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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230713T183000
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SUMMARY:Internet Futures
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THIS EVENT IS FULL. YOU CAN JOIN THE WAITLIST AT THE LINK BELOW.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a thought-provoking and illuminating discussion on the future of the internet” 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]The panel will address rapid developments in internet infrastructures and AI technologies\, and discuss questions around the dynamic possibilities and uncertain pathways these developments present for internet governance\, social media platforms\, media industries\, and digital inclusion.  \nRefreshments will be available from 5:30pm[/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: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=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”639″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof. Jean Burgess\nAssociate Director\nADM+S \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=”18386″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Craig McCosker\nGroup Product Manager\, ABC Digital Product\nAustralian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)[/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 width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18387″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gareth Downing\nDeputy CEO\nAustralian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN)[/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=”18335″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof. Ellie Rennie\nAssociate 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_1651551961626{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=”11473″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof. Flora Salim\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, UNSW \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_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/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_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%3DDdst_ZHS-Lk”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/internet-futures/
LOCATION:The University of Sydney Law School\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES: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;VALUE=DATE:20230713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230715
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SUMMARY:2023 ADM+S Symposium: Automated News & Media
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Registration is now open for the 2023 ADM+S Symposium: Automated News & Media. Join us to access the latest research and industry conversation on how AI & Automation is changing our news\, media and entertainment.” 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]AI and automation are now part of the news and media industries. Digital platforms use automated systems to shape how we find and access information and entertainment\, as well as to filter\, fact-check and moderate content\, and to serve advertising to their users. Newsrooms are producing stories without human intervention and using bots to collect newsworthy data. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”REGISTER TO ATTEND” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ shape=”square” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpay.qut.edu.au%2FFCIEDUSJCONFERENECES%2Fbooking%3FUDS_ACTION_DATA%3DY1AjB0I2K3dOXCQBQUJDAVcgQgxOWTAbVTQ2LHM0UDd-RSxR|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]AI and automation are now part of the news and media industries. Digital platforms use automated systems to shape how we find and access information and entertainment\, as well as to filter\, fact-check and moderate content\, and to serve advertising to their users. Newsrooms are producing stories without human intervention and using bots to collect newsworthy data.  \nAs these sectors start to seriously grapple with AI\, the dominance of major platforms and media organisations  looks far less certain\, thanks to a series of economic shocks and a renewed interest in alternative social media technologies. \nThis is a moment of possibility\, and one that invites reflection and action.  \nThe 2023 ADM+S Symposium brings together researchers\, industry\, advocacy groups and policymakers to showcase the findings of our work together to date\, and to address the most pressing emerging challenges associated with automated systems in the digital media\, information\, and entertainment environment.  \nThe Symposium will be hosted both online and in-person at the University of Sydney Law School.  \nThe two-day symposium will include: \n\nKeynotes\, panel discussions and fireside conversations with leading international and national researchers\, and stakeholders.\nDissemination of new findings from the ADM+S Centre’s key research projects\nOpportunities to connect with others through interactive workshops\, social activities and satellite events.\n\n  \nImage credit: Jean Burgess and DALL-E 2[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/2023-adms-symposium-automated-news-media/
LOCATION:The University of Sydney Law School\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES: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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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230712T170000
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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
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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:20230711T120000
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SUMMARY:Understanding Wikimedia as a Digital Media Platform: research seminar/workshop
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this event to share and discuss work in progress or new ideas and develop relationships across and beyond ADM+S and Wikimedia research interests.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a digital platform\, Wikimedia projects play a powerful role in the information and media ecosystem\, from providing breaking news coverage to data points in Google infoboxes. Wikimedia projects include various types of automation and contribute to the automation of information provided by other platforms and are also being impacted by the regulations attempting to control big tech. There are therefore many areas of overlap with ADM+S areas of interest which could provide a range of fascinating research projects or collaborations which this workshop hopes to foster.  \nJoin us for a lunchtime seminar/workshop on researching Wikimedia as a Digital Platform. The session will include lightning talks of 5-10 minutes on current or future research projects\, questions\, ideas or issues followed by open discussion and input from colleagues and for developing new proposals or collaborations. Speakers may share a paper or concept at various stages of gestation.  \nLunch will be provided.\nThis event is being hosted as a 2023 ADM+S Symposium Satellite event.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]If you would like to provide a 5 minute lightning talk please email amanda.lawrence@rmit.edu.au with your name\, organisation and a title. Please indicate if you will participate in person (preferred) or online. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Heather Ford\, Tamson Pietch (TBC) and Michael Falk (UTS)\nUTS Wikihistories Project \nHeather Ford\, Michael Davis and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu\, Centre for Media Transition\, UTS\nImplications of ChatGPT for knowledge integrity on Wikipedia \nBunty Avieson\nMedia and Communications\, University of Sydney\n‘Wiki-what? The ontology of Wikipedia’. \nGianluca Demartini\, University of Queensland\nMeasuring the Gender Gap: Attribute-based Class Completeness Estimation \n  \nSupported by Wikimedia Australia[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”18178″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1682373521105{background-color: #ffffff !important;}” el_class=”whiteBg”][vc_column_text]Image credit: meta.wikimedia.org File:WP20Symbols MediaWiki.svg – Meta (wikimedia.org)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Geof Barker\, State Library of NSW\nLibrary collections and Wikimedia platforms: projects and possibilities \nFrances Di Lauro\nUniversity of Sydney\nDoes Wikipedia have a role in education? \nAmanda Lawrence\nADM+S\, RMIT University\nPublic policy\, publishing and reliable sources on Wikipedia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18048″ img_size=”medium” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \n\n\nAssociate Professor at University of Technology Sydney \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/understanding-wikimedia-as-a-digital-media-platform-research-seminar-workshop/
LOCATION:The University of Sydney Law School\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES: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:20230711T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230711T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
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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;VALUE=DATE:20230710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230712
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
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SUMMARY:PhD Winter Workshop in Critical Technology Studies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”A two-day PhD-led workshop for an emerging cohort of interdisciplinary researchers in Australia and the Pacific conducting critical studies of technologies. Come share knowledge\, build a network and map our work.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]EOI’s are now closed for this event. \nTechnologies of artificial intelligence\, automated decision-making and machine learning have moved rapidly from obscurity to ubiquity\, are entangled with the social\, scientific\, economic and political and\, as objects of study\, are hard to describe and theorise\, subverting established research methods and modes of communication. \nWith all this in mind\, we are convening an emerging generation of PhDs over two days\, in a collaborative and creative forum of individual and group working sessions\, reading and discussion\, and evening social events. The workshop is a satellite event of the ADM+S 2023 Symposium and follows an earlier event held at ANU in 2022. In the days following the workshop\, participants will also have opportunities to join several events in conjunction with PhD/ECR networks from ADM+S and AusSTS.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Want to be a part of the workshop?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_column_text]The event is open to students enrolled in a PhD or other Doctoral program at a university in Australia\, Aotearoa/NZ or other institution in the Pacific. You should be one year or more through your PhD\, with your candidature confirmed and a well-developed and comprehensively designed research project. We are keen for people from across the region\, and travel scholarships are available (see EOI form for more details). \nWe have 30 places available for this workshop and participants will be selected through expression of interest (EOI). If you would like to join us\, please submit your EOI by 21 April 2023. \nOrganisers: Glen Berman (ANU)\, Ned Cooper (ANU)\, Zoe Horn (WSU)\, Libby Young (USyd).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/phd-winter-workshop-in-critical-technology-studies/
