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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260310T180000
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SUMMARY:Public Service Media in the Platform Era - Public Event
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Public service media across the world are currently facing a series of challenges.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Funding is under threat\, trust in institutions is declining\, and organisations have to compete in a media ecosystem dominated by platforms. In parallel\, research and development of future technologies demands strong streams of innovation focused on the public good. How can public service media meet these challenges? What does this mean for democracy?  \nJoin Professor Georgina Born (UCL) and Professor Victor Pickard (University of Pennsylvania) in conversation with Professor Andrew Kenyon (University of Melbourne) as they discuss the possibilities for addressing these challenges through regulation and alternative algorithm and distribution systems.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1770864290359{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”custom” custom_background=”#FFD600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Ftowards-public-infrastructures|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/public-service-media-in-the-platform-era/
LOCATION:State Library of Victoria\, 328 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Public Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260315
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Public Service Media in the Platform Era - Towards Public Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The challenges faced by public service media in the face of the dominance of commercial tech platforms\, and PSM’s infrastructural dependence on them\, are global and urgent. ” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This infrastructural capture highlights the importance of ensuring a robust international media ecology committed to public service values as an alternative. In parallel\, research and development of future technologies demands strong streams of innovation focused on the public good. Addressing these global problems requires unprecedented international collaboration to develop key strategies and technologies.  \nThe Melbourne events\, organised by Georgina Born (UCL)\, Mark Andrejevic (Monash)\, Fernando Diaz (Carnegie Mellon) and James Meese (RMIT)\, will present and discuss evidence-based options for addressing the challenges posed by new distribution platforms\, the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence\, and the tensions between personalisation and public service principles. \nWe aim to address such major challenges as: \n\nBalancing personalisation and universality (shared experience) in content and curation \nNew public service distribution platforms\nRedefining public service media\, potentially to include social media\, search\, and LLM applications\, and \nHow public interest infrastructures and technologies can be developed in alternative ways\, without relying on established global commercial counterparts.\n\nThe Melbourne events will showcase alternative tech research projects addressing these challenges\, some developed in partnership with public service media organisations\, and requiring only low resources.  \nFollowing the Melbourne symposium\, a larger ‘summit’ will be held in London on September 3-4\, 2026.  \nFor more information or to register your interest\, please email matilda.knowles@monash.edu. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1769477162485{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#F4AA8F” custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fevent-guide-2026-adms-summer-school%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1768534750631{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Program EOIs:\n\nADM+S is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from members for workshops and bootcamps to feature in the Summer School program. ADM+S is looking to offer hands-on\, skills-based sessions that actively engage PhD and Masters students\, as well as Early Career Researchers (ECRs)\, from across all eight Centre nodes (HASS and STEM). \n\nSession types: Methodology\, research and technical skills\, creative outputs\, ethics\, research partnerships\, research impact\, mentoring\, etc.\nFormat: 1hr 15min interactive sessions (e.g. workshops or bootcamps). Concurrent sessions will run across all three days.\nCo-delivery: We encourage collaboration – including PhDs and ECRs in planning and delivery is highly welcomed.\n\nFor inspiration\, you can view the 2025 ADM+S Summer School program. \nIf you have any questions or ideas you would like to discuss\, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n EOIs have now closed. \nImage credit: Yutong Liu & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/future-of-public-service-media/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260214
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SUMMARY:2026 ADM+S Summer School
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ADM+S welcomes EOIs from our ADM+S research community to submit session ideas for the 2026 ADM+S Summer School.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Program details: \nWe are delighted to invite you to join us for the 2026 ADM+S Summer School. Over three days\, you’ll have the opportunity to take part in interactive workshops\, bootcamps\, mentoring sessions and social activities designed to develop your methodological\, technical\, and research skills while strengthening connections across our Centre. \nOur social activities are a highlight of the Summer School\, and we’d love to see you there. This year’s program includes our lively welcome night with trivia hosted by Prof Dan Angus\, HDR coffee meetups\, capoeira with Dr Damiano Spina\, crocheting and knitting circle with Dr Fan Yang and Dr Natalie Sheard\, and the She Shapes History walking tour.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1701823210479{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTRATION CLOSED” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”target:_blank”][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#F4AA8F” custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fevent-guide-2026-adms-summer-school%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Program EOIs:\n\nADM+S is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from members for workshops and bootcamps to feature in the Summer School program. ADM+S is looking to offer hands-on\, skills-based sessions that actively engage PhD and Masters students\, as well as Early Career Researchers (ECRs)\, from across all eight Centre nodes (HASS and STEM). \n\nSession types: Methodology\, research and technical skills\, creative outputs\, ethics\, research partnerships\, research impact\, mentoring\, etc.\nFormat: 1hr 15min interactive sessions (e.g. workshops or bootcamps). Concurrent sessions will run across all three days.\nCo-delivery: We encourage collaboration – including PhDs and ECRs in planning and delivery is highly welcomed.\n\nFor inspiration\, you can view the 2025 ADM+S Summer School program. \nIf you have any questions or ideas you would like to discuss\, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n EOIs have now closed. \nImage credit: Yutong Liu & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/2026-adms-summer-school/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members Only,ECR Students,HDR Students,Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251118T160000
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SUMMARY:Consumer (Dis)Empowerment in the Age of Computational Advertising
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Presented by A/Prof Joanna Strycharz\, this talk addresses the evolving relationship between consumer empowerment and regulatory governance in the context of data-driven advertising.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Building on critical analyses from earlier research on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)\, it examines the extent to which existing frameworks succeed or fail in protecting consumers against potentially manipulative\, algorithmically driven persuasion practices. The discussion further situates these developments within the evolving EU regulatory landscape\, including the Digital Services Act and the proposed Digital Fairness Act\, to assess their implications for transparency\, consumer control and consumer autonomy. By tracing the conceptual shift from individual privacy protection toward systemic notions of digital fairness and vulnerability\, I hope to offer a comprehensive perspective on the potential and limitations of current regulatory instruments in genuine consumer empowerment in the contemporary advertising ecosystem. \nSpeakers Bio\nJoanna Strycharz is an Assistant Professor of Persuasive Communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)\, University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on advertising in the age of algorithms and artificial intelligence\, with a particular emphasis on consumer vulnerability\, empowerment\, and individual and societal consequences of algorithmic persuasion. She is the recipient of a prestigious Dutch Research Council Veni grant for her project on vulnerability exploitation through algorithmic persuasion and co-directs the Digital Communication Methods Lab\, where she fosters interdisciplinary collaborations to advance computational advertising research. Her research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Advertising\, International Journal of Advertising\, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. She serves on the Editorial Review Boards of four different advertising journals\, is an associate editor for Journal of Advertising\, and was an associate editor for Journal of Interactive Advertising. She is the recipient of the 2024 Mary Alice Shaver Promising Professor Award and the 2021 AEJMC Emerging Scholar Grant. Beyond academia\, she actively contributes to debates on ethical and responsible advertising and works with policymakers\, and consumer organizations to translate research into societal and policy impact. \nRegistration and Zoom link via the ADM+S Members calendar invite.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/consumer-disempowerment-in-the-age-of-computational-advertising/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members Only,ECR Students,HDR Students,Melbourne,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251118T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20251024T044310Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Studying Digital Vulnerabilities through Data Donation with A/Prof Joanna Strycharz
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Presented by A/Prof Joanna Strycharz\, this interactive workshop explores how scholars can study digital vulnerabilities in the context of advertising and branded communication.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This interactive workshop will begin by discussing how computational advertising challenges traditional notions of consumer vulnerability and shifts attention toward data-driven and digital vulnerability. Participants will engage with a hands-on data donation tool\, recently developed to collect real-world platform data on advertising exposure\, targeting\, and profiling practices. Together\, we will experiment with donated datasets and brainstorm how such data can be linked to key advertising and communication theories (e.g.\, persuasion knowledge\, privacy calculus\, or vulnerability frameworks). The workshop combines conceptual discussion with practical exploration\, offering participants concrete ideas for integrating data-driven approaches into research on digital persuasion and consumer vulnerability. \nSpeakers Bio\nJoanna Strycharz is an Assistant Professor of Persuasive Communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)\, University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on advertising in the age of algorithms and artificial intelligence\, with a particular emphasis on consumer vulnerability\, empowerment\, and individual and societal consequences of algorithmic persuasion. She is the recipient of a prestigious Dutch Research Council Veni grant for her project on vulnerability exploitation through algorithmic persuasion and co-directs the Digital Communication Methods Lab\, where she fosters interdisciplinary collaborations to advance computational advertising research. Her research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Advertising\, International Journal of Advertising\, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. She serves on the Editorial Review Boards of four different advertising journals\, is an associate editor for Journal of Advertising\, and was an associate editor for Journal of Interactive Advertising. She is the recipient of the 2024 Mary Alice Shaver Promising Professor Award and the 2021 AEJMC Emerging Scholar Grant. Beyond academia\, she actively contributes to debates on ethical and responsible advertising and works with policymakers\, and consumer organizations to translate research into societal and policy impact. \nQuestions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/workshop-studying-digital-vulnerabilities-through-data-donation-with-a-prof-joanna-strycharz/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members Only,ECR Students,HDR Students,Melbourne,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251106T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:The trust deficit: Decoding AI deepfakes and synthetic voices
