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AI Educator & Researcher at University of British Columbia
Patrick Penfather (UBC Emerging Media Lab professor) brought academic rigor and creative joy to Vancouver AI through year-round presence: songs, stew, research, generosity. "Gifts and Coal" interactive Christmas song (Meetup 24, December 2024): Made AI ethics accessible through audience participation—divided audience into two singing parts ("Coals in your stocking" vs "Gifts under the tree"), hand-raising survey d...
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The University of British Columbia is a Vancouver-based research university and major BC AI ecosystem anchor. Public UBC materials describe CAIDA as UBC's main AI research organ...