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SUMMARY:Futures at the Edge symposium: Work Futures
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This slow symposium discusses futures at/in/from the edge. It calls for a decentralising vision and asks how people\, other species\, environment and emerging technologies might live together in the as yet unknown\, propelled by its edges.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe transformation of work lies at the centre of our social and political present and future.  This panel explores dimensions of this transformation through a relational approach to work and traverses the possibilities it offers to re-imagine work futures. \nThis includes: \n\nInterrogating the implications of how existing conceptual and analytical frames of labour and work are understood and mobilised by researchers and how these might be rethought to understand work futures.\nExploring everyday work environments\, workers’ experiences\, creativity\, routines and such in relation to futures\nAsking how automation\, robotisation and digitalisation might be investigated and understood in relation to work futures.\n\nThe panel will engage with\, contest\, and shift dominant discourses where emerging technologies inhabit work futures shaped and visioned by critical theory\, techno-solutionist politics\, capital flows and media dystopia. In doing so\, it will seek to advance new narratives towards plausible\, ethical and inclusive work futures\, and propose which concepts and methods will allow us to apprehend transformations in work futures while orienting us to an interventional research paradigm. \nEach participant will give a short statement (3 min) answering the questions posed by the panel and propose their take on work futures. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is held in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society (ADM+S) the Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Ffutures-at-the-edge-work-futures|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row 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/work-futures/
LOCATION:Monash University Caulfield Campus\, 900 Dandenong Rd\, Caulfield East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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SUMMARY:YouTube’s News Conundrum
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join Hacks/Hackers Brisbane in-person at ABC South Bank to hear ADM+S researcher\, Arjun Srinivas talk about his internship at ABC investigating how a public service media organisation like ABC navigates the recommender systems of large commercial platforms like YouTube.” 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]Where does the ABC feature among the platform’s designation of ‘authoritive voices’? \nADM+S PhD student\, Arjun Srinivas has completed a 3-month internship with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) investigating how a public service media organisation like ABC navigates the recommender systems of large commercial platforms like YouTube in order to distribute content and optimise audience engagement. \nIn this talk\, Arjun will discuss his PhD research on YouTube’s curation of news based on the Australian Search Experience Project\, as well as learnings from his internship with ABC’s YouTube team. He will share insights from a host of ABC’s YouTube internal analytics\, as well as third party news databases. \nA private Zoom link is available to ADM+S members.\nPlease contact katherine.nickels@qut.edu.au for the link and further information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12710″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nArjun Srinivas is a PhD Student at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at QUT. His research  focuses on news consumption on YouTube from mainstream news outlets and journalists in Australia to understand how algorithms affect access to information. Arjun works with crowd sourced search and recommendation data from YouTube obtained through the Australian Search Experience project at the ADM+S. \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/youtubes-news-conundrum/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
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SUMMARY:Futures at the Edge symposium: Future Automated Mobilities Launch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This slow symposium discusses futures at/in/from the edge. It calls for a decentralising vision and asks how people\, other species\, environment and emerging technologies might live together in the as yet unknown\, propelled by its edges.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we present and celebrate the launch of two significant project reports and Jeni Lee’s most recent documentary: \n\nAutomated Decision-Making for Future Transport Mobilities: Stakeholder Perspectives (Emma Quilty and Sarah Pink)\n\n\n“It shouldn’t be this hard” Insights from Australian families’ daily transport experiences (Helen Linder\, Emma Clarkson and Iris Maher)\n\n\nHighway to the Sky https://www.admscentre.org.au/highway-to-the-sky/ (Jeni Lee)\n\nPresented by Sarah Pink \nSchedule \nDrinks and networking: 4-5pm \nLaunch:5-6:30pm (available online) \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Ffuture-automated-mobilities-launch-wed-13-dec-5-6-30pm|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row 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/future-automated-mobilities-launch/
LOCATION:Monash University Caulfield Campus\, 900 Dandenong Rd\, Caulfield East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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SUMMARY:Futures at the Edge symposium: F.I.R.E. and Data public panel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Presented by the Emerging Technologies Research Lab\, this slow symposium discusses futures at\, in and from the edge. It calls for a decentralising vision and asks how; people\, other species\, environment and emerging technologies might live together in the as yet unknown\, propelled by its edges.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe deepening integration of the technology sector with the FIRE sector—finance\, insurance\, real estate—is a profoundly consequential development in modern capitalism. Separately these sectors are among the most powerful forces in society\, with access to untold wealth and the ability to act like private forms of governance. When working together\, they boost each other to new levels of dominance. Going by terms like fintech\, insurtech\, and proptech\, these interdisciplinary enterprises have acquired an inescapable influence over our lives\, even if we only notice a fraction of the ways they interact with us. These terms are large umbrellas under which vast arrays of systems are clustered\, each one aiming to deploy digital solutions that serve the needs of technological and financial capital. \n\nThis panel will offer a broad\, critical discussion of this integration and its consequences. To anchor our conversation\, we will pay special attention to the role of data—and data-driven systems like artificial intelligence—in the FIRE sector. These industries are now among the most powerful creators and users of data in society. They hold key positions in how data is governed and make key decisions about how data is valorised. For the last fifty years\, the world has been consumed by a regime of FIRE. As we all try to grapple with the latest developments in technology\, and what they mean for the future of everything\, we must also look closely at the political economy of FIRE. \nPanel \nJathan Sadowski (Monash University) \nSalomé Viljoen (University of Michigan Law School) \nJake Goldenfein (University of Melbourne) \nMegan Nethercote (RMIT University) \n  \nFutures at the Edge symposium \nThis slow symposium discusses futures at/in/from the edge. It calls for a decentralising vision and asks how people\, other species\, environment and emerging technologies might live together in the as yet unknown\, propelled by its edges. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is held in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society (ADM+S) the Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Ffutures-at-the-edge-symposium-fire-and-data|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1700008751104{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=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20929″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Sylvia Downing\nSylvia Downing is a Senior Principal Engineer focused on sustainability and AI in the electronics industry. She specializes in bringing new technologies to market across diverse disciplines: crafting industry display standards for encryption and link integrity\, delivering Intel’s first client AI accelerator\, Intel®️GNA for low-power noise suppression and speech recognition\, and developing methods to calculate and measure the carbon cost of computation. Her patents are related to signal integrity\, power savings\, economical routing\, fiber optic implementation\, content protection\, and audio analysis solutions.  \nSylvia earned her BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California\, Berkeley. She likes to spend her free time on long bicycle rides with her husband and friends\, or playing music. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20924″ 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]Dawn Nafus\nDawn Nafus is a Senior Research Scientist at Intel Labs\, where she manages the Sociotechnical Systems team. Her current research focus is on AI and climate change\, with an emphasis on the changing infrastructures of computation. She is the editor of Quantified: Biosensing Technologies in Everyday Life (MIT Press\, 2016)\, co-author of Self-Tracking (MIT Press 2016) and co-editor of Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World (Manchester University Press\, 2018). \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20887″ 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]Zane Griffin Talley Cooper\nZane Griffin Talley Cooper is a PhD Candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania\, and a Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Research on Global Communication. His research broadly concerns the intersections and relations between data infrastructures\, energy production\, and resource extraction in the Arctic. A multimodal scholar with a passion for sustainability\, he has held positions at Intel\, the Civic Software Foundation\, and the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology\, where\, in various capacities\, he has explored the nexus of technology and environmental justice. His work has found its way into journals\, art exhibits\, design projects\, film festivals\, and he is the Co-Principal Investigator of Geographies of Digital Wasting: Electronic Waste From Mine to Discard and Back Again\, a global grant project funded by the Internet Society Foundation. Cooper holds an M.A. in History from California State University San Marcos and a B.F.A. in Film Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. [/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=”20890″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Cindy Lin\nCindy Lin is an ethnographer and information science assistant professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. Her first single-authored book project explores statecraft and computing practices in the environmental and mapping sciences in Indonesia and the professional identities and government institutions that emerged from these efforts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20889″ 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]Anne Pasek\nAnne Pasek is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Media\, Culture\, and the Environment at Trent University\, cross-appointed between Cultural Studies and the School of the Environment. Her research explores the cultural politics of climate change\, with a particular emphasis on the social and technical means through which carbon is enumerated and mobilized within the tech sector\, academia\, and the arts. She is also the director of the Low-Carbon Research Methods Group\, a network of scholars examining the social impacts of decarbonizing academic work\, and the Experimental Methods & Media Lab\, a hub for critical making at Trent.[/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=”20931″ 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]Jordan B. Kinder\nJordan B. Kinder is a scholar of media studies and the energy and environmental humanities from a resource town in what is now called northern British Columbia\, Canada. He is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta\, and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. For the 2023-2024 academic year\, he is also a research associate with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. Jordan’s first sole-authored book\, Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media\, will be out with the University of Minnesota Press in Spring 2024.[/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=”20930″ 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]Tamara Kneese\nTamara Kneese is a Senior Researcher and Project Director of Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab. Before joining D&S\, she was Lead Researcher at Green Software Foundation\, Director of Developer Engagement on the Green Software team at Intel\, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco. Tamara holds a PhD in Media\, Culture and Communication from NYU and is author of Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Electronics < > Ecologies #4 — MANUFACTURING
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The final instalment in our Electronics < > Ecologies series\, MANUFACTURING brings together scholars in geography\, media and labour studies to discuss the growth in electronics and chip manufacturing in East and South East Asia.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile the offshoring of electronics manufacturing is not new\, these locations are currently newsworthy as US-China tensions continue and manufacturing jobs are celebrated by regional governments. In this context\, the ecological impact of electronics manufacturing can be neglected\, but hazardous chemicals\, constant energy use and staggering water consumption all affect land and livelihoods. The so-called Chip Wars have many stakeholders\, from the consumers of electronics to the many workers employed in these industries who need a sustainable living environment. Join us to hear developments in hardware production as more countries enter the supply chain for electronics and the US CHIPS Act creates new battle lines over land\, jobs and resources.\n \nFeatured speakers:  \nDistinguished Professor Henry Yeung\n– National University of Singapore \nTaimur Burki\n– Supply Chain R&D Engineer and Circular Economy Program Manager\, Intel Corporation \nProfessor Josh Lepawsky\n– Memorial University of Newfoundland \nProfessor Ned Rossiter\n– Western Sydney University   \nProfessor Jack Qiu\n– Nanyang Technological University\, in conversation with \nProfessor Julian Thomas\n– RMIT University \nProfessor Brett Neilson\n– Western Sydney University \nAssociate Professor Jenny Chan\n– Hong Kong Polytechnic University \nMelissa Gregg\n– RMIT University \nPresented in partnership with\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1700183561645{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Felectronics-ecologies-manufacturing|target:_blank”][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies-4-manufacturing-program%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1700181728388{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=”21277″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Henry Yeung\nHenry Wai-chung Yeung is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography and Co-Director of Global Production Networks Centre at the National University of Singapore\, Singapore. He is the recipient of multiple awards\, including the 2022 Sir Peter Hall Award by UK’s Regional Studies Association\, the 2018 Distinguished Scholarship Honors by the American Association of Geographers and the 2017 Murchison Award by UK’s Royal Geographical Society. His most recent books are Theory and Explanation in Geography (RGS-IBG Book Series\, Wiley\, September 2023)\, Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia (Innovation and Technology in the World Economy Series\, Stanford University Press\, June 2022)\, Strategic Coupling: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy (Cornell Studies in Political Economy Series\, Cornell University Press\, 2016)\, and Global Production Networks: Theorizing Economic Development in an Interconnected World (with Neil Coe\, Oxford University Press\, 2015).