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nThree leading experts – spanning conflict reporting\, environmental disasters and politics – dissect the evolving challenges of trust\, credibility and media integrity in perilous times. \nArtificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way stories are told\, how news is reported and content created. Once requiring extensive resources and skills\, AI voice and deepfake technologies are now widely accessible\, enabling creators and media professionals to push boundaries in storytelling and communication. \nFrom reviving historical figures to breaking language barriers\, AI opens exciting possibilities. Yet\, the emergence of hyper-realistic synthetic media raises questions about verification\, authenticity and ethical reporting. \nWith voice clones convincingly mimicking real individuals and deepfakes obscuring the line between reality and fabrication\, how can we tell the difference? And how can media professionals or educators uphold integrity and trust in a landscape increasingly saturated with AI manipulation? \nThis panel brings together international experts in media literacy\, journalism and conflict reporting to discuss the possibilities and perils at the heart of AI-driven communication. Covering topics such as deepfakes during climate disasters and voice cloning of politicians\, this panel unpacks the complexities of truth and trust when media is so easy to fake. \nThis panel is supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S)\, Swinburne University of Technology\, and Western Sydney University’s ARC Linkage Project\, Addressing Misinformation with Media Literacy. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row title=”RESEARCH PROJECTS” style=”custom” gradient_color_1=”turquoise” gradient_color_2=”blue” gradient_custom_color_1=”#dd3333″ gradient_custom_color_2=”#eeee22″ gradient_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”rounded” color=”grey” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”” add_icon=”” i_align=”left” i_type=”fontawesome” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-adjust” i_icon_openiconic=”vc-oi vc-oi-dial” i_icon_typicons=”typcn typcn-adjust-brightness” i_icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-note” i_icon_linecons=”vc_li vc_li-heart” i_icon_monosocial=”vc-mono vc-mono-fivehundredpx” i_icon_material=”vc-material vc-material-cake” i_icon_pixelicons=”vc_pixel_icon vc_pixel_icon-alert” custom_onclick=”” link=”url:%23research-filter|||” custom_onclick_code=””][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acmi.net.au%2Fwhats-on%2Ftrust-deficit-decoding-ai%2F”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1759118680554{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”652″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Anthony McCosker\nDirector of Swinburne University’s Social Innovation Research Institute and a chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. Alongside his internationally recognised research on digital inclusion and the adoption and impact of new technologies\, Anthony currently leads a three-year project on Critical Capabilities for Inclusive AI. Recent co-authored books include Data for Social Good (2023)\, Everyday Data Cultures (2022) and Automating Vision (2020).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”30441″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Mark Doman\nMark Doman is the visual journalism lead with the ABC’s Digital Story Innovations team\, which produces interactive and data-driven stories. Mark and the team have won Walkley awards and international data journalism prizes for a range of stories including their work mapping forced detention camps in China\, visualising the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in Ukraine and investigating illegal logging in Australian forests.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”30442″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Sam Gregory\nAn award-winning human rights advocate and technologist with 25+ years of experience addressing emerging technologies and civic engagement. As executive director of WITNESS\, he leads efforts to harness technologies for human rights\, including the Prepare\, Don’t Panic initiative\, which has shaped policy on deepfakes and generative AI. Gregory has testified before US Congress on AI regulation and initiated the global Deepfakes Rapid Response Force\, connecting journalists with forensic specialists.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”30443″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Stephanie Hankey\nStephanie Hankey is a strategist and social entrepreneur specialising in the social and environmental impact of technology. As co-founder of Tactical Tech\, she advances digital literacy through global public education initiatives. She co-curated The Glass Room\, an award-winning exhibition engaging over 500\,000 people across 70+ countries including critical discussions on technology and AI. A Royal College of Art graduate\, she is an Ashoka and Harvard Loeb Fellow and a dual professor at Potsdam FHP.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/the-trust-deficit-decoding-ai-deepfakes-and-synthetic-voices/
LOCATION:ACMI\, Federation Square\, Flinders St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne,Public Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251108
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SUMMARY:2025 ADM+S Hackathon: Navigating the "Wicked Problems" of Search
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”All ADM+S members are invited to participate\, no previous or technical experience necessary. We are looking for team participants\, team mentors and leaders\, and roving mentors.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The Challenge\nTo develop a methodological approach which helps gain a deeper understanding of how search systems enable and constrain diverse groups facing “wicked problems”. This may be achieved through developing realistic personas and their attributes as a way to capture information seekers’ context and formulate realistic search queries for algorithmic audits\, or other ways of auditing search systems and overcoming their “black box” nature. Regardless of the direction\, the proposed methodological approach or approaches must account for contextual diversity of social groups and the “wicked problems” they tackle. \n \nOn Day 1\, teams will will be asked to identify a “wicked problem” and produce 2-3 concise representations of people who may be searching for information related to it. They will consider the contextual properties relevant to understanding how these types of users will formulate their search queries and which platforms they will use to search for information. Multiple methods and data sources can be utilised for persona development\, including inference from open fora (Reddit\, StackExchange)\, consultation with external stakeholders invited to the event\, interviews of fellow group members\, and more. These methods will be used to formulate 15-60 queries reflective of the context of the social groups. For queries that are likely to be conducted via Google Search\, the members of the Australian Search Experience Project (subproject 2) will utilise their existing infrastructure to simulate such queries and collect the first page of search results for each query. \nOn Day 2\, teams can choose to: \n\nDevelop an approach to evaluate the search results collected from Google for the queries they produced.\nor\nDevelop a prototype or an approach to collect and evaluate search results from other platforms relevant to the personas they developed on day 1.\n\nThroughout the event\, teams will be supported by mentors and leaders from across the Centre with expertise in information retrieval\, computational social science\, and internet studies. Team members and team leads – no technical experience necessary. ADM+S members from any interdisciplinary background are welcome. \nOutputs \nThe process and results of the Hackathon will be documented in a methodological paper\, with all participants invited to join as co-authors. \nFor more information\, visit the registration page. Any questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/2025-hackathon/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members Only,ECR Students,HDR Students,Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Practical Machine Learning Explainability: Surrogate Explainers and Fairwashing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this session delivered by ADM+S Affiliate Kacper Sokol and Associate Investigator Danula Hetticachchi as they introduce the three core components of surrogate explainers: data sampling\, interpretable representation and explanation generation in view of text\, image and tabular data.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Surrogate explainability is a popular transparency technique for assessing trustworthiness of predictions output by black-box machine learning models. While such explainers are often presented as monolithic\, end-to-end tools\, they in fact exhibit high modularity and scope for parameterisation. This observation suggests that each use case may require a bespoke surrogate built and tuned for the problem at hand. \nThis session introduces the three core components of surrogate explainers: data sampling\, interpretable representation and explanation generation in view of text\, image and tabular data. By understanding these building blocks individually\, as well as their interplay\, we can build robust and trustworthy explainers. However\, we can also misuse these insights to create technically-valid explainers that are intended to produce misleading justifications of individual predictions. For example\, by manipulating the size and distribution of the data sample (or the grouping criteria of the interpretable representation) an automated decision may be shown as fair despite the underlying model being inherently biased. This overview of theory is complemented by a low-code hands-on exercise facilitated through an iPython widget delivered via a Jupyter Notebook. \nDelivered by ADM+S Affiliate Kacper Sokol and ADM+S Associate Investigator Danula Hettiachchi \nADM+S Members Only – Registration and Zoom link via ADM+S Calendar invite[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/practical-machine-learning-explainability-surrogate-explainers-and-fairwashing/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members Only,ECR Students,HDR Students,Melbourne,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251030T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251030T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20251024T005548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T005548Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond XAI: Explainable Data-driven Modelling for Human Reasoning and Decision Support
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this session delivered by ADM+S Affiliate Kacper Sokol and Associate Investigator Danula Hetticachchi as they explore how we can reimagine XAI by drawing upon a broad range of relevant interdisciplinary findings. ” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Insights from social sciences have transformed explainable artificial intelligence from a largely technical into a more human-centred discipline\, thus enabling diverse stakeholders\, rather than technical experts alone\, to benefit from its developments. The focus of explainability research itself\, nonetheless\, remained largely unchanged\, that is to help people understand the operation and output of predictive models. This\, however\, may not necessarily be the most consequential function of such systems; they can be adapted to complement\, augment and enhance the abilities of humans instead of (fully) automating their various roles in an explainable way. In this talk I will explore how we can reimagine XAI by drawing upon a broad range of relevant interdisciplinary findings. The resulting\, more comprehensive conceptualisation of the entire research field promises to be better aligned with humans by supporting their reasoning and decision-making in a data-driven way. As the talk will show\, medical applications\, as well as other high stakes domains\, stand to greatly benefit from such a shift in perspective. \nDelivered by ADM+S Affiliate Kacper Sokol and ADM+S Associate Investigator Danula Hettiachchi \nADM+S Members Only – Registration and Zoom link via ADM+S Calendar invite[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/beyond-xai-explainable-data-driven-modelling-for-human-reasoning-and-decision-support/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members Only,ECR Students,HDR Students,Melbourne,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251015T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250902T060304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T060304Z
