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Elective Course: Responsible AI

Title
Elective Course: Responsible AI
Semester
E2023
Master programme in
Computer Science / Digital Transformation
Type of activity

Course

Teaching language
English
Study regulation

Read about the Master Programme and find the Study Regulations at ruc.dk

REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE
Registration

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Number of participants
ECTS
5
Responsible for the activity
Jens Ulrik Hansen (jensuh@ruc.dk)
Head of study
Henrik Bulskov (bulskov@ruc.dk)
Teachers
Study administration
IMT Registration & Exams (imt-exams@ruc.dk)
Exam code(s)
U60596
ACADEMIC CONTENT
Overall objective

The purpose of elective courses is to give the student opportunitities to specialize within a specific subject area, where the student acquires knowledge, skills and competences in order to translate theories, methods and solutions ideas into their own practice.

Detailed description of content

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a technology is seeing a rapid increase of use-cases across all domains. While many of these applications of AI help advance humanity and help us in our daily lives, there are also a growing number of cases that are deeply concerning such as AI used to derive sentences in the court of law, profile socially disadvantaged, or surveil citizens, as well as numerous cases of AI systems being biased against minority groups. Thus, although the benefits of implementing AI systems are to great not to give up the technology, we need to be really careful in choosing which AI systems to develop and how to develop them – we need Responsible AI!

In this course, we will look both at the challenges of AI systems, as mentioned above, but also at possible responsible ways to mitigate these challenges. More specifically, potential topics covered are: Ethics and AI, Accountability and Responsibility, Transparency and explainability, The data science process and the epistemology of data science, Responsibility in practice, Bias and Fairness, Privacy and legislation, Misinformation and democracy, Responsibility of Generative AI, Human-centric AI design, and Responsible AI in healthcare.

Note that, the course is not an introductory course to artificial intelligence and basic knowledge of central AI concepts are assumed – however, it is possible to individually catch up on such concepts during the beginning of the course. Moreover, no programming skills are assumed and the course is suited for students from multiple educational programs such as Computer Science and Digital Transformation.

Course material and Reading list

to be announced on Moodle

Overall plan and expected work effort

The course will have the form of in-person seminars with an active learning style, i.e., introduction to theory in combination with hands-on in-class exercises and discussions based materials read in advance. Students are expected to read the required material before class and to show up physically and take part in the discussions and exercises.

Study effort: The course's 5 ECTS correspond to a total of 135 hours workload with:

  • 40 hours lectures and exercises,

  • 70 hours of preparation over a 10 week course period, and

  • 25 hours for the exam and preparation before the course period.

Format
Evaluation and feedback

Evaluation form to be filled out (anonymously) plus open discussion during the course.

Programme
ASSESSMENT
Overall learning outcomes

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • demonstrate knowledge within a defined subject area.

  • demonstrate an overall overview and understanding of the general principles behind the field’s theory, methods and technological solutions.

  • choose and apply appropriate methods and techniques relevant to the field to analyse, design and implement solutions

  • work with it-related problems within their field, both individually and in groups.

  • be proficient in new approaches within the subject area in a critical and systematic way and thereby independently take responsibility for their own professional development.

Form of examination
Individual oral exam based on a written product

The character limit of the written product is maximum48,000 characters, including spaces.
The character limits include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices.

Time allowed for exam including time used for assessment: 20 minutes.
The assessment is an overall assessment of the written product(s) and the subsequent oral examination.

Permitted support and preparation materials for the oral exam: All.

Assessment: 7-point grading scale.
Moderation: Internal co-assessor.
Form of Re-examination
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
Type of examination in special cases
Examination and assessment criteria

The assessment will be based on the extent to which the student can:

  • (1) Explain theories and concepts covered in class, and

  • (2) relate these theories and concepts to relevant AI cases, to

  • (3) critically discuss societal, ethical, human, and implementation challenges, as well as

  • (4) elaborate on potential responsible responses to these challenges.

Exam code(s)
Exam code(s) : U60596
Last changed 25/05/2023

lecture list:

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Friday 15-09-2023 08:15 - 15-09-2023 12:00 in week 37
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 22-09-2023 08:15 - 22-09-2023 12:00 in week 38
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 29-09-2023 08:15 - 29-09-2023 12:00 in week 39
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 06-10-2023 08:15 - 06-10-2023 12:00 in week 40
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 13-10-2023 08:15 - 13-10-2023 12:00 in week 41
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 20-10-2023 08:15 - 20-10-2023 12:00 in week 42
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 27-10-2023 08:15 - 27-10-2023 12:00 in week 43
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 03-11-2023 08:15 - 03-11-2023 12:00 in week 44
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 10-11-2023 08:15 - 10-11-2023 12:00 in week 45
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 17-11-2023 08:15 - 17-11-2023 12:00 in week 46
Responsible AI (COMP)

Friday 24-11-2023 10:00 - 24-11-2023 10:00 in week 47
Responsible AI - Hand-in (COMP)

Tuesday 02-01-2024 08:15 - Wednesday 03-01-2024 18:00 in week 01
Responsible AI - Oral examination (COMP)

Tuesday 13-02-2024 10:00 - 13-02-2024 10:00 in week 07
Responsible AI - Reexam hand-in (COMP)

Tuesday 20-02-2024 08:15 - 20-02-2024 18:00 in week 08
Responsible AI - Oral reexamination (COMP)