Deborah McGuinness, the Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will provide insights into Artificial Intelligence alongside other leading experts during an upcoming public panel discussion titled “A.I. The Future of Climate, Clean Energy and Cybersecurity in the Capital Region.”

The event, which is sponsored by Congressman Paul Tonko and Assemblymember Patricia Fahy, will be held on November 22 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the University at Albany Massry Center for Business. The panel will consider important issues for the Capital Region, including how changes brought by AI will affect the future of the region’s economy and what opportunities and pitfalls the community should be aware of as they prepare for an intelligent future.

McGuinness, who also serves as a professor of computer, cognitive, and web sciences at Rensselaer, is a leading authority on the semantic web and has been working in knowledge representation and reasoning environments for over 30 years. In addition to her leadership role in semantic web research, she is widely known for her work on explanation, trust, and applications of semantic web technology, particularly for scientific applications.

More info about the event, including how to register, can be found at this link.