<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Dear AI/CS/ECE student<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">/</span>scientist/engineer/enthusiast,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">the International AI Doctoral Academy (</span><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AIDA</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">is excited to invite you to attend the upcoming
short e-course by Dr. Thomas Baudel "<b>Ethics & STICs</b>". ”.
This course will be held on <b>1 June to 5 July, 2024</b>, conducted online.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Key concepts</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">:  This course is focused on some specific types of
ethical issues encountered in information technologies including AI, which
deserve specific attention. If answering an ethical dilemma in bioethics is
often akin to answering the question “who are we?”, technology ethics
triggers more questions of the type “where are we going?”. This, in our
opinion, deserves a broad exposure.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Details</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Host Institution: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">University Paris-Saclay</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Level: all PhD students
and researchers in Information & Communication Sciences & Technologies</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>

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June – 5 July, 2024</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Join us and explore further: <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/ethics-stics/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.i-aida.org/course/ethics-stics/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Both</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> AIDA </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">and</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> non-AIDA students are encouraged to
participate in this course </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">for <b>free</b> </span></p>

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 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">AIDA Students</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt"> (PhD students/candidates, Post-doc researchers belonging to any
     AIDA </span><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration-line:none">Member</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">) should enroll on this
     course using the “ENROLL ON THIS COURSE” button on the <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/ethics-stics/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA course page</a>,
     so that this course is included on your AIDA Certificate of Course
     Attendance upon successful completion of the course. Please also follow
     the instructions on the <a href="https://www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/ethics-stics/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">course page</a>.</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">Students/participants <b>not</b> associated with any AIDA member
     can join the course by following the instructions on the <a href="https://www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/ethics-stics/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">course page</a>.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
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Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ai4media.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI4Media</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.elise-ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ELISE</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.humane-ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Humane AI Net</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://tailor-network.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">TAILOR</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.vision4ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">VISION</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">supports a world-level AI education and
research program. AIDA has regular lecture series, short courses, semester
courses, and seasonal schools with the participation of hundreds of academics
and serving a growing community of AI PhD students and researchers.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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