#  Events & Workshops 

 



CRCS events and workshops are an opportunity to build community, share our work, and facilitate collaboration. Learn more below about CRCS events and how to get involved.

In addition to the following events and workshops shown below, CRCS hosts regular events - workshops, seminars, and professional development panels.

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**CRCS Social Impact Seminar Series**

Computational tools are poised to play an increasingly large role in our society across different domains, including public health and conservation. As a consequence, computational tools need to be designed to ensure equitable benefits for everyone.

The [Social Impact Seminar Series](/ai-social-impact "CRCS Seminar Series") brings together practitioners and research with a diverse set of perspectives from algorithmic fairness, human-centered computing, and sustained deployment. The seminar series will explore how artificial intelligence can equitably solve social problems. For example, what role can AI play in promoting health, access to opportunity, and sustainable development? How can human-centered computing methods be deployed to ensure AI systems are ethical, inclusive, and accountable?  
  
The [Social Impact Seminar Series](/ai-social-impact "CRCS Seminar Series") is held on Mondays at 11:30 AM EST during the Fall and Spring semesters. CRCS welcomes students, faculty, staff, and anyone interested in learning more about using AI for social good to join us in person in the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.   
  
Please see our events calendar and visit our Upcoming Events to view upcoming talks and to register to attend!

## **Lunch with CRCS**

Join CRCS fellows, faculty, and community members for [lunch](/lunch-crcs?admin_panel=1) and conversation about social impact. For more information and upcoming dates, please take a look at our [Events Calendar](/calendar).

## **Past events**

## **Rising Stars Workshop**

The CRCS Rising Stars Workshop was an opportunity for senior computer science graduate students to share their social impact research. This workshop cultivates a network of ideas and conversations among individuals in further developing the frontier field of AI for Social Impact.   
  
The CRCS Rising Stars Workshop is currently on hold. [To learn more about past events, visit our Rising Stars Workshop page.](/event/workshop_ai_society)

## **AI for Social Good Summer Workshop**

The AI for Social Good Summer Workshop was an event designed to explore how artificial intelligence can contribute to solving social problems. The workshop brought together researchers and practitioners across AI and a range of application domains. Researchers were invited to submit research papers and position papers for consideration, and previous workshops have included invited speakers, long paper talks and short paper talks.