[/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=”21267″ 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]Taimur Burki\nA leader in sustainability with a depth of experience driving circular economy efforts at the world’s largest semiconductor company\, Intel. One of the founders of the Intel sustainability team. One of top 100 environmental leaders\, Environmental & Energy Manager Conference (ELEMCON)\, 2019. Renowned as an innovator of what comes next. A LEED faculty having driven the certification of over 17.4M square feet of buildings\, from wafer fabrications plants to data centers to offices\, driving energy and water conservation as the priorities of the projects to drive long terms ROIs.[/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=”21256″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Josh Lepawsky\nJosh Lepawsky is Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Questions informing his research include where and how are contemporary discards made? Where do they travel and where do their effects accumulate? Who gets what discards\, where\, how\, and under what conditions? He is also interested in how maintenance and repair\, broadly conceived\, might offer both literal and figurative lessons for figuring out how to live well together in permanently polluted and always breaking worlds.[/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=”5155″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Ned Rossiter\nNed Rossiter is an Affiliate at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from Western Sydney University.\nNed Rossiter is Director of Research at the Institute for Culture and Society and Professor of Communication in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts\, Western Sydney University.\nHe is currently working on an ARC Discovery Project\, The Geopolitics of Automation\, which investigates AI and machine learning operations in the warehousing sector in Germany\, Hong Kong\, Malaysia and Australia. The project is interested in how automation technologies change labour conditions and produce territories in ways that modify geopolitical tensions.[/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]Prof Jack Qiu\n \nDr. Jack Linchuan Qiu is Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore. He has published more than 130 research articles and chapters and 10 books in English and Chinese including Goodbye iSlave: A Manifesto for Digital Abolition (University of Illinois P\, 2016)\, World Factory in the Information Age (Guangxi Normal University Press\, 2013)\, Working-Class Network Society (MIT Press\, 2009)\, and co-authored book Mobile Communication and Society (MIT Press\, 2005). He is a recipient of the C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media\, Markets and Democracy\, and an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Julian Thomas\nJulian Thomas is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S Centre).\nJulian is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.\nPrior to the commencement of the ADM+S Centre\, he was Director of the Swinburne Institute for Social Research (2005-2016)\, and then Director of RMIT’s Social Change research platform. He also leads the team producing the Australian Digital Inclusion Index since 2015. His work ranges across the contemporary histories of new communications technologies\, digital inequality and inclusion\, and the internet and communication policy.[/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=”5151″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Brett Neilson\nBrett Neilson’s research and writing aims to provide alternative ways of conceiving globalisation\, with particular emphasis upon its social and cultural dimensions. Drawing on cultural and social theory as well as on empirical studies\, his work has derived original and provocative means for rethinking the significance of globalisation for a wide range of contemporary problems and predicaments\, including the proliferation of borders\, the ascendancy of financial markets\, the pressures of population ageing\, the governance of logistical chains\, and the role of digital infrastructures. His writings have been translated into sixteen languages: Italian\, French\, German\, Spanish\, Portuguese\, Swedish\, Finnish\, Greek\, Hungarian\, Slovenian\, Turkish\, Arabic\, Polish\, Chinese\, Japanese and Korean.[/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=”21265″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Jenny Chan\nJenny Chan is an associate professor of sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an elected vice president (2018–2023) of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Labor Movements. She is the co-author\, with Mark SELDEN and PUN Ngai\, of Dying for an iPhone: Apple\, Foxconn\, and the Lives of China’s Workers (Pluto Press & Haymarket Books\, 2020)\, which has been translated into Korean (Narumbooks\, 2021) and awarded the CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Title regarding China (2022) and Work & Labor (2022). Her recent article\, “Class\, labour conflict\, and workers’ organization”\, appears in The Economic and Labour Relations Review (Chan 2023).\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn more about the Electronics <> Ecologies Series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies%2F”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/electronics-ecologies-manufacturing/
LOCATION:Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231130T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231130T183000
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CREATED:20231115T040429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T015029Z
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SUMMARY:Friction and Promise in Data Labor
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”For the past years\, we have faced a repeated experience when presenting our work on prisoners training AI. Scholars in the fields of critical data and algorithm studies start nodding\, as if they already knew what we were going to say. What else is prison data labor than an effort to harness the prison-industrial complex in the service of the global data extraction machinery?” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe do not disagree that data power is at play in prisons. Yet\, rather than verifying the exploitative features of prison data labor\, the developments in Finland allow posing more specific questions about data labor in relation to processes of datafication. In this talk\, I’ll use our experiences to reflect on the way current research on algorithmic systems and AI gravitates toward utopian and dystopian ends\, and how we have resisted the urge to follow this trend that treats the society as merely a landing site for technologies. I build on Anna Tsing’s (2015) notion of friction\, coined for the purposes of probing how global connections sustain claims of universality by becoming locally reconfigured\, to demonstrate that while influential platform companies raise justified concerns about the exploitative aspects of data labor\, in the Finnish case we also need to take into consideration other kinds of aims and values. When data labor enters Finnish prisons\, its dehumanizing qualities can become sidelined\, as the goal is not only to produce data\, but to work in an ethically sound manner in the margins of the digitalizing society. I will pay attention to human involvements\, anticipations\, and institutional imaginaries that are crucial in promoting data-related futures to demonstrate how collaborations and disconnects around data-based automation need to be analyzed critically\, yet without ignoring the possibility that they grow more hopeful and optimistic ways forward. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \nMinna Ruckenstein is a Professor of Emerging Technologies in Society  at the Consumer Society Research Centre\, University of Helsinki\, Finland. She directs The Datafied Life Collaboratory that studies processes of digitalization/datafication by highlighting emotional\, social\, political and economic aspects of current and emerging data practices. \nDiscussants \nSarah Pink (Chair) is a design and futures anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. She is Professor and founding Director of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University\, and a CI in the Monash University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). She has published numerous academic books\, peer-refereed journal articles and book chapters and directed several documentary films. \nHaiqing Yu is Professor of Media and Communication and ARC Future Fellow at RMIT University. She is also a Chief Investigator at the ADM+S. Haiqing is a critical media studies scholar with expertise on Chinese digital media\, technologies and cultures and their sociopolitical impacts in China\, Australia and the Asia Pacific. \nMark Andrejevic is a Chief Investigator at the Monash University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) and Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media\, Film\, and Journalism at Monash University. His research covers the social\, political\, and cultural impact of digital media\, with a focus on surveillance and popular culture. \nThis event is held in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society (ADM+S)\, the MOnash Data Futures Institute and the Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Ffriction-and-promise-in-data-labor|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1700008751104{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=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20929″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Sylvia Downing\nSylvia Downing is a Senior Principal Engineer focused on sustainability and AI in the electronics industry. She specializes in bringing new technologies to market across diverse disciplines: crafting industry display standards for encryption and link integrity\, delivering Intel’s first client AI accelerator\, Intel®️GNA for low-power noise suppression and speech recognition\, and developing methods to calculate and measure the carbon cost of computation. Her patents are related to signal integrity\, power savings\, economical routing\, fiber optic implementation\, content protection\, and audio analysis solutions.  \nSylvia earned her BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California\, Berkeley. She likes to spend her free time on long bicycle rides with her husband and friends\, or playing music. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20924″ 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]Dawn Nafus\nDawn Nafus is a Senior Research Scientist at Intel Labs\, where she manages the Sociotechnical Systems team. Her current research focus is on AI and climate change\, with an emphasis on the changing infrastructures of computation. She is the editor of Quantified: Biosensing Technologies in Everyday Life (MIT Press\, 2016)\, co-author of Self-Tracking (MIT Press 2016) and co-editor of Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World (Manchester University Press\, 2018). \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20887″ 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]Zane Griffin Talley Cooper\nZane Griffin Talley Cooper is a PhD Candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania\, and a Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Research on Global Communication. His research broadly concerns the intersections and relations between data infrastructures\, energy production\, and resource extraction in the Arctic. A multimodal scholar with a passion for sustainability\, he has held positions at Intel\, the Civic Software Foundation\, and the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology\, where\, in various capacities\, he has explored the nexus of technology and environmental justice. His work has found its way into journals\, art exhibits\, design projects\, film festivals\, and he is the Co-Principal Investigator of Geographies of Digital Wasting: Electronic Waste From Mine to Discard and Back Again\, a global grant project funded by the Internet Society Foundation. Cooper holds an M.A. in History from California State University San Marcos and a B.F.A. in Film Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. [/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=”20890″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Cindy Lin\nCindy Lin is an ethnographer and information science assistant professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. Her first single-authored book project explores statecraft and computing practices in the environmental and mapping sciences in Indonesia and the professional identities and government institutions that emerged from these efforts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20889″ 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]Anne Pasek\nAnne Pasek is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Media\, Culture\, and the Environment at Trent University\, cross-appointed between Cultural Studies and the School of the Environment. Her research explores the cultural politics of climate change\, with a particular emphasis on the social and technical means through which carbon is enumerated and mobilized within the tech sector\, academia\, and the arts. She is also the director of the Low-Carbon Research Methods Group\, a network of scholars examining the social impacts of decarbonizing academic work\, and the Experimental Methods & Media Lab\, a hub for critical making at Trent.[/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=”20931″ 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]Jordan B. Kinder\nJordan B. Kinder is a scholar of media studies and the energy and environmental humanities from a resource town in what is now called northern British Columbia\, Canada. He is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta\, and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. For the 2023-2024 academic year\, he is also a research associate with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. Jordan’s first sole-authored book\, Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media\, will be out with the University of Minnesota Press in Spring 2024.[/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=”20930″ 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]Tamara Kneese\nTamara Kneese is a Senior Researcher and Project Director of Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab. Before joining D&S\, she was Lead Researcher at Green Software Foundation\, Director of Developer Engagement on the Green Software team at Intel\, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco. Tamara holds a PhD in Media\, Culture and Communication from NYU and is author of Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/friction-and-promise-in-data-labor/
LOCATION:TBC
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20231122T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20231122T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20231107T051238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T034828Z
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SUMMARY:Islands in the Streaming: Local and niche content discovery in a global TV distribution market