LOCATION:The University of Sydney Law School\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Sydney
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ORGANIZER;CN="Critical Technology Studies":MAILTO:criticaltechstudies@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Towards a Positive Internet
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This interactive workshop aims to identify the necessary building blocks of a more positive internet including platform policy\, conditions for meaningful community formation and personal wellbeing.” 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]Creating positive internet futures for everyone\, including children and young people\, requires attention to the already successful elements of the internet and social media. By identifying the spaces where the internet supports human flourishing we can create a more positive internet and social media spaces. This workshop aims to identify the necessary building blocks of a more positive internet including platform policy\, conditions for meaningful community formation and personal wellbeing. This will be achieved by bringing together experts from across Australia to direct future research attention to internet spaces where people experience joy\, fun and connection as understanding these spaces can help build a better internet for everyone. \nThis interactive workshop seeks to generate creative responses to the perceived internet ‘crisis’. The internet\, and specifically social media\, is often positioned as a threat to democracy and a disruption to a functioning society\, to which the only solution is to ‘turn it off’. Critiques of the internet are important work\, however\, in this workshop we seek to move away from ‘big critique’ (Burgess\, 2022) and focus on the conditions that could produce a more positive version on the internet. Drawing from the work of Halberstam (2011) this workshop seeks to uncover alternative internet futures that “dwell in the murky waters of a counterintuitive\, often impossibly dark and negative realm of critique and refusal” (2011\, p. 2). \nThis workshop focuses on what Halberstam might consider the “rewards of failure” (p. 3) by focusing on where the internet has functioned and produced positive and pro-social outcomes amongst its many shortcomings. Through hands-on and engaging activities\, the focus of this workshop is to combine the expertise of our participants and collectively generate new research-informed insights that help us move towards a positive internet. The workshop aims to bring together a diverse range of academics\, from HDR students to senior researchers\, to collaboratively tackle this question and consider how we can build a better internet by rescuing the failures of this present. [/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=”Themes” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This workshop focuses on the following key themes: \n\nDesigning internet spaces\nThe technological affordances that support human flourishing online.\nExisting success\nIdentifying ‘successful’ internet space and critically examining how and why they work.\nLooking back to look forward\nWhat lessons can we apply from the internet past to create a positive internet in the future?\nSpeculative internet futures\nUsing their expertise\, attendees will design what their ‘ideal’ future internet would look like.\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=”Objectives” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The objectives of this workshop are to: \n\nBring together scholars who are working broadly in the area of a ‘positive internet’\nCreate a collective\, public-facing manifesto for ‘building a positive internet’\nCreate a community of practice across social science disciplines that are working on identifying and designing for human flourishing online\nGenerate open-access academic outputs that speak to the theme of a positive internet\nContribute to imagining better internet futures\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=”Participate” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Expressions of Interest for this event have now closed.[/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=”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 co-sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child 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 towardsapositiveinternet@gmail.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/towards-a-positive-internet/
LOCATION:QUT\, Brisbane\, 4000
CATEGORIES:Brisbane
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20230628T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20230628T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230612T012002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230619T051619Z
UID:18635-1687973400-1687977000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Where misogyny hides: Exploring everyday online discussions of violence against women
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join Hacks/Hackers Brisbane in-person at ABC South Bank or online to hear ADM+S researcher\, Lucinda Nelson talk about the challenges of everyday misogyny in online discussions about gender-based violence.” 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]This month Hacks/Hackers Brisbane is partnering with ADM+S to explore the challenges of understanding and responding to everyday misogyny in online discussions about gender-based violence.  How might we begin to better address the subtler\, ‘civil’ discourses that normalise violence against women\, alongside the more extreme manifestations of online misogyny?[/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=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”12979″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] \nLucinda Nelson is a research student at the ADM+S Centre at QUT. Lucinda’s research explores the manifestation and spread of misogyny on social media platforms. Conceptualising misogyny as a continuum\, Lucinda seeks to draw particular attention to the more ‘covert’ types of misogyny that are not always immediately apparent\, but underpin and reinforce a culture of violence against women. Lucinda’s project involves a comparative analysis of responses to a gender-based violence controversy on three different social media platforms. Through this work\, Lucinda aims to identify practical opportunities for legal\, technical\, or other intervention to combat online misogyny. \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]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/where-misogyny-hides-exploring-everyday-online-discussions-of-violence-against-women/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1333147244.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/Melbourne:20230627T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230627T140000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
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;VALUE=DATE:20230522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230819
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230323T050411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T014506Z
UID:17745-1684713600-1692403199@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:More-than-Human Wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Through installation artworks and multisensory displays\, this exhibition seeks to attune visitors to their role in more-than-human ecologies and how their health and wellbeing and that of the planet is entangled.” 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]More-than-Human Wellbeing draws on several research studies conducted in the Vitalities Lab and UNSW Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. This exhibition uses multimodal arts-based and multisensory methods – both digital and non-digital – to highlight ways of knowing and being within and beyond the world of self-tracking apps\, electronic medical records\, and smart devices for documenting illnesses and promoting health and wellbeing. \nThrough installation artworks and multisensory displays\, this exhibition seeks to attune visitors to their role in more-than-human ecologies and how their health and wellbeing and that of the planet is entangled. It shows that digital software\, data\, and devices are only part of the manifold ways that people learn about their bodies and their health. It acknowledges that human health is always more-than-human health\, and that natural and human-made objects and spaces are intertwined. \nExhibition team: Deborah Lupton\, Vaughan Wozniak-O’Connor\, Megan Rose\, and Ash Watson. \nThis exhibition is developed in collaboration with Vitalities Lab\, UNSW Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society\, Centre for Social Research in Health\, Social Policy Research Centre\, Faculty of Arts\, Design & Architecture\, UNSW Sydney\, and Health Consumers NSW. \nFor more information on this project see Deborah Lupton – The More-than-Human Wellbeing Exhibition[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row title=”RESEARCH PROJECTS” style=”custom” gradient_color_1=”turquoise” gradient_color_2=”blue” gradient_custom_color_1=”#dd3333″ gradient_custom_color_2=”#eeee22″ gradient_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”rounded” color=”grey” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”” add_icon=”” i_align=”left” i_type=”fontawesome” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-adjust” i_icon_openiconic=”vc-oi vc-oi-dial” i_icon_typicons=”typcn typcn-adjust-brightness” i_icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-note” i_icon_linecons=”vc_li vc_li-heart” i_icon_monosocial=”vc-mono vc-mono-fivehundredpx” i_icon_material=”vc-material vc-material-cake” i_icon_pixelicons=”vc_pixel_icon vc_pixel_icon-alert” custom_onclick=”” link=”url:%23research-filter|||” custom_onclick_code=””][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EXHIBITION TOUR” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dp_KAHvjtkeQ”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/more-than-human-wellbeing/
LOCATION:University of NSW Library\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2052\, Australia
CATEGORIES: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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230517T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230414T013932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T234159Z
UID:17994-1684315800-1684342800@www.admscentre.org.au
