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SUMMARY:Woodford Festival: Unveiling the Digital Self through Data Donation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”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.” 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 data donation booth\, trained algorithm whisperers will bring your digital footprint to life to uncover the secrets of elusive algorithms. \nParticipate in a mystical exchange: offer data\, receive personalised readings\, and illuminate the shadowy pathways of digital fate. Your digital data will contribute to a collective public understanding of our shared online culture. Facebook ad preferences\, Spotify top artists\, TikTok follows\, will be used as data droplets\, growing into the Woodford tree of data. \nJoin researchers from ADM+S\, QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre and the Australian Internet Observatory at the 2024 Woodford Folk Festival for a deeper understanding of the intersection between digital media\, society\, and the pressing issues of our time. For more details on these sessions and timings\, visit the Woodford Folk Festival website. \nDiscover more events hosted by QUT DMRC at the Woodford Folk festival. \nThe Australian Internet Observatory is an initiative of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society in partnership with RMIT University\, Queensland University of Technology\, The University of Queensland\, The University of Melbourne\, Swinburne University of Technology and Deakin University. The AIO received investment from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1734050874463{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 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]
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LOCATION:Woodford Folk Festival\, Woodrow Road 87\, Woodford\, QLD\, 4514\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Brisbane,Online
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SUMMARY:Ask Me Anything: Are Fair Elections Possible in the Digital Age?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”We’re excited to share that the latest Ask Me Anything (AMA) campaign hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) will feature Associate Professor Timothy Graham from QUT\, who will be answering questions on the topic “Are Fair Elections Possible in the Digital Age?”” 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\nFrom social media algorithms to targeted ads\, and from the spread of disinformation to the transformation of “neutral” platforms into propaganda tools\, these issues are more relevant than ever. With the recent US election and Australia’s upcoming federal election\, this AMA offers a timely opportunity to explore these crucial topics. \nShare your burning question by Monday 9 December via the Submit a Question button. Associate Professor Timothy Graham will be answering a selection of questions – these will be shared on the ADM+S YouTube account. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”SUBMIT A QUESTION” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fadmscentre.org%2Fask-me-anything%20″][/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 OUR EXPERT” 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=”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 is an Associate Professor in Digital Media at Queensland University of Technology. His research combines computational methods with social theory to examine online networks\, bots\, trolls\, disinformation\, and platform algorithms.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1722476003470{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THE ADM+S ASK ME ANYTHING SERIES” 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\nView our previous Ask Me Anything sessions here: \n\nWhat is a deepfake and how do I spot one?\nADM+S Ask Me Anything Campaign Shorts\n\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=”SPREAD THE WORD” 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\nYou can support this ADM+S AMA Campaign by sharing the social links below: \n\nLinkedIn\nBlueSky\nFacebook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Australian Ad Observatory: Key Insights and Future Plans
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”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.” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1712019081104{padding-top: -35px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Advertising is at the heart of automated media and culture. Online advertisers are at the forefront of experimenting with automated digital media across recommendation\, targeting\, synthetic and augmented content\, logistics and retail. These promotional practices profoundly shape our everyday lived culture and experience of the world\, but how does this media landscape actually work? How is our own data used within this promotional ecosystem? And what role do different stakeholders (influencers\, audiences\, platforms) play in developing these promotional practices? \nLaunched in 2021\, The Australian Ad Observatory project at the ADM+S has pioneered a way to observe the targeting of social media advertising across populations of users. The Ad Observatory has generated the largest known collection of targeted ads that people encounter on Facebook in Australia – 328\,107 unique ads from 1909 participants – and built world-first research infrastructure that involved citizens in doing so.  \nThe project led to significant findings and impact across advertising in harmful industries including gambling\, alcohol\, unhealthy foods and consumer finance and misleading advertising practices seen in scam ads\, political advertising and environmental claims. \nResponding to significant recent and ongoing developments in automated advertising (including Generative AI)\, Phase 2 of the Australian Ad Observatory will develop approaches for studying contemporary media and information environments\, where there are no longer either shared flows of content\, nor stable texts. In the second phase of the project we will focus on particular groups of Australians who we will work with to donate ads and participate in co-analysis of their experience of automated advertising. \nAs automated advertising evolves\, Phase 2 of the project will examine the integration of generative AI into ad creation and targeting. It will also explore new ways of approaching the study of automated advertising\, not only in terms of individually targeted\, discrete ads\, but as ongoing sequences of ads that are ‘tuned’ to work in tandem with people’s identities and daily rhythms.  \nIn this webinar\, researchers and partner organisations involved in the Australian Ad Observatory discuss findings from Phase 1 and introduce Phase 2 as the project expands on data collection to include the full range of platforms accessed by mobile devices. \nThis webinar will be hosted on Zoom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Faustralian-ad-observatory-webinar-program%2F”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”852″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nProf Christine Parker \nProf Christine Parker is a Chief Investigator at the University of Melbourne node of ADM+S. Professor Parker’s current research focuses on the politics\, ethics and regulation of food. Her recent research has critically examined whether ethical labelling can make food systems healthy\, sustainable and just with a particular focus on animal welfare labelling and superfood health claims.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”639″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nProf Jean Burgess \nJean Burgess is Associate Director of ADM+S. Jean’s  research focuses on the social implications of digital media technologies\, platforms\, and cultures\, as well as new and innovative digital methods for studying them. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”974″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Prof Daniel Angus \nProf Daniel Angus is a Chief Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of ADM+S. Daniel’s 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][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”568″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nProf Mark Andrejevic \nProf Mark Andrejevic is a Chief Investigator at the Monash University node of ADM+S. Mark’s research covers the social\, political\, and cultural impact of digital media\, with a focus on surveillance and popular culture. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”11654″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nAssoc Prof Nicolas Carah \nAssoc Prof Nicholas Carah is an Associate Investigator at The University of Queensland node of the ADM+S. Nicholas’ research examines the algorithmic\, promotional and participatory cultures of digital media platforms. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1378″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr Abdul Obeid \nDr Abdul Obeid is a Data Engineer at the Queensland University of Technology node of ADM+S. Abdul is well-versed in machine learning\, topic modelling\, sentiment analysis\, statistical analysis\, and the use of probabilistic programming languages among other topics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”17625″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr César Albarrán-Torres  \nDr César Albarrán-Torres is an Affiliate of ADM+S from Swinburne University. César’s current research focuses on the intersections among digital media\, finance\, and gambling. He also researches issues of postcolonial identities and narratives in film and television\, as well as the negotiations between social media and politics in Mexico\, particularly concerning the drug cartels.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”13888″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr Kate Bower\nConsumer Data Advocate\, CHOICE \nThe Consumer Data Team works towards Australians enjoying the same rights and safeties as they expect from traditional markets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”25691″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Casey Briggs\nData journalist and presenter with ABC News[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”13611″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr Aimee Brownbill\nAimee is an ARC Early Career Industry Fellow with the Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education. Aimee has a PhD in Medicine (Public Health) and has contributed to collaborative applied research informing public health policy for several years. A key focus of her work to-date has been on the commercial determinants of health\, particularly the influence of marketing practices on health and wellbeing. \n [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”25645″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Chandni Gupta\nDeputy CEO and Digital Policy Director\, Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) \nChandni leads CPRC’s research and policy program\, while also leading CPRC’s research stream on protecting consumers in a digital world. Her work to date includes exploring the consumer shift from the analogue towards the digital economy\, the impact of deceptive and manipulative online design on Australian consumers and the key gaps that currently exist in Australia’s consumer protections. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16119″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Lauren Hayden \nLauren’s (she/her) PhD considers how platform consumer cultures are structured by digital advertising\, through an examination of alcohol promotion and online expression of drinking culture.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”7751″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr Amanda Lawrence \nDr Amanda Lawrence an Affiliate of the ADM+S from RMIT University and is leading the development of the Australian Internet Observatory project (2024 to 2028). Amanda’s interests include library and information management\, open knowledge systems\, research communication and public policy\, Wikimedia\, and public interest research infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”14557″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr Kelly Lewis \nDr Kelly Lewis is a Research Fellow at the Monash University node of ADM+S. Kelly’s research builds on other ADM+S research programs that investigate common themes of data collection\, use\, storage\, and application of data with concern for achieving greater transparency\, accountability\, and fairness.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1720058947348{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”20693″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nTanita Northcott \nTanita Northcott is an Affiliate at the University of Melbourne node of ADM+S. Tanita is a PhD Candidate at Deakin University. 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URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/the-australian-ad-observatory-summative-webinar-event/