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 Kylie Pappalardo talk about the legal and social challenges that have arisen in the wake of massive changes to film and television distribution in Australia.” 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]In this talk\, Dr. Kylie Pappalardo will explore the legal and social challenges that have arisen in the wake of massive changes to film and television distribution in Australia. What is the future of public service broadcasting and local Australian content in the video streaming era? What are the implications of streaming for access to audiovisual culture\, especially ‘long tail’ content? And how do recommender systems work\, and should they be optimised to recommend content that meets prosocial goals? This talk covers work-in-progress and an ongoing research agenda that Kylie is pursuing under an Australian Research Council (ARC) early career research fellowship. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4029″ img_size=”medium” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dr Kylie Pappalardo is an Associate Investigator at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). She studies how automation\, digital distribution\, and intellectual property laws shape the reach and diversity of our culture. Her work seeks to develop and inform law\, public policy and industry norms that prioritise marginalised voices and diverse perspectives in the production and distribution of screen content. \nKylie is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)\, a Chief Investigator with the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC)\, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research (DECRA) Fellow (2021-2024) (DE210100525). Her DECRA project examines the impact of copyright law in Australia’s screen industries\, focusing on distribution and access to audiovisual material. It considers how the high costs and complex logistics of screen production and distribution can be reconciled with the public goal of broad\, affordable and sustained availability of audiovisual content that represents the full diversity of Australia’s people and cultures. \nKylie holds degrees in Law and Creative Writing from QUT\, a Master of Law from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.\, and a PhD from the Australian Catholic University. Her doctoral thesis examined the regulation of online service providers for third party copyright infringement.[/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/islands-in-the-streaming-local-and-niche-content-discovery-in-a-global-tv-distribution-market/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231121
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SUMMARY:Electronics < > Ecologies #3 — ENERGY
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The third instalment in our Electronics < > Ecologies series\, ENERGY foregrounds the work of engineers and activists influencing the trajectory of resource use in today’s tech industry.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe IT sector currently accounts for somewhere between 1-4% of global greenhouse gas emissions\, with some scholars suggesting this will rise to at least 14% by 2040. These estimates predate the release of popular AI applications such as ChatGPT\, and reflect generations of engineering training and business incentives that measured success in terms of size\, accuracy and latency.  \nENERGY begins with a book roundtable with the authors of Digital Energetics\, and an overview of environmental advocacy in tech companies and global non-profits. (Download Digital Energetics for free in advance of the discussion; and take a look at recent reports by Tamara Kneese for AI Now and the Green Software Foundation). The third talk will share findings from new research on engineers grappling with sustainability questions in daily work.  \nImage credit – Zane Griffin Talley Cooper. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nWednesday 22nd AU / Tuesday 21st US (Hybrid) \nDigital Energetics – A book roundtable \n\nZane Cooper\, University of Pennsylvania\nCindy Lin\, Penn State University\nAnne Pasek\, Trent University\nJordan Kinder\, Wilfrid Laurier University\n\n  \nFrom Socially Useful to Responsible Tech: Learning From Histories of Environmental Justice and Labor Rights in Silicon Valley and Beyond \n\nTamara Kneese\, Data & Society\n\n  \nMaking it Work: What AI Developers Do and Don’t Want to Do to Reduce Emissions \n\nDawn Nafus\, Intel Labs\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies-3-energy-program%2F|target:_blank”][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDINGS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLE_y90GftjpY1jBRaT0kdJxZV1SkF2-Zm|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”LOCATION” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]All talks for Day 1 and Day 2 will be online. \nThe Day 2 afternoon workshop will be held in-person at the ADM+S Centre\, RMIT University\, and requires separate registration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1698732935229{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20929″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Sylvia Downing\nSylvia Downing is a Senior Principal Engineer focused on sustainability and AI in the electronics industry. She specializes in bringing new technologies to market across diverse disciplines: crafting industry display standards for encryption and link integrity\, delivering Intel’s first client AI accelerator\, Intel®️GNA for low-power noise suppression and speech recognition\, and developing methods to calculate and measure the carbon cost of computation. Her patents are related to signal integrity\, power savings\, economical routing\, fiber optic implementation\, content protection\, and audio analysis solutions.  \nSylvia earned her BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California\, Berkeley. She likes to spend her free time on long bicycle rides with her husband and friends\, or playing music. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20924″ 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]Dawn Nafus\nDawn Nafus is a Senior Research Scientist at Intel Labs\, where she manages the Sociotechnical Systems team. Her current research focus is on AI and climate change\, with an emphasis on the changing infrastructures of computation. She is the editor of Quantified: Biosensing Technologies in Everyday Life (MIT Press\, 2016)\, co-author of Self-Tracking (MIT Press 2016) and co-editor of Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World (Manchester University Press\, 2018). \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20887″ 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]Zane Griffin Talley Cooper\nZane Griffin Talley Cooper is a PhD Candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania\, and a Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Research on Global Communication. His research broadly concerns the intersections and relations between data infrastructures\, energy production\, and resource extraction in the Arctic. A multimodal scholar with a passion for sustainability\, he has held positions at Intel\, the Civic Software Foundation\, and the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology\, where\, in various capacities\, he has explored the nexus of technology and environmental justice. His work has found its way into journals\, art exhibits\, design projects\, film festivals\, and he is the Co-Principal Investigator of Geographies of Digital Wasting: Electronic Waste From Mine to Discard and Back Again\, a global grant project funded by the Internet Society Foundation. Cooper holds an M.A. in History from California State University San Marcos and a B.F.A. in Film Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. [/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=”20890″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Cindy Lin\nCindy Lin is an ethnographer and information science assistant professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. Her first single-authored book project explores statecraft and computing practices in the environmental and mapping sciences in Indonesia and the professional identities and government institutions that emerged from these efforts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20889″ 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]Anne Pasek\nAnne Pasek is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Media\, Culture\, and the Environment at Trent University\, cross-appointed between Cultural Studies and the School of the Environment. Her research explores the cultural politics of climate change\, with a particular emphasis on the social and technical means through which carbon is enumerated and mobilized within the tech sector\, academia\, and the arts. She is also the director of the Low-Carbon Research Methods Group\, a network of scholars examining the social impacts of decarbonizing academic work\, and the Experimental Methods & Media Lab\, a hub for critical making at Trent.[/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=”20931″ 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]Jordan B. Kinder\nJordan B. Kinder is a scholar of media studies and the energy and environmental humanities from a resource town in what is now called northern British Columbia\, Canada. He is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta\, and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. For the 2023-2024 academic year\, he is also a research associate with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. Jordan’s first sole-authored book\, Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media\, will be out with the University of Minnesota Press in Spring 2024.[/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=”20930″ 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]Tamara Kneese\nTamara Kneese is a Senior Researcher and Project Director of Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab. Before joining D&S\, she was Lead Researcher at Green Software Foundation\, Director of Developer Engagement on the Green Software team at Intel\, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco. Tamara holds a PhD in Media\, Culture and Communication from NYU and is author of Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn more about the Electronics <> Ecologies Series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies%2F”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/electronics-ecologies-3-energy/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231120T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231120T133000
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SUMMARY:Do Labs Have Politics?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join Maxigas in discussing the role of academic labs in bringing about desired futures.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nThe “science shop” movement pioneered in the Netherlands directly linked academic institutions with social movements to counterbalance techniques of management tied to capital. These moves have reverberated through the growth of ‘labs’ of science technology and society with normative goals. The Citizens Lab (U of T)\, Critical Infrastructures Lab\, and in some ways ADM+S\, reflect modes of thinking through ways to affect wider cultural\, political\, technological changes\, with the limited capacities and budgets of public academic modes of engagement. We ask what do the examples of working in an academic setting with an institutionalised mandate for social change map to\, feel like\, and what can we learn from them? \nIf you’d like join discussion and reflection on the continuing evolution of ‘labs’\, please respond to Luke.h@Deakin.edu.au to secure a spot. \nAccess:\nTower 2\, Level 12/727 Collins St\, Melbourne VIC 3008.\nOnce in the building\, entering under the large yellow sculptures\, and turning left ‘tower two’ lobby\, Deakin Downtown is on the 12th floor. Walk into the lobby and find the escalators up to the second set of elevators\, press Deakin 12 on the touch screen to be assigned an elevator up. Check with the front desk for room for “CDII – Do Labs have Politics”. \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1698280222650{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row 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/do-labs-have-politics/
LOCATION:Deakin Downtown\, Melbourne\, VIC\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231118
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
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SUMMARY:54th Annual Academy of the Humanities Symposium - Between humans & machines: exploring the pasts & futures of automation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Convened by ADM+S Centre Directors Prof Jean Burgess FAHA and Prof Julian Thomas FAHA\, the 54th Annual Academy of the Humanities Symposium will explore the possibilities and hazards of automation\, and the complexities of human-machine relations.” 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 the late eighteenth century\, the changing ‘machinery question’ has continued to spark deep social divisions and to stimulate new fields of imaginative thinking\, creative speculation\, and social and cultural enquiry (including political economy\, cybernetics\, STS\, AI ethics\, critical data studies\, and digital ethnography). \nRecent advances in artificial intelligence have generated new interests\, methods\, problems\, and capabilities across an array of humanities and creative arts disciplines. These have complicated conventional narratives of technological transformation\, enabling a deeper understanding of the possibilities and hazards of automation\, and the complexities of human-machine relations. \nThe 54th Annual Academy Symposium will explore some of the most exciting work underway on these issues across the humanities with related institutions and industry fields\, in Australia and elsewhere. \nTopics will include: \n\nVirtual autopsies and automated morgues\,\nThe automation of cultural production and cultural taste\,\nHuman accountability for the actions of machines\,\nThe ‘explanatory imperative’\nQuestions of Indigenous data sovereignty\nDigital human rights\n\nThis event will be held in-person at RMIT University’s Kaleide Theatre in Melbourne. \nFor further updates\, please check the Australian Academy of the Humanities website.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhumanities.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F10%2F54th-Annual-Academy-Symposium-Program-updated.pdf”][vc_empty_space][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 event will be held in-person at RMIT University’s Kaleide Theatre in Melbourne.[/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=”CONVENERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This year’s symposium will be convened by ADM+S Centre Directors Prof Jean Burgess FAHA and Prof Julian Thomas FAHA.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”639″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Jean Burgess FAHA\nJean is Associate Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) where she is the co-leader of the Data program\, and convenor of the QUT node.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Julian Thomas FAHA\nJulian is Director of the ADM+S Centre and a Distinguished Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.[/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=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to announce the following speakers for our program. Further details on their sessions\, other speakers and the full program will be announced soon.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa is an internationally recognised research pioneer with deep technical expertise in user experience\, sustainability\, silicon and platform architecture and workplace transformation.[/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\nMalavika is the Executive Director of the Digital Asia Hub\, an independent\, non-profit internet and society research think tank based out of Hong Kong with a regional focus.[/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=”18793″ 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 Erica Thompson\nErica is an Associate Professor of Modelling for Decision Making at the University College London’s Department of Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Public Policy.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”2023 HANCOCK LECTURE” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]ADM+S Research Fellow Dr Thao Phan from Monash University is the featured 2023 Hancock Lecture speaker. Titled ‘Artificial figures: gender-in-the-making in algorithmic culture’\, Dr Phan will explore how\, in the making of AI systems and technologies\, gender too is being made.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”2719″ 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 Thao Phan\nThao’s lecture centres on questions of power\, politics\, and identity in today’s algorithmic culture. It asks: how are more-than-human systems reconfiguring the terms of all-too-human categories like gender\, race\, and class? How does gender influence how new technologies are made intelligible\, mediating the expectations of a user\, consumer\, or audience? And finally\, how might these encounters with AI reveal the artifice of gender as a system that is tied to the realm of the artificial as much as it is to nature and what we call ‘the natural’?[/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 54th Annual Academy Symposium is presented by the Australian Academy of the Humanities in collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S).[/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 Academy of the Humanities if you have any questions about the Symposium: enquiries@humanities.org.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/54th-annual-academy-symposium/
