AI and FinTech
2021-10-05 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

WASP-HS community reference meetings aim at learning for public and private organisations in Sweden about challenges and questions of their interest and sharing recent developments within WASP-HS in order to identify opportunities for collaboration in different sectors. During the meetings, we will make use of interactive breakout sessions to generate recommendations for the reference meeting, to keep a continuous link to society in our plans and strategy.
Developments in intelligent technologies are transforming financial products and services. Automated decision making plays an increasingly important role in the provision of financial services, fraud detection and credit audits. At the same time, consumer finance providers are relying on conversational AI agents that can engage directly with customers, and algorithmic trading, including high-frequency algorithmic trading, is shaping markets and driving policy.
These changes affect access and the cost of capital for individuals and companies. Consequently, in the long run, they may determine the development paths of countries and regions. Alongside new opportunities created by the advances in financial technology, numerous challenges are emerging that require a broad and multidisciplinary approach.
In this meeting, WASP-HS brings together academics and practitioners to discuss these issues and build the foundation for further analysis for the emerging field of FinTech from the perspective of the social sciences and humanities.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
14:00-14:10 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS Program Director and Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
14:10-14:30 – Keynote

Keynote title: AI Trends in the Financial Industry – A Practitioner Point of View
Keynote: Nicolas Moch, Chief Information Officer, SEB
Keynote abstract: What is happening in the crossing between AI and finance? From automated trading to Ethical AI-based decisions in our financial system, Nicolas will share experiences of both SEB’s own journey and of the Fintech landscape in general.

14:30-15:30 – Roundtable discussions

Accountability in (and of) FinTech
Chair: Magnus Strand, Senior lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University Co-chair: Mattias Levin, Deputy Head of the Digital Finance unit at the European Commission’s Directorate-General of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA)
Abstract The last ten years have seen intense rulemaking with regard to the financial markets. As a parallel process, rulemaking in order to harness the possibilities as well as risks in AI-based technology is beginning to take shape, e.g. the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act for the EU. FinTech is right at the intersection of these sets of rules. What are the accountability structures that emerge for FinTech businesses? What lies around the corner, still brewing with the policymakers? Join our roundtable to discuss accountability in the FinTech industry, and also whether it is possible to hold supervisory authorities to account if they overstep.

The Good and the Bad of FinTech: When and for Whom Is It Helpful and When and for Whom Is It Detrimental?
Chair: Kinga Barrafrem, Postdoc, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping UniversityCo-chair: Gustav Tinghög, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University
Abstract AI-based FinTech solutions often aim to help consumers achieve their financial goals. Such decision aids have a great impact on the most vulnerable consumer groups (e.g., with low financial literacy), but can sometimes even be counter effective for other users. In this round table we will discuss how AI can and should aid decisions of different customer segments, what are the pitfalls we should avoid when designing AI-based solutions, and how consumer segmentation can boost the effectiveness of AI-based solutions in improving financial well-being.

Does AI Bring Radical Change to the FinTech Sector?
Chair: Magnus Mähring, Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, Stockholm School of EconomicsCo-chair: Sebastian Krakowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, Stockholm School of Economics
Abstract Given that rapid advances in AI are causing disruption to a range of industries, this roundtable will discuss two foundational issues in relation to banking and FinTech. First, while AI is reshaping finance in areas such as credit decisions, fraud prevention, and personalized banking, its role outside of traditional finance is less apparent to the uninitiated observer, especially in areas where advanced algorithm-based solutions have existed for decades, such as program trading. We will therefore discuss what role AI plays in enabling genuinely new and potentially disruptive services in the FinTech sector that goes beyond conventional IT systems. Second, we will explore how AI is affecting the banking landscape. For instance, while consumer preferences for lower-cost or more streamlined challenger offerings seem to be driving the emergence of a more modular industry structure, for example in payment solutions, restrictive regulation related to AI could counteract such developments. This begs the question what the future holds for banking and FinTech, and we invite you to join us for a stimulating discussion of the role of AI in this context.

15:30-16:00 – Reflections from the roundtables

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Undisciplined AI Ethics: Studying Ethics and AI
2021-10-20 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This autumn and winter the series called Undisciplined AI Ethics is running over four seminars. This seminar, Studying Ethics and AI, is the first out of four. See all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
20 October, 15:00-16:00

Studying Ethics and AI
Speakers: Amanda Lagerkvist, Uppsala UniversityCharles Ess, University of Oslo
How do we conceptualize ethics and technologies in order to study their meanings and importance in the realm of autonomous systems? What approaches do we need to develop to engage with ethics and AI?

10 November, 15:00-16:00

Views of Ethics and Autonomous Systems
Speakers: Kristina Höök, KTH – Royal Institute of TechnologyJacek Smolicki, Uppsala University
How do we view/engage with the ethics of AI systems? What are the frameworks, perspectives, concepts, and empirical methods we use to work with ethics and autonomous systems?

8 December, 15:00-16:00

Ethics + Innovation = True?
Speakers: Virginia Dignum, Umeå UniversityDavid Ryan Polgar, the founder of All tech is human.
How do we innovate with AI in responsible ways? What are the challenges of innovating responsibly?

19 January, 15:00-16:00

Relationships Between Law, Ethics and AI
Speakers: Jenny Eriksson Lundström, Uppsala UniversityCecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Stockholm University

Chair

Teresa Cerrato-PargmanProfessor, Stockholm University

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Undisciplined AI Ethics: Views of Ethics and Autonomous Systems
2021-11-10 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This spring the series called Undisciplined AI Ethics is running over four seminars. This seminar, Views of Ethics and Autonomous Systems, is the second out of four. See all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
20 October, 15:00-16:00

Studying Ethics and AI
Speakers: Amanda Lagerkvist, Uppsala UniversityCharles Ess, University of Oslo
How do we conceptualize ethics and technologies in order to study their meanings and importance in the realm of autonomous systems? What approaches do we need to develop to engage with ethics and AI?

10 November, 15:00-16:00

Views of Ethics and Autonomous Systems
Speakers: Kristina Höök, KTH – Royal Institute of TechnologyJacek Smolicki, Uppsala University
How do we view/engage with the ethics of AI systems? What are the frameworks, perspectives, concepts, and empirical methods we use to work with ethics and autonomous systems?

8 December, 15:00-16:00

Ethics + Innovation = True?
Speakers: Virginia Dignum, Umeå UniversityDavid Ryan Polgar, the founder of All tech is human.
How do we innovate with AI in responsible ways? What are the challenges of innovating responsibly?

19 January, 15:00-16:00

Relationships Between Law, Ethics and AI
Speakers: Jenny Eriksson Lundström, Uppsala UniversityCecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Stockholm University

Chair

Teresa Cerrato-PargmanProfessor, Stockholm University

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

AI for Humanity and Society 2021
2021-11-18 13:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Uppsala University, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala, 753 10
Welcome to the second WASP-HS Conference on AI, Humanity and Society – a meeting place for dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems with a strong focus on research in humanities and social science.
The theme of the Conference of 2021 is Shaping a Future with AI – The Role of Policies. Developments in the field of AI have spurred debates regarding the future of our society. Expectations and concerns flourish in these debates. This conference addresses the role of policies for shaping a better future with AI. The future impact of AI will depend on the actions and decisions that governments, firms, organizations, and individuals take today. ​
The conference brings together leading international scholars and the Swedish WASP-HS research community to discuss policies and actions to support the high expectations and address pressing concerns regarding our common future with AI. ​

Keynotes

Susan AtheyProfessor of Economics of Technology at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Athey received PhD from Stanford, and she holds an honorary doctorate from Duke University. Her current research focuses on the economics of digitization, marketplace design, and the intersection of econometrics and machine learning. As one of the first “tech economists,” she served as consulting chief economist for Microsoft Corporation for six years, and now serves on the boards of Expedia, Lending Club, Rover, Turo, and Ripple, as well as non-profit Innovations for Poverty Action. She is the founding director of the Golub Capital Social Impact Lab at Stanford GSB and associate director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Debjani GhoshPresident of the National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM)

As the NASSCOM President, she actively works with the industry and Government to accelerate the growth of the Industry. With multiple feathers in her cap, before joining NASSCOM, she was the first woman to lead Intel India and the Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT), she was also a member of the executive council at NASSCOM. Debjani holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, and an MBA degree in marketing from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai, India.

Blanche Segrestin Professor at Mines ParisTech, head of the Center for Management Sciences

Professor at Mines ParisTech, head of the Center for Management Sciences, where she holds the Chair “Theory of the Firm. Models of governance and Collective creation”. Her research focuses on the theory of the firm, governance and corporate law, and management of innovative capabilities. She published several books on the history and the theory of the modern corporation and on possible (re)-forms of corporate law. The program she leads with Armand Hatchuel and Kevin Levillain inspired the new status of “Société à mission” in the French Corporate Law. She is awarded as Jubilee Professor at Chalmers University for 2020.

Conference Program and Schedule

18 November
13:00-13:15 Welcome and OpeningNicolette Lakemond, Moderator (attends on-site)Tora Holmberg, Vice-rector, Uppsala University (attends on-site)Virginia Dignum, Program Director of WASP-HS (attends on-site)
13:15-14:00 Leveraging AI for Social GoodDebjani Ghosh, President of NASSCOM (attends online)Virginia Dignum, Program Director of WASP-HS (attends on-site)Anna Nilsson Ehle, Chair of Vinnova, Experienced Director, history within the Automotive Industry, Research, and Innovation (attends online)
14:00-14:30 Regulating Business to Do Good – the New French Corporate LawBlanche Segrestin, Professor of Management Services at MinesTech Paris (attends online)Kerstin Sahlin, Chair WASP-HS (attends on-site)
14:30-15:00 Intermission
15:00-15:45 AI and Economic Policy for the Greater GoodSusan Athey, Professor of Economics at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (attends online)Georg Graetz, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Uppsala University (attends on-site)Susanne Ackum, Senior Lecturer, and Dean at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University (attends on-site)
15:45-16:15 Ending Panel Discussion Susanne Ackum, Senior Lecturer, and Dean at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University (attends on-site)Anna Nilsson Ehle, Chair of Vinnova, Experienced Director, history within the Automotive Industry, Research, and Innovation (attends online)Kerstin Sahlin, Chair WASP-HS (attends on-site)
16:15-17:30 Mingle

Registration
Registration for AI for Humanity and Society 2021 is closed. More detailed information about the conference will be sent via e-mail closer to the date of the event to those who have registered.

Conference Chairs

Nicolette Lakemond
Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University

Oskar Nordström Skans
Professor, Department of Economics, Uppsala University

Gunnar Holmberg
Adjunct Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University

More

Undisciplined AI Ethics: Ethics + Innovation = True?
2021-12-08 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This spring the series called Undisciplined AI Ethics is running over four seminars. This seminar, Ethics + Innovation = True?, is the third out of four. See all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
20 October, 15:00-16:00

Studying Ethics and AI
Speakers: Amanda Lagerkvist, Uppsala UniversityCharles Ess, University of Oslo
How do we conceptualize ethics and technologies in order to study their meanings and importance in the realm of autonomous systems? What approaches do we need to develop to engage with ethics and AI?

10 November, 15:00-16:00

Views of Ethics and Autonomous Systems
Speakers: Kristina Höök, KTH – Royal Institute of TechnologyJacek Smolicki, Uppsala University
How do we view/engage with the ethics of AI systems? What are the frameworks, perspectives, concepts, and empirical methods we use to work with ethics and autonomous systems?

8 December, 15:00-16:00

Ethics + Innovation = True?
Speakers: Virginia Dignum, Umeå UniversityDavid Ryan Polgar, the founder of All tech is human.
How do we innovate with AI in responsible ways? What are the challenges of innovating responsibly?

