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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Shaina Raza is an Applied Machine Learning Scientist, Responsible AI, at the Vector Institute, specializing in Responsible AI, multimodal and agentic AI evaluation, fairness, AI safety, and sustainable AI. She leads and contributes to research on trustworthy AI evaluation frameworks, deepfake detection, bias mitigation, and responsible deployment of advanced AI systems. Her work spans both academic research and industry-facing initiatives, including Horizon Europe projects and open-source Responsible AI tools. She has been recognized as a Responsible AI Leader of the Year 2025 and an Emerging Leader 2026, and was named among Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientists in 2025.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
Practitioners will learn how to evaluate AI systems beyond accuracy—covering fairness, safety, robustness, explainability, and sustainability—so they can identify risks earlier, choose more efficient evaluation strategies, and make better deployment decisions.
Business Leaders: C-Level Executives, Project Managers, and Product Owners will get to explore best practices, methodologies, principles, and practices for achieving ROI.
Engineers, Researchers, Data Practitioners: Will get a better understanding of the challenges, solutions, and ideas being offered via breakouts & workshops on Natural Language Processing, Neural Nets, Reinforcement Learning, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Evolution Strategies, AutoML, and more.
Job Seekers: Will have the opportunity to network virtually and meet over 30+ Top Al Companies.
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