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SUMMARY:Re/Framing - creativity / culture / computation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”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.” 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\nEschewing traditional presentations\, Re/Framing is structured around roundtables\, workshops\, and experimental modes of idea generation. These sessions will incubate ideas around AI’s capabilities to solve complex creative and cognitive challenges\, or integrate into creative workflows; other groups may devise methods for considering\, reading\, using\, and analysing AI-generated media. Participants will also engage in guided practical\, interactive workshops and hackathons\, using genAI tools to solve problems\, visualise stories\, and imagine new futures. Curated keynote presentations and panel discussions may also inspire (these will be recorded for remote participants). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1712628805826{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%2Fdigital-platform-economies-program%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1701823210479{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%2Fwww.reframing-ai.net|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1712628836420{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 (ADM+S)\nMark Andrejevic is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media\, Film\, and Journalism at Monash University and a Chief Investigator at the Monash University node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society (ADM+S). His research covers the social\, political\, and cultural impact of digital media\, with a focus on surveillance and digital media. He is the author of four monographs\, including\, most recently Automated Media\, as well as more than 90 academic articles and book chapters.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1701315140964{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn more about the Electronics <> Ecologies Series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies%2F”][vc_empty_space][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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/re-framing/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
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/Brisbane:20240619T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20240619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20240202T051435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T041018Z
UID:22522-1718787600-1718816400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:wikihistories 2024: Wikipedia and/as Data
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”What is Wikipedia’s relationship to data? What should Wikipedia’s relationship to data be?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1686532788622{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2024 wikihistories symposium is co-located with ICA Gold Coast and brought to you by the wikihistories project at the University of Technology Sydney in partnership with the Centre for Media Transition\, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)\nand Wikimedia Australia. \nCall for Papers due 15 February [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”FIND OUT MORE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1EjCAX9RZnDWLAHVA-sUxTQdP3Jg8jDDekrAaftx91E8%2Fedit”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1686532788622{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wikipedia has always been a critical source of data for computer science projects\, offering data scientists a massive store of open data. Researchers and developers use Wikipedia to work on natural language processing (NLP) tasks and applications\, model user interactions with content and other users\, deliver factual statements to users in automated question-answering tasks\, and find nearby features as represented by Wikipedia articles (Iliadis\, 2022; Iliadis & Ford\, 2023). \nThese practitioners use Wikipedia as a store of facts assuming that it expresses an established consensus as a result of its policies and processes. Yet\, Wikipedia’s natural language could contain meanings that resist translation into data and whose classifications might be open to interpretation and critique (Ford & Iliadis\, 2023). For example\, articles about complex topics such as Jerusalem do not easily align with standard ways of representing entities like cities. Jerusalem’s infobox reflects Wikipedia’s power to make important decisions about how we understand facts and the meanings that are associated with them (Ford & Graham\, 2016). This power is intensified when entire Wikipedia articles are translated into structured datafied knowledge bases of machine-readable statements – by the Wikidata project\, for example\, which started in 2012 as a project of the Wikimedia Foundation (Ford\, 2020). \nHow researchers measure Wikipedia’s sociocultural biases also depends on the datafication of Wikipedia’s content and how such processes may be questioned rather than taken for granted. Measuring the extent to which Wikipedia represents Australians\, for example\, could simply be achieved by counting articles that are categorised in the “Australians” data category\, and yet this category itself is not an objective representation of Australianness but rather the result of particular practices that resist stable referents (Falk et al.\, 2023). As Wikipedia’s content is increasingly used to power virtual assistants such as Amazon Alexa and more recently large language model applications like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard\, Wikipedia participates in the global information ecosystem in ways that go well beyond its role as a web-based encyclopaedia (McDowell & Vetter\, 2023). Thus\, it is important to understand Wikipedia’s relationship to data\, not as a given\, but as something to be critically investigated. \nThis 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. The workshop will be organised as a day-long\, face-to-face event prior to the annual International Communication Association conference on the Gold Coast in Australia. \nParticipants will be invited to share short presentations and to participate in discussions focused on the questions “What is Wikipedia’s relationship to data?” and/or “What should Wikipedia’s relationship to data be?” Participants will also agree to read a few background papers prior to the gathering. The workshop will result in a collaborative document that maps out possible areas for researching these questions from a sociotechnical lens and the option to continue the collaboration post-symposium. \nTo participate\, please complete the following web form\, including a 250-300 word abstract outlining your contribution to the symposium themes. \nLead curator and contact: Heather Ford[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1709609203818{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ORGANISERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”22951″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Centre for Media Transition[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”22950″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”22944″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1706850522092{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19631″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nDr T.J. Thomson is an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from RMIT University. He is also a senior lecturer in visual communication and digital media at RMIT and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. T.J.’s research is united by its focus on visual communication. A majority of his research centres on the visual aspects of news and journalism and on the concerns and processes relevant to those who make\, edit\, and present visual news. \nHe has broader interests in digital media\, journalism studies\, and visual culture and often focuses on under-represented identities\, attributes\, and environments in his research. T.J. is committed to not only studying visual communication phenomena but also working to increase the visibility\, innovation\, and quality of how research findings are presented\, accessed\, and understood. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1706850530206{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16208″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]A rapidly expanding international grassroots journalism organisation with thousands of members across four continents. Their mission is to create a network of journalists (“hacks”) and technologists (“hackers”) who rethink the future of news and information. \nLearn more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cover image: Invasion Day Melbourne 2021\, Matt Hrkac\, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/wikihistories-2024-wikipedia-and-as-data/
LOCATION:Queensland University of Technology – Kelvin Grove campus\, Kelvin Grove\, QLD\, 4059\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Brisbane,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Wikihistories-2024.jpg
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/Brisbane:20240306T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20240306T103000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20240208T021031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T224027Z
UID:22612-1709715600-1709721000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Research as intervention: navigating ethical inclusion\, solidarity\, and activism in data justice research
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this event to hear panellists discuss research as intervention: navigating ethical inclusion\, solidarity\, and activism in data justice research.” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1686532788622{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Amidst growing evidence of the harms caused by ubiquitous datafication\, research focused on data politics is now intersecting in meaningful ways with broader struggles for social justice. For some researchers\, these politics form the backdrop of social inquiry. For others\, research is a way of intervening in these politics\, to create new agendas for data justice\, often through sustained engagement with community organising and activism. This approach to research problematises the notion of the dispassionate scholar\, who merely observes and analyses the objects of their critique. Instead\, it commits researchers to a specific praxis of solidarity with the people and communities most directly affected by the harms and oppressions of datafication.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Panellists: Joanna Redden\, Data Justice Lab/University of Western Ontario; Jackie Leach Scully\, Disability Innovation Institute\, ADM+S/ UNSW; Meg Young\, Data and Society; Zahra Stardust\, ADM+S/Queensland University of Technology; Anjalee de Silva\, ADM+S/University of Melbourne. \nChair: Georgia van Toorn (UNSW\, ADM+S)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1706850514122{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”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1706850522092{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19631″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nDr T.J. Thomson is an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from RMIT University. He is also a senior lecturer in visual communication and digital media at RMIT and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. T.J.’s research is united by its focus on visual communication. A majority of his research centres on the visual aspects of news and journalism and on the concerns and processes relevant to those who make\, edit\, and present visual news. \nHe has broader interests in digital media\, journalism studies\, and visual culture and often focuses on under-represented identities\, attributes\, and environments in his research. T.J. is committed to not only studying visual communication phenomena but also working to increase the visibility\, innovation\, and quality of how research findings are presented\, accessed\, and understood. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1706850530206{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16208″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]A rapidly expanding international grassroots journalism organisation with thousands of members across four continents. Their mission is to create a network of journalists (“hacks”) and technologists (“hackers”) who rethink the future of news and information. \nLearn more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/research-as-intervention-navigating-ethical-inclusion-solidarity-and-activism-in-data-justice-research/
LOCATION:University of NSW\, Kensington campus
CATEGORIES:Brisbane,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Event-Research-as-intervention.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20240228T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20240228T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20240123T010346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T225708Z
UID:22478-1709141400-1709145000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Generative visual AI in news organisations: perceptions\, challenges\, and opportunities