19 January, 15:00-16:00

Relationships Between Law, Ethics and AI
Speakers: Jenny Eriksson Lundström, Uppsala UniversityCecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Stockholm University

Chair

Teresa Cerrato-PargmanProfessor, Stockholm University

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Undisciplined AI Ethics: Relationships Between Law, Ethics and AI
2022-01-19 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This spring the series called Undisciplined AI Ethics is running over four seminars. This seminar, Relationships Between Law, Ethics and AI, is the fourth out of four. See all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
20 October, 15:00-16:00

Studying Ethics and AI
Speakers: Amanda Lagerkvist, Uppsala UniversityCharles Ess, University of Oslo
How do we conceptualize ethics and technologies in order to study their meanings and importance in the realm of autonomous systems? What approaches do we need to develop to engage with ethics and AI?

10 November, 15:00-16:00

Views of Ethics and Autonomous Systems
Speakers: Kristina Höök, KTH – Royal Institute of TechnologyJacek Smolicki, Uppsala University
How do we view/engage with the ethics of AI systems? What are the frameworks, perspectives, concepts, and empirical methods we use to work with ethics and autonomous systems?

8 December, 15:00-16:00

Ethics + Innovation = True?
Speakers: Virginia Dignum, Umeå UniversityDavid Ryan Polgar, the founder of All tech is human.
How do we innovate with AI in responsible ways? What are the challenges of innovating responsibly?

19 January, 15:00-16:00

Relationships Between Law, Ethics and AI
Speakers: Jenny Eriksson Lundström, Uppsala UniversityCecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Stockholm University

Chair

Teresa Cerrato-PargmanProfessor, Stockholm University

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Winter Conference 2022
2022-02-16 09:00 - 2022-02-17 16:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via COEO
Welcome to the third WASP-HS Winter Conference! The Winter Conference 2022 is an internal conference dedicated to the WASP-HS community, and to the WASP-HS PhD students in particular.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Winter Conference 2022 is moved online. The dates remain the same, February 16-17, and the work of structuring the program to allow all participants to interact and to discuss the talks, the posters, and the panel themes is in progress.
As the conference is moved online the platform COEO will be used to get away from the regular zoom format. More information about the setup will be given to you shortly.
All WASP-HS PhD students are invited to give oral presentations, poster presentations and partake in panel discussions.
There are several meetings happening parallel to the PhD student activities. The WASP-HS Research Leadership Programme will have a session on February 16-17.

Keynote

Shannon VallorProfessorUniversity of Edinburgh

Keynote Abstract Sophisticated yet opaque algorithms increasingly constrain and shape what information we consume, what medical treatments we are advised to undergo, who will hire us, who we are invited to meet or date, how the justice system will treat us, and where we will be allowed to live. The lack of transparency in such processes raises profound ethical questions about justice, power, inequality, bias, freedom and democratic values in modern computing. Here I focus on a less commonly discussed concern: the potential for opaque algorithmic decision systems to lead to a contraction of what philosophers have called the space of moral reasons, a concept that underpins personal and public practices of moral reflection, moral responsibility, moral imagination, moral justification, and moral appeal. Using examples from jurisprudence, human resources, and law enforcement, I show why AI-driven contractions of the space of moral reasons should matter to us, and how we might instead use AI in ways that hold open and enlarge such spaces.

Research meeting keynote

Anders YnnermanWASP Program DirectorProfessorLinköping University

Professor Anders Ynnerman, WASP Program Director. will present current research results from WASP and general developments in the field of AI, with focus on human-in-the-loop issues.
This session regards WASP-HS researchers only. The session is parallel to the conference and takes place during the PhD Council Meeting (see program below).
.

Program

Thursday 16 February
09:15 Welcome!
09:30 Oral Presentations I
10:30 Break
11:00 Oral presentations II
12:15 Lunch
13:15 PhD Council Meeting and WASP-HS PI meeting
14:15 Break
14:15 Panel discussion IEthics of AI, robots and autonomous systems
15:00 Break
15:30 Panel discussion IIAI, robots and autonomous systems applications and social challenges
16:30 Wrapping up

Friday 17 February
09:30 Oral presentations III
10:20 Break
10:30 Poster session
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Keynote speaker
14:00 Break
14:15 Oral presentations IV
15:20 Panel discussion IIITrust in AI, robots and autonomous systems
16:05 Wrapping up

Registration for PhD students

Registration is closed.

Registration for researchers

Registration is closed.

Call for abstracts

For more detailed information, please download the following .PDF – Call for abstract documentTo create your abstract, please download and use the following template for content, structure and layout – Abstract template
Call for abstracts is closed.

Abstract review submission

Abstract review submisson is closed.

AI, Sustainability and Smart Cities
2022-03-17 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings are dedicated to public and private organizations in Sweden, and for involved actors to learn about challenges and questions of their interest, as well as for WASP-HS to share recent research development within the program in order to identify opportunities for collaboration in different sectors. This particular Community Reference Meeting concerns the issue of sustainability and smart cities.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to support urban and rural development and to accelerate global efforts to protect the environment and conserve resources. The technology can do so by detecting energy emission reductions, removing CO2, helping develop greener transportation networks, monitoring deforestation, and predicting extreme weather conditions. When AI technology is used within smart cities it makes it easier to control the traffic, waste and maintenance, energy consumption, pollution risks, and the effects of the environment in the cities. This further leads to smarter decisions, fewer negative impacts on climate change, and improved quality of life.
However, while AI provides unprecedented opportunities for cities and the environment, depending on the framework in which it is used, it may not always result in positive outcomes. For instance, current uses of AI rely greatly on huge amounts of data and computational power which leads to heavy ecological footprints for the companies that develop and use AI.
At this Community Reference Meeting, WASP-HS invites participants to discuss how AI can support progress on these complex environmental and social problems which humans are facing, while also mitigating risks and ensuring fair and inclusive solutions for cities and the environment.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
14:00 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS Program Director and Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
14:05-14:30 – Panel discussion

Panellists: Linda Gustafsson, Gender Strategist working for the city of UmeåMartin Güll, Chief Digital Officer (CDO/CIO), the city of Helsingborg

14:30-15:30 – Roundtable discussions

Autonomous Public Transportation – Getting Across the Smart City
Chair: Fabian Lorig, Assistant Professor, Internet of Things and People Research Center, Malmö UniversityCo-chair: Mikael Wiberg, Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå UniversityCo-chair: Henrik Danielsson, Professor, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL), Linköping University
Abstract Autonomous vehicles and AI have the potential to enable more flexible and sustainable public transportation. We want to discuss how future transportation systems can consider individual needs for mobility of different groups of travelers as well as how autonomous shared transportation affects mobility in smart cities.

AI in Disasters and Crises – From Corona to Climate Change
Chair: Lina Rahm, Assistant Professor at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyCo-Chair: Tatyana Sarayeva, WASP-HS, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University
Abstract Seeing how crises can be very complex and information-dense situations this round table aims to open up discussions about vulnerabilities but also strengths with the use of AI and autonomous systems in preparedness for, and management of, societal crises and disasters.

From Boomtown to Bust: Being Critical About the Smart City
Chair: Barry Brown, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, Stockholm UniversityCo-Chair: Mareike Glöss, Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellow, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Abstract How can we make sure that smart city developments benefit all citizens and city-stakeholders? Can we develop different visions of the smart- ones that are not tied into the interests of technology vendors? How might the smart city be both more equitable and fair, rather than more efficient?

15:30-16:00 – Reflections from the roundtables

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

NetX Call Information Meeting
2022-04-05 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
WASP-HS will be launching a new call for Networking Excellence Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the Study of Consequences and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (NetX).
WASP-HS is hosting information meetings regarding the new call. Please note that there are two information meetings regarding the call. These meetings are structured the same and will provide you with the same information. It does not matter which one you attend.
The first meeting will take place on 5 April at 10:00 over Zoom. Zoom link and more information will be provided after registration and closer to the date of the meeting.

Registration
Registration is closed.

NetX Call Information Meeting
2022-04-11 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
WASP-HS will be launching a new call for Networking Excellence Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the Study of Consequences and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (NetX).
WASP-HS is hosting information meetings regarding the new call. Please note that there are two information meetings regarding the call. These meetings are structured the same and will provide you with the same information. It does not matter which one you attend.
The second meeting will take place on 11 April at 15:00 over Zoom. Zoom link and more information will be provided after registration and closer to the date of the meeting.

Registration
Registration is closed.

WASP-ED Open Information Meeting
2022-04-20 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
In January 2022, Wallenberg AI and Transformative Technologies Education Development Program (WASP-ED), a new national program for educational development in AI was launched by WASP-HS and its sister program WASP. The program is funded by a grant of SEK 18.6 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.
The purpose of this open information meeting is to give an overview of WASP-ED and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss with the leaders of the six working areas. See full program below.
To receive information about WASP-ED, please sign up here.

Presentations
2022-04-20 WASP-ED Open Information Presentation

Program
10:00 Overview by Program Director Fredrik Heintz and Q&A (will be recorded)
11:00 Round table discussions for each work area in breakout rooms
12:00 End of meeting

Breakout rooms

Work Area 1: AI CurriculumHelena Lindgren, Fredrik Heintz

Work Area 2: Program Development Amy Loutfi, Alan Said

Work Area 3: Course Development Mikael Sundström, Anna Foka

Work Area 4: Pedagogical Development & Learning Analytics Teresa Cerrato-Pargman, Olga Viberg

Work Area 5: Technical Platform & Education Data Jan Gulliksen, Joakim Lilliesköld

Work Area 6: Teaching Competence Development Thomas Hillman, Kristin Ewins

Registration
Registration is closed.

Deception Aware Autonomous Systems: Deception and Trustworthy AI - The Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons?
2022-04-21 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

Computational deception refers to the capacity for autonomous systems to engage in interactions where (human or software) agents may be manipulated by hidden information or to believe false information. Designing and engineering deceptive machines for detecting or strategically planning deception is a challenging task from conceptual, engineering, and ethical perspectives, coming with a range of societal trust related concerns. Nevertheless, deception is a fundamental aspect of human interaction. Software agents may benefit from being aware of deception, having ways of detecting as well as strategically planning deception, in order to interact emphatically and personalized with humans or other systems. However, we need to make sure that autonomous systems are transparent about their actions. In this seminar series, we will explore the fundamentals of computational deception, look at its technical challenges, and discuss the relation of computational deception with the increasing demand for transparency of autonomous systems.
The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This spring the series called Deception Aware Autonomous Systems is running over three seminars. This seminar, Deception and Trustworthy AI – The Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons?, is the first out of three, see all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
21 April, 15:00-16:00

Deception and Trustworthy AI: The Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons?
Speaker: Peta Masters, Research Associate Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, King’s College, London
After five years working on the dark side, endeavouring to develop deliberately deceptive AI – with ambitions towards fully autonomous deceptive systems – I have lately switched to what is apparently the side of the angels: working with the UK Research Institute’s Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub. Our brief at the TAS Hub is to develop socially beneficial autonomous systems that are “trustworthy in principle and trusted in practice”. But where my colleagues primarily see the benefits of desirable-sounding attributes such as explainability, reliability, competence… and enthusiastically uncover the various (and sometimes unexpected) features that contribute towards engendering human trust, unsurprisingly thanks to my background, I see some pitfalls. It is these potential pitfalls – the unintended consequences of trusted and trustworthy AS development – that form the body of this talk.

12 May, 11:00-12:00

Modelling Deception
Speaker: Stefan Sarkadi, Associate Researcher at INRIA (France) and Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London (UK)
How do we model deception using AI techniques? Why should we do it? And why should we do it in one way rather than another? In this presentation I aim to discuss these questions based on a short summary of my PhD thesis. My PhD thesis is entitled “Deception” and it is the first full computational treatment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) on how to create machines able to deceive.

9 June, 09:00-10:00

Strategic Deception
Speaker: Chiaki Sakama, Professor at Department of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University
Deception is a part of human nature and is a topic of interest in philosophy, psychology, and AI. In this talk, we first overview the definition of deception in the philosophical literature, anddistinguish it from the act of lying. We next introduce a logical account of deception, and illustrate different types of deception that happen in everyday life. Finally, we address a strategic use of deception in debate games where a player may provide false or inaccurate arguments as a tactic to win the game.

