Fellow of both the Royal Society of London and Canada an Officer of the Order of Canada and member of the UN’s Scientific Advisory Board for Independent Advice on Breakthroughs in Science and Technology. [...] She oversees the fol- lowing projects: Science in the Age of AI, (on the impact of AI on scientific research and policy implications) Data for Emergencies (on the use of open, trusted, and resilient data systems in times of emergencies) and the Online Information Environment (how data-driven technologies are changing the nature of scientific misinformation. [...] Alona leverages the connections between computer representations of meaning and those found in the human brain in order to advance our understanding of the brain, and the state of the art in machine learning. [...] She works on the following projects: Science in the Age of AI (exploring how AI is changing the nature and method of scientific research) and The online Information Environment (exploring how the internet and data-driven technologies affects the production of disinformation). [...] Turkel is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (2018-25) and a recipient of the Wolfram Innovator Award (2020).
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- OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA FEB. 13-15 1
- Frontiers of Science 2
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- Sincerely 3
- Ian Wiggins Director of International Affairs The Royal Society Paul Young International Secretary The Royal Society of Canada 3
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