Webinar: The Digital Prior Restraint: Can Freedom of Expression Survive Upload Filters?

Online via Zoom

Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. Across Europe, automated upload filters are increasingly used by social media platforms to screen content before it's published—a practice that raises important questions about freedom of expression. These technologies are used as a measure to effectively limit […]

PhD Defense – Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise

Charlotte Högberg defends her doctoral thesis, “Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise,” at Lund University (LTH). Click here for a link to the event page at Lund University. Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly researched and applied for medical knowledge discovery and to support or automate […]

Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence – Part 3

M:Teknodromen, Klas Anselms väg 6 / Ole Römers väg 1, Lund Sweden

Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. Creating a research network to foster woman's partcipation in technoscience. Topic: We Should All Be Feminists in Software Engineering Practical Information The workshop is arranged in a hybrid format on June 4, 2025: - 13.00 - 14.00: Hybrid […]

PhD Defense – Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing

NAT.D.320, Umeå University

Emil Häglund defends his doctoral thesis, Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing, at Umeå University. Click here for a link to the event page at Umeå University Abstract As privacy concerns increase and regulation against tracking-based advertising tightens, contextual advertising, which targets ads based on webpage content rather than personal data, offers a compelling alternative. The […]

AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives from PhD Graduates

Newly minted PhD students from the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program - Humanity and Society Graduate School discuss their insights into the implications and entanglements of AI for society and humanity. Program Empathy and Manipulation VerificationAndreas Brännström, Umeå University Democratic Subjects and Datafied WelfarePetter Falk, Karlstad University Sensemaking and Transparency of Medical AICharlotte […]

Joint Summer School on Resilience and Regulation

Campus Norrköping and Visualiseringscenter C Norrköping

Registration is closed. About the Event Join us for the Joint Summer School on Resilience and Regulation, arranged by the WASP Research Arenas Robotics, Public Safety, Media & Language, and Operational Data, as well as WASP-HS. This year’s theme—Resilience and Regulation—centers on building safe and robust AI-driven systems while addressing the legal and regulatory frameworks […]

Synthetic Data: Representation and/vs Representativeness

Aarhus 2025 Computing [X] Crisis Conference

Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. Synthetic data promises to address three key concerns for data-driven technologies: sparsity, privacy, and bias or lack of diversity. This workshop will interrogate the promise of creating better, more diverse, more representative datasets, by critically examining how […]

Webinar with Patrick Hynes about HAI

Online via Zoom

Welcome to an engaging seminar featuring Patrick Hynes, Senior Manager of Research Communities at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). Patrick will present an overview of HAI’s mission and vision, and explore in detail its activities across research, education, and policy. The discussion will offer examples of funded research projects, showcase some of HAI’s policy briefings, and […]