Resources
Support your learning through our searchable research library and discover valuable resources about many topics in artificial intelligence and data analytics, such as AI ethics, bias and data tools.
Select the We Count at Large tag to view a selection of speaking engagements and presentations by IDRC team members. Many of these resources showcase the efforts of IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus, whose pioneering work and insights in AI and inclusive AI continue to inspire and lead the field.
Responsible AI Practices
- Intermediate
A website resource that covers general recommended practices for AI, including human-centred machine learning, fairness, privacy and secuirty.
Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Intermediate
The Government of Canada's overview for exploring the future of responsible AI in governance.
Reverse‐Engineering Visualizations: Recovering Visual Encodings from Chart Images
- Expert
A paper that investigates how to automatically recover visual encodings from a chart image, primarily using inferred text elements.
Review of the Information and Communications Standards – 2019 Initial Recommendations Report: Phase 2
Draft recommendations from the Information and Communications Standards Development Committee, which works to ensure information and communications are more accessible to people with disabilities.
Revision to Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities
An overview of revisions to Japan's Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities.
Rights Group Files Federal Complaint against AI-Hiring Firm HireVue, Citing “Unfair and Deceptive” Practices
- Intermediate
In this article, a prominent US-based rights group, EPIC, has launched a complaint to the FTC against AI hiring firm HireVue, alleging questionable practices related to its face-scanning that it uses in its recruitment process.
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPD)
The text of India's Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.
Risk of “Industrial Capture” Looms over AI Revolution
- Intermediate
This Financial Times article explores how the large scale of Big Tech means that smaller-scale ventures and academics struggle to compete in AI fields.
Robots to Use New AI Tool to Evaluate All Possibilities Before Making Decisions
- Intermediate
A news release about funding awarded for the development of a new type of algorithm called distributional reinforcement learning that teaches robots to predict the many possible outcomes of their actions and how likely they are to occur.
Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon
- Intermediate
The increasing use of AI and robots in fulfillment centres won't necessarily solve the worker shortage in the transportation and warehousing industries for one simple reason: they're not smart enough.