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”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.” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1686532788622{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]AI services that provide responses to prompts\, such as ChatGPT\, have ignited passionate discussions over the future of learning\, work\, and creativity. AI-enabled text-to-image generators\, such as Midjourney\, pose profound questions about the purpose\, meaning\, and value of images yet have received considerably less research attention\, despite the implications they raise for both the production and consumption of images. \nDrawing on interviews with leading news organisations across three continents\, including Australia\, this presentation identifies how news editors or equivalent perceive generative visual AI and outlines the challenges and opportunities they see for the technology in relation to their news operations. It also identifies the extent to which these newsrooms have policies governing how generative visual AI is used or\, if not\, the principles that would inform their development.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{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”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19631″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nDr T.J. Thomson is an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from RMIT University. He is also a senior lecturer in visual communication and digital media at RMIT and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. T.J.’s research is united by its focus on visual communication. A majority of his research centres on the visual aspects of news and journalism and on the concerns and processes relevant to those who make\, edit\, and present visual news. \nHe has broader interests in digital media\, journalism studies\, and visual culture and often focuses on under-represented identities\, attributes\, and environments in his research. T.J. is committed to not only studying visual communication phenomena but also working to increase the visibility\, innovation\, and quality of how research findings are presented\, accessed\, and understood. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16208″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]A rapidly expanding international grassroots journalism organisation with thousands of members across four continents. Their mission is to create a network of journalists (“hacks”) and technologists (“hackers”) who rethink the future of news and information. \nLearn more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cover image by T.J Thomson on Midjourney[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/generative-visual-ai-in-news-organisations-perceptions-challenges-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
CATEGORIES:Brisbane,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AIGen-large-blue-face-overlooking-person-with-computers.jpg
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:20240123T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240123T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20240104T023512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240106T013238Z
UID:22236-1706000400-1706011200@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Electronics < > Ecologies #5 — ENERGY Part 2
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”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.” 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\nThe IT sector currently accounts for somewhere between 1-4% of global greenhouse gas emissions\, with some scholars suggesting this will rise to at least 14% by 2040. These estimates predate the release of popular AI applications such as ChatGPT\, which accelerate the uptake of energy-intensive computing habits. The current trajectory for AI development and deployment reflects generations of engineering training and business incentives that measured success in terms of size\, accuracy and latency.  But does AI need to be big to be effective? Are there other ways of implementing AI models? What does engineering look like beyond the energy infrastructure of West Coast North America? And how can sustainable computing exist in spite of the visions and business plans of dominant cloud companies?\nJoin us for 3 talks that explore these questions in theory and in practice.  \nImage credit – Zane Griffin Talley Cooper. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday 23rd AU / Monday 22nd US (Online)[/vc_column_text][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%2Felectronics-ecologies-5-energy-pt2-program%2F|target:_blank”][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Felectronics-ecologies-energy-part-2|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1698732935229{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=”20890″ 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]Cindy Lin\nCindy Lin is an ethnographer and information science assistant professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. Her first single-authored book project explores statecraft and computing practices in the environmental and mapping sciences in Indonesia and the professional identities and government institutions that emerged from these efforts.[/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=”20929″ 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]Sylvia Downing\nSylvia is a Senior Principal Engineer and AI Architect with extensive experience inventing\, standardising and bringing new technologies to market. With over 30 years in high tech\, her specialities include quantifying and reporting Scope 3 downstream carbon emissions for compute systems; multi-modal AI sensing (presence detection\, noise suppression\, transcription) and low power graphics\, media\, HDMI / Display Port / HDCP. \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=”1076″ 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 Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn more about the Electronics <> Ecologies Series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies%2F”][vc_empty_space][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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” 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 will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/electronics-ecologies-energy-part2/
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SUMMARY:Artificial companions: Fantasies\, imaginaries and play
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”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.” 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\nRobots\, bots and artificial intelligence form an active part of our collective and personal self\, often representing a form of automated play and companionship. In this symposium we explore the role of design\, sociality\, culture and belonging in the creation of AI companions. We move beyond the lens of language and harms to consider the relational aspects of AI and how meaning-making and connections are formed within communities. AI companions can be a reflection of the past\, the present or a form of future fantasy\, and together we invite you to consider their diverse potential in our more than human landscape. \nIn this event we consider: \n\nWhat role does imagination and play have in facilitating connections between AI and human?\nHow does cultural and media literacies inform the design and relationships formed with AI?\nWhat fantasies of the future does AI companionship represent?\nWhat are the experiences and social lives of AI from a more than human perspective?\nHow can we centre accounts of technologies developed in different countries that is respectful and doesn’t play into orientalist discourses?\nHow does intersectionality inform the relationships formed with the more than human?\nHow can vulnerable populations and their specific needs be centered in the development and evaluation of this technology?\nWhat cultural attitudes towards gender and the animal are reflected in AI companions?\n\nAny questions around this event can be directed to ADM+S via adms@rmit.edu.au \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcloudstor.aarnet.edu.au%2Fplus%2Fs%2F4JI6qNg8y1RHA6x|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_custom_heading text=”KEYNOTE” 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=”19863″ 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 Keiko Nishimura\, Sophia University\nAnimating a Robot: Interaction\, Play\, and Popular Cultural Context[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”PRESENTATIONS” 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=”19864″ 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]Assoc Prof Patrick W Galbraith\, Senshū University\nEarly Japanese Experiments in Living with Characters: Encountering Limits to Gendered Imagination and Empowering Diversity[/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=”19865″ 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 Elena Knox\, Waseda University\nCommuning with the Parahuman: Gender\, Presence and Persona in Techno-Science[/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=”9780″ 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 Megan Catherine Rose\, UNSW Sydney\nFuture/Pets: Creepy-Cute Hybridities in the More-than-Human[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”PANEL\nPlay: the Human\, Digital and the Automated” 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=”13738″ 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]Dominique Carlon\, Queensland University of Technology\n \n\n\n\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=”19866″ 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]Clara Julia Reich\, Oslo Metropolitan University \n\n\n\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=”19868″ 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]Dejan Tatić\, Vienna University of Economics and Business \n\n\n\n[/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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” 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 will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/artificial-companions-fantasies-imaginaries-and-play/
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CATEGORIES: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:20230823T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230824T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230710T023002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230710T025421Z
UID:18886-1692797400-1692891000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Impact Narrative Masterclass with Prof Swee Mak
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this masterclass on crafting your own research impact narrative with Prof Swee Mak\, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Capability) and Professor of Innovation at RMIT University.” 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] \nThis event is open to ADM+S Centre Members only \n  \nIn this online masterclass\, Prof Swee Mak\, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Capability) and Professor of Innovation at RMIT University\, will introduce the concept of impact and impact narrative. A number of activities are embedded in the session to ensure engagement and invoke discussion amongst participants. \nTo help participants craft their own impact narratives\, the session will: \n\nExplain the need to communicate your research to a wide audience and why storytelling is much more than reporting the results of research\nProvide an overview of basic impact concepts and principles\nEmphasise the importance of understanding outcomes\, beneficial change and impact pathways\nDiscuss the difference between past\, emerging and potential impact\n\nIn addition\, participants will get the chance to ask Prof Swee Mak questions in relation to impact and learn more on how RMIT is embedding impact into its’ research culture. \n  \n“This would have to be the most informative and useful session I have ever attended on research impact. Not only was the information clearly presented\, the guidance that was provided made writing an impact narrative a very simple and easy process. This is the type of session that should be made available to all universities in Australia to help researchers better understand the importance of research impact and the different ways of achieving it.” – Chris D. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE SPEAKER” 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=”18887″ 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]Prof Swee Mak\nAs Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Capability) and Professor of Innovation at RMIT\, Prof Swee Mak provides strategic leadership to RMIT’s Enabling Impact Platforms (EIP) and a broad range of impact focused enablement programs\, capabilities and initiatives. Swee obtained both his undergraduate and PhD degrees in engineering from Monash University\, an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management\, is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”LOCATION” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This masterclass will be held online via Zoom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”REGISTER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Open to all ADM+S Centre Members.\nRegister to attend by emailing Sally Storey at sally.storey@rmit.edu.au.[/vc_column_text][/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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” 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 will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/impact-narrative-masterclass/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES: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:20230817T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230817T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230606T035059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T010252Z
UID:18564-1692264600-1692289800@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:The Web Search Revolution