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SUMMARY:She Shapes History: Badass Women of Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This is the story of Melbourne – told by the women who shaped it.\nHidden amongst Flinders Street Station\, Federation Square\, the State Library\, the Princess Theatre and Parliament House are the stories of women who shaped Melbourne.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalk through the heart of the city where women built hospitals\, launched movements\, soundtracked our streets\, and transformed culture – often without recognition. From the steps of Parliament to tucked-away laneways\, you’ll meet artists\, agitators\, entrepreneurs and everyday rebels who dared to speak up and shape the city around them. \nCome ready to see Melbourne differently – and to carry these stories with you long after the walk ends. This tour will leave you feeling inspired\, grounded\, and ready to shape history yourself. \nNote: If you have infants or toddlers you are welcome to bring them along with a pram or stroller.\nIf you have a dog they are also welcome to join – please bring a lead and doggy bags. \nRegistrations are essential. Any questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/she-shapes-history/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250904T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250905T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250821T061507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T061537Z
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SUMMARY:Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Journalist and critic Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist has invigorated both academic and journalistic critique of Spotify\, while arming musicians with a powerful set of arguments for imagining alternative platforms and economic models for music.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this two-hour seminar\, Pelly will lead a discussion of the book’s key themes and the broader context of streaming\, extractive platforms\, and the political economy of music. We’ll explore how Spotify’s algorithms and business practices shape listening habits\, culture\, and livelihoods\, and look at existing initiatives that aim to put power back in the hands of musicians. Participants will be invited to share their own ideas\, experiences\, and alternative visions for more equitable and imaginative music futures. \nThis event is for members only. Light lunch and snacks provided. \nVenue: Radio Theatre (Building 9\, level 1\, room 24\, RMIT City campus). \nPresented by Music Industry Research Collective (MIRC) and The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1755756842683{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Flizpellyrmit|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/mood-machine/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250826T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250826T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250815T142555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T220327Z
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SUMMARY:Pathways for Regeneration: Frontier Innovation meets Community Stewardship
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”As technology reshapes our world at unprecedented speed and scale\, how can communities harness these shifts to build resilient\, regenerative futures?” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrawing from a decade building frontier tech ventures across emerging markets and supporting grassroots initiatives throughout Asia-Pacific and beyond\, Crystal Ma explores the transformative potential where cutting-edge innovation meets community and indigenous stewardship. Through real-world examples leveraging emerging technologies including AI and blockchain\, she reveals how we can seize this pivotal time to flip the script — contributing and seeding systems that empower the commons to contribute to an inclusive\, regenerative\, and thriving future for people and planet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1755266039842{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”29993″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Crystal Ma\nCrystal Ma is a venture builder and digital innovation strategist at the intersection of inclusive finance\, frontier technology\, and impact. With over a decade launching and scaling ventures at the forefront of technology across frontier markets\, she has structured funds\, worked with pioneering startups\, and launched digital products to millions in emerging markets. Her work spans from leading strategic initiatives at fintech unicorns and Web3 protocols\, advising funders and founders\, to hands-on contributions to grassroots and community-led initiatives in rural villages across Asia-Pacific and beyond. \nCrystal now focuses on partnering with mission-aligned teams and organisations\, leveraging frontier technologies\, including AI\, blockchain\, and IoT\, to scale digital solutions and build market infrastructure for a low-carbon economy. Working across the globe\, she is committed to integrating social\, financial\, and technological innovation for inclusive impact and regeneration for people and the planet. \nCrystal holds a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics\, is a CFA Charterholder\, and holds certification in Climate Finance. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1755267942066{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fpathways-for-regeneration|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/pathways-for-regeneration/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250712
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Signals and Noises: AusSTS Conference 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us as we tune in to the signals and noises that shape our understanding of science\, technology\, and the worlds around us.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]We are excited to announce a collaboration with the ‘Signal to Noise’ exhibition at the fantastic new National Communication Museum (NCM) in Hawthorn\, Naarm\, for day 1 of the conference. The day 1 activities will draw on the creative archives\, exhibitions and interactive spaces in the NCM and have been made possible thanks to generous support from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). \nDay 1 will include a keynote panel on infrastructures of noise with Dang Nguyen\, (RMIT)\, Ranjodh Dhaliwal Singh\, (University of Basel)\, Kate Mannell (Deakin) and Fabian Offert (University of California\, Santa Barbara)\, as well as a series of workshops and a public event in the evening with Eryk Salvaggio and further international and national artists (to be announced soon!). \nDay 2 and 3 will take place at Deakin Downtown in Docklands. We look forward to a keynote on technologies of reproduction by Elizabeth Stephens (University of Queensland)\, in discussion with Jaya Keaney(University of Melbourne)\, to kick off a day of presentations\, pre-submitted paper workshops\, and ‘Making and Doing’ sessions\, which will include posters and short\, timed tours where presenters will have a few minutes to introduce their installations. \nThe keynote for day 3 on noise within health includes Warwick Anderson (University of Sydney)\, Kari Lancaster (University of Bath)\, and Christopher O’Neill (Deakin).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”MORE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Faussts.org%2Faussts-2025-cfp%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/signals-and-noises-aussts-conference-2025/
LOCATION:National Communication Museum\, 375 Burwood Rd\, Hawthorn\, VIC\, 3122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Public Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250709
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250612T034250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T053451Z
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SUMMARY:Network anarchy and unstable diffusions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Once imagined as a decentralised utopia of free knowledge\, DIY culture\, and radical sharing\, the internet has now evolved into a dystopia of crypto millionaires\, fascist bots\, doomscrolling\, and algorithmic control.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]What we imagined as an infrastructure for openness\, stability\, and resilience has left us instead feeling profoundly unstable\, polarised\, and trapped inside a chaotic walled garden of nothing but noise. To borrow a phrase from media theorist Wendy Chun\, our ground truths have all turned out to be deep fakes.  \nThis event\, spanning two days of workshops and talks at RMIT\, will explore how artists\, writers\, thinkers\, and other cultural workers can help us come to terms with the broken promises and chaotic realities of the 21st-century internet.  \nConvened by Joel Stern (RMIT)\, Thao Phan (ANU)\, and Christopher O’Neill (Deakin) \nSupported by ADM+S as part of the project ‘Evaluating Automated Cultural Curating and Ranking Systems with Synthetic Data’. Presented in association with the National Communication Museum\, School of Media and Communication RMIT\, and the AusSTS 2025 Conference ‘Signals and Noises’\, which runs from July 9-11. Details here.  \nADM+S students and ECRs are encouraged to sign up for the first day of AusSTS at the National Communication Museum at a reduced price – featuring performances\, workshops\, and keynotes from invited scholars and performers. Registrations are now open.  \nMonday 7 July\nNoisy Joints: Embodying the AI Glitch: Eryk Salvagio and Camila Galaz\n12pm-2pm \n\nArtists and researchers Eryk Salvaggio and Camila Galaz present a participatory workshop on interrupting and reframing the outputs of generative AI systems. Drawing from a critical AI puppetry workshop originally developed at the Mercury Store in Brooklyn\, New York\, Noisy Joints invites participants to think through the body—its categorisation\, misrecognition\, and noise—within AI image-generation systems. How do our physical movements interact with machine perception? How can choreographies of shadow\, gesture\, and failure unsettle the logic of automated categorisation? \nAcross the session\, participants will explore these questions through short talks\, collaborative video-making\, glitch-puppetry exercises\, and experimental use of tools like Runway’s GEN3 model. Using shadows\, projections\, and improvised movement\, the workshop will trace a playful and critical path through the interfaces and assumptions that shape AI perception. No technical experience is required.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fnoisy-joints-workshop%3Fhxchl%3Dhex-pfl|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]JODI\n2pm-4pm \nWorkshop description written by JODI \n%Install \/\/ifi :Localphone.tracer https://wifi4garden.com  \n& making?breaking Alt.app/softwar DIY#Wrong%Browsers💻 .WWW vs Appland\nhttps://zkm.de/en/2025/02/choose-your-filter \nJoan Heemskerk about 🖲$Blockchain #alt.sci-fi  \nhttps://rectangle.be/rec \nJODI (jodi.org) pioneered net.art in 1995. They were among the first artists to investigate and subvert the conventions of the Internet\, computer programs\, and video and computer games. Their work radically disrupts the very language of these systems\, including visual aesthetics\, interface elements\, commands\, errors\, and code. JODI stages extreme digital interventions that destabilise the relationship between computer technology and its users by subverting expectations about the functionalities and conventions of the systems we rely on every day. Their practice spans a variety of media and techniques\, including installations\, software\, websites\, performances\, and exhibitions. \nJODI’s work is featured in most art historical volumes on digital and media art. It has been exhibited internationally at venues such as Documenta X\, the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)\, ZKM\, ICC\, CCA\, the Guggenheim\, IMAL\, Centre Pompidou\, Eyebeam\, FACT\, MoMI\, Harvard Art Museums\, Rhizome\, and MoMA\, among others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fjodi-workshop%3Fc%3Dadms|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Tuesday 8 July\nHow to Train Your (Mental) Model: Fabian Offert (UCSB) & Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (University of Basel)\n2pm- 4pm \nThis workshop seeks to interrogate how one may know if/when AI is “bad\,” and who gets to make that determination. The objective of the workshop is not to interrogate how training of models happens in contemporary AI systems but to instead collectively come to terms with the methods of studying AI in contemporary STS (and adjacent) scholarship. We shall outline some common methodological trends and issues in the field of critical AI studies\, and collaboratively look at\, and think about\, the precise chains of arguments that undergird our understanding of AI models today. Turning the chain-of-thought process unto a critical register\, the participants will be invited to consider the methodological diversity\, veracity\, and validity of contemporary argumentation modes (across popular\, corporate\, and academic discourses) and the political emergence and implications of these argumentations. At the core of this exercise is a consideration of how we\, as thinkers and tinkerers\, may reassess our mental models of how AI models are trained and operationalized. In the face of these issues that we shall encounter\, the workshop will aim towards making some headway into a future set of methodologies that might take into account existing strengths in our humanistic and social scientific domains.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fhow-to-train-your-mental-model-workshop%3Fc%3Dadms|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/network-anarchy-and-unstable-diffusions/
