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Edward Houghton

Head of Research and Service Design | DG Cities London, United Kingdom
Edward Houghton

Biography

Ed Houghton is Head of Research and Service Design at DG Cities, an innovation company which specialises in smart city innovation through human-centred service design. Ed is a behavioural scientist and environmental engineer with extensive experience running qualitative and quantitative research in local authorities, academia, and both the private and third sector. Ed is an expert in economic and social evaluation, and has an interest in evidenc

Sessions

13:35h
Parallel Session | IOT Solutions World Congress

Trustworthy AI: Service Design Methodologies to Build Trustworthy Autonomous Vehicles

Edward Houghton
Edward Houghton DG Cities Head of Research and Service Design Speaker

#Autonomous Vehicles, #Buildings, #Connected Transportation, #Government, #Logistics, #Public Sector, #Smart Cities, #Supply Chain, #Transportation, #Warehousing

31-01-2023 13:35 31-01-2023 14:05 Europe/Madrid Trustworthy AI: Service Design Methodologies to Build Trustworthy Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles have the potential to radically change mobility in cities, but evidence shows that without trust public acceptance is unlikely. This session explores innovative consumer engagement and service design with members of the public to build trust and co-design autonomous vehicle services through physical trials and an innovative immersive virtual reality program to engage schools. This solution is designed to improve public trust and support technology deployment to support the delivery of city sustainability goals.

Room 2
Tue 31 13:35h - 14:05h Room 2
16:00h
Panel Discussion | IOT Solutions World Congress

Panel: AI and Ethics – Operationalizing Responsible AI

Shyam Nath
Shyam Nath Deloitte Specialist Leader Moderator/Presenter
Manuel Portela Charnejovsky
Manuel Portela Charnejovsky Universitat Pompeu Fabra Senior Postdoctoral Researcher Speaker
Edward Houghton
Edward Houghton DG Cities Head of Research and Service Design Speaker

01-02-2023 16:00 01-02-2023 16:45 Europe/Madrid Panel: AI and Ethics – Operationalizing Responsible AI

Recent rapid advancement of AI has driven a significant interest on ethical issues – from unintended consequences of using AI, securing AI from adversaries, to distributing wealth created by machines. While there are plenty of publications on Ethics and AI in recent years, they tend to stay at high-level providing general notion of trust and trustworthiness along some of the key principles. In this multi-stakeholder panel, we will discuss how to operationalize ethical AI in an organization - sharing best practices, challenges and lessons learned.

Room 4
Wed 1 16:00h - 16:45h Room 4

Pedro Mier

Pedro Mier holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineer ing from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, MBA from ESADE and PADE from IESE. He is currently President of AMETIC (Association of Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications Companies of Spain), Shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of TRYO Aerospace & Electronics, Board Member of the Premo Group and Committee of CTTC. member of Space Angels Network and Member of the Sc ientific Advisory

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