Connected Minds: Neural & Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society

世界正在朝着一个新的“技术-社会”集体发展：一个由人类和智能人工代理人组成的集体。虽然潜在的好处是广泛的，但颠覆性技术也可能产生意想不到的或有害的社会后果，特别是在值得公平的社区。我们将通过一项独特的倡议来应对这一全球挑战：互联思维：神经和机器系统，建立一个健康、公正的社会。我们的愿景是共同创建和共同领导对社会负责的、社区参与的研究，以产生创新的技术、政策和法规，以优化新的技术-社会集体的利益并降低风险。我们的战略目标是：1.实现全球研究的卓越；2.吸引和留住最优秀的人才；3.扩大知识动员(KM)/商业化；以及4.促进土著和其他值得公平的群体的成功。纽约处于领导这一倡议的有利地位，拥有艺术、社会科学、法律和社会正义方面的传统优势，一个跨越神经科学、工程、艺术和人文的成熟合作生态系统，以及有效的合作伙伴参与和商业化。皇后医院将人工智能/机器人技术与人口和大脑健康方法相结合，以国际知名的社会责任感、跨学科的健康研究和教育项目来补充这些优势。我们的跨学科小组横跨生命科学、工程学和人文科学，以追求我们在三个调查主题上的目标：i.共同创造针对社会需求和预期影响的研究；ii.社交互动的基础：神经、算法和社交网络；以及iii.设计和开发社会责任技术。Connected Minds将资助35名战略性教师招聘、以合作伙伴为重点的种子、团队和原型赠款、知识管理/商业化活动，以及一项雄心勃勃的多机构微证书培训计划，有385名学员和跨行业利益相关者。所有活动都需要跨学科参与，我们将优先考虑有利于土著和其他公平群体的项目。在CFREF的资助下，Connected Minds将领导加拿大和世界创造和采用对社会负责的科学和技术创新，以促进一个健康、有弹性和公正的技术社会集体，推进加拿大的科技和创新优先事项，并对加拿大进行研究的方式产生广泛而持久的影响

The world is evolving toward a new `techno-social' collective: one composed of both humans and intelligent artificial agents. While the potential benefits are extensive, disruptive technologies may also create unexpected or harmful societal consequences, especially in equity-deserving communities. We will address this global challenge with a unique initiative: Connected Minds: Neural & Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society. Our vision is to co-create and co-lead socially responsible, community engaged research that produces innovative technologies, policies, and regulations that optimize the benefits and mitigate the risks of the new techno-social collective. Our strategic goals are: 1. Achieve global research excellence; 2. Attract and retain the best talent; 3. Amplify knowledge mobilization (KM)/commercialization; and 4. Promote success of Indigenous and other equity-deserving groups.York is well placed to lead this initiative, with traditional strengths in arts, social sciences, law and social justice, a proven collaborative ecosystem spanning neuroscience, engineering, arts & humanities, and effective partner engagement and commercialization. Queen's complements these strengths with internationally renowned socially responsible, interdisciplinary health research and education programs, combining AI/robotics with population and brain health methodologies. Our interdisciplinary group spans life sciences, engineering, and humanities to pursue our goals across three investigational themes: I. Co-creating Research for Societal Needs and Predicted Impact; II. Fundamentals of Social Interaction: Neural, Algorithmic, and Social Networks; and III. Designing and Developing Socially Responsible Technologies. Connected Minds will fund 35 strategic faculty hires, partner-focused seed, team, and prototyping grants, KM/commercialization events, and an ambitious multi-institutional micro-credential training program with 385 trainees and cross-sector stakeholders. All activities will require interdisciplinary participation, and we will prioritize projects that benefit Indigenous and other equity-deserving groups. With CFREF funding, Connected Minds will lead Canada and the world in the socially responsible creation and adoption of scientific and technological innovation to promote a healthy, resilient, and just techno-social collective, advancing Canada's ST&I priorities and having a broad, enduring impact on how research is conducted in Canada