Dr. Iyad Rahwan

Bio: 

Iyad Rahwan is director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin,  where he founded and directs the Center for Humans & Machines. He is also an honorary professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin. Prior to moving to Berlin, he was an Associate Professor of Media Arts & Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A native of Aleppo, Syria, Rahwan holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Personal web page:  https://rahwan.me/

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Title:

Opportunities at the intersection of AI and behavioral science

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Date: September 21st, 2024 (Time: TBA)
Location: Auditorium/Virtual Talk
Conference Venus: The British University in Dubai

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Abstract:

This talk will outline a research agenda at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and behavioral science. It will summarize various research efforts to study machine behavior, as well as human perception of and preferences over such behavior. The talk will argue that this behavioral methodology will become increasingly relevant with the rise of large-scale, generative AI systems.

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