Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence—Part 4

Critical Robotic Dialogues: Exploring Robots in the Present and Future Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. While feminist approaches to technoscience are getting increasing attention, fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Human-Robot Interaction and Human-Computer Interaction are still male-dominated. Similarly, new technologies, from assistive […]

Dialogmöte: Utmaningar för kulturen och kulturskaparna i AI-utvecklingen

Foto: Dipqi Ghozali     Välkommen till ett dynamiskt kunskapsutbyte där vi sätter strålkastarljuset på den snabbt växande AI-utvecklingen och dess påverkan på kulturskapare. I takt med att generativ AI tar plats i kreativa processer uppstår både nya möjligheter och brännande frågor. Hur skyddar vi upphovsrätt och konstnärlig integritet när algoritmer tränas på mänskligt skapande? Vad […]

PhD Defense: Multisensory Interactions with Biophilic Flying Robots

Ziming Wang defends his doctoral thesis, “Multisensory Interactions with Biophilic Flying Robots” at Chalmers University of University. See event page. Abstract The relationship between nature and humanity has evolved throughout history and across technological epochs. This thesis advances the hypothesis that integrating natural characteristics into robot design can enrich human–computer interaction (HCI) by drawing on […]

Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence—Part 5

Lund University LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund, Sweden

Reimagining the Politics of AI: Co-Creating Tools to Confront Gender-Related Violence Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. Such of today’s AI development is driven by large-scale models that demand vast datasets, compute resources and invisible human labour — often reinforcing the very inequalities […]

Study Abroad Tips and Tricks

Interested in going abroad for a semester? WASP-HS PhD students are welcome to this session where your fellow PhD students who have been abroad can share their ideas and thoughts about their experience. Please join November 24, at 16:00 – 17:15.  Zoom link: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65780063878  Generously funded by the Wallenberg Foundations.Subscribe to our newsletterContactAboutResearcher DirectoryNewsEventslinkedin

PhD Defense: Mapping Small Water Channels Using Machine Learning

Mariana Busarello defends her doctoral thesis “Mapping small water channels using machine learning” on December 5 at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Abstract Boreal landscapes are shaped by a dense network of natural streams, modified streams, and ditches. Together, they regulate hydrology, nutrient transport, and ecosystem function. Historically, streams were modified to accommodate log transportation, […]

AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives from PhD Graduates

Welcome to second webinar in the AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives form PhD Graduates series! Join us as newly minted PhD students from WASP-HS Graduate School discuss their insights into the implications and entanglements of AI for society and humanity in a series of lightning talks. Program "Conflicting Aims of Welfare Technology" Maria Arnelid, Linköping […]

AI Futures: Navigating Ethics, Law, and Heritage

Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. Can AI models be lawfully and ethically trained on copyrighted and cultural heritage–protected materials? This question has become one of the most pressing and contested issues in Sweden’s AI and cultural policy landscape. Recent debates between rights-holder […]

Knowledge Exchange: Algorithm Watch

We welcome all WASP-HS researhers to exchange knowledge about political aspects of algorithms together with Oliver Marsh from Algorithm Watch, Berlin. The goal of the one hour workshop is to explore strategies to manage the increasingly algorithm-driven society. Speaker Oliver Marsh, Head of Tech Research at Algorithm Watch About Algoritm Watch Algorithm Watch is a […]

PhD Defense: Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds

Chalmers University of Technology

Alicja Ostrowska defends her PhD thesis, “Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds” on 30 January at Chalmers University of Technology. See event page. Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly introduced into scientific practices, including NASA’s missions that explore conditions for life and habitability on […]