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We may hope for a human-centred artificial intelligence
2024. 11. 06.
The project involving a complementary master's programme of BME has ended after two years, and is to be continued soon.
The HCAIM (Human-Centred AI Master's) project, launched in 2021 to build a special artificial intelligence master's course, has ended successfully. Universities, excellence centres and companies from five European Union member countries formed a consortium to develop an English-language curriculum for master's students in the field of human-centred artificial intelligence.
The 60-credit training was launched as a complementary master's programme at the BME Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in 2022, primarily - but not exclusively - for ICT students due to the required prerequisites. The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences offers courses in ethics and law.
The human-centred approach to artificial intelligence (AI) seeks
to make human values central to the development, deployment, use and monitoring of AI systems by respecting basic human rights.
The HCAIM course prepares students to create and implement such AI innovations while harnessing the potential of the technology.
The main task of the project was the developent of the curriculum. Several events - webinars, conferences, competitions - accompanied, with AI Ethicon and the Erasmus supported hybrid intensive programme (Blendid Intensive Program, BIP) among them. Both have been organized twice so far, with a total of 20 BME competitors each.
About 90 BME students have joined the training so far. Three of them obtained their qualifications in 2022, eight in 2023, and five in the spring semester of 2024. The dropout rate is around 50 percent, as students have to acquire extra credits, which often do not fit into the two-year master's program. Another 30 are expected to graduate this year and in 2025.
The continuation of the HCAIM project, PANORAIMA, will start soon. Its main goal is to extend the training to those with a non-IT bachelor's degree, as well as to graduates who want to continue and extend their studies within the framework of adult education.
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