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:20260428T122024
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:20230508T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230508T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230421T043357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T015329Z
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SUMMARY:Seth Lazar: Communicative Justice and the Distribution of Attention
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Seth Lazar: Communicative Justice and the Distribution of Attention” 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_1682053616965{padding-bottom: -35px !important;}”] \n\n“Algorithmic intermediaries exercise intermediary power over participants in the digital public sphere—they shape what is possible and impossible\, encouraged and frustrated; they shape power relations between us; and\, over time\, they are reshaping basic social structures\, like political communications and civic engagement.” – Seth Lazar \nIn this talk\, Prof Seth Lazar will discuss a recent paper which highlights the responsibility of algorithmic intermediaries in governing the public sphere through their architecture\, amplification algorithms\, and moderation practices. This event will investigate why such responsibilities must include more than just enumerating and responding to pathologies such as misinformation\, radicalisation\, and abuse\, and considers a new positive ideal to aim at. \nPolitical philosophy should offer such an ideal\, but it tells us only when not to interfere in free speech\, not how to shape public communication and distribute attention. During this event\, Prof Lazar will spotlight a new theory of communicative justice: an account of the communicative interests that those who govern the digital public sphere should promote\, and the democratic egalitarian norms by which their doing so should be constrained.  \nThis event will question how a new ideal might guide us in shaping public communication and distributing attention\, in balancing the governing responsibilities of private and public actors\, and in striving for procedural legitimacy in governance of the digital public sphere. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1665618526507{margin-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speaker” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/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=”18214″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Seth Lazar \nSeth Lazar is Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University\, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow\, and a Distinguished Research Fellow of the University of Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI. He has worked on the ethics of war\, self-defence\, and risk\, and now leads the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory (MINT) Lab\, where he directs research projects on the moral and political philosophy of AI\, funded by the ARC\, the Templeton World Charity Foundation\, and Insurance Australia Group. He is a member of the executive committee for the ACM Fairness\, Accountability\, and Transparency conference\, and was General Chair in 2022\, and Program Co-Chair for the ACM/AAAI AI\, Ethics and Society conference in 2021\, and is one of the authors of a study by the US National Academies of Science\, Engineering and Medicine\, which reported to Congress on the ethics and governance of responsible computing research. \nVisit website[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1665618578153{background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][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%3DffdFWk4SThM%26t%3D87s”][vc_empty_space][/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/seth-lazar-communicative-justice-and-the-distribution-of-attention/
LOCATION:Kaleide Theatre\, 360 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230426T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230426T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230323T230417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T051729Z
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SUMMARY:Angieszka Leszczynski on “Urban platform materialities: aesthetics\, glitches\, amenities”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Angieszka Leszczynski on “Urban platform materialities: aesthetics\, glitches\, amenities”” 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_1679628235712{padding-bottom: -35px !important;}”] \n\nThis talk attends to how urban platforms materially ‘show up’ in cities\, and where they materialize. Drawing on a range of empirical instances from North American cities\, the talk situates and traces urban platform materialities in three registers: aesthetics\, spatiality\, and amenitization. Docked bikesharing infrastructure in Vancouver comprises a serialized aesthetics increasingly co-implicated with what gentrification ‘looks like’ at the microgeographic\, or sub-neighbourhood\, spatialities of the city. An e-bike sited above a tent encampment in San Jose and the ‘emoji house’ in Manhattan Beach\, CA appear as aesthetic ‘glitches’ in our conditioned desires for orderly cityscapes and Instagrammable architectures. And finally\, informed by the results of a spatial analysis of the locations of platform-based presences in Canadian cities\, the talk position platforms as a novel urban amenity class\, establishing how and why this matters for our understandings of ‘splintering’ urban development. Read across these registers\, platform materialities emerge as vectors of significant urban transformations. \nPlease note: For reasons of privacy and security\, this event will be in-person only. We apologise for the inconvenience. \nIf you are attending this public lecture\, you may also be interested in the launch of Economies of Virtue: The Circulation of ‘Ethics’ in AI\, edited by Thao Phan\, Jake Goldenfein\, Monique Mann and Declan Kuch published open access by the Institute of Network Cultures in late 2022. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/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=”17775″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Agnieszka Leszczynski \nAgnieszka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Environment at Western University in Canada. She is an editor of Dialogues in Human Geography\, Environment and Planning F: Philosophy\, Theory\, Models\, Methods\, and Practice\, and a former editor of Big Data & Society. Her current work focuses on the intensifying integration of digitality and cities. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\nVisit website \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/angieszka-leszczynski-on-urban-platform-materialities-aesthetics-glitches-amenities/
LOCATION:Kaleide Theatre\, 360 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230426T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230417T031138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T025907Z
UID:18006-1682524800-1682528400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Economies of Virtue Book Launch Event and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us in celebrating the launch of Economies of Virtue: The Circulation of ‘Ethics’ in AI\, edited by Thao Phan\, Jake Goldenfein\, Monique Mann and Declan Kuch published open access by the Institute of Network Cultures in late 2022.” 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 event includes a brief panel conversation hosted by the editors and contributing authors followed by drinks and snacks. Speakers include: Prof Sarah Pink\, Assoc Prof Michael Richardson\, Dr Laura Bedford\, Dr Jake Goldenfein\, and Dr Jathan Sadowski\, and chaired by Dr Thao Phan. \nThe book is freely available online. Physical copies of the book will be available for FREE\, in addition to other INC publications: https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/economies-of-virtue-the-circulation-of-ethics-in-ai/[/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=”About the Book” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]AI ethics has never been far from the industries it sought to critique. While originally designed to bring values such as fairness\, accountability and transparency to Big Tech and its products\, the lines between Big Tech’s PR initiatives and AI ethics funding has never been clear. In practice\, AI ethics now operates as a means for the co-option of critics and to enable regulatory capture. It is used by corporations to create legitimacy and to further accumulate value. The result is that ‘ethics’ has now become a high-valued industrial commodity\, and AI ethics its foundry. \nThis anthology is a collective response to the reification of ethics into commodity forms. It explores how industry participation in ‘ethical AI’ research has created a new ‘economy of virtue’—a massive network of actors variously situated across industry\, civil society\, and universities\, producing and circulating ethics as a service and a product. The contributors present both critical perspectives and first-hand experiences of this economy. They address a wide range of topics including: the contradictions and personal dilemmas of working in industry-funded spaces; case studies of AI ethics in domains such as defence\, facial recognition\, and standards setting; critical assessments of techniques like green-washing and the manufacture of trust; and the risks and practicalities of direct action such as speaking up\, organizing against and dropping out. Together\, these contributions give voice to the intractable problems of co-option\, capture\, and complicity that plague AI ethics\, and give shape to the networks and circulations defining the field.[/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=”Authors” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Corinne Cath and Os Keyes; Sarah Pink; Rodrigo Ochigame; Sy Taffel\, Laura Bedford\, and Monique Mann; Angela Daly; Tsvetelina Hristova and Liam Magee; Michael Richardson; Jake Goldenfein\, Lilly Irani\, J. Khadijah Abdurahman\, and Alex Hanna; Jathan Sadowski\, Thao Phan\, and Meredith Whittaker.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/economies-of-virtue-book-launch-event-and-celebration/
LOCATION:Melbourne Law School\, The Woodward Convention Centre\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3053
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230407T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230407T103000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230213T052203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T025201Z
UID:17459-1680858000-1680863400@www.admscentre.org.au
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/Brisbane:20230322T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20230322T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230228T224836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230312T235509Z
