Malin Backman defends her doctoral thesis, “Essays on Women in the Labor Market: Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work,” at Uppsala University. Abstract Essay I: I study how digital skill requirements affect the gender composition of new hires in female-dominated administrative occupations in Sweden from 2006 to 2016. I track the prevalence of digital […]
Kashyap Haresamundram, defends his doctoral thesis “Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User perception of anthropomorphism, mind, and trust in humanlike social agents”, at Lund University (LTH). Abstract Advancements in AI and Robotics have made it possible, at least to some extent, for technology to interact with humans in humanlike ways, such as being able to use natural […]
Creating a Research Network to Foster Women's Partcipation in Technoscience Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. While feminist approaches to technoscience are getting increasing attention, the HRI/AI/HCI fields are still male-dominated. Similarly, new technologies, from assistive robots to chatbots, are often imbued with […]
Maria Arnelid defends her doctoral thesis, "The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population," at Linköping University. Click here for a link to DIVA, with more information about the dissertation. Click here for a link to the event page at Linköping University. Abstract In Sweden, a particular […]
Pasko Kisic Merino defends his doctoral thesis, "Enjoying the Fall - The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security" at Karlstad University. Click here for a link to DIVA, with more information about the dissertation. Click here for a link to the event page at Linköping University. Abstract Over the past […]
Christian Kammler defends his doctoral thesis, “Modeling norms for social simulations: increasing realism in social simulations to support decision makers in their decision making” at Umeå University. Abstract It is very challenging for policymakers and other decision makers to make any kind of decision on a new policy, as the reaction of a person to […]
Jakob Stenseke defends his doctoral thesis, "How to build nice robots: Ethics from theory to machine implementation," at Lunds University. Click here for a link to the dissertation. Click here for a link to the event page at Lund University. Abstract This thesis investigates morality from a computational perspective by examining how machines can be […]
Det senaste decenniet har EU lagstiftat på en mängd olika områden som alla har bäring på hur teknik av olika slag skapas och hanteras. Få branscher och sektorer undgår effekterna av de nya reglerna, oavsett om det handlar om offentlig eller privat verksamhet. Ambitionen har varit att stärka grundläggande rättigheter (integritet och dataskydd) samt söka […]
Andreas Brännström, defends his doctoral thesis "Formal methods for verification in human-agent interaction", at Umeå University. Abstract Formal verification is essential for ensuring that systems behave according to their mathematical specifications. However, applying formal verification to human-agent interactions presents unique challenges due to the dynamic nature of human mental states and behaviors. Unlike traditional verification tasks, […]
Maksymilian M. Kuźmicz, defends his doctoral thesis "Proactive Balancing: AI-driven Video-based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests", at Stockholm University. Abstract This thesis aims to propose a method of balancing and identify appropriate legal tools of balancing in the context of AI-driven video-based Active Assisted Living (AAL) technologies. AAL represents a suite of […]
