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Call for Applications: Scotiabank Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Regulation, University of Ottowa
August 31, 2020
Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Start date: Flexible (but ideally September 1, 2020)
Duration: One-year fellowship (with possibility of renewal)
Salary range: $45,000, plus benefits
Fellowship Description
We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue an innovative research program focused on shaping the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a global context.
The successful candidate will be supervised throughout the postdoctoral fellowship by leading technology law, ethics and policy scholars at the University of Ottawa AI + Society Initiative, notably Dr Michael Geist, Dr Florian Martin-Bariteau and Dr Teresa Scassa.
Emerging artificial intelligence tools are constantly complicating previously straightforward areas of domestic and international policy, and call for comparative studies.
Applicants are encouraged to propose creative ideas for a postdoctoral fellowship, emphasizing how they plan to contribute to new knowledge within the domain of the regulation of AI and automation.
We are particularly interested in proposals aligning with one of the following topics:
- Regulating AI and Ethics: The research would look at different initiatives to regulate AI and incorporate human rights and ethical values in the development of AI, notably beyond the usual black letter law, such as rules of professional conduct, norms and standards.
- Data Governance and AI: The research will look at current practices and legal frameworks regarding data governance for data sharing and AI development, study use cases to derive insights, propose principles and frameworks, and recommendations for law and policy reform at the provincial and federal levels.
- Copyright and AI: The research would look at the social, economic and cultural implications at the intersection of copyright and artificial intelligence, and explore policy avenues (barriers to AI innovation; AI and creativity; and bias concerns that arise from the reliance on “low risk” data sets for machine learning purposes.
The postdoctoral fellowship will result in a better understanding of the current AI context and challenges. Research outputs (e.g. policy recommendations and framework proposals) will be disseminated through a series of publications, white papers and other knowledge mobilization activities. The postdoctoral fellowship will focus on research dissemination and knowledge translation both within and outside the academy, and with public and private sector actors.
The successful candidate will be registered as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa and will enjoy all associated privileges. This individual will have a strong background in law and, in addition, it would be helpful but not necessary to have training in ethics and/or policy.
The Scotiabank Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Regulation will support an innovative research program focused on shaping the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a global context.