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SUMMARY:ChatGPT - Is it hype or the next step in AI?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join Hacks/Hackers Brisbane in-person at ABC South Bank or online to hear ADM+S researcher\, Dr Aaron Snoswell talk about the hype of ChatGPT.” font_container=”tag:h2|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]This month Hacks/Hackers Brisbane is partnering with ADM+S to look at the hype\, the limitations\, and the potential of large language models like ChatGPT. Are we stuck in another iteration of the ‘hype cycle’\, or are these systems actually a step closer to a useful and general artificial intelligence?[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Zoom link for online option.[/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=”REGISTER TO ATTEND” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fen-AU%2Fhacks-hackers-brisbane%2Fevents%2F291811825%2F%3FisFirstPublish%3Dtrue|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=”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=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2209″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] \nDr Aaron Snoswell\, computer scientist and post-doctoral research fellow in AI accountability at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. In his research\, Aaron is working on ways to make large language models less toxic. Prior to academia\, Aaron spent over a decade working in robotics\, aerospace\, software engineering\, and medical device development. \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]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/chatgpt-is-it-hype-or-the-next-step-in-ai/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230303T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230303T110000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230203T003019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230303T042757Z
UID:17395-1677837600-1677841200@www.admscentre.org.au
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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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:20230222T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230222T110000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230125T032718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230127T004950Z
UID:17270-1677056400-1677063600@www.admscentre.org.au
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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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:20230217T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230217T173000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230209T001130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230209T001243Z
UID:17423-1676651400-1676655000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Book talk: 'Wizards of the Web' by Professor Jakob Svensson
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Today data-driven algorithms and automated systems are everywhere. Join us as Professor Jakob Svensson (Malmö University) discusses his book ‘Wizards of the Web'” 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_1675900905089{padding-bottom: -35px !important;}”] \n\nIn our connected data societies\, the importance of algorithms and automated systems is obvious. They determine search engines’ rankings\, what driverless cars do when a child appears on the road\, and stock market changes. Today data-driven algorithms and automated systems are everywhere. \nWhile algorithms and automated systems themselves are often a topic of controversy and debate\, this book is about the people behind them; it is an account of the cultures\, values\, and imaginations that guide programmers in their work designing and engineering software and digital technology. Technology\, it is argued\, is not neutral and developed free of context. And since algorithms and automated systems exercise power in connected data societies\, it is pivotal to understand their creators\, who could be labelled\, it is argued in the book\, Wizards of the Web. \nThis book is the result of an ethnographically inspired study based on interviews with software engineers and programmers\, observations made at tech headquarters and conferences in Denmark\, Sweden\, Brazil\, Germany\, India\, and the US\, and a case study of the introduction of algorithmic automation on the front page of a Scandinavian newspaper. \nThe author\, Jakob Svensson\, is professor of Media and Communication Studies at Malmö University. The book is part of the research project Behind the Algorithm (funded by the Swedish Research Council\, 2018–2020). \nThis event is presented by Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab\, Centre of Automated Decision Making + Society and the Re-humanising Automated Decision Making network. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1665618526507{margin-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speaker” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/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=”17427″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Professor Jakob Svensson\nProfessor of Media and Communication\, Malmö University. \n\n\n\nDr. Jakob Svensson holds a Professorship in Media and Communication Studies and started to work at K3 March 2017 and moved over to DM1 January 2023. He received his PhD from Lund University (2008) and has since then worked at Malmö University\, Karlstad University (Associate Professor 2014) and Uppsala University. Jakob’s research revolves around socio-cultural processes behind online experiences\, political participation online\, which media logics prevail\, and mobile phones and empowerment in the global south. \n  \n\n\nVisit website \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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” 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=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FbZOnVzb75n4|title:Watch%20Recording|target:_blank”][vc_column_text] \nView transcript \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/book-talk-wizards-of-the-web-by-professor-jakob-svensson/
LOCATION:Monash University Conference Centre\, 30 Collins Street Level 7\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230221
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20230120T014945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230205T230953Z
UID:17183-1676505600-1676937599@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Data Relations Summer School
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Taking the exhibition Data Relations as a point of departure\, Data Relations Summer School comprises a series of experimental workshops\, discussions\, performances and talks at ACCA and other venues\, with an emphasis on pedagogy and the sharing of ideas. Presenters and participants will come together to respond to critical and creative approaches to questions regarding data relations.[/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]Featuring the exhibiting artists\, alongside invited guest artists\, researchers\, and critical technologists. Speakers include: \n\nMark Andrejevic (Monash University & ADM+S\, Australia)\nZach Blas (exhibiting artist\, University of Toronto\, Canada)\nTega Brain (exhibiting artist\, New York University\, USA)\nSean Dockray (exhibiting artist\, Australian National University\, Australia)\nUzma Falak (Capture All artist\, University of Heidelberg\, Germany)\nShareeka Helaluddin (Capture All artist\, Australia)\nJenny Kennedy (RMIT University & ADM+S\, Australia)\nSam Lavigne (exhibiting artist\, University of Texas\, USA)\nLauren Lee McCarthy (exhibiting artist\, UCLA Design Media Arts\, USA)\nLaura McLean (Capture All curator\, Liquid Architecture\, Monash University & ADM+S\, Australia)\nChris O’Neill (Monash University & ADM+S\, Australia) / Automated Vision Reading Group\nMimi Ọnụọha (exhibiting artist\, USA)\nJames Parker (exhibiting artist\, Melbourne Law School\, Australia)\nMehak Sawhney (Capture All curator & artist\, Sarai & McGill University\, Canada)\nThao Phan (Monash University & ADM+S\, Australia)\nMichael Richardson (UNSW Sydney\, Australia)\nTom Smith (Capture All artist\, RMIT\, Australia)\nJoel Sherwood Spring (Capture All artist\, Wiradjuri)\nMatthew Spisbah (Independent Curator)\nJoel Stern (exhibiting artist\, RMIT & ADM+S\, Australia)\nWinnie Soon (exhibiting artist\, Aarhus University\, Denmark)\nSuvani Suri (Capture All curator & artist\, Sarai\, India)\nAasma Tulika (Capture All artist\, India)\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=”WHO CAN ENROL?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]ACCA encourages artists\, researchers\, students\, writers\, critics and enthusiasts interested in data relations to apply for the Summer School. The program offers a platform for discussion\, collaboration\, knowledge sharing and exchange. EOIs are encouraged from both creative and/or technological perspectives. \nData Relations Summer School will have limited capacity and selection will consider the diversity of age\, gender\, ability\, cultural and disciplinary background to expand the ways art and data may intersect in the everyday. The selection process will prioritise access and inclusion\, and the program will cater to participants of all abilities.[/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=”REQUIRED COMMITMENT” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Data Relations Summer School runs from Thursday 16 – Monday 20 February (excluding Sunday 19 February). Each day comprises an afternoon session between 12– 4pm incorporating discussions\, workshops and talks\, complimented by optional evening events hosted at ACCA that will be open to the general public. \nParticipants will form a cohort and attend all sessions. The Summer School requires a significant time commitment and ongoing participation in discussions and workshops over the four days.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1675638570611{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Visit the Data Relations Summer School website to enrol online. Enrolments close Monday 30 January at 5pm (AEDT).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1674179045679{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=”ORGANISERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Data Relations Summer School is curated by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) in collaboration with ADM+S Associate Investigator Dr Joel Stern and presented with the support of The Ian Potter Foundation\, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)\, RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication\, University of Melbourne\, Australian Research Council (ARC)\, Capture All with Liquid Architecture x Sarai\, ACMI and UNSW Sydney.[/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 the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) on +61 3 9697 9999 if you have any questions about the Data Relations Summer School.[/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/data-relations-summer-school/
LOCATION:Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)\, 111 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221212
