Public lecture by Dr Sun-ha Hong: Predictions Without Futures
Join this public lecture on 14 August, featuring guest speaker Dr Sun-ha Hong, Assistant Professor in Communication at Simon Fraser University.
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The Web Search Revolution
This year marks two important anniversaries: 25 years since the Google company was founded, and the 30th anniversary of the release of the first web search engine, JumpStation. This one-day interdisciplinary symposium in Melbourne and online brings together leading thinkers to examine the past, present and future of web search - Google, ChatGPT, Bing, and beyond.
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Impact Narrative Masterclass with Prof Swee Mak
Open to ADM+S Centre Members, this online masterclass will teach you how to craft your own research impact narrative.
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Artificial companions: Fantasies, imaginaries and play
This half-day event considers the ways artificial companions are deeply embedded in our cultural imaginaries and practical realities, and how the way we create, design and foster companionships through and with the machine is an innately human process.
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Electronics < > Ecologies #5 — ENERGY Part 2
Part two of our Electronics Ecologies discussion on ENERGY brings engineers' voices to the foreground, drawing on real examples of AI implementation and sustainability goal-setting in the context of Big Tech.
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Generative visual AI in news organisations: perceptions, challenges, and opportunities
Join Hacks/Hackers Brisbane in-person at ABC South Bank with ADM+S researcher, Dr T.J Thomson who will share findings from interviews with leading news organisations across three continents, about the opportunities and challenges they see in using generative visual AI and the principles and policies that would inform their use.
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Research as intervention: navigating ethical inclusion, solidarity, and activism in data justice research
Join this public event to hear from Joanna Redden, Data Justice Lab/University of Western Ontario; Jackie Leach Scully, Disability Innovation Institute, ADM+S/ UNSW; Tamara Kneese, Data and Society; Zahra Stardust, ADM+S/Queensland University of Technology; Anjalee de Silva, ADM+S/University of Melbourne as they discuss Research as intervention: navigating ethical inclusion, solidarity, and activism in data justice research.
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wikihistories 2024: Wikipedia and/as Data
This symposium will gather together social scientists, humanists, critical technologists, and others to investigate Wikipedia’s connection to data and the importance of this relationship for the global information ecosystem and the production of knowledge.
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Re/Framing – creativity / culture / computation
Re/Framing is an academic/creative/industrial gathering that will explore the transformation of creativity and the creative fields by generative artificial intelligence tools; in particular, this event will explore the opportunities and innovations enabled by the sustainable and ethical use of tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, Leonardo.Ai, and Suno, in film, TV, music, advertising, audio production, and other areas.
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Australian Ad Observatory: Key Insights and Future Plans
The Australian Ad Observatory has pioneered new ways to observe the targeting of social media advertising across populations of users. This webinar will highlight findings, outline research methods and discuss next steps.
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Ask Me Anything: Are Fair Elections Possible in the Digital Age?
Submit your questions for the latest Ask Me Anything (AMA) campaign featuring Associate Professor Timothy Graham from QUT, who will be answering questions on the topic “Are Fair Elections Possible in the Digital Age?”
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Woodford Festival: Unveiling the Digital Self through Data Donation
Discover the Digital You at the 2024 Woodford Folk Festival. The data donation booth offers festival-goers a chance to explore their digital selves in a fun and informative way — by revealing the hidden world behind their data.
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