Artificial Intelligence in Syracuse: Lender Center Fellows Research Talk March 22
Mona Bhan is the Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow for 2022-2024. As Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies and professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, she studies artificial intelligence (AI) weaponry from her perspective as a cultural anthropologist. Bhan’s work shows how AI systems can transform conceptions of autonomy, accountability, human rights and justice.
On Friday, March 22, Bhan and her student fellows present their findings at the Lender Center symposium, “DeCoded Vision: Land, Bodies and AI in Syracuse,” from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center’s Comstock Room. The event is open to the campus community; registration is required.
The researchers will define AI and show how the technology transfers to industry, workforce training, community development policies and such everyday activities as police presence and the use of technology in social contexts. They will discuss how AI technologies are fueling the “Syracuse Surge,” a city- and regionwide initiative boosting technology education, tech-job training and new industries, and offer insights about their exploration.
Student fellows are ParKer Bryant, a Ph.D. student in literacy education, School of Education; Aren Burnside, a Ph.D. student in anthropology, Maxwell School; Nadia Lyngdoh-Sommer ’25, a sociology major in the College of Arts and Sciences; Cheryl Olanga ’25, a computer science major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science; and Anna Terzaghi ’24, an international relations and anthropology major and a member of the Renée Crown Honors Program in the College of Arts and Sciences.
In this SU News Q&A, Bhan previews key findings.