LOCATION:Kaleide Theatre\, 360 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231102T200000
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SUMMARY:International approaches to the legal\, governance and ethical challenges of social media and digital behavioural data for researchers and research infrastructures - Australia
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Statistical Society Data Governance and Ethics Section is hosting a series of panel discussions on ‘International approaches to the legal\, governance and ethical challenges of social media and digital behavioural data for researchers and research infrastructures’. \nThese virtual panels will bring together researchers and data governance experts from across Europe\, the US and Australia to discuss the often complex and intertwined challenges of working with these types of data and how different regions are approaching these. Speakers include Professor Luke Sloan (Cardiff University & Deputy Director of the Social Data Science Lab)\, Professor Jean Burgess (Queensland University of Technology\, Digital Media Research Centre) and Dr Michael Zimmer (Director of Center for Data\, Ethics\, and Society\, Marquette University). \nThe format for each panel will be a short provocation from each speaker\, followed by a moderated group discussion. There will be some time held at the end for questions from the audience. \nSome of the questions that we hope to touch on across the 3 discussions include: \n\nWhat are the legal\, governance and ethical challenges of working with digital behavioural data? How do they vary across different countries and legislative  frameworks?\nWhat kinds of tensions have these challenges raised for those working with these data\, both for the research community and for those in data governance services?\nWhat lessons have we learned about the data governance and research practices required to work with these data?\nWhat can we learn for the future?\n\nSpeakers: Prof Jean Burgess (moderator)\, Prof Daniel Angus\, A/Prof Nicholas Carah\, Dr Daniel Featherstone and Prof Kimberlee Weatherall. \nThese sessions have been organised in collaboration with GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences\, Smart Data Research UK and the Australian Research Data Commons.
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/international-approaches-to-the-legal-governance-and-ethical-challenges-of-social-media-and-digital-behavioural-data-for-researchers-and-research-infrastructures-australia/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231031
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
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SUMMARY:Electronics < > Ecologies #2 — WASTE
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The second event in the ELECTRONICS < > ECOLOGIES series for ADM+S\, WASTE will explore the material discards that attend each step of the supply chain for computational devices.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Reassembling Rubbish\, Josh Lepawsky argues that a more democratic electronics industry would involve “forms of public decision making in design and manufacturing” and that “production itself must be much more radically politicized.” To participate in reimagining electronics production\, however\, “citizens need access to data about wastes arising upstream in resource extraction and manufacturing” to counter the usual emphasis on downstream e-waste and recycling. \nThe second event in the Electronics < > Ecologies series for ADM+S\, WASTE advances this agenda by exploring the material discards that attend each step of the supply chain for computational devices. Interrogating the current turn to circular design as a way out of the waste problem\, we will focus on the very definition of waste that the electronics industry has adopted. The aim is to reveal blindspots\, policy weaknesses\, and problems that may arise as automated decision-making begins to influence product design\, manufacturing and disposal. \nAustralia has one of the highest e-waste rates in the world. And while neighbouring countries have substantial markets for informal reuse and resale\, current international regulations fall short of facilitating a legitimate secondary market for electronics due to outdated notions of “developing” economies’ needs. \nRecycling is poor consolation for the environmental damage already wrought in the production and refinement of rare resources in technology supply chains. WASTE invites industry practitioners\, designers\, journalists and activists to join pioneers in the field of waste and discard studies to explore these issues\, documenting the geopolitical and environmental dependencies involved in material extraction\, use\, reuse and recycling. Experiments that foreground the value of electronics discards and best practices for product stewardship are particularly welcome\, to show the ongoing potential of technology’s many lives and afterlives. \nLearning from already existing circular economies in the Asia-Pacific\, and emerging best practices in sustainable user experience design\, WASTE will share theories and approaches that support productive parasitism and durability as design priorities for electronics. \nImage credit – Zane Griffin Talley Cooper \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies-2-waste-program%2F”][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDINGS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLE_y90GftjpZbr0HN3dZZ9eJ36LtyHzXQ”][/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 event will be held in-person at the Peter Johnson Building\, University of Technology Sydney.[/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=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 21 September 2023. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1697682953061{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=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments. [/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=”20584″ 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 Anna Cristina Pertierra\nProfessor Anna Cristina Pertierra is an anthropologist with international expertise in urban ethnography\, consumption and everyday economies\, digital media\, and popular culture in the Global South.\nShe is an Associate Dean Research in the School of Design in the Faculty of Design\, Architecture and Building (DAB). A recognised academic leader\, she is currently the co-Chair of the UTS x Powerhouse Research Committee and the Deputy Chair of DAB’s Academic Board.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”514″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Heather Horst\nProf Heather Horst is a Chief Investigator at the Western Sydney University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S).\nHeather is Professor and Director of the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. A sociocultural anthropologist by training\, she researches material culture and the mediation of social relations through digital media and technology.[/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=”20733″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Adam Minter\nAdam Minter is a writer and columnist with nearly two decades reporting experience in China and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to his work as a columnist at Bloomberg\, his writing has appeared in a range of publications\, from the Atlantic to ArtNews.\nHe is the author of two critically-acclaimed and best-selling books: “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade” (2013); and “Second: Traveling the New Global Garage Sale” (2019).[/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=”20571″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Sarah Kim\nSarah Kim is the Owner of E-Reuse Services\, Inc.\, (ERS) which provides consulting and collaboration services to the electronics repair\, recycling\, and refurbishing industries. ERS hosts the Electronics Reuse Conference (ERC) founded in 2003 and in January of 2018\, ERS launched the E-Reuse Network (ERN); a collaboration forum that allows its Members to get exclusive deals from the industry’s most respected vendors. Sarah’s passion for the industry started when she watched per parents start a refurbishing business in 2000. Sarah spent seven years working at the company and running ERC until she opened ERS to focus on the industry’s specific needs. Sarah travels worldwide to speak at conferences and deliver training to promote the reuse and recycling of electronic equipment. She was a member of the Responsible Recycling (R2) Technical Advisory Committee from 2012 – 2021.[/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=”20600″ 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]Nicole Stevens\nNicole Stevens is the Account Director – Enterprise and Government at Moorup. Moorup is an Australia B Corp Certified company driving the device circular economy and the elimination of e-waste in Australia and New Zealand. Moorup has helped hundreds of Enterprise\, Government and Business customers achieve their ESG goals through their simple\, secure and sustainable trade in program.\nNicole has lead the strategy\, design and execution of this program\, which has been benchmarked as one of the world’s best mobility trade in programs in this segment. Moorup are Telstra and JB HiFi Business’s sustainability partner and also offer a solution to consumers via Officeworks. Before Moorup\, Nicole had a 20+ year career at an Australian Telco holding several General Management roles in Customer and Employee Experience\, Product Launches and Sales. Nicole is passionate about closing the digital divide in Australian and through Moorup\, aims to donates 5% of devices purchase to Australians at risk of experiencing digital exclusion. [/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=”20575″ 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]Carrie Snyder\nCarrie Snyder is the founder of a sustainability consultancy called More Than Sustainability with a focus on open-sourced research and industry collaboration.\nBefore consulting\, she developed extensive expertise working at Cisco Systems in electronics product take back\, repair\, and reuse\, including being a Director managing a closed-loop supply chain with an annual budget of tens of millions of dollars.\nCarrie also designed and taught for five years a highly-student rated class at Harvard Extension School on the circular economy. She holds a bachelors degree in mathematics from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Virginia. \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20578″ 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 Cameron Tonkinwise\nProfessor Cameron Tonkinwise is an international expert in design studies and transition design and the Research Director of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS. He writes and speaks extensively on the power of design to drive systems-level change to achieve more sustainable and equitable futures.\nCameron has long advocated for the field of Design Studies and its importance to ensuring the social responsibility of design professionals. His expertise has reshaped traditional thinking around how designers should be educated\, and he has established Design Studies programs at the Parsons The New School for Design (New York)\, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and UTS\, among others\, that have transformed international design curricula. He has written a number of influential articles on design thinking\, design ethics\, design research and speculative design.[/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=”20585″ 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 Gay Hawkins\nGay Hawkins is a research professor at the Institute for Culture and Society\, Western Sydney University. She researches in the areas of discard studies\, STS\, diverse economies and material politics. Her 2006 book The Ethics of Waste has been influential in the development of discard studies. She is currently working on a major project with colleagues titled ‘Investigating Innovative Waste Economies: redrawing the circular economy.’ For 2023/24 she is Scholar in Residence at the Powerhouse Museum working with a team designing a major exhibition on Plastics as Kin.[/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=”20587″ 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]Thomas Lee\nThomas Lee is a design academic with a background in communications\, literary and cultural studies. His research involves understanding people through technology and technology through people. Recently this has involved the cultural dimension of industries that involve living organisms and technology\, such as livestock farming\, synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation. He uses a range of qualitative research approaches to understand what emerging technological changes mean and what benefits and barriers they might offer to relevant stakeholders and communities. \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”20586″ 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]Rachael Wakefield-Rann\nRachael is a social scientist with an interdisciplinary background in sustainability science\, geography and political science. Her research across academia\, government and industry is focused on systemic approaches to creating more sustainable resource futures that support human health as part of broader ecological health. In particular she specialises in whole-of-system approaches to the circular economy\, including the redesign of product service systems to improve product stewardship\, reuse and repair\, and ways of addressing toxicants and pollutants in circular supply chains.[/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=”20579″ 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]Simran Talwar\nDr. Simran Talwar is Research Principal and Circular Economy Lead in the Resource Stewardship group at the Institute for Sustainable Futures\, UTS. She has over 13 years of research and industry experience in circular economy\, policy\, and business strategy. Simran leads and manages various projects related to circular economy\, product stewardship and net zero pathways\, working closely with industry\, local\, state\, federal governments\, and international development agencies. She is principal advisor to the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. [/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=”20725″ 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]Nick Florin\nDr. Nick Florin is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF)\, University of Technology Sydney. He is also a Director of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. Nick leads collaborative research projects with industry and government partners advancing resource and product stewardship\, circular economy transitions and supply chain sustainability. [/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=”20580″ 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]Lorenzo Angeli\nLorenzo Angeli (he/him) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Trento\, Italy. With the Critical Technologies Lab he co-leads\, his research investigates the social impact of computing\, and how to teach it to students in computing disciplines. Lorenzo’s work is a multi-disciplinary mix\, combining theories and practices from computing\, sociology of technology\, education technologies\, sustainability of computing\, innovation and entrepreneurship\, and innovative pedagogies for computer science. Lorenzo got his PhD in ICT in late 2021\, but has been teaching\, doing research\, and working in European projects for 8 years. His latest work focuses on how to build sustainable digital education infrastructure\, Challenge-Based Learning pedagogies in computing education\, and ethics of Artificial Intelligence.