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a symposium in Melbourne and online on the past\, present and future of web search – Google\, ChatGPT\, Bing\, and beyond.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]The world of search has undergone a remarkable transformation\, from simple keyword queries to a complex\, all-pervasive automated decision-making system. \nWith this year marking two important anniversaries: 25 years since Google’s founding and 30 years since the release of the first web search engine\, JumpStation\, it’s a timely opportunity to reflect on the profound impact of search on society. The rise in prominence of ChatGPT and other generative AI systems also offers an opportunity to examine the future of information access. \nJoin us for the The Web Search Revolution: The Past\, Present\, and Future of Web Search – Google\, ChatGPT\, Bing\, and Beyond\, a one-day interdisciplinary event that will delve into the history\, evolution\, and future of search. Our speakers\, including distinguished researchers in the field of search engines and industry experts\, will explore the following questions: \n\nWhat has been the societal impact of this near-ubiquitous technology?\nWhat lessons can we learn from the success and pitfalls of introducing search to large-scale platforms?\nHow will generative AI shape the future of information access?\n\nThe event will culminate in a lively evening debate: Generative AI Should Be Stopped! (Register separately here). \nDon’t miss this unique opportunity to engage with leading thinkers and gain new insights into one of the defining technologies of our time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#23cdf1″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fweb-search-program%2F|title:Program%20%7C%20The%20Web%20Search%20Revolution”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] \nWatch recordings\nListen to podcasts \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Keynote Speakers” 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 offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18570″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Susan Dumais\nTechnical Fellow & Managing Director\nMicrosoft Research New England \nSusan Dumais is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft\, directing Research Labs in Cambridge\, New York City\, and Montréal\, and an adjunct professor at the University of Washington. Before\, she was at Bell Labs where she developed Latent Semantic Analysis\, an early word embedding technique for search.  Her current research focuses on large-scale language modeling\, behavioral log analysis\, personalization\, and email search. Susan has published widely in information retrieval (IR)\, human-computer interaction (HCI)\, and cognitive science. Susan contributed to search innovations across Microsoft Bing\, Windows\, SharePoint\, and Office. She is an ACM Fellow\, was elected to the CHI and SIGIR Academies\, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)\, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Her outstanding contributions in IR have been recognized with SIGIR Gerard Salton Award and Tony Kent Strix Award. Her pioneering work in computer science and HCI has awarded the ACM Athena Lecturer\, SIGCHI Lifetime Research Awards\, Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Science. \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18571″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Prof Chirag Shah\nInformation and Computer Science\nUniversity of Washington \nChirag Shah is Professor of Information and Computer Science at University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. He is the Founding Director for InfoSeeking Lab and Founding Co-Director of Center for Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE). He works in the area of intelligent information access systems\, focusing on task-oriented search\, proactive recommendations\, and conversational systems. He is also engaged in work with generative AI\, specifically in information access and image classification problems. In addition to creating AI-driven information access systems that provide more personalized reactive and proactive recommendations\, he is also focusing on making such systems transparent\, fair\, and free of biases. \nShah is a Distinguished Member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) as well as Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). He is the recipient of the 2019 Microsoft BCS/IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles and authored seven books\, including text books on data science and machine learning. He also works closely with industrial research labs on cutting-edge problems\, typically as a visiting researcher. The most recent engagements included Spotify (2018)\, Amazon (2019)\, MSR AI (2020)\, Getty Images (2021)\, and Microsoft Research (2023). \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{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_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18739″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Peter Bailey\nML Engineering Lead\, Search & Recommendations\nCanva \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4214″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Louisa Bartolo\nPhD Candidate\nADM+S\, QUT \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18780″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Lisa Given\nDirector\, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform\nInformation Studies\, School of Global\, Urban and Social Studies and the School of Computing Technologies\nRMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1023″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Ramon Lobato\nAssociate Investigator\nADM+S\, RMIT \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313250860{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18378″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández\nAssociate Investigator\nADM+S\, QUT \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18781″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Dana McKay\nSenior Lecturer\, Innovative Interactive Technologies\nRMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313250860{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18740″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Alistair Moffat\nComputing and Information Systems\nUniversity of Melbourne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”996″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Jason Potts\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313259539{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1011″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Mark Sanderson\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][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\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313269370{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18741″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Johanne Trippas\nVice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow\nRMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”660″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Kimberlee Weatherall\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, University of Sydney \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313277017{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18742″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Guido Zuccon\nUniversity of Queensland \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/web-search-revolution/
LOCATION:Kaleide Theatre\, 360 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:20230814T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230815T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230809T021558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T053525Z
UID:19718-1692034200-1692127800@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Public lecture by Dr Sun-ha Hong: Predictions Without Futures
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this public lecture on 14 August\, featuring guest speaker Dr Sun-ha Hong\, Assistant Professor in Communication at Simon Fraser University.” 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]Predictions without Futures explores how our dominant technological futures help maintain decrepit horizons of the social. As Brecht once observed: “I stood on a hill and I saw the Old approaching\, but it came as the New.” Prediction supplies a powerful conceptual model for this dynamic of stasis through disruption by connecting technical and mythological attitudes of probabilistic control. I trace some throughlines between the technical conceit of predictivity (that criminality or emotion can be anticipated through data-driven modeling) and the mythological use of prediction (where history is an extrapolation of known technological advancements). Drawing from theories of ritual and experiment\, I examine the demonstrative\, belief-building work that prediction does – from 18th century automata to Amazon warehouses\, from Marvin Minsky to the Year 10\,000. What we call “tech” today serves as a legitimising function for capital\, and crucial to this function is the active foreclosure of any political future other than more of the same. \nSchedule\n• 5:30pm – Reception\n• 6:00pm – Lecture \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE SPEAKER” 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=”19720″ 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 Sun-ha Hong\nSun-ha Hong examines forms of uncertainty\, doubt and belief around surveillance\, smart machines & AI. He is Assistant Professor in Communication at Simon Fraser University\, Canada\, and was previously Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at MIT. Sun-ha is the author of Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society (2020)\, and is working on his next book\, Predictions Without Futures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djif7_RvQUis”][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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” 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 will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/public-lecture-by-dr-sun-ha-hong-predictions-without-futures/
LOCATION:Melbourne Law School\, The Woodward Convention Centre\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3053
CATEGORIES:Online
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:20230718T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230718T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230704T044820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T013813Z
UID:18843-1689683400-1689687000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Digital and data capabilities: new models for sexual health policy and practice
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Sexual health workforces and community health organisations are increasingly required to understand and work with data-driven digital devices and platforms – from MyHealth Record\, to chatbots\, to the organisational Instagram account.” 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]This webinar introduces new models for digital and data capabilities in sexual health policy and practice\, and launches the Stage One Report for the interdisciplinary Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project of the same name. \nPlease join us for an opportunity to learn about key research questions\, and the preliminary findings that inform our models for digital and data capabilities for sexual health workforces. \nWe also outline the synergies between our project and the Australian Digital Health Capability Framework\, which is currently in development as part of the National Digital Health Capability Action Plan. \nProject reference group members will reflect on current workforce and community priorities for digital and data capabilities relating to sexual health\, gender health and wellbeing\, before an open Q&A session. \nThis webinar is an output of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship\, FT210100085; and is partly funded by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S)\, CE200100005. \nThis webinar will be recorded. Please register to receive a link to the recording[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{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_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18658″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Kath Albury\nAssociate Investigator\nADM+S\, Swinburne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18820″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Samantha Mannix\nAffiliate\nADM+S\, Swinburne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18847″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Shelley Kerr\nStrategic Partnerships Manager\nASHM \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18848″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Son Vivienne\nCEO\nTransgender Victoria \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dz4YtEaxekFY%26t%3D149s”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/digital-data-capabilities/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES: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:20230718T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230718T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230621T070843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T014029Z