LOCATION:RMIT Media Portal
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250529
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:inSTEM 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”inSTEM is an annual conference for Centre of Excellence members\, dedicated to advancing equitable practices for marginalised and underrepresented people in STEM\, while also welcoming those committed to becoming better allies.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a two-day networking and career development conference aimed at marginalised and underrepresented groups in STEM\, along with their allies and leaders. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ninSTEM provides a safe\, inclusive space to connect and share experiences\, and learn from experts on advancing careers in STEM while fostering inclusivity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn initiative of the ARC Centres of Excellence\, inSTEM offers career insights\, networking opportunities\, and discussions on driving meaningful change in STEM. Whether you’re a leader\, ally\, or from a marginalised group\, inSTEM provides valuable learning and networking opportunities. Attending inSTEM can help you: \n\nStrengthen your leadership and allyship by learning from experts and colleagues about how to create more inclusive teams.\nBuild lasting connections with a diverse group of individuals across STEM disciplines.\nGain new insights and strategies to support your career or the careers of those around you.\n\nInformation on how to register will be sent to members via email. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1740696460842{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PROGRAM INFORMATION” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instem.org.au%2F2025-program|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1740695969092{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”568″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Mark Andrejevic\nMark Andrejevic is a Chief Investigator at the Monash University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Mark Andrejevic is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media\, Film\, and Journalism at Monash University. His research covers the social\, political\, and cultural impact of digital media\, with a focus on surveillance and popular culture. He is the author of four monographs\, including\, most recently Automated Media\, as well as more than 90 academic articles and book chapters. He is a member of the Council for Big Data\, Ethics\, and Society and heads up the Automated Society Working Group at Monash. Before coming to Monash he held positions at the University of Queensland and the University of Iowa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/instem2025/
LOCATION:Storey Hall\, RMIT University\, Building 16\, 336/348 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250519T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250519T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:No Harm Done #2: Risk\, Technology\, and Climate
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”No Harm Done continues its exploration of ethical\, sustainable pathways for technology with its second installment focusing on the critical intersection of risk\, technology\, and climate. This event brings together three leading voices who are reshaping how we understand and respond to technological systems and their impacts on our communities and environment.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]As technological systems increasingly shape our response to climate challenges\, we face urgent questions about risk\, power\, and democratic control. Who benefits from these systems? Who bears the costs? And how might we build alternatives that truly serve the many\, not the few? \nNo Harm Done #2 brings together three pioneering thinkers who are not just critiquing extractive technological systems but actively building and supporting real-world alternatives. From platform cooperatives operating across 60+ countries to local government innovation labs and critical analyses of “smart” technologies\, this event cuts through techno-optimist narratives to explore how communities are taking back control of their digital futures. \nMore information on the No Harm Done event series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fno-harm-done-2-risk-technology-and-climate|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729726283854{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”28929″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Trebor Schulz\nAn associate professor at The New School and Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center\, he coined the concept of “platform cooperativism” to describe worker-owned digital platforms that advance economic\, social\, and environmental justice. His work combines analysis\, organizing\, education\, and institution-building—and has improved the lives of over a million workers globally. \nScholz founded the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC) and the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE)\, which support research and practice across more than 60 countries. From AI co-ops to community-run data centers and food delivery networks powered by worker-owners\, his focus is on functioning alternatives\, not solely theoretical analysis. A global keynote speaker and author of Own This! and Uberworked and Underpaid\, his contributions have shaped practice\, policy\, and scholarship. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”28947″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Jathan Sadowski\nDr. Jathan Sadowski studies the political economy and social theory of information technology at Monash University’s Emerging Technologies Research Lab. His research focuses on the political economy of insurance technology and the socio-economic impacts of this “risky business” on our lives and future. Author of “Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data\, Controlling Our Lives\, and Taking Over the World” and “The Mechanic and the Luddite\,” Sadowski’s work demystifies the material relations underlying technological systems and advocates for democratically reclaiming power over technology—ensuring it works “for the many\, not the few.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”28948″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Bonnie Shaw\nBonnie Shaw leads MAVlab\, an innovative initiative by Victoria’s Municipal Association supporting local governments as they navigate complex social\, environmental\, and technological challenges. With experience as Practice Lead for Australia’s first award-winning smart cities team at the City of Melbourne and as co-founder of a successful data analytics startup\, Shaw brings a unique perspective to civic innovation. Her approach is “data informed\, wilfully optimistic and wildly collaborative\,” with a focus on achieving better outcomes for people\, places\, and the planet through local government innovation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/no-harm-done-2-risk-technology-and-climate/
LOCATION:Media Portal\, RMIT University\, 414-418 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Trebor Scholz - From Vibe to Viability: A Methodology for Building Transformative Alternatives in the Digital Economy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”A/Prof Trebor Scholz is a leading voice in the global movement for democratic digital infrastructure\, exploring how communities in over 60 countries are creating alternatives to extractive technologies through cooperative experiments.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery time you order a meal\, obtain directions\, query an AI chatbot\, or access your child’s virtual classroom\, you’re interacting with a multi-sided digital platform—and you trade in more than just time or money. You relinquish data. You perform unpaid labor. And in nearly every case\, that data\, along with the profits\, leaves your community and flows to distant companies with no stake in your local economy. But what if the digital economy worked differently—what if it respected privacy\, strengthened local economies\, and ensured communities benefited from the value they help create?\nFor researchers who believe their work can contribute to positive social change\, this lecture offers a methodology grounded in lived examples—one that links critical analysis with practical pathways for reshaping the platform economy. \n\nThis talk analyzes real-world models of doing things differently—from a driver-owned ride-hailing platform in New York City\, to a community telecoms co-op in Mzamba\, South Africa\, a care worker co-op in Sydney\, an artist-owned stock photography platform based in Canada\, and a food delivery system shared by 80 cooperatives across Europe. These are practical alternatives that challenge business-as-usual approaches in mobility\, connectivity\, creative production\, care\, and food systems. They respond to widespread concerns—excessive workplace monitoring\, loss of individual privacy\, unaccountable algorithms\, and the growing instability of gig work—while also addressing deeper systemic issues like concentrated ownership\, weakened labor protections\, and the outsized political influence of tech oligarchs. \nBut this isn’t just another take on platform cooperatives. It doesn’t shy away from the hard questions: What happens when the energy fades? When scale becomes a trap? When democracy cuts into your evenings? One case explored in greater depth is Groupmuse\, a US-American platform co-op owned by its workers and musicians. It connects communities through intimate house concerts—over 10\,000 to date. With 3\,000 artists and 65\,000 audience members nationwide\, each performance guarantees musicians a minimum of $125\, plus direct audience contributions. \nIn this presentation\, Scholz outlines a methodology that defies the usual academic playbook—combining research\, organizing\, education\, and advocacy to shift conditions on the ground. He traces a lineage from 28 weavers in mid-19th century England—whose cooperative experiment inspired hard-won principles of mutual ownership and democratic governance—to today’s efforts to reclaim agency and worker power in over 60 countries. Platform co-ops. Data cooperatives. DAOs. Community-owned data centers. This approach\, alongside broader efforts by platform cooperatives and adjacent solidarity enterprises\, has contributed to improved conditions for over a million workers\, helped establish the emerging academic subfield of SolidarityTech\, and sparked conversations about cooperative alternatives in more than 60 countries—all without falling into the trap of solutionism that promises quick fixes to deeply structural problems. \nYet the path is fraught with barriers: platform worker cooperatives grapple with financial constraints\, legal exclusion\, and the gravitational pull of entrenched corporate norms. Ultimately\, Scholz argues that capital’s domination of the tech sector is not complete—leaving room for real utopias grounded in the solidarity economy\, built not to scale like empires\, but to last like communities. \nThis event is present in partnership with the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society\, and is supported by RMIT Culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:%20https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Ffrom-vibe-to-viability|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729726283854{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”28661″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Trebor Scholz\nTrebor Scholz is a scholar-activist and Associate Professor for Culture & Media at The New School in New York City. His book Uber-Worked and Underpaid. How Workers Are Disrupting the Digital Economy (Polity\, 2016) develops an analysis of the challenges posed by digital labor and introduces the concept of platform cooperativism as a way of joining the peer-to-peer and co-op movements with online labor markets while insisting on communal ownership and democratic governance. His next book will focus on the prospects of the cooperative online economy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”18335″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Ellie Rennie\nFollowing his presentation\, Trebor will be joined for a fireside by Prof Ellie Rennie. Ellie is an Associate Investigator at the RMIT University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) and Principal Research Fellow in RMIT’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre. She is also a member of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/vibe-to-viability/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online,Public Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:ADM+S Thesis Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Attention HDR students: Do you have heaps of writing to do that always seems to be put off until tomorrow? Need to break some perfectionist habits and get cracking on that thesis draft? Worried about slow progress and looming deadlines?” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations are open for the ADM+S Thesis Boot Camp. Designed for students in mid-to-late candidature with a significant amount of data collected\, the program aims to re-energise students’ writing progress and overcome hurdles slowing them down. This program will include focused discussion on approaches to writing\, thesis structure\, clarifying arguments\, and strategies for writing quickly and writing well. Thesis Boot Camp participants will work through common challenges faced at this point in the journey\, such as writer’s block and thesis fatigue\, to achieve significant progress on their manuscript. The bootcamp will be delivered by Dr Liam Connell. \n  \nThis intensive workshop will be held at The Oxford Scholar in Melbourne from 15-16 May 2025. Participants will need to be available across both days.\nCatering will be provided across the bootcamp dates including morning teas\, lunch and afternoon teas. \nInterstate students: ADM+S Student members selected to participate will be offered travel support up to a maximum of $1\,000 to cover return economy airfares\, accommodation and ground transportation. Per diems are not included in the bursary. \n  \nStudents who live in Regional Victoria: ADM+S Student members selected to participate will be offered travel support up to a maximum of $450 to cover accommodation and ground transportation. Per diems are not included in the bursary. \nAny questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”GET TICKETS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fadm-s-thesis-bootcamp-8fmmjcjn|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/thesis-bootcamp/
LOCATION:The Oxford Scholar\, 427 Swanston Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:HDR Students,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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SUMMARY:Birrarung Wilam (River Camp) Walk with Koorie Heritage Trust
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”We welcome people to take the Birrarung Wilam Walk\, which starts at Federation Square and leads to the Birrarung Wilam Aboriginal art installations. This walk is a chance to learn about the history of the Birrarung and the Aboriginal Peoples of the Kulin Nation\, and is open to ADM+S Members based in Naarm/Melbourne.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith one of our knowledgeable Cultural Experience Guides\, you’ll discover how Melbourne’s land has changed over time and the significance of the Birrarung Wilam to the local Kulin peoples. This experience will provide a deeper and more meaningful understanding of this important gathering place for the Kulin Nation\, which is now also one of Melbourne’s most popular meeting hubs in the heart of the city. \n  \nAny questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fbirrarung-wilam-walk-with-koorie-heritage-trust|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/birrarung-wilam-walk/
LOCATION:Koorie Heritage Trust\, Federation Square
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250915
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250328T022853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250718T061010Z
UID:28683-1744416000-1757894399@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Signal to Noise
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The Information Age is over. Signal to Noise explores how artists work with\, challenge\, or complicate the relationship between signals and noise—disruptions\, glitches or interference—in communication technologies and the messages they send. These technologies include the internet\, telephones\, radio and television\, artificial intelligence\, social media algorithms\, and even the sounds of the natural world.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Artists are the buzz in the radio\, the data that brings AI to a glitching halt. Instead of seeing noise as something to block out\, artists in the exhibition reframe noise as a signal in itself— an opportunity for creative engagement. \nThrough international artworks\, new commissions and technology collections\, the political\, social\, philosophical and aesthetic possibilities for noise are examined: revealing the limits of technology’s capacity to contain noise\, while embracing the inevitable and productive friction noise makes possible.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EXHIBITION” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fncm.org.au%2Fexhibitions%2Fsignal-to-noise|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729726283854{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CO-CURATOR” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”28685″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Joel Stern\nDr Joel Stern is a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. \nJoel Stern is a researcher\, curator\, and artist living in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. Informed by a background in experimental music and sonic art\, Stern’s work focuses on how practices of sound and listening inform and shape our contemporary worlds.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/signal-to-noise/
LOCATION:National Communication Museum\, 375 Burwood Rd\, Hawthorn\, VIC\, 3122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Public Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250404T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250404T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250314T055522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T055522Z
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SUMMARY:CS50x Puzzle Day
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Do you like solvable problems? Us too! Work together with friends and colleagues on a set of logic puzzles at our locally hosted CS50x Puzzle Day event and compete against other teams across the world! This event is open to all ADM+S members.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCS50x Puzzle Day is an event organised by Harvard University’s introduction to computer science course\, and features logical puzzles that do not require computer science knowledge. In 2024 more than 11\,000 people registered from 164 countries; you can get more of the stats here. \n\n  \nEvent duration \nStart time: 1.00pm \nFinish time: 5.00pm \n  \nEvent structure \n1pm: doors open; participants self-select into small teams \n1:15pm: run through the instructions for puzzle day \n1:30 – 3:30pm: solve puzzles\, eat snacks \n3:30-3:45pm: anyone looking to submit their team officially should do so now (if you want a certificate from CS50x) \n3:45pm – 5pm: puzzle-by-puzzle group discussion\, since we won’t have the answers yet! Official answers get released the following week. \nDetails to come \n  \nLight refreshments will be provided for those participating in-person. \nAny questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development\, Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fcs50x-puzzle-day|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/cs50x-puzzle-day/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250402T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250402T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20250314T054508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T054537Z
UID:28545-1743589800-1743595200@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Documentary filmmaking with mobile and AI tools workshop
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”We invite all ADM+S members to a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to create impactful videos for your research using just your smartphone. In addition\, we’ll explore how AI tools can enhance your content by generating audio and video elements to augment your videos.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that Stephen prefers iOS\, but the principles will apply to both iOS and Android devices. \nWhat to Bring: \n\nYour smartphone\nAn eagerness to learn and experiment!\n\nWho Should Attend: \n\nAnyone interested in improving their research (or research translation) through video\nNo prior filmmaking or AI tool experience necessary—just bring yourself!\n\nFurther Information and resources: \nMaking movies with a mobile phone \nAI tools for filmmaking \n\nStephen Quinn \nStephen Quinn is a writer and filmmaker with a parallel career as a university academic who has lived in nine countries. He makes films and teaches people how to make movies and documentaries with a smartphone and a range of artificial intelligence tools. \nSince late 2023 he has run face-to-face workshops about AI tools for filmmaking in England\, the UAE and Australia\, and via Zoom in England\, India and Africa. You can read about his approach to making films with AI tools here. \n  \nAny questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fdocumentary-filmmaking-with-mobile-and-ai-tools-workshop|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/documentary-filmmaking-ai-tools/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250214
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20241210T052816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T233634Z
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SUMMARY:2025 ADM+S Summer School
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The 2025 ADM+S Summer School will encompass interactive workshops\, bootcamps\, mentoring and social activity across three days\, with our leading researchers and collaborators delivering a program encompassing methodological approaches\, technical play\, researcher and career development skills\, and community building amongst our ADM+S cohorts.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome dinner: Monday 10 February 6.00pm – 8.00pm\nSummer school days: Tuesday 11 – Thursday 13 February (9.30am – 4.00pm) \nPlease register your interest in attending\, we would love to see you there. Program updates to be distributed soon. \nADM+S interstatte students and researchers\, and those living in regional hubs (Victoria) can be supported by their node to attend the Summer School in-person\, this can be by way of return economy airfares\, accommodation\, and ground transportation. Please contact your Node Leader if you wish to attend in person. \nAny questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1733808684894{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT GUIDE AND PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fevent-guide-2025-adms-summer-school%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1733808675799{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fai-policy-co-design-toolkit-development-workshop|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1715132217654{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”STUDENT PAPER CONTEST” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Since 2005\, the Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) has featured a graduate student paper contest. This important tradition highlights the best work(s) by members of the new generation of CIRC scholars. \nTo participate in this contest\, the papers need to be authored / co-authored by students only. They cannot be co-authored by any faculty member or postdoc. The papers should be written in full\, in a similar format as journal articles (8\,000 words)\, but not published or accepted for publication in an academic journal\, book\, or any other formal outlet or platform. They should include authors’ names and affiliations. \nWinners—1st price and runner(s) up—will be chosen by the CIRC Steering Committee (in collaboration with the conference organising committee). The result will be announced on the last day of CIRC 2024 on 18 June 2024. \nIf you wish to participate in the student paper contest\, please send your full paper to the following email\, with the subject “Student paper contest”\, by 30 May 2024: circ2024.au@gmail.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/2025-adms-summer-school/
LOCATION:Melbourne Law School\, The Woodward Convention Centre\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3053
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241211
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20241125T231104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T232835Z
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SUMMARY:The Wicked Problem of AI Policy Design
