{"id":26302,"date":"2026-09-24T11:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=26302"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:23:41","slug":"cuids-distinguished-speaker-series-ai-needs-a-trust-layer-is-blockchain-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/event\/cuids-distinguished-speaker-series-ai-needs-a-trust-layer-is-blockchain-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"CUIDS Distinguished Speaker Series-AI Needs a Trust Layer: Is Blockchain the Answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                                                        <\/div>\n        \n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tuesday, October 27, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong>&nbsp;11:00 \u2013 12:00 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hybrid, In-Person Location: 4155 Herzberg Laboratories and Zoom (<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/j\/91883899454?pwd=lliKbD5f2vXbEHI5uJ3e8sweK1UBso.1\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Join the lecture via Zoom<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moderator:<strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/profile\/lauriault-tracey\/\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Prof. Tracey Lauriault<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"about-the-speaker\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2026\/09\/Victoria-Lemieux--512x286.png\" alt=\"Victoria Lemieux\" class=\"wp-image-7828\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Victoria Lemieux<\/strong> is Professor Emerita at The University of British Columbia\u2019s Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems and an experienced academic, technology leader, and innovator whose work bridges archival science, artificial intelligence, blockchain, privacy, and data governance. She is the founder and co-lead of Blockchain@UBC, UBC\u2019s multidisciplinary blockchain research cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her research examines risks to the availability of trustworthy records and the implications of those risks for transparency, financial stability, public accountability, and human rights. She contributes to international standards development through ISO Technical Committee 307 on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Lemieux earned her doctorate in Archival Studies from University College London in 2002 and has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional since 2005. Her contributions have been recognized with the 2015 Emmett Leahy Award for outstanding contributions to records management, a 2015 World Bank Big Data Innovation Award, and the 2020 Blockchain Ecosystem Leadership Award. She was also named one of Canada\u2019s Top 20 Women in IT Security in 2020 and has twice been recognized as a Sauder School of Business Distinguished Scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is the author and editor of award-winning articles and books, including <em>Financial Analysis and Risk Management<\/em> (2012), <em>Building Trust in Information<\/em> (2016), <em>Building Decentralized Trust<\/em> (2020), and <em>Searching for Trust: Blockchain Technology in an Age of Disinformation<\/em> (2022). 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