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SUMMARY:What’s Governing Web3?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Advancing research on blockchain-enabled Web3 governance.” 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]Web3 has produced a wave of governance experimentation with consequences for how protocols evolve and whose interests they serve. \nIn this week of workshops and public events\, leading researchers will come together to advance knowledge on blockchain-enabled Web3 governance\, present field-defining findings arising from current work\, and provide policy-oriented insights and solutions. \nThroughout the week\, researchers will address the following questions: \n\nWhat and who governs Web3? How do we make sense of the interactions of smart contracts and human decision-makers?\nWhat have we learnt from Web3 governance experiments to date?\nWhat is the legal and regulatory status of Web3? How can international efforts in DAO regulation frameworks and NFT legal standards benefit Australia?\nWhat are the societal-level implications of institutional emergence in Web3?\nWhat methods are required for a comprehensive empirical analysis of governance in decentralised autonomous organisations? How can we best work across academic disciplines to answer these questions?\nWhat knowledge translation strategies can we use to help ensure that inclusive and ethical considerations are built into the automation of governance processes?\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !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]Registrations are now open for: \n\nFull day public conference on Day 3: Wednesday 14 December 2022 from 10am – Register to attend\nPublic Meetup on Day 4: Thursday 15 December 2022 from 5pm – Register to attend\n\nPlease note workshop participation on Day 1\, Day 2 and Day 4 have now reached full capacity. If you have any queries\, please contact wgw3conference@rmit.edu.au.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Schedule” 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: Work-in-progress papers workshops” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text]WORKSHOP 1: INSTITUTIONAL CRYPTOECONOMICS\nMonday 12 December\, 9am- 1pm (AEDT)\, Green Brain at RMIT University\n \nThis half day session will present the research framework and analysis that has been developed by the economics group within RMIT’s Blockchain Innovation Hub over the past five years\, as well as key related research from international researchers. Following a high-level overview of the theoretical approach and program\, speakers will present current research projects across a number of domains that relate to governance. The third part of the session will then discuss future challenges and opportunities\, including ideas for collaboration.    \nModule 1: Theoretical Overview  \nLecture format (Davidson/Potts)\, 30-40 mins with Q&A.  \n\nIntroduction to institutional economics and economics of governance (including information economics\, public choice\, constitutional economics\, evolutionary and complexity economics\, rational actor model\, game theory and mechanism design) (Hayek\, Coase\, Williamson\, Buchanan\, Hart\, Ostrom\, Schumpeter\, Schelling) \nIntroduction to institutional cryptoeconomics: industrialisation of trust\, cost of trust\, information and coordination problems\, etc \nThe web3 research program in economics: theory of a digital economy    \n \n\nModule 2: Models and applications   \nSeminar format (short presentations of some or all of the following): \n\n‘Corporate Governance in a crypto world‘ (Davidson and Potts) \n‘Web3 toolkits: A new theory of crypto dynamics‘ (Allen and Potts) \n‘The exchange theory of web3 governance‘ (Potts\, Allen\, Lane\, et al) \n‘An economic theory of blockchain foundations‘ (Allen et al) \n‘Stablecoins\, composability\, and financial regulation’ (Berg) \n‘Crypto crime and governance’ (Lane) \n‘Blockchain networks as constitutional and competitive polycentric orders‘ (Alston) \nBlockchain constitutionalism (Mannan & De Filippi\nFractal governance and DAOs (Poblet)\nWork for the DAO: Issues in labour economics and human resource management in Web3 (Ilyushina)\n\nModule 3: Futures and Challenges  \n\ntoward a unified theory of decentralised cooperation in a digital economy \nwhat we currently do and don’t know (state of the science)\,  \nrole of experimental work (lab and natural) and innovation in governance\,  \nindexes\, measures and simulations\, engagement first research\,  \nfuture research directions and collaborative opportunities.  \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ accent_color=”#ffd600″][vc_column_text]WORKSHOP 2: DAOs AND THE LAW\nMonday 12 December\, 2pm- 5.30pm (AEDT)\, Green Brain at RMIT University \nA Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) is “a blockchain-based system that enables people to coordinate and govern themselves mediated by a set of self-executing rules deployed on a public blockchain\, and whose governance is decentralised (i.e.\, independent from central control)” (Hassan and De Filippi 2020). DAOs are currently used in a range of contexts – from artist collectives to stewardship of decentralised applications. However\, legal uncertainty surrounding DAOs can expose participants to risks in areas such as personal liability\, dispute resolution and taxation.   \nIn 2021\, the Coalition of Automated Legal Applications released the DAO Model Law\, which strives to provide DAOs with legal personality in any state that adopts or transposes it. Rather than creating a specific corporate structure for DAOs (as per Wyoming USA)\, the Model Law is designed to achieve functional and regulatory equivalence in a domestic legal setting. Any DAO that meets the same policy goals as set out in corporations law would be deemed equivalent to an object “already within the realm of legal rule”\, just as some forms of electronic signature have functional equivalence of a handwritten signature. COALA has identified a set of provisions that align DAO business practices with corporate law statutes common to many jurisdictions\, as well as technical features that may need specific treatment.   \nThe DAO Model Law was cited in the Senate Select Committee final report on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre (2021) as an approach worthy of further investigation. In this workshop\, two of the authors of the COALA Model Law\, Primavera De Filippi and Morshed Mannan will present the key ideas of the DAO Model Law. Legal scholars and practitioners will then provide their views on how to resolve legal uncertainty for DAOs including the creation of a new corporate entity under the Corporations Act.   \nIn this half-day workshop\, we will address the following questions:   \n\nHow does COALA’s DAO Model Law assist DAOs at both the local and international level?  \nHow difficult would it be for Australia to adopt the DAO Model Law? \nWhat specific legal uncertainties and risks do DAO participants face in Australia?  \nWhat are the benefits and drawbacks of creating laws specific to DAOs under the Corporations Act?  \n\nSpeakers: Primavera De Filippi (Harvard/Paris CNRS)\, Morshed Mannan (EUI)  \nRespondents: Aaron Lane (RMIT)\, Alex Sims (Auckland)\, Michael Bacina & Steven Pettigrove (Piper Alderman)\, Joni Pirovich (BADASL/LawFi DAO)\, Jack Deeb (Mycelium)\, Marta Poblet (RMIT) \nReadings: COALA DAO Model Law[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Work-in-progress papers workshops” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text]WORKSHOP 3: DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY FOR WEB3 GOVERNANCE\nTuesday 13 December\, 9am- 2pm (AEDT)\, Green Brain at RMIT University \nDigital ethnography is a research approach that involves observing and documenting events\, social patterns and perspectives that arise within digital or data rich contexts. It is useful for understanding aspects of social life that include online practices and communication\, including how people’s agency is enabled or constrained by non-human actors. There is growing demand for digital ethnography by practitioners and researchers attempting to understand the governance interactions that occur within blockchain communities\, including DAOs.  \nModule 1: What is digital ethnography and why do we need it?\nIn the first part of this session\, a panel of leading digital ethnographers involved in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society – including current and past directors of RMIT’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre – will provide insight into the practice of digital ethnography using examples from their own work. The panel will cover challenges such as how to define the field site\, generating and organising field notes\, moral and ethical dilemmas\, and approaches to writing ethnography.  \nSpeakers: Annette Markham (RMIT)\, Sarah Pink (Monash)\, Heather Horst (WSU)\, Janet Roitman (The New School) \n  \nModule 2: Digital ethnography in the web3 field\nThe second part of the session will feature ethnographers who are working on web3-related topics. This group will discuss the specific issues they are encountering\, including the questions that web3 communities are seeking answers to\, and the extent to which digital ethnography can be used as a tool for applied research (versus more general knowledge production).  \nSpeakers: Ellie Rennie (RMIT)\, Tara Merk (Paris CNRS)\, Kelsie Nabben (RMIT)\, Alexia Maddox (RMIT).)\, Theo Buetel (Gnosis safe)\, Anna Weichselbraun (Uni of Vienna) \n  \nModule 3: If I were a DAO…\nAnnette Markham and Ellie Rennie will guide session participants to produce a research plan that could be adopted by a DAO. What methods and tools could DAOs pick up that would assist them to better understand their own governance? How do we use these insights to inform our own practice as digital ethnographers?  \nReadings: \n\nRennie et al (2021)\, Toward a participatory ethnography of blockchain governance\nKelsie Nabben and Michael Zargham (2022)\, The Ethnography of a ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ (DAO): De-mystifying algorithmic systems\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ accent_color=”#ffd600″][vc_column_text]WORKSHOP 4: DESIGNING WEB3 GOVERNANCE\nTuesday 13 December\, 3pm- 5.30pm (AEDT)\, Green Brain at RMIT University \nIn this session\, Joshua Tan and Michael Zargham will present research and describe research infrastructure projects being carried out within metagov and discuss how these may be used to better understand and improve blockchain governance.   \nThe session will also gather insights from the previous three workshops and assign people to develop and expand upon the existing ‘open problems in DAO science’ stream of work.   \nSpeakers: Joshua Tan (Stanford/Oxford)\, Michael Zargham (Blockscience)  [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Public conference” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text]‘WHAT’S GOVERNING WEB3?’ PUBLIC CONFERENCE\nWednesday 14 December\, 10am-6pm (AEDT)\, The Capitol at RMIT University\nFollowed by refreshments in The Capitol Salon from 6pm\nRegister to attend\n \nWeb3 is a ”decentralized online ecosystem based on blockchain” (Gavin Wood\, 2014).   \nA wave of governance experimentation is occurring within web3\, which will shape how protocols evolve and whose interests they serve. This full-day public conference will feature international and local speakers discussing field-defining research on the question of ‘what’s governing web3?’.  \nHighlights  \n\nKeynote speech by Primavera De Filippi (Harvard and Paris University): “Web3\, Metaverse and our digital future” \n\nPlus:  \n\nTwo live podcast recordings: a Disconnect episode on Indigenous governance and blockchain featuring Robert O’Brien\, Megan Kelleher and Rick Shaw (hosted by Tyson Yunkaporta and Ellie Rennie\, supported by Telstra); a Mint &Burn interview on the Validator Commons (hosted by Kelsie Nabben).  \nOpening talk by Jason Potts on “Field-building Web3” \nPanels on DAO governance and regulatory issues facing web3\n\nConfirmed guest speakers: Primavera De Filippi (Harvard/Paris Uni)\, Joshua Tan (Stanford/Oxford)\, Michael Zargham (BlockScience)\, Kaitlin Beegle (Filecoin)\, Tara Merk (Paris University)\, Morshed Mannan (EUI)\, Eric Alston (Colarado Uni)\, Alex Sims (Auckland Uni)\, Jamilya Kamalova (Paris Uni/Kleros)\, Dev Lewis (Digital Asia Hub)\, Theodor Buetel (SafeDAO)\, Robert O’Brien (yümi)\, Michael Bacina & Steven Pettigrove (Piper Alderman) and more.   \nTogether with speakers from RMIT’s Blockchain Innovation Hub and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (Jason Potts\, Ellie Rennie\, Kelsie Nabben\, Chris Berg and more).   \nKeynote by Primavera De Filippi: Everyone is talking about the metaverse as the new frontier of the digital age. But what exactly is the metaverse\, and how does it compare with the Internet? What are the new social\, economic and political opportunities it provides\, and how can we leverage them to promote progress and innovation? Can the metaverse help us escape from the limitations of the physical world? Can it help us build a more inclusive and abundant society? Or is it simply replicating – or even exacerbating – the current state of affairs?  Ultimately\, it all boils down to the question of ownership. If those who control the Internet control the present\, those who control the metaverse will control the future.  How can we ensure that the metaverse is not controlled by a few centralized operators\, but rather emerges as a global and interconnected network of interoperable universes? And how can we ensure that the virtual resources that circulate on the metaverse are actually owned by the people? This is where the blockchain comes to the rescue.  \nRegister to attend the public conference.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 4: Metagov workshop and public meetup” tab_id=”1660188139108-e96f160c-d578″][vc_column_text]METAGOV WORKSHOP ON ‘EXTITUTIONS’ (Closed session)\nThursday 15 December\, 3pm- 5pm (AEDT)\, ADM+S Centre Office – Building 97\, 106-108 Victoria St\, Carlton\nMetagov is exploring the formation of an “extitute” for web3 learning and certification. Note: This is a closed session for metagov participants to work on an ongoing project.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]MELBOURNE WEB3 MEETUP: GAME THEORY WORKSHOP AND DAOSTAR PANEL\nThursday 15 December\, 3pm- 8.30pm (AEDT)\, RMIT Activator –  Level 2\, 102 Victoria Street\, Carlton\nThis long-running community meet-up\, supported by RMIT since 2017\, will begin with a Game Theory workshop led by Clement Leseage\, founder of Kleros from 3pm- 5pm. It will be followed by a DAOstar panel discussion featuring Metagov researchers involved in the DAOStar standard from 5.30pm- 8.30pm. \nDAOstar panel discussion\nDAOstar defines a common interface for DAOs\, akin to tokenURI for NFTs\, so that DAOs of all shapes and sizes are easier to discover\, more legible to their members\, and more compatible with future tooling. Many DAOs already publish their data in various ways. DAOstar has standardised these existing best-practices\, making it easy for people to create and maintain new DAOs and DAO tooling. \nDAOstar is a collective initiative that was established by Metagov. A large number of major DAO initiatives are involved in ongoing roundtable discussions about the standard. A full list of participants can be found here. \nPanelists: Joshua Tan\, Michael Zargham\, Primavera De Filippi \n  \nRegister to attend the public 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title=”VIEW RECORDINGS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLE_y90GftjpbnIJUsLGLGYlAJvbczQTpD”][/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]View the full event program for details on all workshops\, public events\, speakers\, participants and locations.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”FULL EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fweb3-full-event-program%2F”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]View the public conference program for details on the public conference at The Capitol on Wednesday 14 December 2022.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”PUBLIC CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fwhats-governing-web3-public-conference-program%2F|title:What%E2%80%99s%20Governing%20Web3%20%E2%80%93%20Public%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=”Organisers” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The event is presented by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)\, the Cooperation Through Code project— a Future Fellowship project funded by the Australian Research Council\, the BlockchainGov project of the European Research Council (ERC)\, Metagov\, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub and the Digital Asia Hub.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1660188305696{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Invited: Speakers\, Mentors and Judges” 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_1660188366523{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”13888″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Kate Bower – Consumer Data Advocate\, CHOICE\nSpeaker and Judge \nKate Bower is a Consumer Data Advocate at CHOICE\, Australia’s largest consumer advocacy organisation. The Consumer Data team extends CHOICE’s fight for fair\, safe and just markets to data misuse\, such as price discrimination and algorithmic bias. Current priorities are automated decision-making in essential services\, data monetisation and personalised pricing. Previously at CHOICE\, Kate worked as a data analyst on the digital transformation of insurance and financial services comparisons. Before joining the consumer movement\, Kate was an academic for more than a decade working across a range of areas including qualitative health research\, higher education and gender studies. She has a PhD from the University of Technology\, Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of New South Wales.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/whats-governing-web3/
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221209T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221209T150000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20221115T004741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T005123Z
UID:16463-1670590800-1670598000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:AoIR Showcase
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”A local showcase of some of papers that were presented at the 2022 AOIR conference in Dublin.” 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]In November a number of ADM+S researchers presented papers at the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR) conference in Dublin. At this event we will hear from five of those researchers from UQ and QUT\, followed by an open discussion.[/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=”REGISTER TO ATTEND” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Faoir-showcase-tickets-464763790007%3Faff%3Debdsoporgprofile|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=”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=”13926″ 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]PhD Candidate Kiah Hawker (UQ) — Gender play and augmented reality beauty filter selfies on TikTok \nThe integration of Augmented Reality (AR) filters and lenses within social media platforms has shifted the way everyday users perform the ‘self’. AR produces 3D computer-generated simulations\, which overlay and enhance real-world environments. A filter or lens (used interchangeably) overlays digital animations and artifacts on an image\, typically a selfie of a user. The first filters were developed by the social media platform Snapchat in 2015 (Hawker and Carah 2019). Since their original development\, these filters have consistently aligned with and reinforced heteronormative western beauty standards. Beauty filters are now the most popular and common form of AR on social media. The functionality of these filters has continued to expand – from clearing a user’s skin and adding make-up\, to completely transforming the appearance of a user by shifting facial structuring and changing the look of core features like the nose\, eyes and lips. Elias and Gill (2018) describe the ways these filters and other beauty apps\, enforce a strong surveillant gaze upon the female body. This paper builds upon their argument\, along with scholarship on selfie-taking practices\, to examine how beauty filters reinforce gendered beauty standards\, for both feminine\, masculine and non-binary presenting users.[/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=”11654″ 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]A/Prof Nicholas Carah and PhD Candidate Maria Gemma Brown (UQ) — #cottagecore\, #futurecore\, #sadcore: Using critical simulation to explore the interplay between machine vision and vernacular Instagram aesthetics \nThis paper uses a novel combination of computational and qualitative methods called ‘critical simulation’ to explore the interplay between everyday image-making practices and the algorithmic architecture of Instagram. The paper aims to understand the capacity of machine vision systems to recognise and reproduce the diverse vernacular aesthetics and affects associated with particular scenes on Instagram – in this case\, drawing on a case study of Instagram’s ‘-cores’ hashtags. We used our purpose-built machine vision system to undertake unsupervised clusterings of a sample of the 359\,150 images associated with a curated set of 60 ‘-cores’ hashtags\, which we collected following a period of immersive qualitative investigation of the -cores phenomenon on the platform itself during 2021. We assess the extent to which the system’s clusters align with the different -cores hashtags under which the images were originally posted\, and then undertake a close cultural analysis of the clusters\, reading them through the lens of our existing knowledge of the -core hashtags. This enables us to speculate on how the platforms’ machine vision logics might play a role in shaping Instagram’s platform aesthetics\, and on internet culture more broadly.