The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished University of Toronto faculty members, including two Faculty of Information professors, to SRI’s research leadership team in the fall of 2023. Beth Coleman, Kelly Lyons, and Anna Su will bring their expertise and innovative research to further advancing the Institute’s mission of exploring the complex interplay between technology and society and ensuring powerful tools like AI are developed responsibly to benefit all of humanity.
Coleman, whose graduate appointment is at the Faculty of Information, and Su will both take on the role of one of SRI’s research leads, while Lyons, a professor at the Faculty of Information, will be appointed one of three associate directors (who also act as research leads). Read more about these professors’ research work
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