Chair

Andreas BrännströmPhD student in Computing Science, Umeå University.

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Deception Aware Autonomous Systems: Modelling Deception
2022-05-02 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

Computational deception refers to the capacity for autonomous systems to engage in interactions where (human or software) agents may be manipulated by hidden information or to believe false information. Designing and engineering deceptive machines for detecting or strategically planning deception is a challenging task from conceptual, engineering, and ethical perspectives, coming with a range of societal trust related concerns. Nevertheless, deception is a fundamental aspect of human interaction. Software agents may benefit from being aware of deception, having ways of detecting as well as strategically planning deception, in order to interact emphatically and personalized with humans or other systems. However, we need to make sure that autonomous systems are transparent about their actions. In this seminar series, we will explore the fundamentals of computational deception, look at its technical challenges, and discuss the relation of computational deception with the increasing demand for transparency of autonomous systems.
The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This spring the series called Deception Aware Autonomous Systems is running over three seminars. Deception Aware Autonomous Systems – Modelling Deception is the second out of three, see all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
21 April, 15:00-16:00

Deception and Trustworthy AI: The Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons?
Speaker: Peta Masters, Research Associate Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, King’s College, London
After five years working on the dark side, endeavouring to develop deliberately deceptive AI – with ambitions towards fully autonomous deceptive systems – I have lately switched to what is apparently the side of the angels: working with the UK Research Institute’s Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub. Our brief at the TAS Hub is to develop socially beneficial autonomous systems that are “trustworthy in principle and trusted in practice”. But where my colleagues primarily see the benefits of desirable-sounding attributes such as explainability, reliability, competence… and enthusiastically uncover the various (and sometimes unexpected) features that contribute towards engendering human trust, unsurprisingly thanks to my background, I see some pitfalls. It is these potential pitfalls – the unintended consequences of trusted and trustworthy AS development – that form the body of this talk.

12 May, 11:00-12:00

Modelling Deception
Speaker: Stefan Sarkadi, Associate Researcher at INRIA (France) and Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London (UK)
How do we model deception using AI techniques? Why should we do it? And why should we do it in one way rather than another? In this presentation I aim to discuss these questions based on a short summary of my PhD thesis. My PhD thesis is entitled “Deception” and it is the first full computational treatment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) on how to create machines able to deceive.

9 June, 09:00-10:00

Strategic Deception
Speaker: Chiaki Sakama, Professor at Department of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University
Deception is a part of human nature and is a topic of interest in philosophy, psychology, and AI. In this talk, we first overview the definition of deception in the philosophical literature, anddistinguish it from the act of lying. We next introduce a logical account of deception, and illustrate different types of deception that happen in everyday life. Finally, we address a strategic use of deception in debate games where a player may provide false or inaccurate arguments as a tactic to win the game.

Chair

Andreas BrännströmPhD student in Computing Science, Umeå University.

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Challenges and Opportunities of Regulating AI
2022-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings (CRMs) are dedicated for public and private organizations in Sweden to learn about challenges and questions of their interest, and for WASP-HS to share recent research development within the program in order to identify opportunities for collaboration in different sectors. This particular Community Reference Meeting concerns the issue of challenges and opportunities of regulating AI.
The development of regulatory frameworks to govern the development, design and application of artificial intelligence is currently an important topic. In April 2021, the EU Parliament published a proposal, the AI Act (AIA), for regulating the use of AI systems and services in the Union market. This proposal puts forward a regulatory vision based on European standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law. However, the effects of EU digital regulations usually transcend its confines. An example is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which rapidly became a world standard. The extraterritorial scope of AI should be analysed in the face of other AI governance models currently under development. The AIA adopts a risk-based approach that bans certain technologies, proposes strict regulations for “high risk” ones, and imposes stringent transparency criteria for others. If adopted, the AIA will undoubtedly have a significant impact in the EU and beyond. A crucial question is whether we already have the technology to comply with the proposed regulation and to what extent can the requirements of this regulation be enforceable.
At this CRM, we will analyse how regulation will shape the AI technologies of the future and examine the interplay between national policies and the work of other organisations, by bringing together input and discussions from multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
14:00 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS Program Director and Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
14:10-14:30 – Keynote and Q&A

Keynote title: Challenges and Opportunities of Regulating AI
Keynote: Catelijne Muller, President and Co-Founder of ALLAI

14:30-15:30 – Roundtable discussions

The Participation Paradox In the Politics of AI
Chair: Michael Strange, Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö UniversityCo-Chair: Jason Tucker, Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University
Abstract A core foundation of democracy is the inclusion of voices that are otherwise excluded by power asymmetries in society. Yet, despite being pivotal to the present and future shape of human society, the development of artificial intelligence systems is often said to under-represent key demographics. First, then, how can we increase participation within the development and implementation of AI systems? Second, though, what happens to the concept of ‘participation’ in the era of big data sets that feed AI? For example, widening big data sets to include the life experiences of those on the margins of society seems to promise a means to effectively make AI more inclusive and reduce bias. The interest of big firms in widening data sets could be read as widening societal participation. Yet can we also participate in the development of AI if we refuse access to our data? And how can we ensure that participation is not turned into a merely passive act of being monitored? The roundtable discussion will consider these questions.

Regulating the Use of Algorithms in Public Decision-Making
Chair: Sandra Friberg, Department of Law, Uppsala UniversityCo-Chair: Yulia Razmetaeva, Head of the Center for Law, Ethics and Digital Technologies at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Abstract Algorithms are deciding what taxes you are to pay, whether you will receive social security,and even whether you are entitled to Swedish citizenship. Automated decision-making isbecoming more common and might eventually replace most human decision-making in thepublic administrative agencies. There are today several types of AI-systems in play, each of which pose different challenges and actualize various legal and philosophical questions. You might for instance take a starting point in the following three AI systems: simple algorithms, autonomous artificial systems, and hypothetical systems based on strong AI. Who should be responsible for incorrect decisions taken by an algorithm in these different type of AI-systems, and why? Is there a need for new regulation and how should regulatory challenges be met? Can legislators look to the proposal for an AI Act for guidance on regulatory technics and scope?

The AI Act: Comprehensive but is it Future-Proof?
Chair: Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Professor and Subject Director of Law and Information Technology, Stockholm University Co-Chair: Liane Colonna, Assistant Professor of Law and Information Technology, Stockholm University
Abstract The regulation of AI has become a fiercely debated policy and academic subject. There have been intense discussions by many different stakeholders about whether AI needs specific regulation and, if so, what this regulation should look like. For example, some have contended that existing legal frameworks are sufficient to safeguard individuals and society from the potential adverse effects of AI systems while others have argued that regulation is necessary but that it should take place at the Member State level rather than at the regional or international level. After initially adopting a soft-law approach, in April 2021, the Commission put forward a legislative proposal to regulate AI with binding legal rules. The existence of this proposal reflects a consensus that binding legal regulation of AI is required within the EU but many controversial and thorny issues remain, as well as complex interests that must be balanced. At this roundtable, we invite participants to discuss the proposal, particularly from the perspective of fundamental rights as well as that from innovation and research. Potential questions to be explored include: Is the definition of AI comprehensive, future proof and legally secure? How do we achieve consistency in the myriad of laws applicable AI? How should we understand the risk categories and actually calculate risk? What is the role of standardization and how will this impact the law? Do the restrictions on biometric data go far enough? What about generalized AI? When it comes to governance and oversight, who is doing what (when and at what level?)? Does the proposal take an overly technocratic approach to fundamental rights?

15:30-16:00 – Reflections from the roundtables

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Deception Aware Autonomous Systems: Strategic Deception
2022-06-09 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

Computational deception refers to the capacity for autonomous systems to engage in interactions where (human or software) agents may be manipulated by hidden information or to believe false information. Designing and engineering deceptive machines for detecting or strategically planning deception is a challenging task from conceptual, engineering, and ethical perspectives, coming with a range of societal trust related concerns. Nevertheless, deception is a fundamental aspect of human interaction. Software agents may benefit from being aware of deception, having ways of detecting as well as strategically planning deception, in order to interact emphatically and personalized with humans or other systems. However, we need to make sure that autonomous systems are transparent about their actions. In this seminar series, we will explore the fundamentals of computational deception, look at its technical challenges, and discuss the relation of computational deception with the increasing demand for transparency of autonomous systems.
The WASP-HS Research Seminars are intended to present and discuss ongoing research on a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for WASP-HS. Seminars are held online once a month and organised in a series of 3-4 seminars with a common theme. WASP-HS researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present research results, ongoing research, or visions for future directions, followed by an open discussion.
This spring the series called Deception Aware Autonomous Systems is running over three seminars. This seminar, Deception Aware Autonomous Systems: Strategic Deception, is the third out of three. See all seminars below.

Program
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
21 April, 15:00-16:00

Deception and Trustworthy AI: The Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons?
Speaker: Peta Masters, Research Associate Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, King’s College, London
After five years working on the dark side, endeavouring to develop deliberately deceptive AI – with ambitions towards fully autonomous deceptive systems – I have lately switched to what is apparently the side of the angels: working with the UK Research Institute’s Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub. Our brief at the TAS Hub is to develop socially beneficial autonomous systems that are “trustworthy in principle and trusted in practice”. But where my colleagues primarily see the benefits of desirable-sounding attributes such as explainability, reliability, competence… and enthusiastically uncover the various (and sometimes unexpected) features that contribute towards engendering human trust, unsurprisingly thanks to my background, I see some pitfalls. It is these potential pitfalls – the unintended consequences of trusted and trustworthy AS development – that form the body of this talk.

12 May, 11:00-12:00

Modelling Deception
Speaker: Stefan Sarkadi, Associate Researcher at INRIA (France) and Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London (UK)
How do we model deception using AI techniques? Why should we do it? And why should we do it in one way rather than another? In this presentation I aim to discuss these questions based on a short summary of my PhD thesis. My PhD thesis is entitled “Deception” and it is the first full computational treatment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) on how to create machines able to deceive.

9 June, 09:00-10:00

Strategic Deception
Speaker: Chiaki Sakama, Professor at Department of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University
Deception is a part of human nature and is a topic of interest in philosophy, psychology, and AI. In this talk, we first overview the definition of deception in the philosophical literature, anddistinguish it from the act of lying. We next introduce a logical account of deception, and illustrate different types of deception that happen in everyday life. Finally, we address a strategic use of deception in debate games where a player may provide false or inaccurate arguments as a tactic to win the game.

Chair

Andreas BrännströmPhD student in Computing Science, Umeå University.

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

Summer School 2022
2022-08-22 09:00 - 2022-08-26 16:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Lund University, LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund, 22362, Sweden
The 2022 WASP-HS Summer School will be held in Lund on 22-26 August.The theme for the summer school is Social Robotics and the PhD students will have an opportunity to work with the humanoid robots in the cognitive robotics lab at Lund University in a small project during the week. The goal is to gain practical insights into the possibilities and limitations of today’s social robots.The program also consists of invited lectures and keynotes together with discussions on the thesis work together with social activities and events. Participation in the Summer School corresponds to one week of full time work.

Main topics

Social Robots
What is a social robot? What makes robot social? What is human-robot interaction? Why learn about social robots?

Topics in Social Robotics
Facial expressions, emotion expression, gaze following, joint attention, social coordination, turn taking, mirroring, imitation, gestures, pointing, dialogue.

Human-Robot Interaction
What aspects of human-human interaction should we try to mimic in robots? Does the robot have to look like a human? Should it pretend to be a person? What is an honest design for a robot? Can we use insights from human social interaction and still use an honest design?

Ethical Aspects of Social Robotics
How should a robot behave towards humans and each other? Can we trust robots? Can robots be moral? Can robots have rights? Do they have to be conscious?

