The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto is seeking to address the challenge of understanding critical global issues by exploring the potential of new digital datasets and advances in artificial intelligence. The goal is to equip leaders with the ability to use abundant, real-time, and multi-dimensional digital data, combined with AI, to identify and respond to emerging problems.
Requirements
- non-traditional data
- evolving AI tools
- new digital datasets
- advances in artificial intelligence
- real-time, detailed data
- increased computing power
- AI tools trained on massive text and image datasets
Responsibilities
- explore the potential of new digital datasets and advances in artificial intelligence for understanding critical global challenges
- expose students to these developments and their implications for global affairs intelligence
- learn about and experiment with non-traditional data and evolving AI tools to better understand world events or challenges
- confront the challenges and risks these developments present
- explore emerging AI developments and what they mean for global affairs intelligence and for global affairs more generally
Other
- Developing the syllabus
- teaching one 2-hour lecture per week at the graduate level
- providing weekly office hours for academic counseling of students
- preparing and delivering course material
- preparing and delivering assignments and tests
- marking student work and submitting grades
- Gradudate degree in International Relations
- Previous experience teaching in the area is preferred