[/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=”20582″ 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]Mela Bettega\nMela Bettega (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Digital Media at the Nova University of Lisbon. She graduated in Sociology at the University of Trento and gained experience in human-computer interaction and co-design by working in a research project centred around electricity demand shifting. Her PhD research focuses on the use of participatory design to support groups of people in finding digital tools better fitting their needs; within this setting\, her interest for sustainability is reflected in the choice to rely exclusively on off-the-shelf digital tools\, with a specific focus on Digital Commons. She recently started to conduct research on hardware reuse and reparability as a way of optimising resources.[/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=”20583″ 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]Raul Masu\nRaul Masu (he/him) is an assistant professor in Computational Media and Arts (CMA) Thrust\, at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (GZ). Raul studied music composition and electronic music at the Music Conservatory of Trento (Italy)\, and holds a PhD in digital media from Nova University of Lisbon – Faculty of Science and Technology (Portugal). With more than a decade of research experience\, Raul co-authored around 50 papers published in the field of HCI and music technology. He is particularly active in the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) community\, and is one of the initiators of the NIME Eco Wiki\, a repository to support a sustainable practice for music technology design. His current research focuses on 1) longevity and sustainability of interactive (music) systems\, 2) entanglements\, collaboration\, and communities\, and 3) embodied interaction.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn more about the Electronics <> Ecologies Series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies%2F”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:PERN Salon: Surveillence and Capture: An Exploration of Computational Perception with Alexander R. Galloway
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a conversation with Alexander R. Galloway on computational perception through two different operations: surveillance and capture.” 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]Alexander R. Galloway is a writer and computer programmer working on issues in philosophy\, technology\, and theories of mediation. Professor of Media\, Culture\, and Communication at New York University\, he is author of several books on digital media and critical theory\, including Uncomputable (Verso\, 2021) and The Interface Effect (Polity\, 2012). His collaboration with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark\, Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation (2013)\, was published by the University of Chicago Press. With Jason E. Smith\, Galloway co-translated the Tiqqun book Introduction to Civil War (Semiotext[e]\, 2010). For several years he has worked with RSG on Carnivore\, Kriegspiel and other software projects.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1686532788622{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The PERN Salon hosts discussions\, presentations\, and workshops. The Platform Economies Research Network (PERN) is committed to fostering a community of learning. We organize events with our members and guests on works-in-progress and new projects. We welcome presentations in all forms of media\, and we seek to foster exchange between academics and practitioners.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1686532788622{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]This conversation between Alexander R. Galloway and PERN members will be livestreamed to the public on Thursday\, October 19 at 7 PM EST (10AM AEDT Friday). We invite you to engage with PERN in the chat on the livestream page\, on Mastodon @PERN@mastodon.social\, or via email at pern@newschool.edu.  Stay up to date on our news and events by subscribing to our newsletter. \n\n\n\n\nThe Kaltura livestream link will be sent to registered participants via email. \nPresented by Platform Economies Research Network at The New School and ADM+S. \n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1695072869237{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/pern-salon-surveillence-and-capture-an-exploration-of-computational-perception-with-alexander-r-galloway/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231019T124500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231019T141500
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UID:20354-1697719500-1697724900@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Decoding AI: Media Studio Expo
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Experience short video essays that explore the impact of automated decision-making on the everyday.” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The word ‘automation’ conjures up images of giant machines or production lines\, but automated decision-making (ADM) now informs a large part of our everyday lives. ADM plays a role in many aspects of society\, including but not limited to health\, transport\, social services and news and media. \nIn this partnered studio with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society\, third year media students from RMIT University explored the impact of ADM on the everyday. \nDrawing on presentations from researchers at ADM+S\, students considered questions such as ‘What are the productive uses of automated decision-making?’\, and ‘What are some of the ethical implications of automated decision-making in health care or news media?’ \nPhoto by Jazmin Quaynor on Unsplash[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/decoding-ai-rmit-media-studio-expo/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Building 10\, Level 2\, Room 62\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20230927T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20230927T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230905T013119Z
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UID:19975-1695835800-1695839400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:'Fact-checking used to be easy'
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 Silvia Montaña-Niño talk about future of fact-checking in the AI age.” 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]Almost ten years after Meta decided to create a third-party program to work with news outlets and independent fact-checkers to fight misinformation\, the landscape of verification actors is changing rapidly and has become a subfield in its own right. Criteria\, methodologies\, genres and tools have evolved\, and new contesting actors have surged. In this talk\, Dr Silvia Montaña-Niño from the News and Media focus area at the Centre of Excellence for ADM+S will discuss the future of fact-checking in the AI age. What does it mean to have social media fact-checking embedded with powerful platform companies\, and what skills and professional capabilities are needed to equip this ‘peripheral profession’ over the coming decades?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1848″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nDr Silvia Montana-Nino is a Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Silvia Montaña-Niño received her PhD in Digital Media from the Queensland University of Technology (2020)\, holds a MA in Politics and the Mass Media\, University of Liverpool (UK)\, and a BA in Journalism and Social Communication from the Pontifical Xavierian University\, Bogotá (Colombia). Her research is focused on the influence of metrics and algorithms on journalistic newsgathering\, production\, and distribution. She also studies the evolution of digital journalism and the interdependencies between social media platforms and news outlets. \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/fact-checking-used-to-be-easy/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230927T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230927T123000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230906T072820Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping the Digital Gap 2023 Outcomes Report Launch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) and Telstra invite you to attend the online launch of the first Mapping the Digital Gap Outcomes Report.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_column_text]Improving digital inclusion outcomes and access to services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is critically important for informed decision making and agency. Digital exclusion impacts on service delivery\, health outcomes\, access to news and information\, and participation in social and cultural activities. \nTarget 17 of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap states that ‘By 2026\, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal levels of digital inclusion’. \nDrawing on data from the ADM+S Centre and Telstra ‘Mapping the Digital Gap’ project\, the 2023 Australian Digital Inclusion Index was able to provide a score for First Nations digital inclusion according to remoteness categories for the first time. It found a considerable digital gap – 7.5 points on a 100 point scale – between First Nations people and other Australians. This gap increases significantly with remoteness\, with an overall gap of 24.4 for remote First Nations communities and 25.4 for very remote communities when compared against national results. \nThe 2023 Mapping the Digital Gap Outcomes Report presents first year findings from ten diverse remote First Nations communities across Australia. It demonstrates significant barriers to communications infrastructure\, affordable devices and services\, and digital ability. It is the first in a series of annual reports providing timely data and community-led strategies to guide policy and program initiatives to help close the digital gap. \nJoin our online event for an overview of the data\, context\, and key findings from the report\, discussion of the state of service provision and news and media access across research sites\, case studies of on-the-ground experiences of residents and service providers\, and an interactive Q&A session with leading industry and academic experts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1693984120881{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1686029087819{margin-right: 30px !important;margin-left: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Schedule \n\n6:00pm\nPublic debate\n7:00pm\nLight refreshments\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538086520{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Partners” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”6058″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Telstra\ntelstra.com.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538086520{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”20073″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Dot West\nChair\nFirst Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7712″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Lauren Ganley\nFirst Nations Strategy & Engagement\nMapping the Digital Gap Partner Investigator\nTelstra \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Julian Thomas\nCentre Director\nMapping the Digital Gap Co-Investigator\nRMIT University\, ADM+S \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”13270″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Daniel Featherstone\nSenior Research Fellow\nMapping the Digital Gap Lead Investigator\nRMIT University\, ADM+S \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”5535″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker\nResearch Fellow\nMapping the Digital Gap Co-Investigator\nRMIT University\, ADM+S \nVisit page[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/mtdg-2022-report-launch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230913T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
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SUMMARY:Artificial companions: Fantasies\, imaginaries and play
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This half-day event considers the ways artificial companions are deeply embedded in our cultural imaginaries and practical realities\, and how the way we create\, design and foster companionships through and with the machine is an innately human process.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobots\, bots and artificial intelligence form an active part of our collective and personal self\, often representing a form of automated play and companionship. In this symposium we explore the role of design\, sociality\, culture and belonging in the creation of AI companions. We move beyond the lens of language and harms to consider the relational aspects of AI and how meaning-making and connections are formed within communities. AI companions can be a reflection of the past\, the present or a form of future fantasy\, and together we invite you to consider their diverse potential in our more than human landscape. \nIn this event we consider: \n\nWhat role does imagination and play have in facilitating connections between AI and human?\nHow does cultural and media literacies inform the design and relationships formed with AI?\nWhat fantasies of the future does AI companionship represent?\nWhat are the experiences and social lives of AI from a more than human perspective?\nHow can we centre accounts of technologies developed in different countries that is respectful and doesn’t play into orientalist discourses?\nHow does intersectionality inform the relationships formed with the more than human?\nHow can vulnerable populations and their specific needs be centered in the development and evaluation of this technology?\nWhat cultural attitudes towards gender and the animal are reflected in AI companions?\n\nAny questions around this event can be directed to ADM+S via adms@rmit.edu.au \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcloudstor.aarnet.edu.au%2Fplus%2Fs%2F4JI6qNg8y1RHA6x|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”KEYNOTE” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19863″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Keiko Nishimura\, Sophia University\nAnimating a Robot: Interaction\, Play\, and Popular Cultural Context[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”PRESENTATIONS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19864″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Patrick W Galbraith\, Senshū University\nEarly Japanese Experiments in Living with Characters: Encountering Limits to Gendered Imagination and Empowering Diversity[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19865″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Elena Knox\, Waseda University\nCommuning with the Parahuman: Gender\, Presence and Persona in Techno-Science[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”9780″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Megan Catherine Rose\, UNSW Sydney\nFuture/Pets: Creepy-Cute Hybridities in the More-than-Human[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”PANEL\nPlay: the Human\, Digital and the Automated” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”13738″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dominique Carlon\, Queensland University of Technology\n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19866″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Clara Julia Reich\, Oslo Metropolitan University \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19868″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dejan Tatić\, Vienna University of Economics and Business \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Electronics < > Ecologies #1 — REPAIR