Program

Monday 22 August
09:00 Welcome!
10:15 Introduction to Social Robotics
11:15 Project Kick-Off
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Project work and visit to Humlab
16:15 Wrapping up

Tuesday 23 August
09:00 Keynote: Anna Paiva
10:15 Ericka Johnson & Katherine Harrison A Robot Implosion
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Project work
16:15 Wrapping up

Wednesday 24 August
09:00 Project work
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Project work
16:15 Wrapping up
19:00 Dinner at Hypoteket

Thursday 25 August
09:00 Panel: Assistant Professors experiences of PhD studies
10:15 Liane CollanaLegal Aspects of Social Robots
11:15 Valentina FantasiaIntroduction to Theories and Methods in Human Research with Social Robots
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Project work
16:15 Wrapping up

Friday 26 August
09:00 Erik BillingSocial Robotics: Research Methods and Design Choices
10:15 Presentation
11:15 Student Council meeting
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Project presentations
16:15 Wrapping up

Registration for PhD students

Registration is closed.

AI and Media
2022-10-13 13:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Chalmers University, Umeå University, Electronic Arts/DICE Office, Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings (CRMs) are dedicated for public and private organizations in Sweden for the purpose to learn about challenges and questions of their interest, and for WASP-HS to share recent research development within the program in order to identify opportunities for collaboration in different sectors.
This CRM is in collaboration with WASP Research Arenas – Media and Language.
It is not without reason that our current age is sometimes referred to as the media age. According to Mediebarometern 2020, the average Swede consumes 7 hours of media daily. The most frequently accessed media types are radio, TV, music, and social media (video games were not included in the study). At the same time, media lends itself well to AI applications: There is a huge abundance of digital data, a large part of which consists of text and images, two modalities where generative models such as GPT3 and DALL-E have proved particularly successful. There are also strong commercial interests to motivate investments in new products and formats. It stands to reason then, that if AI comes to be widely adopted by the Media industry, and we spend almost half of our waking time on Media, then advances in Media AI are likely to have a pronounced impact on our daily lives.
In this Community Reference Meeting, we discuss how AI is being put to use in different media sectors, what helps and hinders the technological uptake and what are potential consequences for people and for society. Similar to previous CRM’s, a number of themes will be discussed in parallel at different roundtables. New this time is that the event will be hybrid, with discussion tables spread over three locations: At Chalmers in Gothenburg, we will look at AI for Text Generation, and How AI Transforms the Production and Consumption of Arts, Music, and Media. At Electronic Arts / DICE Office in Stockholm, the themes are AI for Gaming, AI for Movie Production, and AI for Music. At Umeå University, finally, the focus is AI in Politics. In these discussions, we will ask questions such as how game development can be made more efficient (and fun) through AI-driven testing, and how AI-driven political advertising can come to interfere with our democratic elections. As usual, the outcomes of the discussions will be summarised and made available to the community through the WASP-HS report series. The event kicks off with a keynote by Mark Harrisson, CEO, the Digital Production Partnership, which will be broadcasted live to all locations.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
13:00 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS Program Director and Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
13:10-13:30 – Keynote

Keynote title: The Impact of AI on the Broadcasting Industry
Keynote: Mark Harrisson, CEO at the Digital Production Partnership

13:30-15:00 – Roundtable discussions

A Shift in Culture Through AI: How Does AI Transform the Production and Consumption of Arts, Music, and MediaLocated at Chalmers University Campus, Gothenburg
Chair: Kivanc Tatar, Assistant Professor, Interaction Design and Software Engineering division, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology Co-Chair: Petter Ericson, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University
Abstract Increasing ubiquity of computing resources has enabled many to try, run, and observe AI technologies for music, visual arts, and media. The lines and borders between the audience and the artist are becoming less clear as AI content generators have become more accessible — as simple web pages for novice users, open-source code, and open-access models for experts. The explosion of content generated by such AI models has initiated a cultural shift in arts, music, and media, where roles are changing, values are shifting, and conventions are challenged. The readily available, vast dataset of the internet has created an environment for AI models to be trained on any content on the web, whether that content is collected by scraping the web, or via ready-made datasets and APIs provided freely by researchers, organisations and practitioners. With AI content generator models shared openly, and used by many, globally, how does this new paradigm shift challenge the status-quo in artistic practices? What kind of changes will AI technology bring into music, arts, and new media?

AI for Text GenerationLocated at Chalmers University Campus, Gothenburg
Chair: Aarne Ranta, Professor, Computing Science Division, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
Abstract Automatic text generation provides a cheap and fast way to create content in natural language. Recent systems based on machine learning, such as GPT-3 and BERT, can generate text that is fluent but whose content is difficult to control. In contrast to this, classical rule-based methods, such as text robots, can be reliable in rendering content, but often in a clumsy and repetitive style. The round table will gather researchers developing methods of both kinds, as well as users of text generation from industry and society. We will discuss the choice of optimal methods for different use cases, as well as ideas for combining them in fruitful ways.

AI for MusicLocated at Electronic Arts / DICE Office, Stockholm
Chair: Bob Sturm, Associate Professor, Division of Speech, Music and Hearing, Royal Institute of TechnologyCo-Chair: Andre Holzapfel, Associate Professor, Division of Media Technology and Interaction Design, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Abstract This roundtable will focus on the involvement of artificial intelligence (AI) in a variety of music practices, from listening, to composition and performance, to analysis and criticism. There exist many real world commercial examples of these, from music and media recommendation by Spotify and YouTube, to music generation by jukebox and boomy.com. There are also a variety of niche interests, such as traditional Irish music identification, folk tune generation, Baroque four-part voice leading, or endless metal music generated by deep neural networks. What kinds of impacts do these applications have? What legal and ethical considerations should be made by users and developers of these applications? How should the values of music communities be considered in the development and application of AI for music?

AI for Movie ProductionLocated at Electronic Arts / DICE Office, Stockholm
Chair: Mark Harrisson, CEO at the DPP
Abstract AI in its many incarnations – speech recognition, object detection, video summarisation, etc. – has come and gone in turns from the broadcasting industry’s hype radar. A few years back, it was high up on the DPP Future Prediction list, but is nowhere to be seen in this year’s list. There seems to be a widespread disillusionment in the industry as to what AI has promised (or rather, what has been promised by unserious actors on behalf of AI), compared to the actual impact that it has delivered. At the same time, AI research is progressing at a break-neck speed, with generative models such as GPT3 and DALLE pushing the limits of what is possible with in terms of content generation. Why then are these solutions so slow to make it onto the market? Is technology transfer particularly difficult in the broadcasting industry, or is the problem more general? And could it be that the challenge is not the technology itself, but the communication around it, and adapting organizational patterns? To guide us in these discussions, we take help from Mark Harrisson, CEO of the UK-business organization the Digital Production Partnership, who has decades of experience working with technology transfer in the media industry.

AI in PoliticsLocated at Umeå University Campus, Umeå
Chair: Simon Lindgren, Professor, Department of Sociology, Umeå UniversityCo-Chair: Mona Forsman, Head of the Research and Development at Adlede
Abstract This roundtable addresses issues that relate to the use of AI-driven automation in political contexts online. Both in terms of strategic and large-scale campaigns by parties and governments, and from a more grassroots-oriented perspective, focusing for example on hacktivist uses of social bots. Both top-down and bottom-up interventions raise ethical issues. Given the new technological opportunities, do we need new standards or legal frameworks to increase transparency and protect privacy, or is self-regulation enough? Where should we draw the line between information and manipulation, or between participation and hacktivism?

15:00-15:30 – Reflections from the roundtables

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

AI for Humanity and Society 2022
2022-11-17 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Grand Hõtel, Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8, Stockholm, 10327
Dreams, Realities, and Futures:Risks and Consequences of AI in Formative Times

Welcome to the third WASP-HS Conference on AI, Humanity and Society – a meeting place for dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems with a strong focus on research in humanities and social science.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has never been so topical as it is today. The use of AI is more common than it has ever been before. The use of AI raises many questions and issues for businesses, NGO’s, researchers and politicians. In these formative times, the possibilities, risks, and consequences of AI have never been more pressing. Today, all actors that come into contact with, create, or work with AI have different experiences of its practical realization and in the challenges that they perceive.
At the WASP-HS conference AI for Humanity and Society 2022, actors from different sectors and areas of society meet in order to share experiences, formulate challenges and expectations and envisage how a more rapid development of AI can be managed in a sustainable way for society and humanity, which includes, human rights as well as economy and ecology
Questions that will be touched upon are pivotal political issues, for example, how AI can be regulated in a way that supports research and innovation but still respects the rule of law and human rights. How can we organize society so that it can take into account the advantages and possibilities of a rapidly developing AI?
Of special interest for the conference is AI and human rights in the sense that it takes an interest in how AI relates to biases, justice, equality, predictability, and transparency. However, rather than proposing algorithmic solutions to these problems the conference aims to highlight these questions as part of producing regulation and legitimacy in a wider social and organizational context.
No AI system can be completely transparent or just, and the ethics of AI cannot solely focus on the design of transparent and just systems. Sustainable AI solutions need to consider social, legal, as well as institutional dimensions of AI systems. How do we then think about adapting systems to different societies, contexts, and organizations? How do we create responsible research and innovation that is also aware of different societies, contexts, and organizations? How do we imagine a better future with AI systems?

Keynotes

Abeba BirhaneSenior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at Mozilla Foundation

Abeba Birhane is a Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at Mozilla Foundation and an Adjunct Lecturer/Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin, Ireland. Her interdisciplinary research explores various broad themes in cognitive science, AI, complexity science, and theories of decoloniality. Birhane examines the challenges and pitfalls of computational models (and datasets) from a conceptual, empirical, and critical perspective.

Martin UlbrichSenior Expert in the AI policy Unit (CNECT.A.2) of the European Commission

An economist by training, Martin Ulbrich has been working on digital issues for more than twenty years in the Commission from different angles. He has joined the AI policy team in 2018, contributing to the drafting of the White Paper on AI and the impact assessment of the AI Regulatory Act proposal. Before joining the AI unit in 2018 he had worked most recently on the impact of digitisation on the labour market, and before that on geoblocking and on the economics of networks.
Martin Ulbrich has previously worked among others in the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, where he analysed ICT research across the EU, as well as in its industrial policy and transport departments.

Conference Program and Schedule

17 November
The conference AI for Humanity and Society is a hybrid event and takes place both on-site and online. Please note that the program will differ slightly if you choose to participate online. The conference is held in English only and is free of charge.
09:30-10:00 Coffee
10:00-10:15 Welcome and IntroductionAnna-Sara Lind, Professor of Public Law, Uppsala UniversityFrancis Lee, Associate Professor, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of TechnologyVirginia Dignum, Professor, Program Director of WASP-HS, Umeå University
10:15-11:00 Tomorrow’s AI Politics: Which Roads Will Follow?Keynote Speaker Martin Ulbrich, Senior Expert in the AI Policy Unit (CNECT.A.2) of the European CommissionDiscussant Carolina Brånby, Digital Policy Director at The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svensktnaringsliv) and WASP-HS Board
11:00-12:00 Mapping the Grand Social Challenges of AI
12:00-13:30 Lunch, Coffee, and Mingle
13:30-14:30 AI for All Humanity?Keynote Speaker Abeba Birhane, Mozilla Foundation, the School of Computer Science at University College DublinDiscussantsJeroen van den Hoven, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Delft University of TechnologyMaria Marouda, Chair, European Commission against Racism and IntoleranceJennifer Rhee, Associate Professor at the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University
14:30-15:30 Afternoon Coffee and Theme Corners
15:30-16:15 Discussant Panel: What’s Next for Social Sciences and the Humanities in AI?DiscussantsPernilla Jonsson, Ericsson Research and WASP-HS BoardAnders Sandberg, Senior Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, University of OxfordKatherine Harrison, Associate Professor, Docent, Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA), Linköping UniversityAndrew McAfee, Co-Founder and Co-Director of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy. Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management
16:15-16:30 Concluding WordsAnna-Sara Lind, Professor of Public Law, Uppsala UniversityFrancis Lee, Associate Professor, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology
16.30-17:00 Cocktail and Mingle

Registration
Registration for AI for Humanity and Society 2022 is closed. More detailed information about the conference will be sent via e-mail closer to the date of the event to those who have registered.