UID:18753-1689672600-1689678000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2023 launch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Telstra\, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)\, RMIT University and Swinburne University of Technology are proud to launch the 2023 Australian Digital Inclusion Index\, including a new First Nations dashboard.” 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]Join us to find out how Australia is tracking\, gain insights for better digital inclusion programs\, and be the first to view the Index’s new First Nations digital inclusion data.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{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_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”343″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”6058″ img_size=”80″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18450″ img_size=”160×80″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18440″ img_size=”160×80″ alignment=”right”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{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_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18769″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Vicky Brady\nCEO\nTelstra \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18770″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Justine Rowe\nChief Sustainability Officer\nTelstra \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313250860{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][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\nHead of First Nations Strategy and Engagement\nTelstra \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][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\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313259539{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”652″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Anthony McCosker\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, Swinburne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][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]Dr Daniel Featherstone\nSenior Research Fellow\, Mapping the Digital Gap project\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313269370{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8979″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker\nPrincipal Research Fellow\, Digital Inclusion and Engagement in Indigenous Communities\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18771″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Ross Womersley\nChief Executive Officer\nSouth Australian Council of Social Service \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPY0oXcT2Cpw%26t%3D578s”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/adii-2023-launch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/thumbnail_image007-2.jpg
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:20230712T153000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230712T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230427T224739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T013302Z
UID:18297-1689175800-1689181200@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:ADM in Migration Services: Mapping what is happening and what we know
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This interactive roundtable discussion will map what we know about the use and effects of ADM in migration programs and services around the world and in Australia.” 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]From the rise of digital borders to introduction of AI capabilities in visa processing and social welfare access\, ADM is increasingly being used to enhance and automate parts of decision-making processes in migration. This interactive roundtable discussion is designed to map what we know about the use and effects of ADM in migration programs and services around the world and in Australia. \nThe purpose of this event is to develop a shared understanding of the key emerging issues with the intent of shaping the research agenda for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S). \nThe discussion will cover the following topics: \n\nWhere is ADM being (or touted to be) used in migration programs and services?\nIn what way is ADM being used (e.g. screening; decision support; resource allocation; matching; risk assessment; risk reduction)?\nHow do practitioners\, policy advocates\, and administrators engage with such ADM?\nHow do service users understand and experience processes that involve the use of ADM?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nLocation\nThis event will be held in-person at the University of Sydney Law School and online via Zoom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nProgram\nView the event flyer for information on the program and speakers.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSqr1H818j4M”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/adm-on-migration-roundtable-discussion-adms-and-redcross/
LOCATION:The University of Sydney Law School\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Online,Sydney
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Event-images-1280x720-3.png
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:20230711T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230711T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230427T220554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T013434Z
UID:18294-1689066000-1689080400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:After Robodebt
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a discussion on the role of civil society\, the media\, the law and the public service in delivering responsible\, ethical\, and inclusive government automated decision-making.” 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] \nOn the eve of the release of the findings of the Royal Commission on the Robodebt Scheme it is timely to look back at the origins of public awareness of Robodebt and look forward to the lessons for informing future engagements with government use of automated decision making (ADM).  \nThis half-day symposium will reflect on the role of various actors involved in bringing Robodebt to light\, and challenging its operation\, namely:  \n\nCivil society & service users\nJournalists\, news and media\nThe legal profession\nPublic service \n\nStructured around a series of interactive roundtable discussions\, this reflection will be geared towards learning from the past to shape future engagement with government use of ADM.  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] \nLocation\nThis event will be held in-person at the University of Sydney Law School and online via Zoom. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] \nProgram\nView the event flyer for more information on the program and speakers. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”SESSION 1 RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHbAyJZ1pkIQ”][vc_btn title=”SESSION 2 RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZf1GT7UsiAU%26t%3D1088s”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/after-robodebt-lessons-and-next-steps-for-fair-ethical-and-accountable-adm-in-government/
LOCATION:Law Foyer\, Level 1\, University of Sydney Law School Building\, Camperdown Campus\, The University of Sydney\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Online,Sydney
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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:20230627T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230627T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230621T062715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T014340Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Artificial Intelligence: In conversation with Allan McCay
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us online for a conversation with Dr Allan McCay on AI\, neurotechnology and the future of law.” 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]Join Dr Allan McCay\, Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute of Criminology and an Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Law School\, in conversation about his work on AI\, neurotechnology and the future of law with ADM+S Research Fellow Dr Ash Watson. \nMcCay’s diverse scholarship examines the ways that emerging neurotechnologies may challenge and expand the criminal law. Leaping from applications which aim treat conditions such as epilepsy through neural electrical stimulation\, speculative designs include implants with the capacity to prevent deviant behaviours and augment memories. McCay’s work highlights how the virtual reality of The Matrix has clear parallels with current experiments testing such designs that result in hallucinating mice. \nHis short story ‘Vulcan’ (2023\, Bits/Bytes/Dreams) constructs a fantasy descent from the current rise in everyday automation technologies. Set in a future liberated from the burden of decisions\, the story is animated by weighty themes of choice\, agency and companionship. It features in Bits/Bytes/Dreams\, a new anthology of sociological fiction on the theme of tomorrow’s technologies. Fourteen short stories\, drawn from the archives of So Fi Zine and Fiction @ The Sociological Review\, together explore pressing sociotechnical issues and reimagine the digital future. Bits/Bytes/Dreams is openly accessible online.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{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”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”18749″ 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 Allan McCay \nFormerly a commercial litigator\, McCay was named by Australasian Lawyer as one of the most influential lawyers of 2021 for his work on neurotechnology and the law. He is the author of numerous academic and other publications\, and his first coedited book Free Will and the Law: New Perspectives is published by Routledge and his second\, Neurointerventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity is published by Oxford University Press. \nHe was commissioned by the Law Society of England and Wales to write the report Neurotechnology\, law and the legal profession\, which was published in August 2022. This world-first consideration of brain-computer interfaces and other forms of neurotechnology was reported by media sources around the world in over 20 countries\, including reports from the BBC and The Times. \nAs well as being a TEDx speaker on neurotechnology and human rights\, he is a member of the newly-formed Standards Australia brain-computer interface committee. McCay has also been a visiting researcher at the philosophy departments of the University of California\, Riverside\, the University of Stirling\, and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics\, Oxford University and he has spoken at events for the general public\, the technology sector\, academics\, legal practitioners\, executive government\, and the judiciary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”2562″ 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 Ash Watson \nAsh Watson is a Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society\, based at UNSW Sydney. Her research uses creative qualitative methods to explore how people make sense of digital technologies in their everyday lives\, and how they imagine the digital future. She is Fiction Editor of The Sociological Review and the creator/editor of So Fi Zine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/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=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DorK2L-2YeU4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”About the series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]Artificial Artificial Intelligence is a series of in-conversation talks about technology and fiction hosted by Dr Ash Watson from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). Probing the porous boundaries between machine realities and imagination\, the series features leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences who are changing what – and how – we know about emerging technologies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/artificial-artificial-intelligence-allan-mccay/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES: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:20230517T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230414T013932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T234159Z
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SUMMARY:Sexy Messy: A Digital Sexual Cultures Symposium
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This symposium seeks to move beyond research and discussion about the neat categorisations found within sex (and gender) research by exploring how digital sexual cultures can be sites of hope\, complexity\, and contestation.” 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]Sexy Messy is an online symposium about digital sexual cultures that is aimed at Higher Degree Researchers (HDR) and Early Career Researchers (ECR). We want this symposium to be the beginning of an ongoing network for collaboration\, connection\, and care amongst HDR and ECR’s who research digital sexual cultures. \nJust like the physical act of sex itself\, participating in\, understanding\, and navigating digital sexual cultures can be messy. Norms within these sites can be confusing\, comforting\, and educational. Here\, identities\, desires\, and the search for information and intimacy intersect with platform governance\, surveillance\, and commercial interests. Participation in digital cultures can afford users the safety to explore different ways of being\, feeling\, and connecting (Tiidenberg and van Nagel 2020). However\, the affordances of these spaces often enable racism\, ableism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, misogyny\, and violence (Albury et al\, 2021; Carlson\, 2020). Similarly\, while everyday data cultures and algorithms can open us up to new possibilities\, they also shape and restrict how our gender and sexual identities and desires appear in digital spaces (Burgess et al\, 2022; Farrell\, 2021). \nAs researchers\, we want to explore how digital sexual cultures can be sites of hope\, complexity\, and contestation. We invite research that sits with\, rather than shuts down\, this messiness and imagines a messy (but hopeful) future for digital sexual cultures. Attending to the ‘messy’ does not deny the severity of violence that occurs within digital sexual cultures\, nor does it mean ignoring the ‘bad’ in search of the ‘good’. Rather\, it asks us to consider the complex affective and embodied experiences that resist neat categorisation and push beyond normative and disciplinary boundaries. What insights do the ambivalences and ambiguities of digital sexual cultures offer into shifting gender and sexuality norms and practices? How can we imagine and do research that better opens up the productive possibilities and tensions for knowing\, doing and feeling in digital sexual cultures? How do we hold space for considerations of risk and violence\, whilst also attending to the diversity of experiences\, identities\, and desires? \nKeynotes within this symposium include: \n\nDr Emily van der Nagel\nDr Andy Farrell\nA reflective conversation between Prof Kath Albury and Dr Paul Byron\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1597387665503{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 75px !important;background-color: #151617 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Location” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The event will run on Zoom and a private discord server between 9.30am– 5pm (AEST) on 17 May 2023. To improve accessibility\, keynotes (and some submitted presentation) will be taped and made available to registered participants after the conference.