2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

IEEE BigData 2024 is being held in Washington DC, USA from 15-18 December, 2024 and includes workshops on: Data Science for Equality, Inclusion and Well-being Challenges; and, Creating Big Data for Morals, Ethics and Values in Natural Language in an Automatically Inferable Format.

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Essential Skills for IT Professionals in the AI Era

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries worldwide, creating new opportunities in health care, finance, customer service, and other disciplines. But the ascendance of AI raises concerns about job displacement, especially as the technology might automate tasks traditionally done by humans. This article presents some skills IT professionals need to stay relevant, including key insights into AI ethics.

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Gender and Technology: The Case of the Energy Sector

Energy policy is often formulated in a gender-neutral manner; that is, it is assumed by policy makers that women and men use and benefit equally from current energy systems. However, policies are incorrectly considered neutral by policy makers since they ignore the differential impacts they have on different genders and socioeconomic and cultural groups. Based on such false assumptions, the policies are less effective and/or have unintended effects. This white paper by the IEEE Dignity, Inclusion, Identity, Trust, and Agency (DIITA) Industry Connections Program discusses these issues.

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