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”How can we address the Wicked Problem of AI Policy Design? Interested in tackling one of the most complex challenges of our time? Join us for a dynamic\, hands-on workshop where we will explore how to collaboratively design better AI Policies that address pressing societal issues and emerging technology with creativity and impact!” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho is this for? \nThis workshop is designed for change-makers\, AI enthusiasts\, technology researchers and practitioners — anyone who is eager to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and effective governance! \nWhen \nTuesday\, 10 December 2024\, 9am-4pm AEST. \nWhere \nForgan Smith Building\, The University of Queensland\, St Lucia\, Brisbane\, Australia. Room details to be shared via email post-registration. \nHow \nPlease register your interest by completing this form. Spaces are limited (wait-list is available). Confirmation of registration and workshop details will be shared via email. This is designed as an in-person workshop\, however if you are unable to join and would like to participate remotely\, please register and contact the facilitators to explore arrangements for remote participation. \nTogether we will \nUnpack the Wicked Problems of AI and Policy! Examine real-world AI policy challenges — from policy blind spots\, to equity concerns\, and enforcement gaps! \nReimagine AI Policy Co-Design. Understand what AI policy means across various domains and contexts\, and what considerations are important for democratising policy design for AI! \nBuild Policy Together Using an AI Policy Co-Design Toolkit! Brainstorm and generate a diverse set of —current and near-future — AI use cases through a thumbnailing exercise! And use an AI Policy framework to assess these use cases — collaboratively designing policy artefacts to address these new and emerging use cases! \nWalk away with ideas about how to tackle AI policy challenges\, a repository of AI use cases\, and a collaborative toolkit that you can use to craft better policies in your field! Whether you are an AI researcher\, a policy designer\, or simply curious about the intersection of technology and governance — this workshop offers an invaluable opportunity to collaborative\, innovate\, and together make an impact! \nThe world needs better tools\, minds\, and collaborative approaches to tame AI’s wicked problems! Join us to work towards better solutions! \nWorkshop Facilitators \nSaarim Saghir (Strategy Manager\, Google\, USA). \nDr Awais Hameed Khan (The University of Queensland & ADM+S\, Australia). \nProfessor Paul Henman (The University of Queensland & ADM+S\, Australia). \nThis workshop is being hosted at the University of Queensland node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) \nFor questions contact awaishameed.khan@uq.edu.au \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576058076{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PROGRAM TBC” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fai-policy-co-design-toolkit-development-workshop|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1715132217654{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”STUDENT PAPER CONTEST” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Since 2005\, the Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) has featured a graduate student paper contest. This important tradition highlights the best work(s) by members of the new generation of CIRC scholars. \nTo participate in this contest\, the papers need to be authored / co-authored by students only. They cannot be co-authored by any faculty member or postdoc. The papers should be written in full\, in a similar format as journal articles (8\,000 words)\, but not published or accepted for publication in an academic journal\, book\, or any other formal outlet or platform. They should include authors’ names and affiliations. \nWinners—1st price and runner(s) up—will be chosen by the CIRC Steering Committee (in collaboration with the conference organising committee). The result will be announced on the last day of CIRC 2024 on 18 June 2024. \nIf you wish to participate in the student paper contest\, please send your full paper to the following email\, with the subject “Student paper contest”\, by 30 May 2024: circ2024.au@gmail.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/wicked-problem/
LOCATION:University of Queensland\, Brisbane\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20241205T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20241205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Indie Porn by Zahra Stardust
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for the launch of ADM+S Research Fellow\, Dr. Zahra Stardust‘s new book\, Indie Porn: Revolution\, Regulation and Resistance. Zahra will be in conversation with Frankie Van Kan at the Victorian Pride Centre\, St. Kilda.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1722476003470{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE BOOK” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Indie Porn\, Dr Zahra Stardust examines the motivations and interventions of independent porn producers as they navigate criminal laws\, risk-averse platforms\, discriminatory algorithms\, and rampant piracy. Herself a porn performer and participant\, Stardust takes readers behind the scenes\, offering intimate insights into this sociopolitical movement. She finds politicians who watch porn in parliament\, protesters leading face-sitting demonstrations\, sex workers making COVID-safe pornography\, and artists reverse-engineering porn detection software. Against the backdrop of a global gig economy\, Stardust documents the promises of indie porn to democratize content\, revolutionize production\, and redistribute wealth while outlining the fantasies of regulators\, whose illusions of what porn is and does foreclose possibilities for transformation. Inevitably\, as these paradigms collide\, porn producers engage in creative tactics to hustle for survival and visibility\, from ethical certification to law reform\, sometimes reproducing hierarchies of stigma themselves. By highlighting how porn stigma is bound up with intersecting oppressions\, Stardust identifies these junctions as coalitional opportunities for changing social relationships to sex\, work\, and capitalism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1722476003470{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE AUTHOR” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”11425″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Zahra Stardust is a Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Zahra is a socio-legal scholar working at the intersections of sexuality\, technology\, law and social justice. Her doctoral research\, which won the Dean’s award for Best PhD Thesis\, examined the regulation of queer and feminist pornographies through criminal laws\, classification codes\, platform governance and the capitalist co-optation of sexual subcultures. \nOver the last 15 years Zahra has worked in policy\, advocacy\, legal and research capacities with community organisations\, NGOs and UN bodies on human rights in Australia and internationally. Zahra has taught in law\, criminology\, public policy\, social research\, gender studies and politics at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. \nRecently\, Zahra has worked on ARC funded projects exploring intoxication evidence in sexual assault trials\, the policing of public order offences and the criminalisation of homelessness. \nAs Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the QUT Node of ADM+S\, Zahra will be aligned to the Institutions research program and will undertake research to investigate how automated systems can be held accountable against public interest standards.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/book-launch-indie-porn-by-zahra-stardust/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Fitzroy Street 81\, St Kilda\, VIC\, 3182\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241204T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241204T183000
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SUMMARY:What is a Public Service Media Algorithm\, and Why Might We Need One?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This is the opening panel for the ADM+S annual Hackathon: Recommender Systems for Public Service Media.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for a panel discussion of how automated recommendation systems might support the mission of public service media in Australia. Providing an alternative to commercial forms of content curation is one of the challenges faced by public service media in the digital era. The panel discussion will explore the role of automation in crafting a vision for the future of public service media. \nLight refreshments will be made available in advance of the panel discussion from 4.30pm – 5.30pm\, with the panel commencing at 5.30pm. \nPanel members \nAngela Ross\, Research Lead\, ABC News Strategy and Innovation \nJames Meese\, Associate Professor\, School of Media and Communication\, RMIT University \nLaura Gartry\, Innovation Lead\, ABC Digital and National News \nStuart Watt\, Head of News Strategy and Innovation\, ABC \nModerator \nProf Mark Andrejevic\, Chief Investigator\, Monash University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576058076{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PROGRAM TBC” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fwhat-is-a-public-service-media-algorithm-and-why-might-we-need-one%3F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732576258341{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WORKSHOP FACILITATORS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”27057″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Saarim Saghir\nSaarim is a Strategy Manager with Google\, USA.  \n Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/public-service-media-algorithm/
LOCATION:Woodward Conference Centre\, Pelham Street 185\, Carlton\, Melbourne City\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241205
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Are Fair Elections Possible In The Age Of AI?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”From cyber attacks to co-ordinated disinformation and AI-generated deep fakes\, fair elections in Australia and around the world are facing unprecedented and complex threats.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat do we need to know to understand these challenges and address them effectively? What should citizens\, journalists\, policy-makers\, researchers and politicians be doing to protect fair elections? \nThis one day workshop\, held in the historic Council Chamber of the Francis Ormond Building at RMIT\, brings together experts from Australia and the United States to report and compare recent experiences in both countries. It will examine the capabilities of current AI systems\, the dynamics of digital media platforms\, and the institutional\, technical and regulatory strategies that can protect elections now and in the future. \nThe workshop is a collaboration of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and the University of Southern California’s Election Cybersecurity Initiative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1715231990257{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fai-elections-program%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Felection-ai|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1715132217654{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”STUDENT PAPER CONTEST” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Since 2005\, the Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) has featured a graduate student paper contest. This important tradition highlights the best work(s) by members of the new generation of CIRC scholars. \nTo participate in this contest\, the papers need to be authored / co-authored by students only. They cannot be co-authored by any faculty member or postdoc. The papers should be written in full\, in a similar format as journal articles (8\,000 words)\, but not published or accepted for publication in an academic journal\, book\, or any other formal outlet or platform. They should include authors’ names and affiliations. \nWinners—1st price and runner(s) up—will be chosen by the CIRC Steering Committee (in collaboration with the conference organising committee). The result will be announced on the last day of CIRC 2024 on 18 June 2024. \nIf you wish to participate in the student paper contest\, please send your full paper to the following email\, with the subject “Student paper contest”\, by 30 May 2024: circ2024.au@gmail.