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1597387665503{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 75px !important;background-color: #151617 !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]View the Symposium Program for more information about the event. \nA face-to-face social event is planned in Naarm/Melbourne following the conclusion of the symposium. We will send details closer to the event but (weather permitting) the event will be outside at a wheel-chair accessible venue.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1jNmOC4ffItLVt-p3MpOc234piVTt2ifrMTx2G4iE238%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1597387665503{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 75px !important;background-color: #151617 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Participate” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This symposium is aimed at HDR and ECRs\, to foster ongoing collaboration\, connection\, and care for emerging and early-career researchers of digital sexual cultures. \nIf you’re interested in attending\, please register to attend.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”REGISTER TO ATTEND” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fsexy-messy-a-digital-sexual-cultures-symposium|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1597387665503{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 75px !important;background-color: #151617 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Sponsors” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This event is supported by Prof Kath Albury’s ARC Future Fellowship ‘Digital and data literacies for sexual health policy and practice’ (FT210100085) and the ARC of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1597387665503{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 75px !important;background-color: #151617 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Questions” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]If you have any questions\, please contact digitalsexualcultures@gmail.com.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/sexy-messy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES: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:20230516T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230403T100059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T015206Z
UID:17886-1684252800-1684256400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Queer social sorting: Control and resistance in China’s LGBTQ+ activism
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a public talk with Ausma Bernot on China’s queer social sorting methods that include both automated decision-making and the use of human labour in enforcing queer “othering”.” 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]Since 2013\, LGBTQ+ activism in China has been progressively hampered by sophisticated queer social sorting methods that include both automated decision-making and the use of human labour in enforcing queer “othering”. \nOn the surface\, China’s authorities maintain formal decorum and formulaic support for LGBTQ+ communities. Non-discrimination can be argued on the basis of formal UN announcements confirming China’s stance against LGBTQ+ discrimination as well as the gradual thawing of national laws that restrict LGBTQ+ communities\, such as the recent 2022 regulations lowering the minimum age requirements for gender affirming surgery from 20 to 18. Concurrently\, suppression of LGBTQ+ activism exists under the surface of international and national political decorum. \nThe state-sponsored control of queer activism is now increasingly linked to two elements: China’s call to return to traditional gender roles and social sorting of queer activism. \nQueer social sorting is achieved through an interconnected means of the legal and regulatory frames\, public and state security monitoring and harassment\, and digital surveillance. This talk will unpack the web of those practices with a particular focus on inclusion of automated decision-making and the power dynamics they entrench.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”About the speaker” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”17887″ 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]Ausma Bernot \nAusma Bernot is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Australian Graduate School of Policing & Security\, Charles Sturt University. She has six years of work experience with forensic science and research organisations across the globe\, in particular China\, where she had the chance to gain insights on how technologies are governed at provincial and national levels. \nHer current research focuses on the effects that the merging of infotech and biotech triggers in the fields of governance\, surveillance\, policing\, and public safety. Along with Prof Patrick F Walsh\, Ausma is working to advance the field of Health Security. \nAusma’s doctoral research explored the dynamic interaction between surveillance technologies and social context and questions totalisation of surveillance in China.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Location” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]This is a hybrid event\, hosted in-person at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at RMIT University (RMIT Building 97\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton VIC 3053) and online via Zoom (Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registering). \nTickets are free\, however registration is essential.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7_ccP2sz4rA%26t%3D10s”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/queer-social-sorting-control-and-resistance-in-chinas-lgbtq-activism/
LOCATION:ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, 106-108 Victoria Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, 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:20230407T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230407T103000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230213T052203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T025201Z
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SUMMARY:“There’s No Data Like More Data:” Automatic Speech Recognition and Algorithmic Culture
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a conversation with Xiaochang Li from Stanford University on the topic of automatic speech recognition and algorithmic culture.” 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]Xiaochang Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. Her research examines questions surrounding the relationship between information technology and knowledge production and its role in the organization of social life. Her current book project explores the history of automatic speech recognition and natural language processing and how the problem of mapping communication to computation shaped the rise of big data\, machine learning\, and related forms of algorithmic practice. She received her PhD from the Department of Media\, Culture\, and Communication at New York University and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Media Studies from MIT.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PERN Salon” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This event is part of the PERN Salon series which includes discussions\, presentations\, and workshops to foster a community of learning. \nThe PERN Salon is presented by the Platform Economies Research Network (PERN) in collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/theres-no-data-like-more-data/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES: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:20230303T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230303T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
CREATED:20230203T003019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230303T042757Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Artificial Intelligence: In conversation with Lucas LaRochelle
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join Lucas LaRochelle in conversation about their creative digital work QT.bot\, an artificial intelligence generating speculative queer and trans futures\, with ADM+S Research Fellow Dr Ash Watson.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1665618578153{background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1675654689283{padding-bottom: -35px !important;}”] \n\nQT.bot is an artistic elaboration of a digital archive\, a creative query of data\, an engagement with neural networks that produces illusory memories and amplifies the potential of failure and the fantastic. An innovative line of flight within LaRochelle’s broader engagements with LGBTQ2IA+ life\, this queer use of machine learning is a rich illustration of the creative and affective possibilities of artificial intelligence technologies. Experience the first video output of the project\, titled Sitting here with you in the future. \nQT.bot is a creative adaptation of the Open AI GPT-2 text generation model and a StyleGAN (implemented by machine learning engineer Mattie Tesfaldet). The text model is trained on trained on more than 82\,000 posts from the queer community archive and mapping platform Queering the Map (queeringthemap.com)\, and the image model on scraped Google Street View imagery taken from the tagged coordinates of Queering the Map posts. Queering the Map is a community-generated counter-mapping platform on/with which visitors archive queer experience in relation to physical space. \nArtificial Artificial Intelligence is a series of in-conversation talks about technology and fiction hosted by Dr Ash Watson of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). Probing the porous boundaries between machine realities and imagination\, the series features leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences who are changing what – and how – we know about emerging technologies. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”VIEW RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FmJJbQ2i86Es”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1665618526507{margin-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_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1662609614303{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”17398″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Lucas LaRochelle\nDesigner \nLucas is a Canadian designer and researcher whose work investigates queer and transgender digital cultures\, community-based archiving\, and co-creative media. Their work on Queering the Map has attracted global attention including an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica and being longlisted for the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards and the Lumen Prize for Digital Art. They have given numerous lectures and workshops on their work including for Stanford University and the Guggenheim Museum. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\nVisit website \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1662609614303{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2562″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Ash Watson\nResearch Fellow\, UNSW Sydney \n\n\nAsh Watson is sociologist of technology\, fiction and DIY community practices based at the UNSW Sydney node of ADM+S. A Postdoctoral Fellow aligned with the Health focus area and People program of the Centre\, she researches the social impacts of how automated decision-making and A.I. are imagined\, designed and implemented across contexts of health and wellbeing. She also researches the digital-material spectrum of zine cultures\, and queer digital archival practices. \n  \n\nVisit page \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1660187553448{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The Challenge” 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 disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1660188299390{border-top-width: 20px !important;padding-top: -35px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Hackathon participants will be provided access to existing ad accountability tools including a Facebook ad collector and a Twitter ad collector and the data collected by these tools. They will be asked to design approaches\, including tools to enhance or improve these tools and/or to help make sense of the data they have collected. The designs will address the following key challenges: \n\nDeveloping new forms of accountability for online ads\nDeveloping approaches for sorting and searching through large databases of ads\nDesigning tools and approaches for collecting\, archiving\, and sorting targeted ads online.\n\nWe expect concepts that consider ethics at every stage from design to governance. The ideas are encouraged to be evidence-based and created from community knowledge. Social tech needs to showcase collective benefits for society.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/artificial-artificial-intelligence-in-conversation-with-lucas-larochelle/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230222T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230222T110000
