With its Speaker Series, the TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence invites experts from all over the world to talk about ethics and governance of AI. These events serve as an important platform for sharing new research and exchanging knowledge.

We are pleased to announce that the speaker for this session is Alejandro Saucedo.

Alejandro Saucedo is the Director of Engineering, Science & Product at Zalando SE, where he is responsible for a large portfolio of (10+) products and platforms that power supply and demand across the group. This includes Zalando’s central data platforms which operate petabyte-scale data products, various state-of-the-art machine learning systems (forecasting, NLP, causal inference, etc) and the advanced customer insights platforms that steer the commercial business. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning, where he has led contributions to EU policy, including the AI Act, the Data Act and the Digital Services Act, among others. Alejandro is currently appointed as AI Expert at the United Nations, serves as Board Member at ACM’s Board of Directors and is the Chair of the ML Security Committee at the Linux Foundation.

The topic of this session will be “The State of Responsible AI in 2024: Industrial, Organization & Technical Foundations”. In this talk, Alejandro will explore the state of responsible AI in 2024, focusing on the industrial, organizational and technical foundations necessary for successful AI deployment. As AI becomes increasingly integrated into business operations, leaders face new challenges related to governance, accountability, security and infrastructure considerations. Alejandro will share insights on how organizations can navigate these complexities, mitigate risks and build scalable, reliable AI systems that drive innovation while aligning with responsible practices.

This session of the TUM IEAI Speaker Series will take place on November 18th, 2024 at 11:00 (CET) on Zoom.

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