Conference Chairs

Anna-Sara Lind
Professor, Department of Law, Uppsala University

Francis Lee
Associate Professor, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology

More

Winter Conference 2023
2023-02-15 08:30 - 2023-02-17 12:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Chalmersska huset, Södra Hamngatan 11, Gothenburg, 411 14
Welcome to the fourth annual Winter Conference! The WASP-HS Winter Conference is an internal conference dedicated to the WASP-HS Community and the PhD students in particular. It is a three day conference from 15 to 17 February, which this year will take place at Chamersska huset in Gothenburg. All WASP-HS PhD students are invited to give oral presentations, poster presentations and partake in panel discussions.
There are several meetings happening parallel to the PhD student activities, for instance the WASP-HS Board meeting, Management Team meeting and Research Leadership Program.
Rooms are reserved for the PhD students at Comfort Hotel Göteborg located at Skeppsbroplatsen 1, 411 21 Göteborg.
Important deadlines:
January 11, 2023: Abstract submission and registration deadline
January 16, 2023: Peer reviewing starts
January 25, 2023: Deadline for submitting reviews
January 27, 2023: Feedback to authors
February 3, 2023: Final deadline for revised abstracts

Keynote

Peter-Paul Verbeek
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology in a Changing World at the University of Amsterdam.

Malin Rönnblom
Professor of Political Science at Karlstad University

Program

Wednesday 15 February
08:30 Picking up name tags and putting up posters
09:00 Welcome!
09:15 Talks
Chair: Sarah de Heer
Isabel García Velázquez: Do We Really Mirror Each Other?
Andreas Brännström: Meaningful Deception in Human-AI Interaction
Jakob Stenseke: Transrelational Moral Agency
10:25 Break
11:00 Talks
Chair: Charlotte Högberg
Rachael Garrett: Felt Ethics: Cultivating Ethical Sensibility in Human-AI-Interaction
Pablo Oliveras: Social Educational Robotics and Learning Analytics: A Scoping Review of an Emerging Field
Johanna Velander: Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education Eliciting and Reflecting on Teachers’ Understanding of AI and Its Implications for Teaching Learning
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Panel: AI and Politics
Michael Belfrage, Johannes Geith, Luís Gustavo Ludescher
14:15 Talks
Chair: Dennis Munetsi
Appu Balachandran: Emergence of Complex Intelligent Systems (CoIS) Underlying Motors of Change
Kaan Kilic: Digital Companions for Behavior Change
15:00 Poster Session 1
16:15 Talks
Chair: Irene Kaklopoulou
Charlotte Högberg: Critical Engagements with AI in Mammography Screening: Matters of Transparency, Trust and Expertise
Felix Thiel: Modelling Conflict and the Drive for Knowledge
17:00 Wrapping up
19:00 Dinner

Thursday 16 February
09:15 Keynote
Malin Rönnblom, Beyond Ethics. The Political and Democratic Implications of AI and Automation.
10:00 Break
10:30 Talks
Chair: Silvia A. Carretta
Christian Kammler: A Normative Agent Deliberation Architecture for Social Simulations for Policy Support
Pasko Kisic Merino: Governing Emotions: Hybrid Media, Ontological Insecurity and the Normalisation of Far-Right Fantasies
Karim Nasr: AI Adoption Model in the Financial Sector
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Student council meeting
14:00 Panel: AI and Media
Silvia A. Carretta, Kelsey Cotton, Igor Ryazanov
15:00 Poster Session 2
16:00 Panel
Assistant Professors: Experiences of Multidisciplinary Research
17:00 Wrapping up

Friday 17 February
09:00 Talks
Chair: Andreas Brännström
Anna-Kaisa Kaila: Pathways to Ethical AI Art
Elinor Särner: Making Sense of the Partially Unknown – Designing with AI
09:45 Break
10:00 Keynote
Peter-Paul Verbeek
11.00 Panel: AI and Society
Alexandra Farazouli, Sarah de Heer, Jabbar Hussain, Jess Haynie-Lavelle, Amandus Krantz, Ensieh Mahi, Sergio Passero, Joakim Wising
12:00 Wrapping up

Registration for PhD students

Registration is closed.

Registration for researchers

Registration is closed.

Call for abstracts

For more detailed information, please download the following .PDF – Call for abstract document
To create your abstract, please download and use the following template for content, structure and layout – Abstract template
Call for abstracts is closed.

Abstract review submission

Abstract review submisson is closed.

PI Meeting 2023
2023-03-15 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Radisson Blu Airport Terminal Hotel, SkyCity, Arlanda
WASP-HS has since the start in 2019 been through an impressive period of growth. Today the program consists of 34 research projects (directly funded by MAW and MMW), 9 collaborative research projects, 10 affiliated projects, 6 Guest Professors, 11 Assistant Professors and 74 PhD Students. Behind these numbers both groundbreaking knowledge production and an impressive community building has taken place. All of this has happened despite the pandemic circumstances that shaped the first two years of the program.
This year both the Board and Management Team of WASP-HS are busy with the prolongation application for the program. The aim of this meeting is therefore for PIs and co-PIs to get a chance to share highlights, results and experiences and to discuss potential lines of development and research themes for the second phase of the program that will start in 2024. In addition, the meeting will include four research presentations by the Ukrainian researchers that joined the program last year following a special call by the Wallenberg foundations.
Looking forward to seeing you!

Registration
Registration is closed.

AI, Education and Children
2023-04-19 13:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings (CRMs) are meeting places for Swedish private and public organisations and WASP-HS researchers. Each meeting has a specially selected theme with the aim of bringing business and research together to expand knowledge and strengthen collaboration. This particular Community Reference Meeting regards the challenges and opportunities of AI concerning education and children.
AI is becoming increasingly more present in our everyday lives, and this is especially true for children. From virtual assistants to educational games, AI is changing the way children learn and interact with the world. Personalized learning, improved access to education, and new ways of engaging students are just a few of the potential benefits of AI in education. However, as with any new technology, there are also concerns about the potential negative effects of AI on children and education. From ethical concerns to the potential for fair access to technology, the exacerbating of existing inequalities, the impact of machine learning applications on the development of critical thinking skills, there are several issues that must be considered as we integrate AI into children’s lives.
In this CRM, we will be discussing the latest research and developments in the field, as well as exploring the potential benefits and challenges of integrating AI into our education system and how it impacts children. We look forward to an enlightening and engaging discussion.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
13:00 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS Program Director and Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
13:10-13:30 – Keynote and Q&A

Keynote title: Highlights from Generation AI Project
Keynote: Teemu Roos, Professor, University of Helsinki, Leader of the AI Education Program at the Finnish Center for AI
Keynote abstract: The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires an assessment of its effect on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using a consensus-based expert elicitation process, we find that AI can enable the accomplishment of 134 targets across all the goals, but it may also inhibit 59 targets. However, current research foci overlook important aspects. The fast development of AI needs to be supported by the necessary regulatory insight and oversight for AI-based technologies to enable sustainable development. Failure to do so could result in gaps in transparency, safety, and ethical standards.

13:30-15:00 – Roundtable discussions

How Can We Ensure Algorithmic Fairness to Protect Children?
Chair: Johan Lundin, Professor of Informatics, Department of Applied Information Technology, Gothenburg University Co-Chair: Marisa Ponti, Associate Professor of Informatics, Department Applied Information Technology, Gothenburg University
Abstract How can we protect children from algorithmic unfairness in education? How can their perspectives be amplified? The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss the effects of machine learning in education that affects the most vulnerable members of our society. We invite academics and practitioners to discuss how to support the fair use of artificial intelligence in education, which goes beyond technological solutions by including social and cultural solutions in the design process.

Growing Up Together: Children and Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Karin Danielsson, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, Director of Humlab at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Umeå University Co-Chair: More information soon…
Abstract For some time now, our children have grown up in close relationship to different technologies, from home computers, word processors, smartphones, digital games, to social media and wearable technologies. Common for the previous technologies is that the interaction possibilities have been pre-designed. Whereas today, children grow up with another form of interaction, where a system can learn by input and act as an artificial companion. How will this impact children? Will our interaction with AI technology change the way we express and understand emotions and interact with other social beings? What expectations of possibilities in the school settings and education, will the children’s technology usage at home bring with? What expectations might children have in AI- or robot-assisted education? This round table will discuss these issues by bringing together researchers and practitioners from social sciences, humanities, education, and design.

Artificial Intelligence in Education: Who Is Being Left Behind?
Chair: Cormac McGrath, Senior Lecturer, Departement of Education, Stockholm University Co-Chair: Linnéa Stenliden, Associate Professor at the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University
Abstract Hitherto, artificial intelligence applications in education settings have been amorphous and much hyped, but lacking in substance as a force of disruption to educational practices. However, the recent launch of ChatGPT asks us to consider the implications artificial intelligence tools and systems will have on the education sector, both for teachers but also students and pupils. Moreover, the introduction of AI technologies in classrooms raises concerns related to school teachers’ and educators’ understanding of how these technologies work in theory and practice and presents a number of critical questions: Will such tools lead to increased plagiarism, and will they lead to radical changes in teacher practices. How might such tools be used as a catalyst for development processes across a range of educational sectors? Will tech savvy students benefit more from such tools, at the expense of students who lack data and AI literacy, and what challenges do such technologies present to teachers who are not AI literate? The focus of this CRM meeting is to consider the role of AIED applications, like, for example ChatGPT and to consider how they might be used in the education sector.

15:00-15:30 – Reflections from the roundtables

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

AI, Sustainability and Agenda 2030
2023-10-04 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Online via Zoom
About

Program

Registration

More

WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings (CRMs) are a space for learning and collaboration, providing public and private organizations in Sweden opportunities to learn about challenges and questions of their interest, and for WASP-HS to share recent research development within the program and identify opportunities for collaboration.
Multidisciplinary collaborations that extend beyond the realm of technology play a crucial role in harnessing AI as a catalyst for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While AI’s proficiency in processing data and projecting trends is undeniably valuable, its true potential is realized through synergy with insights from the humanities and social sciences.. By infusing AI advancements with social and cultural considerations, we ensure that solutions are contextually relevant, ethically sound, and socially inclusive. Such a holistic approach enhances our ability to address the complex challenges of realising the SDGs, from climate action to poverty eradication, and fosters a deeper understanding of the human implications of technological interventions, thereby propelling us towards a more sustainable and harmonious world. However, it’s important to acknowledge that the unchecked deployment of AI in SDG initiatives could potentially exacerbate inequalities, threaten privacy, and deepen the digital divide, underscoring the need for responsible AI governance and comprehensive risk assessments.
This holistic approach enhances our ability to address the complex challenges of realising the SDGs, from climate action to poverty eradication, and fosters a deeper understanding of the human implications of technological interventions, thereby propelling us towards a more sustainable and harmonious world. However, it’s important to acknowledge that the unchecked deployment of AI in SDG initiatives could potentially exacerbate inequalities, threaten privacy, and deepen the digital divide, underscoring the need for responsible AI governance and comprehensive risk assessments.
In the context of this Community Reference Meeting, WASP-HS researchers, in collaboration with other scholars and practitioners, will engage in discussions encompassing these and other pertinent issues regarding AI’s contribution to realizing the SDGs.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
13.00 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
13.10-13.45 – Keynote and Q&A

Keynote title: The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Keynote: Ricardo Vinuesa, Associate Professor, Vice Director of KTH Digitalization Platform, Lead Faculty at KTH Climate Action Centre, KTH Engineering Mechanics, Stockholm (Sweden)
Keynote abstract: The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires an assessment of its effect on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using a consensus-based expert elicitation process, we find that AI can enable the accomplishment of 134 targets across all the goals, but it may also inhibit 59 targets. However, current research foci overlook important aspects. The fast development of AI needs to be supported by the necessary regulatory insight and oversight for AI-based technologies to enable sustainable development. Failure to do so could result in gaps in transparency, safety, and ethical standards.