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SUMMARY:Trust\, Mistrust and AI: Intimacy\, Consent\, Affect
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”A collaborative academic workshop for researchers\, creatives\, and practitioners in artificial intelligence and automated decision-making” 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]Trust might take as its object another person\, or a social reputation\, a specific technology\, or a corporation. Trust’s affects take form in these specific relations\, as belief or ideation\, as knowledge\, confidence or ‘ontological security’\, though might also be more loosely felt\, such as in the trust that things will turn out all right. Institutions of intimacy\, such as sex\, friendship\, family and the romantic relationship\, are powerful organisers of people’s perceptions of trust—of who\, how and when to trust. Equally\, it is through the institutions of intimacy that we learn to consent. For example\, we cannot be forced to trust\, but must consent to trust. \nThe increasing mediation of intimate relationships and encounters by AI technologies\, from social media algorithms to location services\, are in turn mediating social perceptions and affective realities of trust. This workshop considers the role of intimacy and consent in furthering our understanding of how uses of automated decision-making (ADM) within intimate life are pivotal to the wholescale remediation of social life more generally. Such a challenge requires thinking about the dynamic between trust and mistrust\, when trust itself becomes an object of scrutiny. Within the context of ADM\, what are the limits and possibilities for taking up a theory of trust as sensory\, affective\, embodied\, and immanent within social relations? How do notions of transparency\, prediction\, and efficacy address mistrust? How does consent conjoin with trust and mistrust in the arrival of ADM in intimate relations?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Discussion will cover themes such as: \n\nADM + trust and mistrust + the social encounter\nADM + trust and mistrust + prediction\nADM + trust and mistrust + transparency\nADM + trust and mistrust + consent\nADM + trust and mistrust + believability\nADM + trust and mistrust + control\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{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_column_text]Led by Dr Sarah Cefai (Media\, Communications and Cultural Studies\, Goldsmiths)\, this workshop will take the form of a 2-hour discussion guided by provocations by ADM+S and Media Futures Hub scholars: \nAssociate Professor Emma A. Jane\, School of the Arts and Media\, UNSW \nAssociate Professor Tanja Dreher\, School of the Arts and Media\, UNSW \nAssociate Professor Maria Giannacopoulos\, Criminology\, UNSW \nDr Emma Quilty\, ADM+S Centre and Emerging Technologies Lab\, Monash University \nThese provocations will be presented in dialogue with a limited number of academic texts that will be circulated to participants in advance.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/trust-mistrust-and-ai-intimacy-consent-affect/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230204
DTSTAMP:20260423T021324
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The international conference on automated decision-making and Chinese societies (ADM & CS) will bring together global researchers and students doing cutting-edge research on digital China\, particularly in the field of automated decision-making and society in the Chinese contexts.” 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 width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]China’s rise as a digital superpower has been part of the story about the country’s second coming as the “Central Kingdom” and of Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream”. Beijing’s digital strategy is multi-dimensional. It is technological—automated decision-making (ADM) technologies and systems\, comprising an array of intelligent and emerging technologies from artificial intelligence\, machine learning\, to blockchain\, are used to innovate social governance\, service provision\, transport/mobility\, and knowledge production across many sectors. It is also beyond the technological to encompass a wide range of areas in social\, institutional\, cultural\, legal and ethical domains. The imperative for COVID-19 pandemic control provides the perfect pretext for the expansive use of ADM by the bio-surveillance Party-state. \nThe ramification of the digital revolution is not bound by any geographic boundaries\, even though it is constrained by the geopolitics of China’s rise as the new technological superpower. New forms of ADM systems are experimented in China—often pioneered by its tech giants like Huawei\, DJI\, Hikvision\, and BAT (Baidu\, Alibaba\, and Tencent) with the state’s support—such as the social credit system (and associated technological systems) in a gigantic social experiment with digital governance\, often in combination with and implemented through low-tech or non-tech means. A new global digital architecture and order is taking shape\, as exemplified by the many infrastructural projects through the digital silk road initiative\, from undersea cables and 5G equipment and networks to communications satellites (China’s version of SpaceX’s Starlink). China has seized the opportunity to leapfrog from being a follower to a competitor and leader in the design\, control\, and use of ADM technologies and systems. It is also competing with Western (American) powers to control huge amount of data internationally\, and by extension resources\, ideas\, intelligence\, and power. \nThe international conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM & CS) encourages people to look beyond “China” as a singular\, unified entity\, which can be “sliced” along human\, geographical\, political\, or economic variables. Similarly\, “Chinese” can mean different things to different Chinese diasporic communities around the world\, often defined and redefined along the routes (instead of roots) of Chinese migrants (of generations)\, visitors\, investors\, entrepreneurs\, engineers\, and workers. Hence\, the conference encourages an expansive interpretation of “Chinese societies” in their plural\, evolving\, and diverse forms\, who are sometimes centrifugal and other times centripetal in relation to the People’s Republic of China. \nThis event will be held in-person at RMIT University\, Melbourne and online. \n#ADMCS2023[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1651627344946{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}” el_class=”yellowBox”][vc_btn title=”VIEW 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_btn title=”VIEW RECORDINGS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffffff” custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLE_y90GftjpburzhCPELZrPLmZ5PEHCq7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” 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 will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{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][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”LOCATION” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This is a hybrid conference\, taking place in-person at RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia and online via livestream.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”REGISTER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Registration for in-person tickets has now closed\, but you can still join us online. Register here to receive the online streaming link.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”IMPORTANT DATES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\n22 September 2022 – Registration opens\n15 October 2022 – Abstract submission deadline\nPlease submit an abstract of 500 words (including references) that states the paper’s main argument\, method\, and contribution along with a short biography for each author (approx. 200 words) to Prof Haiqing Yu and Assoc Prof Jesper Willaing Zeuthen.\n28 October 2022 – Decision on Abstracts\n20 January 2023 – Last day to register for in-person attendance\n1- 3 February 2023 – International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”KEYNOTE 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=”642″ 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]Professor Mark Andrejevic\n@MarkAndrejevic\nMark Andrejevic is a Professor of Communications & Media Studies at Monash University and Chief Investigator at the ADM+S Centre. His research interests encompass digital media\, surveillance and data mining in the digital era.[/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=”14673″ 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]Associate Professor Xin Dai\nXin Dai is an Associate Professor at Peking University Law School. Xin’s research interests include legal theories\, law and society\, economic analysis of law\, information privacy and internet law.[/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=”14674″ 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]Malavika Jayaram\n@MalJayaram\nMalavika Jayaram is the inaugural Executive Director of the Digital Asia Hub\, an independent research think-tank incubated by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Her interests straddle law\, technology\, architecture\, design and dance\, and she is especially invested in the intersection of spatial\, bodily and intellectual privacy\, identity and autonomy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PLENARY SPEAKERS AND DISCUSSANTS” 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=”14675″ 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]Assistant Professor Rogier Creemers\n@China_Digital\nRogier Creemers is an Assistant Professor in Modern Chinese Studies at Leiden University. His research focuses on Chinese domestic digital technology policy\, as well as China’s growing importance in global digital affairs.[/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=”14676″ 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]Professor Jack Linchuan Qiu\n@jacklqiu\nJack Linchuan Qiu is Shaw Foundation Professor in Media Technology\, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information\, Nanyang Technological University. He has published extensively in English and Chinese exploring issues of digital media and social change in relation to labor\, class\, globalization\, and sustainability\, especially in the context of Asia and the Global South.[/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=”14677″ 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]Professor Min Jiang\n@mindyjiang\nMin Jiang is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Min has written on Chinese digital technologies (search engine\, social media\, big data)\, politics (digital activism\, online political satire\, diplomacy)\, business (Chinese Internet giants\, business ethics)\, policies (real name registration\, privacy\, security) and increasingly the impact of Chinese technologies and policies on the Global South and global communication.[/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=”14678″ 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]Associate Professor Nicholas Loubere\n@NDLoubere\nNicholas Loubere is an Associate Professor at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University. Nicholas’ research sits at the nexus of interdisciplinary China Studies and Development Studies\, and draws inspiration from a wide range of fields across the humanities and social sciences.[/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=”14682″ 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]Associate Professor Rachel Douglas-Jones\n@kaisirlin\nRachel Douglas-Jones is an Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. She studies bureaucracy\, policy and ethics and is currently leading the Moving Data-Moving People project\, an ethnography of China’s emergent social credit system.[/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=”14679″ 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]Associate Professor Jun Liu\n@JunLIU_UCPH\nJun Liu is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Copenhagen. Drawing upon theories from communication\, sociology\, and political science\, Jun’s research focuses on how digital technology interacts with socio-cultural forms and settings and generates new power dynamics in politics from a comparative perspective.[/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=”14680″ 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 Florian Schneider\n@schneiderfa77\nFlorian Schneider is a Senior Lecturer of Modern China Studies at Leiden University. Florian’s research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC\, Taiwan\, and Hong Kong\, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment\, recent Chinese economic developments\, as well as Chinese foreign 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=”14693″ 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]Associate Professor Ane Bislev\nAne Bislev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University. Her research interests include Chinese Internet Culture and Chinese tourism.[/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=”14683″ 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]Mr Dev Lewis\n@devlewis18\nDev Lewis is a Researcher at Digital Asia Hub and Yenching Scholar at Peking University. His research focuses on the intersection between technology\, politics\, and law in China and India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ORGANISERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies is presented by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) in collaboration with the CatCh Network.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ENQUIRIES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Please contact Haiqing Yu (haiqing.yu@rmit.edu.au) and Jesper Willaing Zeuthen (zeuthen@dps.aau.dk) if you have any questions about the conference.[/vc_column_text][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]Professor Haiqing Yu\n@haiqing\nHaiqing Yu is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor of media and communication in the School of Media and Communication; a Chief Investigator at the ADMS Centre\, RMIT University. She is a critical media studies scholar with expertise in digital China research. Her current research focuses on social implications of China’s ADM systems\, represented by the social credit system; and Chinese digital platforms and digital diaspora in Australia and the Asia Pacific.[/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=”14688″ 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]Associate Professor Jesper Willaing Zeuthen\n@ZeuthenJesper\nJesper Willaing Zeuthen is an Associate Professor in Chinese Area Studies at Aalborg University. Jesper manages the CatCh Network (Ruling through Division: Categorizing People and Resources in Contemporary China)\, and the Moving Data Moving People project (investigating how social credit system reconfigures mobility in China). His work focuses on urban-rural inequality in China\, Chinese local governance\, and Chinese mining companies’ engagements in Greenland.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653971328879{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]We look forward to seeing you\, either in Melbourne or online\, and celebrate the 2023 Spring Festival together.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/adm-cs-2023/
