Speaking
I have given talks on topics related to AI application, AI bias, animal welfare science, and automated behaviour monitoring. Some sample speaking engagements below:
2025
The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI
ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT), Athens, Greece
Oral presentation & lightning talk
Redefining the Future of Canadian Dairy: When Cows Meet Data & AI
UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre, Agassiz, BC, Canada
Celebrating Farm Credit Canada's $1M donation to the UBC-Dairy Integrated Data Hub | Student representative oral presentation
Oral presentation | 📰 News available
The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI
International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML) 2025, Vision & Learning Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Poster presentation & lightning talk
The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI
CAIDA/TrustML 2025 ICML Visits, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Poster presentation
Using LLMs During your Learning Journey and Beyond
University of British Columbia Master of Data Science Program Orientation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Co-presented with Varada Kolhatkar and Aldo João Almeida Saltão
Oral presentation
How AI Sees Farm Animals: Whose Stories Are Lost?
Evergreen College Visit to UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Educational presentation
The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI
UBC LFS Graduate Student Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Oral Presentation | 🏆 Second Place Winner
Advances in Dairy Technology and Data-Driven Innovation
Food Tech Forum, Langley, BC, Canada
Invited panel discussion organized by Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN). Panel explored advancement of Precision Livestcok Farming across Canada, focusing on discussion of PLF's impact on animal welfare and environmental sustainability in the dairy sector.
2024
Redefining lameness assessment using crowd-sourced data
The 75th European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP) Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy
Oral presentation
Cow welfare assessment using ChatGPT Vision
The 9th International Conference on the Welfare Assessment of Animals at Farm Level (WAFL), Florence, Italy
Poster presentation
Technology on Dairy Farms and Animal Welfare: Framing and Potential
International Dairy Federation (IDF) Webinar Series
Invited presentation | Virtual | 📽️ Video available
2023
AI for Animal Welfare
Evergreen College Visit to UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Educational Presentation
Remote Comparative Lameness Assessment in Dairy Cattle: A Crowdsourcing Approach
The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada
Oral presentation
Automatic Longitudinal Lameness Assessment for Dairy Cows
Western Canadian Certified Hoof Trimmers Associations Meeting (Invited Presentation), Red Deer, AB, Canada
Invited presentation
Identifying Lame Cows through Crowd-Sourcing
Chinese Animal Welfare Conference, Chongqing, Changsha, China
Invited presentation
Comparative Lameness Assessments for Dairy Cows on Amazon
UBC-Animal Welfare Program Industrial Research Chair (IRC) Meeting
Research Presentation | Virtual | 📽️ Video available
Lameness Hierarchy of Dairy Cows
UBC-Animal Welfare Program Industrial Research Chair (IRC) Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Research Presentation | 📽️ Video available
2022
The Effects of Competition at the Feeder on Dominance in Dairy Cows
The 73rd European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP) Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal
Oral presentation | 🏆 First Place Winner
The Impact of Resource Competition on the Dominance Hierarchy of Dairy Cows
International Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship (IFAWF) Webinar
Invited presentation | Virtual
2021
Cyborg Lameness Assessors: Is This the Future for Dairy Cattle Lameness Assessments?
Dairy Farmers of Canada My Dairy Research Student Competition
🏆 First Place Winner | Virtual | 📽️ Video available
Media & Podcasts
Welfare Wednesdays
UBC PAW Club: episode 14 | 🎙️ Podcast Available
Discussed how AI is biased and erased the reality of intensive livestcok farming.
Exploring Agritech, Data Standards, and Improved Animal Welfare
The Livestack Podcast: Episode 21 | 🎙️ Podcast Available
🌟 Top 5 most popular episode of 2024
Evaluating Common Practices in Pig and Dairy Farming from an Animal Welfare Perspective
The Road of Tomorrow Podcast: vol.67 | 🎙️ Podcast Available
📈 Over 10,600 listeners in 4 months