13.45-15.30 – Roundtable discussions

To Monitor is to Manage – or Not? Which Data Do We Need to Reach the Environmental SDGs?
Chair: Sabine Höhler, Professor of Science and Technology Studies at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyCo-Chair: Adam Wickberg, Docent of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Abstract What are the gains and what are the shortcomings of grounding our understanding of the environment increasingly on data generated by monitoring tools and fed into digital information processing systems? From autonomous sensor networks to satellite surveillance systems, new AI-based technologies are employed to outsmart environmental changes that often are anthropogenic in origin. If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it, was Lord Kelvin’s famous insight in the late 19th century. Today, with the new digital tools at hand, the expectation seems even more pervasive that better technology will lead to better data which in turn will lead to better environments. But does this equation hold? Will better data help us reach our sustainability goals?
The roundtable aims to discuss how environmental data inform the Sustainable Development Goals, from heavily sensed environments to data-driven decisions. What are better data? How should they be mined, stored, processed, analyzed, communicated, consumed, and commercialized? What can we measure in the in the first place, and what do we avoid addressing? Who owns and controls environmental data, how are they governed, and how do they affect environmental policymaking? What kind of environmental narratives do they inspire? And vice versa, how do the sustainability goals affect environmental data production? Which kind of institutions do they require and entail? What would we need to develop and reach responsible and inclusive sustainability goals?

Accountability Beyond AI – Thinking of Tools in the Hands of Humans
Chair: Ericka Johnson, Professor of Gender Studies at Linköping UniversityCo-Chair: Jonas Ivarsson, Professor in Informatics at University of Gothenburg
Abstract Many of the SDG for 2030 could be made more difficult to attain by the implementation of AI solutions that benefit rich nations, powerful actors and Capital, or which demand extensive resources for technical development, manufacturing, transportation to market, use and data storage, for example:
Goal 8: “Promote sustained, sustainable and inclusive economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all”.Goal 10: “Reduce inequality in and among countries”.Goal 13: “Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.”
What responsibility do institutions and individuals in society have to prevent these negative consequences? And which institutions and individuals should we hold accountable for this?

Charting the Future of Sustainable Health: Navigating AI, Digitized Bodies, and Care
Chair: Pedro Sanches, Assistant Professor in Human-Centerered Artificial Intelligence at Umeå UniversityCo-Chair: Teresa Almeida, Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction
Abstract This roundtable explores AI’s role in sustainable healthcare. We start by asking: when bodies become data, how should they be treated, processed, and circulated? But more crucially, with the emergence of AI-driven biotechnologies and predictive medicine, which bodies might we be caring for in 2030? Considering SDGs more broadly, how does AI impact human healthcare’s planetary costs? Whose needs and ways of caring are overlooked in tech-driven futures? And how can we shape more resilient and equitable futures?

15.30-16.00 – Planetary Discussions

Registration

Registration is closed. All registered will recieve an e-mail with more information closer to the event.

More

AI for Humanity and Society 2023
2023-11-14 12:00 - 2023-11-15 12:00 UTC | Malmö Live, i Malmö, Malmö, Skåne, Sweden
About

Workshops

Keynotes

Program

Registration

More

Living with AI– Critical Questions for the Social Sciences and Humanities

As we face an increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday practices, it becomes more critical than ever to examine how AI affects our lives and society. Researchers in the social sciences and humanities have made essential observations and analyses on this topic. Yet, we still need grounded, situated, and relational understandings of how AI impacts us individually and collectively.
To reach this goal, it is imperative to closely examine the norms, values, and assumptions underpinning current AI research, inquiry about the criticality embedded in scholarly practices, and question the relevance of the methods chosen. We must identify what works well for all groups in society and discuss what needs improvement or change.
This is why WASP-HS welcomes researchers, representatives from industry, and policymakers to discuss these issues on 14-15 November at Malmö Live in Malmö, Sweden.
We look forward to your thoughts and ideas on how to address these challenges so we can work together to contribute to a future we all want to live in.
Welcome to the WASP-HS conference AI for Humanity and Society 2023!

Conference Workshops

In conjunction with the WASP-HS conference AI for Humanity and Society 2023, WASP-HS arranges workshops with the intention to foster discussion and exchange ideas. Each workshop is a place for conference attendees with shared interests to meet to develop focused discussions; they are also an opportunity to find people who care about the same issues, questions, and research agendas as you and your research group.

Read more about each workshop and register

Please note that in order to participate in this workshop you must also register for the conference via the event page. Registration for the conference opens on 15 August.

Keynotes

Shannon ValorProfessor in the Ethics of Data and AI, Universityof Edinburgh

Human Prediction and Reflection in AIWould you ever try to chart your path up a dangerous, unfamiliar mountain while looking in a mirror facing behind you? Today’s AI technologies are marketed as the key to predicting and navigating humanity’s uncertain future in a time of crisis. Yet are these new tools clear windows into our future, or are they looking-glass reflections of our past? Can they ever show us what we and our societies can become, where we might go anew, or what is possible for humanity to accomplish together for the first time? In the face of growing planetary and civilizational challenges that require letting go of the unsustainable ways of the past, humanity’s most urgent task is to embrace and renew our capacities for self-creation, moral imagination and above all, wisdom. AI too has a vital role to play in that task – if we have the courage to reclaim, rethink and rebuild these technologies in the name of humane futures.

Sarah CookWASP-HS Guest Professor in AI and Art at Umeå University

What can we learn about a world with AI by looking at what artists are doing with information systems?Works of art made with digital media information systems (including generative AI) can show us, in surprising and prescient ways, what it is like to live in concert with technology, now and in the future. Beyond the media hype around how AI might take the role of artists, my research addresses how artists work alongside and with AI systems (and indeed develop their own). The resulting artworks (in a variety of forms, from performance to poetry, archive interventions to immersive video installations) can communicate complicated issues of life in a data-driven world, such as how we might find kinship with robots, how we might understand or misunderstand one another, what resource intensive computation means for the environment, and whether we can tell the real from the artificial. The ‘Art & AI’ project at UmArts uses transdisciplinarity – interrogating AI as it is used and understood through fields of research in architecture, design, visual studies, law and philosophy – to build curatorial methods for the creation of audience encounters with AI. Working towards a public exhibition of art and AI at the Bildmuseet in 2026, this transdisciplinarity informs the curatorial approach the project takes [distinguishing it from the many previous art exhibitions about AI]. Understanding what each disciplines’ concerns are, ensures that the societal understandings of life with AI systems remain at the forefront of the encounter. Art and AI projects can help us see existing problems anew, can document and date in time common perceptions of technology, and can develop new understandings of the ways we will continue to live with these digital information systems, or not!

Sofia RanchordasWASP-HS Guest Professor in Sociology of Law at Lund University

How to be Human Again in the Digital Administrative StateIn my presentation I will discuss how to rehumanize the regulation of the digital administrative state. My keynote starts by arguing that in the digital administrative state are losing sight of the citizen, particularly of citizens who need government the most. Administrative law in particular is designed and applied for average citizens. However, drawing on vulnerability theories, I will argue that there is no such thing as an average citizen. Rather, everyone can be vulnerable at some point in life and require some kind of assistance and additional empathy. With the digital government and the growing automation of decision-making, administrative law has become a field of law that is focused on the management of information, the automated assessment of eligibility criteria, the production of automated decisions ‘in bulk’ (e.g., traffic fines), and the formulation of risk factors that anticipate the need of public intervention or predict fraud. This has eliminated any room for assessing the real needs of citizens. My talk will delve into different mechanisms and instruments that we can use to rehumanize the digital welfare state: (i) redesigning the public administration and administrative law procedures with ex ante empathy, considering individual needs in the early stages of social welfare benefits applications; (ii) reshaping the concept of good administration to infuse it with notions of citizenship and meaningful contact; (iii) rethinking how we compensate for the inequality between citizens and the public administration.

Tentative Conference Program and Schedule

November 14
09.00 – 12.00 Pre-conference workshops
12.00 – Lunch
12.50 – 13:15 Welcome and introductionStefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund UniversityTeresa Cerratto Pargman, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm UniversityHelena Lindgren, Professor in Computing Science at Umeå University, Acting Program Director of WASP-HSKerstin Tham, Vice-Chancellor at Malmö university and professor in Occupational Therapy
13:15 – 14:15 KeynoteShannon Vallor, Professor in the Ethics of Data and AI, The University of Edinburgh
14:15 -15:30 Panel I: Criticality & AI StudiesModerator: Katherine Harrison, Associate Professor at the Department of Thematic Studies at Linköping University
Panel: Airi Lampinen, Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, at Stockholm UniversityAmanda Lagerkvist, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Uppsala UniversitySimon Lindgren, Professor of Sociology at Umeå UniversityMichael Strange, Associate Professor in International Relations at Malmö University
15:30- 16:00 Break – 30 minutes
16.00-17.00 KeynoteSofia Ranchordas, WASP-HS Guest Professor in Sociology of Law at Lund University
17.00 –18.15 Panel II: Norms, Assumptions, and ValuesModerator: Stefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund University
Panel: Martin Ebers, WASP-HS Guest Professor at Örebro UniversityKatja De Vries, Assistant Professor in Public Law at Uppsala UniversityKatie Winkle, Assistant Professor in Social Robotics at Uppsala UniversityMartin Berg, Professor of Media Technology at Malmö University
18.15 Cocktail and Mingle

November 15
9:00 – 9.20 Coffee
09:20-09:30 Lessons from Day OneStefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund UniversityTeresa Cerratto Pargman, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm UniversityLiane Colonna, Assistant Professor in Law and Information Technology at Stockholm University, recruited WASP-HS facultyDonal Casey, Assistant Professor in Commercial Law at Uppsala University, recruited WASP-HS faculty
9:30 – 10:30 KeynoteSarah Cook, WASP-HS Guest Professor at Umeå University
10:30- 11:45 – Panel III: Methods and InterdisciplinarityModerator: Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm University
Panel: Irina Shklovski, Guest Professor of Communication and Computing at Linköping UniversityBarry Brown Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm UniversityAnne Kaun, Professor in Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn UniversityKivanç Tatar, Assistant Professor in Interaction Design at Chalmers University of Technology, recruited WASP-HS faculty
11:45 – 12:00 Summarizing and Closing WordsStefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund UniversityTeresa Cerratto Pargman, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm University
12:00 – Have a good trip back home!

Registration
Registration for AI for Humanity and Society 2023 is closed. More detailed information about the conference will be sent via e-mail closer to the date of the event to those who have registered.

Conference Chairs

Stefan Larsson
Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change, Lund University

Teresa Ceratto-Pargman
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Stockholm University

More

Winter Conference 2024
2024-02-07 09:00 - 2024-02-09 17:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Umeå University, Linnaeus väg 49, Umeå, Sweden
About

Program

PhD Student Registration

Supervisor Registration

Abstract Review

Welcome to the fourth annual WASP-HS Winter Conference! The conference is intended for the WASP-HS community including the PhD students and supervisors.
PhD students within WASP-HS are invited to contribute to the Winter Conference either with a poster, a talk and by participating in a workshop on one (or two, if possible) of the six following topics:

AI and modelling in social sciences: creating a network.
AI and political communication
Transdisciplinary approach to data structures and data practices, how do we perceive and approach data in our fields?
Transparency from a legal and ethical perspective
The role of AI in preserving cultural heritage
What is the worst possible use of your research?