LOCATION:Green Brain\, RMIT University\, Level 7\, Building 16\, 342 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online
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SUMMARY:Automation\, Wellbeing and Harms in a COVID Age
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”An interactive symposium with Associate Professor Virginia Eubanks\, author of prize-winning book Automating Inequality.” 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 width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Digital technology is rapidly automating vast areas of everyday life\, from interacting with government and businesses\, undertaking learning and work\, entertaining ourselves and maintaining social relations. Such technologies offer great opportunities for enhancing wellbeing\, but can also produce harms\, that Australia’s Robodebt well illustrated. We have long known about a “digital divide” that loosely fractures along socio-economic ones\, and these social disparities have been overlaid with the inequitable experiences of COVID on people’s wellbeing. \nIn dialogue with Associate Professor Virginia Eubanks\, this interactive symposium between leading Australian researchers\, social service organisations\, and service user advocacy and representative groups will explore the challenges and opportunities of digital technology for vulnerable and marginalised peoples. \nThis event will be held in-person at RMIT University\, Melbourne and online.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1651627344946{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}” el_class=”yellowBox”][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fawh-event-program%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{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] \n\n\n\n9am- 9.10am\nWelcome to Country\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9.10am- 10.30am\nKeynote address by Assoc Prof Virginia Eubanks (University at Albany)\n\n\n\nChair: Prof Paul Henman (UQ)\n\n\n\nDiscussants: Dr Daniel Featherstone (RMIT University) and Jay Coonan (Anti-Poverty Centre)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.30am- 10.45am\nMorning tea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.45am- 12pm\nThematic Roundtable 1: Challenges and opportunities of digital technology for marginalised people\n\n\n\nChair: Prof Jeannie Paterson (University of Melbourne)\n\n\n\nPanellists: Ivana Jurko (Humanitech at Australian Red Cross)\, Dr Simone Casey (ACOSS)\, Dr Aitor Jimenez (University of Melbourne)\, Dr Georgia van Toorn (UNSW) and Dr Elizabeth Deveny (CHF)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12pm- 1.15pm\nThematic Roundtable 2: Designing digital technology for and with marginalised people\n\n\n\nChair: Prof Mark Sanderson (RMIT University)\n\n\n\nPanellists: Dr Ruth De Souza (RMIT University)\, Ben Shaw (Infoxchange)\, Sean Fitzgerald (C3 Solutions) and Daniel Levy (AUWU)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.15pm- 2.15pm\nLunch\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fawh-event-program%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”LOCATION” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This is a hybrid conference\, taking place in-person at the Green Brain\, RMIT University (Level 7\, Building 16\, 336/348 Swanston St\, Melbourne VIC 3000) and online via livestream.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”LIVESTREAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]If you have registered for this event\, you will receive an email with a link to the livestream prior to the event. If you haven’t received this\, please contact admsevents@rmit.edu.au.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1662602341153{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”REGISTER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Registration has now closed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1662599302810{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”IMPORTANT DATES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\n9 September 2022 – Registration opens\n15 October 2022 – Abstract submission deadline\nPlease submit an abstract of 500 words (including references) that states the paper’s main argument\, method\, and contribution along with a short biography for each author (approx. 200 words) to Prof Haiqing Yu and Assoc Prof Jesper Willaing Zeuthen.\n28 October 2022 – Decision on Abstracts\n20 January 2023 – Last day to register for in-person attendance\n1- 3 February 2023 – International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1662602252326{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”KEYNOTE 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=”642″ 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]Professor Mark Andrejevic\n@MarkAndrejevic\nMark Andrejevic is a Professor of Communications & Media Studies at Monash University and Chief Investigator at the ADM+S Centre. His research interests encompass digital media\, surveillance and data mining in the digital era.[/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=”14673″ 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]Associate Professor Xin Dai\nXin Dai is an Associate Professor at Peking University Law School. Xin’s research interests include legal theories\, law and society\, economic analysis of law\, information privacy and internet law.[/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=”14674″ 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]Malavika Jayaram\n@MalJayaram\nMalavika Jayaram is the inaugural Executive Director of the Digital Asia Hub\, an independent research think-tank incubated by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Her interests straddle law\, technology\, architecture\, design and dance\, and she is especially invested in the intersection of spatial\, bodily and intellectual privacy\, identity and autonomy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1662602265325{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PLENARY SPEAKERS AND DISCUSSANTS” 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=”14675″ 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]Assistant Professor Rogier Creemers\n@China_Digital\nRogier Creemers is an Assistant Professor in Modern Chinese Studies at Leiden University. His research focuses on Chinese domestic digital technology policy\, as well as China’s growing importance in global digital affairs.[/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=”14676″ 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]Professor Jack Linchuan Qiu\n@jacklqiu\nJack Linchuan Qiu is Professor and Research Director in the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore. He has published extensively in English and Chinese exploring issues of digital media and social change in relation to labor\, class\, globalization\, and sustainability\, especially in the contexts of Asia and the Global South.[/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=”14677″ 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]Professor Min Jiang\n@mindyjiang\nMin Jiang is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Min has written on Chinese digital technologies (search engine\, social media\, big data)\, politics (digital activism\, online political satire\, diplomacy)\, business (Chinese Internet giants\, business ethics)\, policies (real name registration\, privacy\, security) and increasingly the impact of Chinese technologies and policies on the Global South and global communication.[/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=”14678″ 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]Associate Professor Nicholas Loubere\n@NDLoubere\nNicholas Loubere is an Associate Professor at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University. Nicholas’ research sits at the nexus of interdisciplinary China Studies and Development Studies\, and draws inspiration from a wide range of fields across the humanities and social sciences.[/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=”14682″ 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]Associate Professor Rachel Douglas-Jones\n@kaisirlin\nRachel Douglas-Jones is an Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. She studies bureaucracy\, policy and ethics and is currently leading the Moving Data-Moving People project\, an ethnography of China’s emergent social credit system.[/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=”14679″ 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]Associate Professor Jun Liu\n@JunLIU_UCPH\nJun Liu is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Copenhagen. Drawing upon theories from communication\, sociology\, and political science\, Jun’s research focuses on how digital technology interacts with socio-cultural forms and settings and generates new power dynamics in politics from a comparative perspective.[/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=”14680″ 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 Florian Schneider\n@schneiderfa77\nFlorian Schneider is a Senior Lecturer of Modern China Studies at Leiden University. Florian’s research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC\, Taiwan\, and Hong Kong\, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment\, recent Chinese economic developments\, as well as Chinese foreign 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=”14693″ 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]Associate Professor Ane Bislev\nAne Bislev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University. Her research interests include Chinese Internet Culture and Chinese tourism.[/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=”14683″ 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]Mr Dev Lewis\n@devlewis18\nDev Lewis is a Researcher at Digital Asia Hub and Yenching Scholar at Peking University. His research focuses on the intersection between technology\, politics\, and law in China and India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1662599506094{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ORGANISERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies is presented by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) in collaboration with the CatCh Network.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1662599525849{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ENQUIRIES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Please contact Haiqing Yu (haiqing.yu@rmit.edu.au) and Jesper Willaing Zeuthen (zeuthen@dps.aau.dk) if you have any questions about the conference.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”14685″ 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]Professor Haiqing Yu\n@haiqing\nHaiqing Yu is an ARC Future Fellow and VC’s Principle Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. She is a critical media studies scholar with expertise in digital China research. Her current research focuses on social implications of China’s ADM systems\, represented by the social credit system.[/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=”14688″ 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]Associate Professor Jesper Willaing Zeuthen\n@ZeuthenJesper\nJesper Willaing Zeuthen is an Associate Professor in Chinese Area Studies at Aalborg University. Jesper manages the CatCh Network (Ruling through Division: Categorizing People and Resources in Contemporary China)\, and the Moving Data Moving People project (investigating how social credit system reconfigures mobility in China). His work focuses on urban-rural inequality in China\, Chinese local governance\, and Chinese mining companies’ engagements in Greenland.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/automation-wellbeing-and-harms-in-a-covid-age/
LOCATION:Green Brain\, RMIT University\, Level 7\, Building 16\, 342 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online
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