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729726283854{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”568″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Mark Andrejevic\nMark Andrejevic is a Chief Investigator at the Monash University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Mark Andrejevic is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media\, Film\, and Journalism at Monash University. His research covers the social\, political\, and cultural impact of digital media\, with a focus on surveillance and popular culture. He is the author of four monographs\, including\, most recently Automated Media\, as well as more than 90 academic articles and book chapters. He is a member of the Council for Big Data\, Ethics\, and Society and heads up the Automated Society Working Group at Monash. Before coming to Monash he held positions at the University of Queensland and the University of Iowa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”974″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Daniel Angus\nProf Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Daniel is a Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication at QUT. His research focuses on the development of computational analysis methods for communication data\, with a specific focus on interaction data. His novel computational methods have improved our understanding of the nature of communication in medical consultations\, conversations in aged care settings\, television broadcast\, social media\, and newspaper reporting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26910″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Michelle Blom\nDr Michelle Blom is a Senior Research Fellow in the AI and Autonomy group of the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. Dr Blom has diverse research interests that include election integrity (with a focus on post-election audits)\, combinatorial optimisation (with a focus on algorithms for solving large problems through decomposition\, local search\, and the use of mathematical programming)\, applications of reinforcement learning\, and Explainable AI.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26893″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Ariel Bogle\nAriel is an investigations reporter at Guardian Australia with a focus on technology\, extremism\, and online culture. Previously\, she was a technology reporter at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation\, where she contributed to programs across the network. She also served as technology editor at The Conversation and as associate editor with Future Tense—a partnership of Slate\, New America\, and Arizona State University that explores how emerging technologies will change the way we live. Her reporting has been published in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Atlantic\, Australian Financial Review\, Slate\, and other outlets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26602″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Casey Briggs\nCasey Briggs is a journalist with ABC News\, covering far north Queensland for television\, radio and online. He was an editor of the University of Adelaide’s student paper On Dit and the training coordinator at community station Radio Adelaide. He has a Master degree in mathematics that he doesn’t use nearly enough\, and a Twitter account he uses probably too much.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26600″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Jeffrey Cole\nJeffrey Cole has been at the forefront of media and communication technology issues both in the United States and internationally for the past three decades. An expert in the field of technology and emerging media\, Cole serves as an adviser to governments and leading companies around the world as they craft digital strategies.\nCole founded and directs the World Internet Project\, a long-term longitudinal look at the effects of computer and Internet technology\, which is conducted in over 35 countries. At the announcement of the project in June 1999\, Vice President Al Gore praised Cole as a “true visionary providing the public with information on how to understand the impact of media.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1067″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Sarah Erfani\nDr Sarah Erfani is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems (CIS) at The University of Melbourne. Her work on scalable methods for unsupervised learning has made important theoretical and practical contributions that are used by practitioners in various domains such as telecommunication network management. She has been awarded competitive grants to fund her research in the fields of deep learning and cybersecurity. Her research interests include machine learning\, large-scale data mining\, cyber security\, data privacy\, and IoT.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26596″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Timothy Graham\nTimothy Graham is Associate Professor in Digital Media at QUT. His research combines computational methods with social theory to study online networks and platforms\, with a particular interest in online bots and trolls\, disinformation\, and online ratings and rankings devices.\nHe develops open source software tools for big data analysis\, and has published in journals such as Information\, Communication & Society\, Information Polity\, Big Data & Society\, and Critical Social Policy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26598″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Jung-hwa (Judy) Kang\nJung-hwa “Judy” Kang is a Special Project Manager at the University of Southern California’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy\, where she oversees program development\, research\, and event management for initiatives based at USC’s Washington\, D.C. campus. Her work includes the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative\, which has held workshops worldwide and in all 50 U.S. states\, as well as the Africa-U.S. Initiative\, the Democratic Resilience series\, and high-level discussions with officials from the Department of Defense and prominent journalists. Kang also leads public diplomacy forums in partnership with Public Diplomacy of America\, where she serves on the Board.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1090″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Christopher Leckie\nProf Chris Leckie is a Chief Investigator at the University of Melbourne node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S).\nChris is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. Prof Leckie has a strong interest in developing AI techniques for a variety of applications in telecommunications\, such as cyber security\, network management\, fault diagnosis and the Internet-of-Things.\nHe also has an interest in robust and scalable machine learning algorithms for problems such as clustering and anomaly detection\, with a focus on adversarial machine learning.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26955″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Devi Mallal\nDevi Mallal is a founding member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s new Verification team\, ABC NEWS Verify. Previously\, she was the Media and Research Lead of RMIT ABC Fact Check\, where she focused on introducing automated fact-checking technologies into the editorial team’s workflow for election monitoring sprints and facilitating the ADM+S affiliated Fact Check Research.\nIn the lead up to the 2022 Federal Election\, Devi co-designed and directed the Mosaic Project\, a misinformation detection and debunking sprint\, in partnership with the Judith Neilson Institute for Ideas and global leaders in misinformation detection\, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.\nIn preparation for the Voice to Parliament referendum\, Devi worked closely with the UK’s Full Fact to tailor their automated claim detection software Full Fact AI for the Australian context\, in what was the software’s first Asia-Pacific trial.\nShe is currently designing an innovative misinformation monitoring project which ABC NEWS Verify hopes to deploy during the 2025 election campaign.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26089″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dang Nguyen\nDang Nguyen is a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society\, located in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. Dang holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Science in Social Science of the Internet from the University of Oxford\, where she was a Chevening Scholar. She has been a Fox Fellow at Yale University and a Majority World Scholar at Yale Law School. Dang serves as a media and technology expert on the International Panel for the Information Environment (IPIE). Dang’s books include ‘Digital research methods and the diaspora’ (Routledge\, 2023) and ‘Internet cures’ (Bristol University Press\, 2024).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26599″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]C. L. Max Nikias\nDr. C. L. Max Nikias served as the 11th President of the University of Southern California (USC)\, a position he held from August 3\, 2010\, to August 7\, 2018. He is currently a tenured professor of electrical engineering with a secondary appointment in classics\, the holder of the Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities\, and is the President Emeritus and Life Trustee of the university.Dr. Nikias writes and speaks frequently about a range of internationally significant topics\, including the geopolitical storms surrounding semiconductor chips and their supply chain\, the importance of cyber-securing democratic elections\, the promises of economic growth and ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence (AI)\, and the art and adventure of leadership through the classics.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26593″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Adam Clayton Powell III\nAdam Clayton Powell III is executive director of the USC initiative on election cybersecurity\, which includes USC’s schools of business\, engineering\, law and public policy. With support from Google\, this bipartisan initiative provides in-state training in all 50 U.S. states and at conferences in Africa\, Asia and Europe\, to reinforce election integrity and help build defence against digital attacks. Powell also directs Washington programs for the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy and hosts a weekly program on US public television. Previously\, Powell was Manager of Political Coverage for CBS News\, Vice President of news at National Public Radio\, Director of a US National Science Foundation research center\, and executive producer at Quincy Jones Entertainment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1011″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Mark Sanderson\nProf Mark Sanderson is a Chief Investigator at the RMIT University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Mark is a Professor of Information Retrieval at RMIT University (RMIT)\, Director of the ISE Enabling Capability Platform at RMIT and head of the RMIT Information Retrieval (IR) group.\nHe has raised over $11 million dollars in grant income\, published over 150 papers\, and approximately 10\,000 citations to his work. His research is in the areas of search engines\, recommender systems\, user\, data\, and text analytics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”12960″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Damiano Spina\nDr Damiano Spina is an Associate Investigator at the RMIT University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Damiano is a Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow at the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT University.\nHis research areas are Information Retrieval and Text Analytics. In particular\, his research focuses on Interactive Information Retrieval (IIR) (including user-system interactions in voice-enabled intelligent assistants) and evaluation of information access systems (including effectiveness measures of search engines and fairness-aware evaluation).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26588″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Vanessa Teague\nVanessa Teague is Associate Professor (Adj.)\, College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University.\nShe is a cryptographer with an interested in cryptographic protocols that support a free and democratic society. She works on openly-available research and open source software for supporting democratic decision making and empowering ordinary people to make choices about their own data.\nShe is also the CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity Pty. Ltd. and the chairperson of Democracy Developers Ltd.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Julian Thomas\nJulian Thomas is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S Centre).\nJulian is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.\nPrior to the commencement of the ADM+S Centre\, he was Director of the Swinburne Institute for Social Research (2005-2016)\, and then Director of RMIT’s Social Change research platform. He also leads the team producing the Australian Digital Inclusion Index since 2015. His work ranges across the contemporary histories of new communications technologies\, digital inequality and inclusion\, and the internet and communication policy.\nJulian was elected to the Council of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2017\, is a Board member of the Australian Communications Consumers Action Network (ACCAN)\, and an Advisory Board member of Humanitech\, an initiative of the Australian Red Cross.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”26631″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Matthew Warren\nMatthew Warren is the Director of the RMIT University Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation and a Professor of Cyber Security at RMIT University. He has held roles such as Deputy Director of University Research Centre\, Head of School\, Deputy Head of School\, Program Leader for several programs during his tenure at Deakin University.