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”REPAIR is the first workshop in a series created by Dr Melissa Gregg. The Electronics <> Ecologies series aims to map the environmental costs of AI.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs electronics repair a right? And if so\, who needs it? \nConsumers’\, advocates’\, and resellers’ demands for a “Right to Repair” seems to be gaining broader acceptance. Policymakers around the world have responded to campaigns from groups including iFixit and The Repair Association with repairability ratings and guides\, effectively discouraging manufacturers from continuing restrictive features such as proprietary fasteners and soldered-in components. A new wave of startups including Fairphone and Framework have found a significant and growing market for durable consumer electronics\, and have provoked a range of responses from established players who are now promoting repairable product concepts\, “circular” design principles and a growing marketplace for parts\, tools and manuals. \nBut even if a robust right to repair was enshrined by governments everywhere\, would this stem the flood of e-waste generated by the existing business model for computer hardware? AI is just the latest in a long line of software hype cycles that have accelerated hardware obsolescence\, created increased demand for specialized systems and components\, and disincentivized repair and reuse. Are companies moving fast enough to arrest the amount of physical hardware exhausted and abandoned in the move to a data-centric economy? \nGiven our dwindling supply of rare earth minerals\, emissions from manufacturing and transport\, and the staggering amount of electronics either discarded or sent to hibernation globally every day\, the benefits of keeping electronic devices in circulation for as long as possible seem obvious. But proprietary software\, especially when deployed by vertically-integrated firms\, erects barriers to the many business opportunities\, digital inclusion benefits and sustainable livelihoods that a healthy repair ecosystem creates. \nREPAIR will bring together experts\, industry practitioners\, activists and emerging researchers to discuss the ecological impact of current technology consumption\, and the planetary problem of electronics repair. This event gets to the heart of the repair debate\, asking: Can repairable electronics really solve the problem of product obsolescence? And what does electronics repair look like at scale? \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][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%2Felectronics-ecologies-1-repair-program%2F|title:ELECTRONICS%20%3C%20%3E%20ECOLOGIES%20%231%20%E2%80%94%20REPAIR%20Program”][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDINGS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLE_y90GftjpbQr8TyY-md0znvPrsrfHd8|title:ELECTRONICS%20%3C%20%3E%20ECOLOGIES%20%231%20%E2%80%94%20REPAIR%20Program”][/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 event will be held in-person at The Ship Inn\, South Bank Campus\, Griffith University.[/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=”CALL FOR PAPERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers interested in being considered for a select number of presentation slots are invited to submit a 2-page position paper by 4 August 2023. Learn more.[/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=”1076″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Melissa Gregg\nMelissa Gregg is a consultant on sustainable and responsible technology design and an International Advisory Board Member for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). For the past decade\, she led User Experience Research in the Client Computing Group at Intel\, driving a range of product initiatives including the research that launched Intel EVO laptops. As Senior Principal Engineer in the Software and Advanced Technology Group\, she established the first product team focused on carbon reduction and green software to achieve corporate-wide Net Zero commitments. [/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=”19481″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Leanne Wiseman\nLeanne Wiseman is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and Professor of Law at Griffith University\, Brisbane Australia and Chair of the Australian Repair Network. Leanne’s current research expertise focuses on the intersection between law and new technologies\, with particular attention to balancing IP rights with genuine access to information. She is currently researching legal and regulatory responses to the International Right to Repair movement.[/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=”19485″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Josh Lepawsky\nJosh Lepawsky is Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Questions informing his research include where and how are contemporary discards made? Where do they travel and where do their effects accumulate? Who gets what discards\, where\, how\, and under what conditions? He is also interested in how maintenance and repair\, broadly conceived\, might offer both literal and figurative lessons for figuring out how to live well together in permanently polluted and always breaking worlds. [/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]Prof Jack Linchuan Qiu \nDr. Jack Linchuan Qiu is Shaw Foundation Professor in Media Technology at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore. He has published more than 130 research articles\, chapters\, and reports\, and 10 books in English and Chinese including Goodbye iSlave (University of Illinois P\, 2016)\, World Factory in the Information Age (Guangxi Normal U P\, 2013)\, and Working-Class Network Society (MIT Press\, 2009). He is a recipient of the C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media\, Markets and Democracy\, and an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA).[/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=”19831″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Steven Jackson \nSteven Jackson is Professor in the Department of Information Science and Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University with additional graduate field appointments in Communication and Public Affairs. He is past Chair of Information Science; Dean of William Keeton House\, a vibrant living-learning community in Cornell’s West Campus housing system; and since July 2023\, Vice-Provost for Academic Innovation at Cornell. He also directs the Computing On Earth Lab\, dedicated to investigating the planetary dimensions and consequences of computing\, from problems of sourcing and extraction\, to energy and water consumption\, to technology waste and repair. \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19832″ 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]Nathan Proctor\nNathan Proctor is the Senior Director for PIRG’s Right to Repair campaigns\, which stretch across dozens of states and includes shareholder\, Congressional and federal advocacy to protect people’s ability to repair modern electronics. A member of the Grist 50 “list of emerging leaders from across the U.S. who are working on fresh\, real-world solutions to our world’s biggest challenges\,” Nathan lives in Arlington\, Mass. with his wife and two children. \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19833″ 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]MC Forelle\nMC Forelle is an assistant professor of Engineering & Society at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. They received their PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California before becoming a Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar at Cornell University. They are researching the US automotive industry’s shift from hardware manufacturing to software development\, particularly as those shifts impact the repair\, maintenance\, and modification of vehicles. \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19834″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Michelle Miao Lu\nMichelle Miao Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies\, Lingnan University. Her research interests include critical media studies\, science and technology studies\, and Global China studies. Her past and current research investigates China’s digital rise in Africa. \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”13315″ 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]Yifan Wang\nYifan Wang is a tech journalist\, artist and independent researcher working with codes\, video games\, digital sounds and images. Embracing DIY spirits and wild imaginations\, her works seek to interrogate and demystify contemporary forms of power such as digital governmentality and financialized neo-feudalism. Her practice also looks for tangible\, concrete\, everyday acts of resistance and subversion.  \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19835″ 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]Changwen Chen\nChangwen Chen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore. He is a critical/cultural scholar interested in the social history of learning and work culture\, and its intersections with technology\, development\, and post-socialist politics. \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19836″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Adrian Athique\nAdrian Athique is based at the University of Queensland\, having previously served as the Chair of Arts at the University of Waikato and the director of the Media\, Culture and Society programme at the University of Essex. His research addresses the culture\, sociology and economics of the media\, especially in Asia. He is author of The Multiplex in India (2009\, Routledge\, with Douglas Hill)\, Indian Media (2012\, Polity)\, Digital Media and Society (2013\, Polity) and Transnational Audiences (2016\, Polity). Adrian has also edited a number of recent volumes on media and digital economies\, including The Indian Media Economy (2018\, 2 Vols\, with Vibodh Parthasarathi and SV Srinivas)\, Digital Transactions in Asia (2019\, with Emma Baulch) and Platform Capitalism in India (2020\, with Vibodh Parthasarathi). \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”1023″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Ramon Lobato\nRamon Lobato is Associate Professor of Media and Communication (ARC Future Fellow) at RMIT University. A media industries researcher\, he has a special interest in video distribution\, and has written widely on piracy and informal media. Ramon’s books include Shadow Economies of Cinema (British Film Institute\, 2012)\, The Informal Media Economy (Polity\, 2015\, with Julian Thomas)\, Netflix Nations (NYU Press\, 2019)\, and the edited collection Streaming Video: Storytelling Across Borders (NYU Press\, 2023\, with Amanda Lotz).   \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19837″ 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]Nancy Mauro-Flude\nNancy Mauro-Flude is a digital caretaker raised in lutruwita/Tasmania. She lectures in computing arts at the Digital Ethnography Research Centre\, RMIT University\, Melbourne and is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Network Cultures\, Amsterdam. Her artistic research is driven by the demystification of technology and the ‘mystification’ that lies in and through the performance of the machinic assemblage. Her works have been commissioned for Ghetto Biennale\, Port au Prince; ACCA Melbourne; Artspace\, Critical Path; Sydney; Transmediale\, Berlin; Dark Mofo\, Mona Foma\, Tasmanian Museum of Art and Contemporary Art. Recent essays include The Thorny Conversation about Art and Economy (2023) Chicago; Computabilities Dancing (2023) MIT; Towards a Feminist Server Stack (2022); Codesign and Writing the Feminist Internet (2021) Continuum. \n [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn more about the Electronics <> Ecologies Series” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Felectronics-ecologies%2F”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/electronics-ecologies-1-repair/
LOCATION:The Ship Inn\, South Bank Campus\, Griffith University\, Sidon St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230823T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230824T153000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230710T023002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230710T025421Z
UID:18886-1692797400-1692891000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Impact Narrative Masterclass with Prof Swee Mak
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this masterclass on crafting your own research impact narrative with Prof Swee Mak\, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Capability) and Professor of Innovation at RMIT University.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThis event is open to ADM+S Centre Members only \n  \nIn this online masterclass\, Prof Swee Mak\, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Capability) and Professor of Innovation at RMIT University\, will introduce the concept of impact and impact narrative. A number of activities are embedded in the session to ensure engagement and invoke discussion amongst participants. \nTo help participants craft their own impact narratives\, the session will: \n\nExplain the need to communicate your research to a wide audience and why storytelling is much more than reporting the results of research\nProvide an overview of basic impact concepts and principles\nEmphasise the importance of understanding outcomes\, beneficial change and impact pathways\nDiscuss the difference between past\, emerging and potential impact\n\nIn addition\, participants will get the chance to ask Prof Swee Mak questions in relation to impact and learn more on how RMIT is embedding impact into its’ research culture. \n  \n“This would have to be the most informative and useful session I have ever attended on research impact. Not only was the information clearly presented\, the guidance that was provided made writing an impact narrative a very simple and easy process. This is the type of session that should be made available to all universities in Australia to help researchers better understand the importance of research impact and the different ways of achieving it.” – Chris D. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”18887″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Prof Swee Mak\nAs Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Capability) and Professor of Innovation at RMIT\, Prof Swee Mak provides strategic leadership to RMIT’s Enabling Impact Platforms (EIP) and a broad range of impact focused enablement programs\, capabilities and initiatives. Swee obtained both his undergraduate and PhD degrees in engineering from Monash University\, an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management\, is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”LOCATION” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This masterclass will be held online via Zoom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”REGISTER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Open to all ADM+S Centre Members.\nRegister to attend by emailing Sally Storey at sally.storey@rmit.edu.au.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/impact-narrative-masterclass/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230817T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230817T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230606T035125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T031445Z
UID:18574-1692295200-1692302400@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Generative AI Should Be Stopped! The Web Search Revolution Public Debate
