Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California ruled Monday that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books for AI model training of its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books was legal under U.S. copyright law if it had purchased those books. Anthropic won its “fair use” argument. However, Anthropic may be liable for billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating over 7 million books for its digital library. This District Court decision on the” fairness of taking copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence is a mixed outcome for tech companies and content creators that could prompt both parties to seek coexistence, according to attorneys, with the judge concluding that while the technology is “spectacularly” transformative, using pirated material is inexcusable.”

Powerful and dynamic conversation on STEM: Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education

Presenters: Archie Holmes, Noah Finkelstein, Elizabeth Cady

 

EPP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

March 28, 2025

Next meeting April 25, 2025 time: 1-2 pm (EST)

 ITEMS DISCUSSED:

1. Sessions scheduled

Technical Session 1 – Monday 6/23 11 -12:30 rm 522C (moderator needed)

Technical Session 2 – Monday 6/23 1:30 – 3:00 rm 516D (Moderator-John)

Poster session – Monday 6/23 9:15 – 10:45

Panel session – Tuesday 6/24 11 – 12:30 (waiting on Beth Cady to confirm)

 

2. Division Mixer- Sunday 3:30 – 5:30 rm 517CD
3. Hadi will prepare poster – My thought triad: Government/Engineering/Public

 

 

 

Engineering                      Public

1. 3X5 card outlining EPP – thoughts?
2. Raffle tickets – I will purchase a roll (yellow – preferred)- Award (2) Social event tickets ($10 value each)

 

3. Social Event – Reubens (514-866-1029) Booked: Reuben’s Deli & Steakhouse for 20 on 23/06/25 Mon 6:00 p.m. See more: https://n.opn.tl/Lszw6Gqo.

Listed on NEMO as ticketed event

888 Sainte-Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3B 1E2, Canada

 

1. Contacted 3/28/2025 at 2 pm: reservation made for 20 persons at 6 pm.
2. Menu a la carte

 

4. Best paper – I will review reviewer comments- John and I will review for award. I Will contact ASEE for funds.

 

5. I will contact ASEE re: purchase of Amazon gift cards- 3 @ $25 each.

 

6. Business meeting agenda to be set, include discussion on name change

Prelim agenda:

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Comments by the Chair
3. Comments by the PIC Chair
4. EPP division 2024 – 2025 in review
5. Best Paper Award
6. Elections for:
   1. Program Chair
   2. Webmaster
7. Plenary: Division name change
8. Any other business
9. Review and wrap-up

EPP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

REMINDER-SPEAKER, NEWSLETTER NEXT MTG LAST WEEK OF MARCH

February 17,2025

 AGENDA ITEMS:

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

• DIVISION MIXER

1. 6’ TABLE, 24 X 36 EASEL (EPP matl from ASEE?)

• Storyboard items- Need to be developed (current year)
• EMERGING SCHOLARS- UNDERGRAD/GRAD? ASK ASEE FOR GUIDANCE PIC 1 CHAIR ELLIOT
• Teaching modules- Need to be developed (next year)
• NSF language – Need to be developed (current year)
• Two Social Event Tickets Drawing (giveaway) funded by EPP ($20) need roll of tickets
• Merit Badges- How many and categories (John, Hadi)

 

2. Social event (Monday evening) tickets ($10 limit to 20?)WHEN, WHERE, BUDGET (50-60 cd)

 

• $10 TICKETED EVENT
• Giveaways 3-5 Gift Cards- (AMAZON) need to set amounts$$ ($25?)

3. Attract members to bus mtg- ideas

Restaurants:

1. Cafeparvis

https://www.cafeparvis.com/reservations

For groups of 6+
info@cafeparvis.com

Current exchange $1=1.43 CAD

 

2. esto-universel.com

https://www.resto-universel.com/menus/

FOR LARGE PARTY RESERVATIONS:
Info@resto-universel.com

 

3. REUBEN’S DELI & STEAKHOUSE™
   1116 Sainte-Catherine W.
   Montreal, Qc H3B 1H4

   Home

   
   866.1029

 

4. https://www.timeout.com/fr/time-out-market-montreal

 

HAS LARGEST CROSS-SECTION OF ETHNIC AND DIETARY FOODS

https://timeoutmarkets.tripleseat.com/party_request/22679

Montreal Eaton Centre, at 705 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

CLOSES 9 PM

5. Nyk’s Bistro Pub does not appear to have a room to accomodate
6. Bar Furco $2000 in sales plus taxes and tip – need to check if US or Canadian dollars

CONFERENCE EPP EVENTS – Mixer, Monday Social, anything else?(TOUR- McGill or other), Cady- Panel

 

Awards –By-Laws- Best Paper (Cash award- $100)

Certificate for best paper and mounted $25 (John)

Cmte for best paper- john, sal, lawler, danielle

 

 

 

 

 

NEW BUSINESS:

Winter Newsletter- items/topics?

Speakers for next webinar- Cady and National Academy? And Laura from PCAST

 

ELP- CONVERSATION