\nMatthew is a researcher in the areas of Cyber Security and Computer Ethics. He has received numerous grants and awards from national and international funding bodies\, such as: Australian Research Council (ARC); Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the United Kingdom; National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19505″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Fan Yang\nDr Yang is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Melbourne node of ADM+S. Her work focuses on technologies and governance\, digital ethics\, innovative research methods\, migration politics\, and postcolonial technoscience. Her doctoral thesis\, entitled ‘News Manufactories on WeChat’\, provided one of the first insights into the internal operation of WeChat in Australia as a content production platform. She co-leads a project that maintains one of the biggest datasets from WeChat.\nShe has worked with international NGOs and think tanks as an external analyst. Her work has been translated into multiple languages including Chinese\, Japanese\, Spanish\, and French. Her research has been covered by Australian national and international media outlets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”16708″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Haiqing Yu\nHaiqing is a Professor of Media and Communication and ARC Future Fellow (2021-2025) at RMIT University.\nShe is a critical media studies scholar with expertise on Chinese digital media\, communication and culture and their sociopolitical and cultural impact in China\, Australia and the Asia Pacific.\nShe is currently working on projects on China’s digital expansion and influence in Australasia\, Chinese-language digital/social media in Australia\, the social implications of China’s social credit system\, and social studies of digital technologies in the Chinese context.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/elections-ai/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20241203T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20241203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Indie Porn by Zahra Stardust
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for the Book Launch and In Conversation for Indie Porn: Revolution\, Regulation and Resistance (Duke University Press) by Dr Zahra Stardust. ” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1722476003470{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE BOOK” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Indie Porn\, Dr Zahra Stardust examines the motivations and interventions of independent porn producers as they navigate criminal laws\, risk-averse platforms\, discriminatory algorithms\, and rampant piracy. Herself a porn performer and participant\, Stardust takes readers behind the scenes\, offering intimate insights into this sociopolitical movement. She finds politicians who watch porn in parliament\, protesters leading face-sitting demonstrations\, sex workers making COVID-safe pornography\, and artists reverse-engineering porn detection software. Against the backdrop of a global gig economy\, Stardust documents the promises of indie porn to democratize content\, revolutionize production\, and redistribute wealth while outlining the fantasies of regulators\, whose illusions of what porn is and does foreclose possibilities for transformation. Inevitably\, as these paradigms collide\, porn producers engage in creative tactics to hustle for survival and visibility\, from ethical certification to law reform\, sometimes reproducing hierarchies of stigma themselves. By highlighting how porn stigma is bound up with intersecting oppressions\, Stardust identifies these junctions as coalitional opportunities for changing social relationships to sex\, work\, and capitalism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1722476003470{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE AUTHOR” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”11425″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Zahra Stardust is a Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). \nZahra is a socio-legal scholar working at the intersections of sexuality\, technology\, law and social justice. Her doctoral research\, which won the Dean’s award for Best PhD Thesis\, examined the regulation of queer and feminist pornographies through criminal laws\, classification codes\, platform governance and the capitalist co-optation of sexual subcultures. \nOver the last 15 years Zahra has worked in policy\, advocacy\, legal and research capacities with community organisations\, NGOs and UN bodies on human rights in Australia and internationally. Zahra has taught in law\, criminology\, public policy\, social research\, gender studies and politics at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. \nRecently\, Zahra has worked on ARC funded projects exploring intoxication evidence in sexual assault trials\, the policing of public order offences and the criminalisation of homelessness. \nAs Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the QUT Node of ADM+S\, Zahra will be aligned to the Institutions research program and will undertake research to investigate how automated systems can be held accountable against public interest standards. \nRead Dr Stardust’s recent papers on financial discrimination against sex workers\, police surveillance on dating apps\, sex tech entrepreneurs\, sex positive social media\, automated whorephobia\, sex work regulation\, post-work politics\, platform community standards and authenticity in a gig economy. \nWatch Dr Stardust’s recent panels for the World Association for Sexual Health\, on sexual and reproductive health and rights at the UN University and decoding stigma at the Berkman Klien Centre at Harvard Law School.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/book-launch-indie-porn-by-zahra-stardust-2/
LOCATION:Rabble Books & Games\, 2/46 Eighth Ave\, Mayalnds\, Western Australia\, 6051\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241203T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241203T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
CREATED:20241118T224655Z
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SUMMARY:Three years on: How the digital gap is changing in remote First Nations communities
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) and Telstra invite you to attend the online launch of the first Mapping the Digital Gap Outcomes Report.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Join our online event for an overview of the data\, context\, and key findings from the report\, discussion of the evolving state of communications infrastructure across research sites\, case studies of on-the-ground experiences of residents and service providers\, and an interactive Q&A session with leading industry and academic experts. \nThe evolving digital divide\nAfter three years of research in partnership with 12 remote First Nations communities across Australia\, Mapping the Digital Gap data now tracks the evolution of digital inclusion outcomes against Closing the Gap target 17. The target states that ‘By 2026\, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal levels of digital inclusion. \nWhile the digital gap shows signs of narrowing\, many striking inequalities remain. Over two-thirds of survey respondents in remote communities now struggle to afford basic internet services. \nImproving digital inclusion outcomes and access to services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is critically important for informed decision making and agency. Digital exclusion impacts on access to critical services\, health outcomes\, access to news and information\, and participation in social and cultural activities. \nAbout the report\nThe 2024 Mapping the Digital Gap Outcomes Report presents the most significant changes in digital inequity found between 2022-2024. It investigates areas of improvement and concern across the dimensions of Access\, Affordability\, Digital Ability\, and Media and Information. The report also outlines community-specific results\, highlighting variations due to communications infrastructure and social\, cultural\, and geographic context. \nThese findings provide important insights into what can drive improvements in digital inclusion in remote First Nations communities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1693984120881{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1686029087819{margin-right: 30px !important;margin-left: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Schedule \n\n6:00pm\nPublic debate\n7:00pm\nLight refreshments\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538086520{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Partners” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”6058″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Telstra\ntelstra.com.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538086520{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”20073″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Dot West\nChair\nFirst Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7712″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Lauren Ganley\nFirst Nations Strategy & Engagement\nMapping the Digital Gap Partner Investigator\nTelstra \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Julian Thomas\nCentre Director\nMapping the Digital Gap Co-Investigator\nRMIT University\, ADM+S \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”13270″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Assoc Prof Daniel Featherstone\nSenior Research Fellow\nMapping the Digital Gap Lead Investigator\nRMIT University\, ADM+S \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”5535″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Lyndon Ormond-Parker\nResearch Fellow\nMapping the Digital Gap Co-Investigator\nRMIT University\, ADM+S \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/mtdg-2024-outcomes-report-launch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20241201T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20241201T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T182402
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SUMMARY:Unmaking AI - Engaging Critically and Creatively with GenAI
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”How can researchers engage with AI in creative and critical ways? Generative AI offers new approaches\, but also introduces significant social\, cultural\, political\, and even environmental impacts. Understanding these possibilities and problems is key!” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the ‘Unmaking AI’ workshop at OzCHI 2024\, participants will be introduced to AI models\, will see how other researchers and practitioners use AI in real-world projects\, and will carry out hands-on ‘unmaking’ activities using a custom\, design card deck created for GenAI experimentation and reflection. The workshop is intentionally “no tech”\, requiring no devices\, formal training\, or prior knowledge of technical systems. The workshop is being co-facilitated by members and research partners of the ADM+S\, in collaboration with industry partners from Microsoft\, Google and Canva. \nTo find out more visit: https://www.lukemunn.com/workshop/ and https://www.ozchi.org/2024/ \n  \nLocation/Venue/Registration details: \nVenue: 36th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI 2024) at The University of Queensland\, Brisbane \nDate: Sunday\, December 1\, 2024 \nTime: 1 pm to 4:30 pm. \nConference Workshop Registration costs (via OzCHI 2024 website): $70 dollars for workshop \nSubmit your Workshop Expression of Interest Submission to be considered (via workshop website) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row title=”RESEARCH PROJECTS” style=”custom” gradient_color_1=”turquoise” gradient_color_2=”blue” gradient_custom_color_1=”#dd3333″ gradient_custom_color_2=”#eeee22″ gradient_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”rounded” color=”grey” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”” add_icon=”” i_align=”left” i_type=”fontawesome” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-adjust” i_icon_openiconic=”vc-oi vc-oi-dial” i_icon_typicons=”typcn typcn-adjust-brightness” i_icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-note” i_icon_linecons=”vc_li vc_li-heart” i_icon_monosocial=”vc-mono vc-mono-fivehundredpx” i_icon_material=”vc-material vc-material-cake” i_icon_pixelicons=”vc_pixel_icon vc_pixel_icon-alert” custom_onclick=”” link=”url:%23research-filter|||” custom_onclick_code=””][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfHaPtWZxqMU2K_Lvuo1ovtz0cSkemqcyGHuWzCUjfmGOmsKA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsend_form”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/unmaking-ai/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom Webinar / In-person at The University of Queensland\, The Terrace Room (Level 6) - Sir Llew Edwards Building (14)\, The University of Queensland\, Campbell Road\, Saint Lucia\, QLD\, 4072
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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