CAEPIA'24 Speakers
PLENARY TALK
José María Lassalle
José María Lassalle
José María Lassalle (Santander, 1966) is a PhD in Law. He began his his professional career as a researcher and professor at the University of Cantabria and the University Carlos III of Madrid. He was the scientific coordinator of the Centro de Estudios Hispánicos e Iberoamericanos of the Foundation Carolina and later, director of this institution.
In 2004 he began his political activity as a member of the Spanish Congress for Cantabria. He combined his dedication to politics with his teaching activity at the San Pablo-CEU University at the Universidad San Pablo-CEU and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. In 2011, he was appointed Secretary of State for Culture and in 2016 for Digital Agenda. In July 2018 he left politics.
He is the author of numerous essays and academic publications on political thought and Anglo-Saxon philosophy and writes for El País and La Vanguardia. He is also a contributor to Las mañanas de RNE and La SER.He is currently a private consultant and analyst; Director of the Forum for Technological Humanism of ESADE; member of the Open Internet Governance Institute of ESADE, member of the Board of Directors of the Cercle d'Economia de Barcelona, member of the Advisory Council of AMETIC, trustee of the National Library and the Hermes Foundation.
He is a professor of Philosophy of Law at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).
His latest essays include The Wounded Liberalism. Vindication of freedom in the face of liberty in the face of the nostalgia of authoritarianism and Ciberleviathan. The collapse of the liberal democracy against the digital revolution, both with Arpa editorial.
AI and human authenticity
The reflection I propose is the need to develop a public policy that defines an ethic of human authenticity that, based on Hans Jonas's principle of responsibility human authenticity that, based on Hans Jonah's principle of responsibility, attributes to human beings the task of human beings the task of governing AI from a purpose of preservation of the anthropological and cultural foundations that, according to Hannah Arendt, define the human condition.
PLENARY TALK
Amparo Alonso Betanzos
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Amparo Alonso Betanzos
Amparo Alonso Betanzos is a University Professor in the area of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, at the Universidade da Coruña (UDC), and its TIC centre, CITIC. Her current lines of research are the development of Scalable, Explainable and Sustainable Machine Learning models, and agent-based models for sustainability, among others. She has been Vice Dean and Erasmus Coordinator (1999-2005), Director of the Department of Computing (2007-09), Coordinator of the Intelligent Systems Specialty of the Master in Computer Science (2006-07) and Coordinator of the University Master's Degree in Bioinformatics for Computer Sciences. Health (2016-17), at the Faculty of Informatics of the UDC, and deputy to the Rector for Artificial Intelligence (2019-2023). As a researcher, she has published more than 270 articles in scientific journals and international conferences, books and book chapters. She has participated in more than 30 competitive regional, national and European research and transfer projects. She was President of the Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence from 2013-2021. She was a member of the “Reserve List” of the High Level Group of European Experts on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG), since 2018. She has participated as a member of the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MINCIU), for the drafting of the Spanish R&D&I Strategy in Artificial Intelligence in 2018. He is currently a member of CAIA, the Government Advisory Commission on Artificial Intelligence, since 2020, as well as Member of the Spanish Research Ethics Committee, since 2023. She is a corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain, since 2023. She is also a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM, as well as Advisory Board member of the Chair of AI and Democracy of the EU. She has received several awards, including the Helena Rubinstein-UNESCO “Women in Science” in Spain and European finalist (1998), Galicia TIC Award for Digital Innovation (2004), Galicia TIC Award for professional career (2019), Josefa Award Wonenburger Planells of the Xunta de Galicia, (2020), Galician Award of the year, 2020, Grupo Correo Gallego and Honorary Member of the College of Computer Engineers of Galicia in 2023.
Towards a more sustainable AI
The success of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has so far relied on the development of increasingly precise, but also more complex models, with a greater number of parameters to estimate. The transparency and explainability of the models are lower, and the energy cost resulting from training and executing them has increased significantly, with estimates suggesting that by 2030 AI may be responsible for more than 30% of the planet's energy consumption. In this context, green and responsible AI emerges, characterized by smaller carbon footprints, smaller model sizes, lower computational complexity, and greater transparency. There are various strategies to achieve this, such as providing algorithms with higher-quality data, developing more efficient models, or improving the energy efficiency of models. These issues are presented as key elements to move towards a more ethical and responsible AI, promoting the democratization of technology, strengthening citizens' confidence in its use, and advancing compliance with EU regulations.