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On May 27th and 28th, Zahra Ahmadi and Joelma Peixoto had the incredible opportunity to attend the Accessible Canada - Accessible World / Un Canada accessible - Un monde accessible Conference.

We’re excited to announce that two new graduate students are joining the Trustworthy AI Lab. First, an official welcome to PhD student Andrew Putman. Andrew joined the lab earlier this year while completing their master’s degree from the Faculty of Health Sciences, here at Ontario Tech.

Zahra Ahmadi has been featured in the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) recorded discussion to honour #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay (GAAD) in a meeting with almost 150 participants! Akriti Pandey, of CNIB, and Zahra Ahmadi had an insightful discussion on the importance of inclusive and accessible AI technologies, existing gaps and limitations associated with AI-based assistive technologies.

Trustworthy AI Lab Director and Canada Research Chair Dr. Peter Lewis was featured as an invited panellist at a recent public event on ‘AI and the Future of Education’, with a focus on post-secondary education, hosted by the Enoch Tuner Schoolhouse Foundation.

Huge congratulations to Nathan Lloyd, now Nathan Lloyd, ABD, for passing his PhD candidacy exam – with flying colours. Some excellent feedback, too. A huge thank you to Dr. Karthik Sankaranarayanan, Dr.

On April 10th, the Trustworthy AI Lab members headed up to Port Perry for our annual retreat. The purpose of this retreat is for the Lab’s members to take a step back from their day-to-day, to get to know each other a little better, reflect on how we are together, and how we would like things to be going forward.

On April 2nd, Zahra Ahmadi and Nathan Lloyd participated in a Graduate Poster and Demo Showcase hosted at Ontario Tech University, organized by the Computer Science Graduate Association, and colocated with the Faculty of Business and Information Technology’s Capstone Showcase.

We have had the pleasure of having Marieke van Otterdijk, a Doctoral Research Fellow from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo join us over the past fortnight.

Through our continued partnership with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), Trustworthy AI Lab members Zahra Atf and Zahra Ahmadi lead a session and discussion on accessible AI at CNIB’s Co-Design Festival.

We are excited to announce new additions to the team! Welcome Dr. Stanard Pachong who will be investigating machine learning techniques to analyze digitized blood stain patterns in partnership with the Forensic Chemistry & Materials Lab at Ontario Tech.