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us on Thursday 17 August for a lively debate on the implications of Generative AI and its societal impact.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been just over the horizon. But with the emergence of Generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Midjourney\, suddenly it’s here and shockingly good. With the potential to reshape economies\, societies and our lives\, these remarkable technologies demand our attention and raise important questions about the role AI should have in society. \nFeaturing experts in the field\, this debate will shed light on the serious hazards and enormous potential of Generative AI. The affirmative side will argue that we must stop progress in this technology and focus on minimising its harms and render it safe. The negative will emphasise the importance of integrating this Promethean Gift into every corner of our lives. \nRegister now to secure your spot and engage in a thought-provoking debate on the future of Generative AI. \nThis is the evening component of The Web Search Revolution Symposium. See the full event here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1686029087819{margin-right: 30px !important;margin-left: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Schedule \n\n6:00pm\nPublic debate\n7:00pm\nLight refreshments\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538086520{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Moderator” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19713″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]A/Prof Chris Berg\nRMIT University \nChris is Director of the Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT University. He is a political economist and economic historian best known for his unhinged speculations about the sinking of the Titanic in the Wall Street Journal. He used to appear a lot on public radio and television. He still does\, but he used to as well. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538086520{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1691538093222{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19712″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nDr Rachel Bailes\nAustralian Information Industry Association\n \nRachel is head of policy for the Australian Information Industry Association. She is an experienced policy adviser\, solicitor\, and communications professional with 10 years’ experience in government\, member-based organisations and professional associations She is committed to supporting the role of technology as Australia’s backbone as well as emerging and critical technologies\, domestic capability\, and digital skills uplift.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19710″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nProf Sinclair Davidson\nRMIT University \nSinclair is an institutional economist with the Blockchain Innovation Hub. He is a regular contributor to public policy debates in Australia\, particularly on topics of economic freedom. His most recent work focuses on the limits of economic calculation.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19709″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nDr Aaron Lane\nLawyer\, Supreme Court of Victoria\nRMIT University \nAaron is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria and an economist. Aaron began his legal career in private practice acting and appearing for clients in administrative\, commercial and criminal matters. As a regulatory analyst\, he has worked with leading Australian think tanks on economic and financial regulation. He has appeared to give expert evidence before State and Federal parliamentary inquiries and has contributed to an Amicus Brief filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. More recently\, Aaron has advised Australian and foreign governments on the regulation of blockchain and cryptocurrency.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19298″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nProfessor Jason Potts\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nJason Potts is an evolutionary economist who studies open innovation and the dynamics of new technologies and the economic institutions that support them. He works across the Blockchain Innovation Hub and the ADMS. He is editor of the Journal of Institutional Economics.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19711″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Jana Schmitz\n.au Domain \nJana is .au Domain’s Policy Advisor for domestic internet and technology policy. She monitors and responds to policy developments relevant for the Domain Name System (DNS) and the internet community more broadly. Before joining .au Domain\, Jana was CPA Australia’s Digital Economy Policy Lead\, covering technology policy matters affecting accounting and finance professionals.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”19278″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Prof Chirag Shah\nUniversity of Washington \nChirag is Professor in Information School (iSchool) at University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. He is also Adjunct Professor with Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering as well as Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE). He is the Founding Director for InfoSeeking Lab and Founding Co-Director of Center for Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE). He works in the area of intelligent information access systems\, focusing on task-oriented search\, proactive recommendations\, and conversational systems. He is also engaged in work with generative AI\, specifically in information access and image classification problems. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/generative-ai-should-be-stopped/
LOCATION:Kaleide Theatre\, 360 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ADMS_SearchEvent_2_evening@2x.png
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230817T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230817T163000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230606T035059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T010252Z
UID:18564-1692264600-1692289800@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:The Web Search Revolution
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for a symposium in Melbourne and online on the past\, present and future of web search – Google\, ChatGPT\, Bing\, and beyond.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]The world of search has undergone a remarkable transformation\, from simple keyword queries to a complex\, all-pervasive automated decision-making system. \nWith this year marking two important anniversaries: 25 years since Google’s founding and 30 years since the release of the first web search engine\, JumpStation\, it’s a timely opportunity to reflect on the profound impact of search on society. The rise in prominence of ChatGPT and other generative AI systems also offers an opportunity to examine the future of information access. \nJoin us for the The Web Search Revolution: The Past\, Present\, and Future of Web Search – Google\, ChatGPT\, Bing\, and Beyond\, a one-day interdisciplinary event that will delve into the history\, evolution\, and future of search. Our speakers\, including distinguished researchers in the field of search engines and industry experts\, will explore the following questions: \n\nWhat has been the societal impact of this near-ubiquitous technology?\nWhat lessons can we learn from the success and pitfalls of introducing search to large-scale platforms?\nHow will generative AI shape the future of information access?\n\nThe event will culminate in a lively evening debate: Generative AI Should Be Stopped! (Register separately here). \nDon’t miss this unique opportunity to engage with leading thinkers and gain new insights into one of the defining technologies of our time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#23cdf1″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fweb-search-program%2F|title:Program%20%7C%20The%20Web%20Search%20Revolution”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] \nWatch recordings\nListen to podcasts \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Keynote Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18570″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Susan Dumais\nTechnical Fellow & Managing Director\nMicrosoft Research New England \nSusan Dumais is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft\, directing Research Labs in Cambridge\, New York City\, and Montréal\, and an adjunct professor at the University of Washington. Before\, she was at Bell Labs where she developed Latent Semantic Analysis\, an early word embedding technique for search.  Her current research focuses on large-scale language modeling\, behavioral log analysis\, personalization\, and email search. Susan has published widely in information retrieval (IR)\, human-computer interaction (HCI)\, and cognitive science. Susan contributed to search innovations across Microsoft Bing\, Windows\, SharePoint\, and Office. She is an ACM Fellow\, was elected to the CHI and SIGIR Academies\, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)\, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Her outstanding contributions in IR have been recognized with SIGIR Gerard Salton Award and Tony Kent Strix Award. Her pioneering work in computer science and HCI has awarded the ACM Athena Lecturer\, SIGCHI Lifetime Research Awards\, Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Science. \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18571″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Prof Chirag Shah\nInformation and Computer Science\nUniversity of Washington \nChirag Shah is Professor of Information and Computer Science at University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. He is the Founding Director for InfoSeeking Lab and Founding Co-Director of Center for Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE). He works in the area of intelligent information access systems\, focusing on task-oriented search\, proactive recommendations\, and conversational systems. He is also engaged in work with generative AI\, specifically in information access and image classification problems. In addition to creating AI-driven information access systems that provide more personalized reactive and proactive recommendations\, he is also focusing on making such systems transparent\, fair\, and free of biases. \nShah is a Distinguished Member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) as well as Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). He is the recipient of the 2019 Microsoft BCS/IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles and authored seven books\, including text books on data science and machine learning. He also works closely with industrial research labs on cutting-edge problems\, typically as a visiting researcher. The most recent engagements included Spotify (2018)\, Amazon (2019)\, MSR AI (2020)\, Getty Images (2021)\, and Microsoft Research (2023). \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18739″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Peter Bailey\nML Engineering Lead\, Search & Recommendations\nCanva \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4214″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Louisa Bartolo\nPhD Candidate\nADM+S\, QUT \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18780″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Lisa Given\nDirector\, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform\nInformation Studies\, School of Global\, Urban and Social Studies and the School of Computing Technologies\nRMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1023″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Ramon Lobato\nAssociate Investigator\nADM+S\, RMIT \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313250860{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18378″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández\nAssociate Investigator\nADM+S\, QUT \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18781″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Dana McKay\nSenior Lecturer\, Innovative Interactive Technologies\nRMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313250860{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18740″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Alistair Moffat\nComputing and Information Systems\nUniversity of Melbourne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”996″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Jason Potts\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313259539{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1011″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Mark Sanderson\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Julian Thomas\nCentre Director\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313269370{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18741″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Johanne Trippas\nVice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow\nRMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”660″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Kimberlee Weatherall\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, University of Sydney \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313277017{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18742″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Assoc Prof Guido Zuccon\nUniversity of Queensland \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/web-search-revolution/
LOCATION:Kaleide Theatre\, 360 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Melbourne,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230814T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230815T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230809T021558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T053525Z
UID:19718-1692034200-1692127800@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Public lecture by Dr Sun-ha Hong: Predictions Without Futures