[/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=”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]PhD Candidate Dominique Carlon (QUT) — Dadbot and what he reveals about Reddit’s everyday platform culture \n_u/dadbot_3000_ is one of many from a collective of DadBots that claim to bring ‘dad jokes’ and bad puns to Reddit. In practice\, DadBots are better known for simply commenting ‘Hi\, I’m Dad’ and together they have fostered a well-known presence and identity on the Reddit platform. The presence of bots such as _u/dadbot_3000_ demonstrate how online communities engage with semi-autonomous entities in a creative\, ‘playful’ (Massanari\, 2016) and sometime humorous way. Bots are frequently examined as problematic on account of their potential to distort social interaction\, spread misinformation\, and disrupt political process (Dubois & McKelvey\, 2019; Albadi\, et al.\, 2019; Shao et al.\, 2018). However bots such as _u/dadbot_3000_ can also be entertaining\, engage in humour or contribute to the cultural landscape where they operate. This paper will present a cultural biography of _u/dadbot_3000_\, examining its interactions with other bots and human users. A time series of events will highlight patterns across the bot’s lifespan\, depicting controversies\, connections\, and how attitudes and interactions with the bot evolve over time. By tracing the life stories of _u/dadbot_3000_\, this research will add insight into how bots\, and people’s perception of them reflect\, and contribute to the culture and architecture of online platform environments.[/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=”2440″ 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]PhD Candidate Ashwin Nagappa (QUT) — Locating DTube in web history: narratives from emerging decentralized social media platform and communities of practice \nThis paper locates DTube\, a blockchain based social media (BSM) platform in a historical context and explores the significance of this minor platform (Nicoll\, 2019) in subverting a platformatized web. It presents partial findings from the platform biography (Burgess and Baym\, 2020) of DTube.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/aoir-showcase/
LOCATION:Michie Building (9) – The Writer’s Studio (612) Level 6\, UQ\, 9 Chancellors Place\, St Lucia\, QLD\, 4067\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221206T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221206T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20221204T233932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221204T234620Z
UID:16590-1670342400-1670349600@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:What can we do to improve green claims for consumers?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”With a growing market for environmental products\, consumers are surrounded by claims about green and sustainable features.” 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]Products and services may make claims such as ‘sustainable’\, ‘carbon neutral\,’ etc\, but the vague and broad nature of the claims means that consumers are not able to verify them. \nConsumers are left hoping that businesses are following through on their sustainable promises. These claims may cause harm for sustainability efforts but also to consumers. So\, how can we make green claims work for consumers? \nJoin in the conversation as we discuss\, what can we do to improve green claims for consumers? [/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=”REGISTER TO ATTEND” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcprc.org.au%2Fgreen-claims-webinar%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\nJoin us for this Spark Series webinar. \nThe expert panel will explore both local and international perspectives: \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Australian consumer experience: Kristal Burry will give an overview and share the findings of the latest consumer research on Australian consumers’ experience of green claims.\nA European perspective: Patrycja Gautier\, will offer insights into how Europe is tackling issues.\nHow consumer law can tackle greenwashing: Professor Christine Parker will\, provide insights from food labelling and the how the Australian consumer law can be used to tackle greenwashing.\n\n\n\n\n\nAs an interactive webinar\, the panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A. \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_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=”852″ 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]Christine Parker is a Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School\, The University of Melbourne and Chief Investigator at the ADM+S.[/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=”16592″ 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]Patrycja Gautier is the Team Leader and Senior Legal Officer at the European Consumer Organisation.[/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=”16591″ 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]CPRC’s Policy and Program Director\, Kristal Burry\,  has extensive experience in the energy and water sectors.[/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=”FACILITATOR” 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=”16596″ 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]Erin Turner (CEO) Erin leads CPRC\, and is a consumer advocate that has worked with a broad range of governments and regulators to make markets fairer for Australians.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ADM+S is working in collaboration with the CPRC using the Australian Ad Observatory tool to help identify greenwashing claims and advertising targeting. \nWant to find out what your advertising profile looks like? Join the Australian Ad Observatory to find out and to help further research.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/what-can-we-do-to-improve-green-claims-for-consumers/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221125T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221125T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20221109T224951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T033401Z
UID:16201-1669395600-1669401000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Identifying Discriminatory Patterns in Online Advertising Data
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Hacks/Hackers Brisbane will be hosting the winning team from the Tech for Good: ADM+S Dark Ads Hackathon to share their idea.” font_container=”tag:h2|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]Held in Melbourne in late September\, the hackathon brought together academics\, government and consumer rights organisations to examine issues and propose solutions relating to online advertising. This follows recent examples of price discrimination\, scam advertising and predatory targeting in online advertising spaces.[/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=”REGISTER TO ATTEND” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fhacks-hackers-brisbane%2Fevents%2F289638571%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=”TALK DETAILS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_column_text] \nTeam: Dr Kelly Lewis\, Grant Nicholas\, Ross Pearson\, Alec Sathiyamoorthy\, Vikram Sondergaard\, Mingqiu Wang\, and Guangnan (Rio) Zhu.\nMentors: Dr Abdul Obeid and Xue Ying (Jane) Tan \nThe winning team used data gathered from the ADM+S Australian Ad Observatory dataset (500\,000+ ads donated by 2000 Australian Facebook users) to examine WAIST (why am I seeing this?) data collected alongside statistical data associated with postcodes to identify discriminatory patterns such as proxy and price discrimination. \nThe team will discuss the tools they developed\, patterns already found\, and plans for future work and development of their idea. \nMore info: https://www.admscentre.org.au/darkads-hackathon/identifying-discriminatory-patterns-in-online-advertising-data/ \nThe talk will be moderated by co-lead of the ADM+S Dark Ads project and hackathon\, and fellow Hacks/Hackers member\, Prof Daniel Angus. \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]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/identifying-discriminatory-patterns-in-online-advertising-data/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221109T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221109T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20221012T235216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T023005Z
UID:15601-1668016800-1668020400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Artificial Artificial Intelligence: In conversation with Massimo Airoldi\, author of Machine Habitus (2022) and ‘Stealth Love’ (2019)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join Massimo Airoldi\, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Milan\, in conversation about his new monograph Machine Habitus (2022\, Polity) and short story ‘Stealth Love’ (2019\, The Sociological Review) with ADM+S Research Fellow 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_1666758227329{padding-bottom: -35px !important;}”] \n\nMachine Habitus: Toward a Sociology of Algorithms examines the place of emerging technologies in the feedback loops of social life: how culture takes shape in code and code in turn shapes culture. The book deftly portraits machines as sociological objects and peels back machine learning processes to consider ‘culture as the warm human matter lying inside’. Doing this\, Airoldi explores algorithmic devices as social agents and gestures to the possibilities of artificial intelligence designed outside the strictures of profit and power.  \nAiroldi’s 2019 short story ‘Stealth Love’ takes flight from similar questions\, landing issues of data surveillance in the intimate lives of a small cast of characters in London\, 2028. It opens: \nAripiprazole: bingo! Side effects: orthostatic hypotension and cardiac arrhythmia. Precisely what I need to fool the health-tracking pillow kindly provided by our apprehensive HR colleagues\, and enjoy an unpredictable day trip on an otherwise hectic Monday morning.  \nThe crafted lyricism of the story inflates a near future from today’s techno-dystopic seeds\, and plays with scholarly concepts as literary metaphors – for example\, fashioning a reference to the ‘black box’ of obfuscated algorithmic processing to evoke the emotional depths we cannot plumb of those we love.  \nArtificial Artificial Intelligence is a new 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\n[/vc_column_text][/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=”15602″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Assistant Professor Massimo Airoldi\nDepartment of Social and Political Sciences\, University of Milan. \n\n\n\nMassimo Airoldi is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan. Previously he worked as researcher and Assistant Professor at the Lifestyle Research Center of EM Lyon Business School. His research interests include critical algorithm studies\, computational methods\, consumption and cultural taste. He has recently coauthored with Joonas Rokka the article “Algorithmic consumer culture” (Consumption Markets & Culture\, 2022).  \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][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=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FbZOnVzb75n4|title:Watch%20Recording|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nView transcript \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/artificial-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221025T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221025T190000