All PhD students should submit an abstract to the Winter conference. In addition, each PhD student will be requested to review two of the submitted abstracts. More information see, call for abstracts.
Important dates
January 8, 2024: Abstract submission deadlineJanuary 12, 2024: Peer reviewing startsJanuary 19, 2024: Deadline for submitting reviewsJanuary 24, 2024: Feedback to authorsJanuary 31, 2024: Final deadline for revised abstractsFebruary 7-9 2024: Conference
Templates
Poster TemplatePower Point Template

Keynote

Sara LjungbladSenior lecturer in Interaction Design at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology

Robotic Visions and Human RealitiesWhat are the tensions between the robotic visions created in research and the realities of needs that people face in society? What could hinder people to accept robotic products? I started out as a researcher in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), but have over the years done more and more ethnographic inspired studies in the area human-robot interaction (HRI) and Human Drone Interaction (HDI) aiming to understand use and experiences of robotic artefacts. In this talk, I will share what I learned from spending several years as an inhouse researcher at a design and innovation firm, working with professional designers, and from being a researcher in technology-oriented fields. I will discuss different views of design and problem solving, design fixations and norms, and designerly approaches to achieve norm-creative design and alternative perspectives of solutions.
Sara Ljungblad is a senior lecturer in Interaction Design at the joint Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. She finished her Ph. D thesis in Human-Machine Interaction in 2008, and after this she spent three years as an inhouse researcher at a design and innovation agency. Ljungblad is interested in human-centred design and design skills in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Her research concerns the development of design methods, as well as studies of people’s experiences of robotic products. Ljungblad calls for more critical robotics research, with norm-creative and designerly perspectives. She has published her research in venues such as CHI, CSCW, Ro-Man, HRI, NordiCHI, Swedish Design Research Journal, EAD, DIS and Interact.

Program

Wednesday 7 February
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome
09:15 – 10:25 Producing Governmental Agency with AIChair: Sophie Mainz
Maria Arnelid – Care crises and welfare technology: Practices, motivations and logics behind the digitalization of elder care in Sweden
Emil Johansson – On The Moral Responsibility of Modelers in Social Simulation for Policymaking
Ellinor Blom Lussi – The introduction of a new automated agency: Competing Values and Neglected Aspects
10:25 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:10 The Politics of CultureJohannes Widegren – Semi-Automatic Metadata Enrichment – Approaches for Sámi Archives in Sweden
Larissa von Bychelberg – Research at the Intersection of AI, Archives and Authenticity
Petra Jääskeläinen – Visual Cultural Politics of Generative AI
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:15 Poster Session 1
14:15 – 15:00 Coffee
15:00- 17:00 WorkshopsPim Kerkhoven – What Is the Worst Possible Use of Your Research?
Sarah de Heer – Transparency Issues from a Legal and Ethical Perspective
Felix Thiel – AI and Modeling in Social Sciences: Creating a Network
15:00 – 17:00 Life as a WASP-HS supervisor
19:00 Dinner

Thursday 8 February
09:15 – 10:00 Life After PhD Studies
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:15 WorkshopsNasrin Mostofian – The Role of AI in Preserving Cultural Heritage
Sophie Mainz and Emelie Karlsson – (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Political Communication – Quo Vadis?
Irene Kaklopoulou – Transdisciplinary Views on Data and Data Practices
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Student council meeting
14:30 -15:30 Poster session 2 with coffee
15:30- 17:00 AI in EducationLux Miranda – A Case for Diverse Social Robot Identity Presentation in Education
Alexandra Farazouli – AI Chatbots and Assessment in Higher Education
Carl-Johan Stenberg – AI Literacy in Teacher Education

Friday 9 February
09:00 – 09:45 Interacting and RelatingAndreas Brännström – Computational Empathy in Interactive Agents
Dominika Lisy – A Relatable Subject: Body Boundaries and Sensorial Hierarchies
09:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:00 KeynoteSara Ljungblad, Senior lecturer in Interaction Design at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology
11:00 – 12:00 Wrapping up
12:00 Conference ends

Workshops

6 workshops will be taking place during the Winter Conference. Read more about each workshop below.
AI and Modeling in Social Sciences: Creating a Network
(Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Political Communication – Quo Vadis?
The Role of AI in Preserving Cultural Heritage
Transparency Issues from a Legal and Ethical Perspective
Transdisciplinary Views on Data and Data Practices
What Is the Worst Possible Use of Your Research?

Registration for PhD Students

Registration is closed.

Abstract Review Submission

Abstract review submisson is closed.

Registration for Supervisors

Registration is closed.

Call for Abstracts

For more detailed information, please download the following .PDF – Call for abstract documentTo create your abstract, please download and use the following template for content, structure and layout – Abstract template
Call for abstracts is closed.

PI Meeting 2024
2024-03-12 10:30 - 14:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Arlanda Airport, Stockholm
The PI meeting on 12 March is a meeting for all principal investigators within WASP-HS. The aim of the meeting is to generate ideas and suggestions to help usher in a successful second half for WASP-HS, leaving a strong and lasting legacy beyond the current program period. The meeting will take place at Arlanda Airport, facilitating interesting and fruitful discussions about the program, the research community, and the road ahead.

Registration
Registration is closed.

AI and Cyber Security
2024-03-26 13:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
There are frequent examples in the news of where both individuals and organisations are subjected to cyber-attacks. Individuals, public organisations, and industry are dependent on their digital infrastructures. Protecting these from cyber-attacks and unauthorized access requires methods, technologies and processes that guard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer systems, networks and data.
While cyber security is currently a research topic engaging primarily computer scientists and data specialists to develop secure systems, the human side of digital infrastructures is fundamental to all cyber security. Many of the biggest cyber security threats are fundamentally social, and target humans that are using or running the infrastructures. For example, phishing attacks where humans are lured to divulge information or poor password practices such as putting passwords on notes under keyboards. People are frequently subjected to various kinds of phishing attacks that may deceive people into sharing private information or money, often targeted towards older persons and children. The consequences of attacks and unauthorized access can be profoundly detrimental as society’s digital infrastructures are instrumental to provide healthcare, municipality services, transportation, power supply, and economical transactions. Authorities and healthcare need to manage and protect sensitive, personal information, adhering to regulations governing person data.
AI and Cyber Security Community Reference Meeting
On 26 March, WASP-HS welcomes representatives from the business sector and researchers to discuss how issues of cyber-security are affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and vice versa. The event serves as a bridge between researchers and theoretical experts on the topic and the business sector with hands on expertise.
The discussions taking place during the event will be summarised and published in a report, available for all. See previous reports based on WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings.
Program
13.00-13.05 Introduction
13.05-13.45 Keynote and Q&AStaffan Truvé, CTO and co-founder of Recorded Futured
13.45-14.45 Breakout room discussions
14.45-15.00 Joint wrap-up for discussions
15.00-15.20 Keynote and Q&ACharles Berret, Postdoctoral fellow in critical data visualization at Linköping University
15.20-15.30 End of the CRM

Keynotes

Staffan TruvéCTO and co-founder of Recorded Futured

AI for Cyber SecurityThis talk will focus on how large scale data collection from the internet and AI based analytics can help predict and prevent cyber attacks.

Charles BerretPostdoctoral fellow in critical data visualization at Linköping University

The Drawbridge Model of Cryptographic Communication: A Framework for Sociocultural Analysis of Information SecurityThis talk introduces a multistage framework to categorize and analyze forms of information security based on different conditions of success and failure in communication. Whether we’re talking about PGP, invisible ink, or quantum cryptography, information security has always been a matter of designing some means of selecting who gets signal and who gets only noise. Different forms of information security thus serve as means of selectively mediating conditions of communication failure in distinct cases, including those that have or will be impacted by AI. Because this framework is rooted in sociocultural analysis, the framework can be highly flexible and medium-agnostic, explaining how historical forms of information security work as well as offering a way to theorize emerging forms of information security. This is particularly salient at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI because the affordances and vulnerabilities made possible by AI advances will demand expansive frameworks that view communication processes in sociocultural as well as technical terms.

Registration
Registration is closed.

Joint Summer School on Generative AI 2024
2024-08-12 09:00 - 2024-08-16 12:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
Foto: Svarteld form & foto, Peter Karlsson.

About the Event
Join us for the Joint Summer School on Generative AI 2024, arranged in collaboration with the WASP Research Arenas Media and Language (WARA M&L), Robotics (WARA Robotics), WASP-HS and Unite!.
The theme—Applications and Implications of Deep Generative Models—expands the research horizons by welcoming students from different disciplines. We aim to foster interdisciplinary discussions and evaluate social and ethical aspects of Generative AI.
The program will be a combination of lectures, hands-on experience of central technologies, workshops, student presentations and memorable social activities, such as conference dinner, pitch event and an excursion to the beautiful surroundings of Marmorbruket. This summer school will give you the unique opportunity to explore your research field at the intersection of technology and society, together with new colleagues and friends from WASP, WASP-HS and Unite!.
The Joint Summer School on Generative AI 2024 will be held in the heart of Norrköping’s old town and in the premises of the world-leading digital science center, Visualization Center C, where the week is wrapped up by presentations of student work and reflections in the center’s state-of-the-art 3D visualization dome.
Registration
Read more and register on the WASP website.
Please note that the deadline for registration is 10 May.

WASP-HS Chair

Ericka Johnson
Professor in Gender and Technology

More

The Disruptive Role of Data and AI in the Life Sciences
2024-09-24 08:00 - 2024-09-25 17:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Wallenberg Conference Center, A, Medicinaregatan 20, Gothenburg, 413 90
Practicalities

Registration

Program

Keynotes

Background

Open Calls

A Joint Conference between DDLS, WASP and WASP-HS

The conference will focus on different aspects of research, where collaboration over scientific domains is essential, and will explore the following topics:
– How data- and AI-driven research is shaping the future of life science– Development of new approaches to human-in-the-loop technologies and their use– The need for studies at the intersection of society, AI, and data driven life sciences
Participants will have the opportunity to network, be inspired by excellent international keynote speakers, and take part of the latest research in Sweden. In addition to plenary keynotes, the program will offer a panel discussion, a poster session and ample time to mingle.

Practical Details

Dates and timesSeptember 24, 12:00 – September 25, 12:30Registration is open from 11:00 on September 24.

Information for registered poster– size of poster 90x 120 cm portrait format– posters can be hung on the 24th of September from 11:00 and should be done by 12:00– poster should be removed after the end of the conference on the 25th. You are responsible for your poster. Forgotten posters will not be saved.
During the poster session 17:15-19 on the 24th of September we would appreciate if you are available by your poster for discussions and questions. During the Magnet mingle on the 25th you are also welcome to be by your poster.

VenueWallenberg Conference Center, Medicinaregatan 20 A, Gothenburg

Registration to the Conference
The registration is closed.