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join this public lecture on 14 August\, featuring guest speaker Dr Sun-ha Hong\, Assistant Professor in Communication at Simon Fraser University.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Predictions without Futures explores how our dominant technological futures help maintain decrepit horizons of the social. As Brecht once observed: “I stood on a hill and I saw the Old approaching\, but it came as the New.” Prediction supplies a powerful conceptual model for this dynamic of stasis through disruption by connecting technical and mythological attitudes of probabilistic control. I trace some throughlines between the technical conceit of predictivity (that criminality or emotion can be anticipated through data-driven modeling) and the mythological use of prediction (where history is an extrapolation of known technological advancements). Drawing from theories of ritual and experiment\, I examine the demonstrative\, belief-building work that prediction does – from 18th century automata to Amazon warehouses\, from Marvin Minsky to the Year 10\,000. What we call “tech” today serves as a legitimising function for capital\, and crucial to this function is the active foreclosure of any political future other than more of the same. \nSchedule\n• 5:30pm – Reception\n• 6:00pm – Lecture \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT THE SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19720″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Dr Sun-ha Hong\nSun-ha Hong examines forms of uncertainty\, doubt and belief around surveillance\, smart machines & AI. He is Assistant Professor in Communication at Simon Fraser University\, Canada\, and was previously Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at MIT. Sun-ha is the author of Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society (2020)\, and is working on his next book\, Predictions Without Futures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djif7_RvQUis”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423152655{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EVENT PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadms-symposium-2022-event-program%2F|title:ADM%2BS%20Symposium%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Event%20Program|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Dark Ads?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Targeted ads fuel the online economy and they represent a dramatic shift from mass media advertising which was publicly visible\, allowing for inspection by journalists\, activists\, regulators\, and the general public. By contrast\, online ads are visible only to those to whom they are targeted\, and they are not recorded in any publicly available archive. The lack of accountability makes it hard to defend against discriminatory and predatory advertising – which have a long and unfortunate history in the industry. \nOne way to provide transparency is to use automated tools to track and record automated advertising. We are seeking to develop innovative approaches and tools for holding ad targeting accountable. We want to explore recently acquired sets of targeted ads to reveal how they are targeted to particular demographic categories. \nWhat types of ads are targeted to women and to men? How are people of different ages targeted? What about people with different ethnic backgrounds? How are populations that have been subjected to predatory advertising in the past\, including Indigenous Australians\, being targeted online?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915647056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THEMES” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference will address the following thematic questions: \n\nHow is ADMS understood in the Chinese context? And who are the key players/stakeholders?\nWhat are its key features and trajectories?\nWhat is China’s ambition in the area of ADM\, domestically and internationally?\nHow are ADM technologies and systems used in different settings and institutions in Chinese societies?\nHow are ADM systems governed? For example\, will China’s Personal Information Protection Law set a global standard in regulating Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms?\nWhat’s China’s role in the current debates on frameworks in governing data security\, rights or ownership\, ethics\, and transactions?\nWhat are the new\, emerging or hidden dynamics and politics in Chinese communities around the world as they encounter or engage with ADM technologies and systems in their everyday life and businesses?\nHow do people—Chinese\, non-Chinese\, or foreign citizens of Chinese cultural heritage —view or interpret China’s roles in ADM? And why?\nWhat do Western anxieties about digital China and its ADM systems like the social credit system tell us about the new geopolitics between China and the West/US?\nWhat roles Chinese societies can play in ensuring fair\, inclusive\, responsible\, and ethical ADM systems that benefit the people rather than the few with power\, money and knowledge?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423190791{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are You?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n\nParticipants over 18 years\nParticipants who are with relevant skills\, expertise or experience such as fabricators\, developers\, software engineers\, designers and technologists\nParticipants who are interested in the social\, cultural\, and political role of advertising\, including sociologists\, anthropologists\, political scientists\, and others working in the humanities and social sciences.\nParticipants who are interested in ethics by design\, privacy\, and public accountability for commercial institutions.Who are the organisers?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1652423160969{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Are The Organisers?” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Dark Ads hackathon is a project of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working across realms ranging from computer engineering and law to media studies\, history\, and sociology. Participants in the hackathon will benefit from the expertise of Centre participants\, including internationally recognised scholars across the disciplines\, and from invited guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dark Ads Team \nDan Angus\, Jean Burgess\, Mark Andrejevic\, Robbie Fordyce\, Nina Li\, Verity Trott\, Bronwyn Carlson\, Kim Weatherall\, Nic Carah\, Megan Richardson\, Chris O’Neill\, Axel Bruns\, Nic Suzor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Program” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h1″ section_title_tag=”h1″ style=”flat” color=”black” active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Day 1: Evening Session (3:00pm – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470473-2d895773-15b5″][vc_column_text] \n\nWelcome and information session for participants and media\nIntroduction of the hackathon structure\, challenges\, judges and mentors\nPanel session with invited speakers on sharing recent research and industry developments\nParticipant team discussion for next two days\nSocial networking opportunity to mingle with all stakeholders and dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 2: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 6:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470485-4e690ffd-f75c”][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast session with technical mentors on the ads data tools and design\nParticipants brainstorm and ideate an approach to the issues discussed in day one panel\nLunch session with access to roaming mentors and invited speakers\nContinued teamwork on designing public interest ad research concepts\nEvening tea and day two brief on the progress and plan with all teams\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Day 3: Full Day Schedule (8:00am – 8:00pm)” tab_id=”1649378470502-835fc2ea-2498″][vc_column_text] \n\nBreakfast with all teams and technical mentors\, focus on idea pitching discussion\nPitching idea to judges by each team\nLunch session with social activities\nAll teams participate in focus group discussion to share relections about their process\, designs and conceptualisation\nAnnouncement of winners and prizes\, followed by dinner\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/public-lecture-by-dr-sun-ha-hong-predictions-without-futures/
LOCATION:Melbourne Law School\, The Woodward Convention Centre\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3053
CATEGORIES:Online
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230718T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230718T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230704T044820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T013813Z
UID:18843-1689683400-1689687000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Digital and data capabilities: new models for sexual health policy and practice
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Sexual health workforces and community health organisations are increasingly required to understand and work with data-driven digital devices and platforms – from MyHealth Record\, to chatbots\, to the organisational Instagram account.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]This webinar introduces new models for digital and data capabilities in sexual health policy and practice\, and launches the Stage One Report for the interdisciplinary Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project of the same name. \nPlease join us for an opportunity to learn about key research questions\, and the preliminary findings that inform our models for digital and data capabilities for sexual health workforces. \nWe also outline the synergies between our project and the Australian Digital Health Capability Framework\, which is currently in development as part of the National Digital Health Capability Action Plan. \nProject reference group members will reflect on current workforce and community priorities for digital and data capabilities relating to sexual health\, gender health and wellbeing\, before an open Q&A session. \nThis webinar is an output of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship\, FT210100085; and is partly funded by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S)\, CE200100005. \nThis webinar will be recorded. Please register to receive a link to the recording[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18658″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Kath Albury\nAssociate Investigator\nADM+S\, Swinburne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18820″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Samantha Mannix\nAffiliate\nADM+S\, Swinburne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18847″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Shelley Kerr\nStrategic Partnerships Manager\nASHM \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18848″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Son Vivienne\nCEO\nTransgender Victoria \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dz4YtEaxekFY%26t%3D149s”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/digital-data-capabilities/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DataCapabilities_ADMS-Event-2.png
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230718T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230718T110000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230621T070843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T014029Z
UID:18753-1689672600-1689678000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2023 launch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Telstra\, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)\, RMIT University and Swinburne University of Technology are proud to launch the 2023 Australian Digital Inclusion Index\, including a new First Nations dashboard.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us to find out how Australia is tracking\, gain insights for better digital inclusion programs\, and be the first to view the Index’s new First Nations digital inclusion data.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Partners” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”343″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”6058″ img_size=”80″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18450″ img_size=”160×80″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”18440″ img_size=”160×80″ alignment=”right”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313231902{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313240056{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18769″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Vicky Brady\nCEO\nTelstra \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18770″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Justine Rowe\nChief Sustainability Officer\nTelstra \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313250860{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7712″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Lauren Ganley\nHead of First Nations Strategy and Engagement\nTelstra \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”491″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Julian Thomas\nCentre Director\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313259539{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”652″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Prof Anthony McCosker\nChief Investigator\nADM+S\, Swinburne \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”13270″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Daniel Featherstone\nSenior Research Fellow\, Mapping the Digital Gap project\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1687313269370{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8979″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker\nPrincipal Research Fellow\, Digital Inclusion and Engagement in Indigenous Communities\nADM+S\, RMIT University \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18771″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Ross Womersley\nChief Executive Officer\nSouth Australian Council of Social Service \nRead more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPY0oXcT2Cpw%26t%3D578s”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/adii-2023-launch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/thumbnail_image007-2.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230713T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230714T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230427T051006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T013552Z
UID:18286-1689273000-1689363000@www.admscentre.org.au
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Event-images-1280x720-1-1.png
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;VALUE=DATE:20230713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230715
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230228T062105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T042503Z
UID:17518-1689206400-1689379199@www.admscentre.org.au
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Event-images-1280x720-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230712T153000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230712T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230427T224739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T013302Z
UID:18297-1689175800-1689181200@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:ADM in Migration Services: Mapping what is happening and what we know
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This interactive roundtable discussion will map what we know about the use and effects of ADM in migration programs and services around the world and in Australia.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]From the rise of digital borders to introduction of AI capabilities in visa processing and social welfare access\, ADM is increasingly being used to enhance and automate parts of decision-making processes in migration. This interactive roundtable discussion is designed to map what we know about the use and effects of ADM in migration programs and services around the world and in Australia. \nThe purpose of this event is to develop a shared understanding of the key emerging issues with the intent of shaping the research agenda for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S). \nThe discussion will cover the following topics: \n\nWhere is ADM being (or touted to be) used in migration programs and services?\nIn what way is ADM being used (e.g. screening; decision support; resource allocation; matching; risk assessment; risk reduction)?\nHow do practitioners\, policy advocates\, and administrators engage with such ADM?\nHow do service users understand and experience processes that involve the use of ADM?\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nLocation\nThis event will be held in-person at the University of Sydney Law School and online via Zoom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nProgram\nView the event flyer for information on the program and speakers.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”WATCH RECORDING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSqr1H818j4M”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/adm-on-migration-roundtable-discussion-adms-and-redcross/
LOCATION:The University of Sydney Law School\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Online,Sydney
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.admscentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Event-images-1280x720-3.png
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230711T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230711T140000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
CREATED:20230417T053712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T093949Z
UID:18036-1689076800-1689084000@www.admscentre.org.au
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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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230711T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T092402
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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:20260428T092402
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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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