of the School of Communication (Tel: 3411-7875, Email: patricia@hkbu.edu.hk)

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