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SUMMARY:Resisting AI: A discussion with Dan McQuillan about his new book
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for an online Reading Group and the launch of Dan McQuillan’s book Resisting AI” 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_1665987216916{padding-bottom: -35px !important;}”] \n\nIn Resisting AI\, Dr Dan McQuillan calls for us to resist AI as we know it and restructure it by prioritising the common good over algorithmic optimisation. He sets out an anti-fascist approach to AI that replaces exclusions with caring\, proposes people’s councils as a way to restructure AI through mutual aid and outlines new mechanisms that would adapt to changing times by supporting collective freedom. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/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=”15645″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Dan McQuillan\nDepartment of Computing\, University of London. \n\n\n\nDan is Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing in the Department of Computing. He has a PhD in Experimental Particle Physics\, and prior to academia he worked as Amnesty International’s Director of E-communications. His research focuses on the resonances between forms of computational operation and their specific social consequences\, especially in relation to machine learning & AI. He is currently writing a book on ‘AI for the People’ for Bristol University Press. \n  \n\n\nVisit website \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/resisting-ai/
LOCATION: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:20221024T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221024T141500
DTSTAMP:20260428T122024
CREATED:20220908T015750Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221022
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SUMMARY:Future Automated Mobilities: Towards hope\, justice\, and care
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This interdisciplinary symposium brings together researchers and stakeholders in automated mobilities to share\, explore\, create and connect.” 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]Automated mobilities systems and technologies have been hyped as bringing us safer\, more environmentally sustainable\, cheaper\, more efficient\, more convenient and personalised modes of movement – of people\, things and other species. \nYet the hype invested in future automated mobilities consistently fails to deliver their ambitious promises: autonomous driving cars still remain pivoted to come onto our roads; Mobility-as-a-Service systems are still waiting to come about effectively; and people are unsure of whether they would trust an automated system to wirelessly charge their electric car. \nThis symposium asks three crucial questions: \n\nFirst\, why do we need to be careful? Where are the limitations\, flaws and inequities\, in dominant anticipatory visions and narratives? What could possibly go wrong if we place ADM at the centre of a predictive\, automated and data-driven mobilities future?\nSecond\, how might we anticipate care-full mobilities futures? And what could go right if we do? What might more realistic\, ethical and responsible automated mobilities futures might look like? What does safety actually entail when we explore it from the perspective of the diverse groups of people who might encounter ADM in transport mobilities?\nFinally\, how can attending to these questions help us move us forward into more hopeful mobility futures? What are the shared values that might make this possible? Where and with whom should we be imagining\, designing and testing our future automated mobilities? And what should be our first steps to achieve this collectively and collaboratively?\n\nThis interdisciplinary symposium brings together researchers and stakeholders in automated mobilities to share\, explore\, create and connect. Taking place at RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia and online across two days\, the event will include panel discussions\, creative research workshops\, short film screenings\, and social events. \nThis event will be held in-person at RMIT University\, Melbourne and online. \n#FutureMobilities [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][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%2Ffam2022-program%2F|title:FAM%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%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=”Themes” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The themes of the symposium include designing mobilities of care; doing good with mobility data; disability and automated mobilities; and interdisciplinary\, interspecies\, and multi-stakeholder mobilities.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”14596″ img_size=”large”][/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. Please email admsevents@rmit.edu.au for the livestream 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=”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 event program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information. The program is available as an online PDF and screen-reader friendly version.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”VIEW EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Ffam2022-program%2F|title:FAM%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%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=”Participate” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Registration for this event has now closed. If you would like to access the livestream\, please email admsevents@rmit.edu.au.[/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=”COVID Safe Information” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]RMIT University has a COVIDSafe Plan in place to safely support on-campus activities and prevent the spread of COVID-19. The latest information and guidance from RMIT University is available online. \nIf you are experiencing any cold or flu-like symptoms\, even if mild\, please refrain from attending this event in-person. The Future Automated Mobilities Symposium is a hybrid event with all attendees able to watch and participate in the proceedings online via live-stream.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Schedule” 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: Thursday 20 October” tab_id=”1660808111588-44fd5a6f-6158″][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n10:00\nRegistration open\, welcome tea and coffee\n\n\n10:30\nWelcome to Country \nSymposium welcome and overview (Sarah Pink)\n\n\n11:00\nSession 1: Designing Automated Mobilities of Care \nChair: Thao Phan (Monash) \n\nNoortje Marres (University of Warwick)\nKaspar Raats (Volvo + Halmstad)\nIvana Jurko (Humanitech)\nZoë Condliffe (She’s a Crowd)\n\n\n\n\n12:00 \nLunch\n\n\n13:00\nHighlight session: Doing good with mobility data \nChair: Flora Salim (UNSW) \n\nDaniele Quercia (University of Cambridge)\nGillian Miles\nSimon Young (CISCO)\n\n\n\n\n14:00\nBreak\n\n\n14:15\nHighlight session: Mobile Methods/ Methods for Future Automated Mobilities \nChair: TBC \n\nSarah Pink (Monash University)\nNoortje Marres (University of Warwick)\nFlora Salim (UNSW)\n\n\n\n\n15:45\nBreak\n\n\n16:00\nOutput showcase: \n\nScoping report\, Emma Quilty\nTransport & Mobilities Template\, Mark Andrejevic\, Chris O’Neill\, Jathan Sadowski\nCollective ADM+S book launch: Emerging Technologies: Life on the Edge of the Future; Design Ethnography\nAHA Catalogue\n\n\n\n\n17:00\nSymposium reception  \n\nDrinks and nibbles\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Work-in-progress papers workshops” tab_id=”1660808111641-1d367898-232d”][vc_column_text]Workshop 1: Systems design\nThe systems design workshop will include research from the ADM+S Machines Research Program\, together with Metagov research on contribution graphs and governance surface.\n \nWorkshop 2: Digital Ethnography \nThere is growing demand for digital ethnography training in blockchain research. Specifically\, researchers are looking for methods to adequately capture work with DAOs and other distributed projects. This workshop will involve leading digital ethnography experts from ADM+S.    [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Public talks” tab_id=”1660808111682-abada5d0-0de0″][vc_column_text]More details coming soon.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 4: Metagov workshop and public meetup” tab_id=”1660808111718-f1bc05bb-b69b”][vc_column_text]Metagov workshop on ‘Extitutions’\nThis workshop will be led by Primavera de Filippi and will focus specifically on extitutional theory and the evolution of Metagov as a decentralised research entity. \nPublic meetup\nWe will be hosting a panel discussion with researchers from Metagov at the Melbourne Web3 Meetup held at RMIT’s Activator. This is a long-running community meet-up that RMIT has been supporting since 2017.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/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][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1660188305696{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Invited: Speakers\, Mentors and Judges” 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_1660188366523{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”13888″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Kate Bower – Consumer Data Advocate\, CHOICE\nSpeaker and Judge \nKate Bower is a Consumer Data Advocate at CHOICE\, Australia’s largest consumer advocacy organisation. The Consumer Data team extends CHOICE’s fight for fair\, safe and just markets to data misuse\, such as price discrimination and algorithmic bias. Current priorities are automated decision-making in essential services\, data monetisation and personalised pricing. Previously at CHOICE\, Kate worked as a data analyst on the digital transformation of insurance and financial services comparisons. Before joining the consumer movement\, Kate was an academic for more than a decade working across a range of areas including qualitative health research\, higher education and gender studies. She has a PhD from the University of Technology\, Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of New South Wales.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/future-automated-mobilities-2022/
LOCATION:Storey Hall\, RMIT University\, Building 16\, 336/348 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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