Program

24 September
11:00 Registration opensPosters are to be hung up from 11:00 and should be done by 12:00.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Start of conference
13:00 – 13:15 Opening Program DirectorsChristofer Edling, WASP-HSOlli Kallioniemi, DDLSAnders Ynnerman, WASPChair, Rebecka Jörnsten
13:15-14:00 Keynote speaker Sunduz KelesIntegrative Approaches to Single-Cell Genomics for Personalized MedicineChair, Rebecka Jörnsten
14:05- 14:50 Keynote speaker Ross KingThe Automation of ScienceChair, Rebecka Jörnsten
14:50-15:20 Coffee
15:20-16:20 Project presentation WASP DDLS (4 *15 min)Christopher Sprague, Incorporating Stability Into Flow MatchingBjörn Wallner, Improved protein structure prediction by adding noise at inferenceHedvig Kjällström TBDAlexander Schliep and Pär Mattsson Molecular simulation and machine learning to delineate target binding of therapeutic oligonucleotidesChair, Päivi Östling
16:20-17:05 Project presentation WASP-HS DDLS (3* 15 min)Harald Hammarström, Linguistic Diversity Through the Prism of BiodiversityStanley Greenstein, AI in the Health Care Sector – Legal ChallengesSonja Aits, Mapping the Nexus of Biodiversity, Climate Change, Human Society and Health using Large Language Models and other Data Science ApproachesChair, Stefan Larsson
17:15: – 19:00 Finger food and poster session

25 September
08:30-9:30 Project presentation WASP DDLS (4*15 min)Ingrid Hotz, Tino Ebbers, Characterization and visualization of cardiac spectral imaging dataSebastian Westenhoff, cryoSPHERE: Single-particle heterogeneousreconstruction from cryo EMAndreas Kerren, Visual Analytics for Enhancing Quality and Trust in Genome-wide Expression Clustering and AnnotationMinh Hoang Vu, Anonymization of Data in Precision Medicine ResearchChair, Olli Kallioniemi
09:30-10:45 Magnet mingle including coffeeChair, Rebceka Jörnsten and Christofer Edling
10:45-11:30 Keynote Speaker: Klaus HøyerAll the data from everywhere all at once: data integration, AI imaginaries, and their unpredictable outcomesChair, Christofer Edling
11:30-12:15 Panel on common research challengesSunduz Keles, Ross King, Klaus Hoyer, Andreas Kerren, Tino EbbersModerators, Rebecka Jörnsten and Stefan Larsson
12:15 Closing remarks, Program DirectorsChristofer Edling, WASP-HSOlli Kallioniemi, DDLSRebecka Jörnsten WASP
12:30 Lunch to go

Keynote Speakers

Sunduz Keles

Title: Integrative Approaches to Single-Cell Genomics for Personalized MedicineBio: Dr. Keles obtained her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of California at Berkeley. After a year-long postdoctoral appointment at UC Berkeley, she joined the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics and the Department of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has twenty years of experience in developing statistical and computational methods for genomics, including serving as an ENCODE PI, and pioneering foundational statistical models for leveraging multi-mapping reads in high throughput sequencing data analysis (ChIP-seq, Hi-C).
Her research interests span developing statistical and computational methods for denoising and signal extraction from sequencing data and modeling of high dimensional data. Her computational approaches led to fundamental contributions on how GATA factors mediate transcriptional regulation in HSPCs and erythroid cells. Dr. Keles is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Klaus Lindgaard Høyer

Title: All the data from everywhere all at once: data integration, AI imaginaries, and their unpredictable outcomesBio: Klaus Hoeyer is professor of Medical Science and Technology Studies at the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies, University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on the links between policy, practice and experience in relations to medical research and clinical practice. In recent years, he has focused mainly on what he calls intensified data sourcing in healthcare and how it interacts with and changes the health services. This research is primarily financed by the European Research Council.

Ross D. King

Title: The automation of scienceBio: Ross D. King did his PhD on applying machine learning to predicting protein structure at the Turing Institute in Glasgow. He has joint positions at Chalmers Institute of Technology, and the University of Cambridge. He is one of the most experienced machine learning researchers in Europe.
His main research interest is the interface between computer science and science. He originated the idea of a ‘Robot Scientist’: integrating AI and laboratory robotics to physically implement closed-loop scientific discovery. His Robot Scientist ‘Adam’ was the first machine to autonomously discover scientific knowledge. His Robot Scientist ‘Eve’ is currently searching for drugs against neglected tropical diseases, and COVID. His other core research interest is DNA computing.

Hedvig Kjellström

Title: Unraveling the secrets of nature’s high-performance fiberBio: Hedvig Kjellström is a Professor in the Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and also affiliated with Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish e-Science Research Centre, and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany. She received an MSc in Engineering Physics and a PhD in Computer Science from KTH in 1997 and 2001, respectively, and thereafter worked at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, before returning to a faculty position at KTH. Her present research focuses on methods for enabling artificial agents to interpret human and animal behavior. These ideas are applied in the study of human aesthetic bodily expressions such as in music and dance, modeling and interpreting human communicative behavior, and the understanding of animal behavior and experiences. In order to accomplish this, methods are developed for agents to perceive the world and build representations of it through vision.
Hedvig has received several prizes for her research, including the 2010 Koenderink Prize for fundamental contributions in computer vision. She has written around 150 papers in the fields of computer vision, machine learning, robotics, information fusion, cognitive science, speech, and human-computer interaction. She is mostly active within computer vision, where she is an Editor-in-Chief for CVIU, a Program Chair for CVPR 2025, and regularly serves as Area Chair for the major conferences.

Ingrid Hotz

Title: Characterization and visualization of cardiac spectral imaging dataBio: Ingrid Hotz is a professor at Linköping University in Sweden, leading the Scientific Visualization group in the Department of Science and Technology. She holds an M.S. in theoretical physics from Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Kaiserslautern. Hotz has held research positions at the Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV) at UC Davis, the Zuse Institute Berlin, and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Since 2015, she has been a professor at Linköping University and was named the Dr. Ram Kumar IISc Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Science in 2022.
Her research focuses on scientific visualization and topological data analysis, aiming to develop advanced visual analysis tools for complex datasets across various fields, including engineering, physics, chemistry, and medicine. She integrates methods from computer science and mathematics, such as computer graphics and computational topology, with a participatory design approach to ensure practical and relevant solutions.

Tino Ebbers

Title: Characterization and visualization of cardiac spectral imaging dataBio: Tino Ebbers is a professor of physiological measurements at Linköping University, with a focus on cardiac imaging, modeling, and simulation. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Linköping University. After completing his PhD, he worked at Philips Medical Systems before returning to academia. He also served as a visiting professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
With over 100 publications in leading scientific journals and numerous contributions to international conferences, Tino Ebbers has made a significant impact through his multidisciplinary approach to merging technical research with clinical applications. He is best known for pioneering 4D flow MRI, a breakthrough technology now widely used to study cardiovascular blood flow in both research and clinical settings. His contributions have greatly advanced cardiovascular imaging and led to major innovations in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of cardiovascular diseases.

Background
Since 2021 the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) and the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) are collaborating through joint research projects with the ultimate goal of solving ground-breaking research questions across disciplines.
In line with this, the programs will now host the first joint annual conference, where common research topics are highlighted. Additionally, the increasingly important humanity and societal aspects of the research will be addressed through participation of the WASP-HS program (Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society).
WASPDDLSWASP-HS

Open Calls
The conference is an opportunity to find collaborators for the two open calls:
WASP-DDLS: NEST projects https://wasp-sweden.org/calls/call-for-joint-wasp-and-ddls-nests/
WASP-HS-DDLS: Research Initiation Grants for Data-Driven Life Sciences and Society https://wasp-hs.org/open-call-research-initiation-grants-for-data-driven-life-sciences-and-society/

Queering AI
2024-10-02 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online via Zoom
About

Program and Roundtables

Registration

More

Join us for the WASP-HS Community Reference Meeting (CRM) Queering AI as we delve into a transdisciplinary dialogue focusing on queer perspectives on AI developments, implementations, and discourse. Queer theory offers valuable insights by shedding light on often overlooked perspectives, particularly those at the margins, and exposing the various power imbalances inherent in AI systems. Moreover, it presents an opportunity to critically examine and challenge the fundamental principles underlying contemporary epistemologies of datafication and automation. By engaging with queer theory, we can foster necessary discussions surrounding the potentials and limitations of data-driven technologies across diverse domains such as health, well-being, nature, culture, law, media, and communication.
We look forward to welcoming researchers and representatives from both private and public sectors to this online event taking place on October 2 over Zoom. Save the date in your calendar already now.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
13.00 – 13.05 – IntroductionChristofer Edling, Professor of Sociology and WASP-HS Program Director
13.05 – 13.10 – Keynote IntroductionMatilda Tudor, Researcher at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala UniversityKarin Danielsson, Associate Professor at Department of Informatics and Director of Humlab at Umeå University
13.10-13.50 – Keynote and Q&A

Keynote title: AI’s Anti-Queer Turn in the Philosophy of KnowledgeKeynote: Daniella Gati, Lecturer in Games & Interactive Media, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.Keynote abstract: This keynote addresses the epistemology of AI, that is, the shift that AI is causing in how knowledge is understood and created. I discuss the underlying statistical notions of how AI constructs and transmits knowledge, and assess these notions from a queer theoretical point of view.

13.50-14.35 – Roundtable discussions

AI, Data, and KnowledgeChair: Daniella Gati, Lecturer in Games & Interactive Media, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.This roundtable invites participants to discuss the different roles of data and algorithm in how AI creates knowledge and shapes our worldview. We ask how queer perspectives, both theoretical and lived, can be used to push AI knowledge production in more equitable and just directions.

Power and TheoryChair: Ericka Johnson, Professor of Gender Studies at Linköping UniversityWe can express our identity through our ways of being in the world, which influences how people categorize us in different contexts—this makes identity performative. However, these performances are shaped by constraints—power dynamics that define what is possible. Different contexts and power structures allow for different types of identity performances. How are performative identities and disciplining power structures interpreted by, and shaped by, AI?

LLMs, Gender, and UsChair: Hannah Devinney, Postoc at the Department of Thematic Studies at Linköping UniversityGenerative AI, such as ChatGPT, have experienced a sharp rise in the past year, opening conversations about – among other concerns – bias, representation, stereotyping, and toxicity. These types of AI-systems are now being applied in a wide variety of context including chatbots, internet search, virtual assistants, predictive text, and wholesale text generation. How will these technologies impact the way we experience, talk about, and perform gender? What stereotypes do we risk (re)entrenching through the use of these AI-systems? Are there ways to leverage these tools to instead mitigate or counter patriarchy and cisnormativity? Who might benefit, and at whose expense? The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss and explore the ways gender, language, and power meet within the context of generative AI.

14.35-14.55 – Joint wrap up for discussionsMatilda Tudor, Researcher at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala UniversityKarin Danielsson, Associate Professor at Department of Informatics and Director of Humlab at Umeå University
14.35 -14.55 – Closing remarksChristofer Edling, Professor of Sociology and WASP-HS Program Director

Registration
The registration is closed.

More About WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings
WASP-HS Community Reference Meetings serves as meeting places for the WASP-HS researchers and representatives from private and public organisations. Each meeting has a specially selected theme with the aim of bringing business and research together to expand knowledge and strengthen collaboration. After each Community Reference Meeting a report is published on the WASP-HS website based on the discussions held, including suggestions for future steps on the topics. See previously published CRM reports.

PhD Defense - Assemble Care // Align Data: An Ethnographic Study of Datafication in Swedish Public Care
2024-10-11 13:15 - 15:15 (Europe/Stockholm) | Agardhsalen 11D257, Karlstad University
Petter Falk, defends his doctoral thesis “Assemble Care // Align Data: An Ethnographic Study of Datafication in Swedish Public Care”, at Karlstad University.
Abstract
You sit in a quiet room at your local healthcare clinic. Tests are run, assessments made, and your data is woven into the threads of an electronic health record. Or perhaps you find yourself in the social care office, where the social worker listens intently to your concerns, gently nodding as your words are documented as data, one keystroke at a time. Care is assembled as data is aligned. Today, digital data has become a prerequisite for public care. Increasingly, more aspects of who we are as care subjects and what public care does in its practices depend on data, which also normalizes its production, use and utilization. This process is called datafication. This study explores datafication within Swedish public care, focusing on how data emerges and how it affects the subjects of care, as well as the data that is produced, processed, and utilized in public care settings. The research employs an ethnographic approach, rooted in the theoretical framework of assemblage as articulated by Deleuze and Guattari. By examining the practical and socio-technical dimensions of datafication, the study uncovers how small, seemingly inconsequential practices aggregate to influence broader ramifications for care subjects of Swedish public care, and for public welfare in general.
Read full thesis.
Supervisor
Mikael Granberg, Professor of Political Science, Karlstad UniversityJohan Quist, Associate Professor in Business Administration, Karlstad University
Opponent
Lina Dencik, opponent, Professor, Goldsmiths, University of London
Read more about the defence.
