<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Can you explain AI and answer questions on the <strong>“ethical and societal aspects of AI”</strong> to the general public using data from previous AI conferences and from online resources?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">We challenge you to form a team and join the AIckathon, that starts on 1st August 2016, with results to be presented at ECAI on 29 August. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><a href="https://www.research.ibm.com/university/cas/benelux/index.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(100,179,236)">IBM Center for Advanced Studies Benelux</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"> has made available a cash prize of 500 euros for the best team.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">All information on the ECAI AIckathon is available at </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><a href="https://www.research.ibm.com/university/cas/benelux/ecai.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(100,179,236)">https://www.research.ibm.com/university/cas/benelux/ecai.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ECAI2016/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ecai2016" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></p><br>-- <br>Suzan Verberne, researcher<br>Centre for Language and Speech Technology<br>Radboud University Nijmegen<br>Tel: 0031 24 36 53431/15775<br>Email: <a href="mailto:s.verberne@let.ru.nl">s.verberne@let.ru.nl</a><br><a href="http://sverberne.ruhosting.nl">http://sverberne.ruhosting.nl</a><br>--<br></div>