WASP-HS

AI and Healthcare
2021-03-25 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
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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.
In this meeting, WASP-HS brings together academics and practitioners to discuss these issues and build the foundation for further analysis for the field of healthcares.

Program and Roundtables
Please note that the whole event takes place online via Zoom and is held in English.
13:00-13:15 – Introduction by Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS Program Director and Professor in Responsible AI at Umeå University
13:15-13:30 – Keynote

Keynote title: Human-Centric Care in the Age of Digital
Keynote: Maja Fjaestad, State Secretary to the Minister for Health and Social Affairs of Sweden

13:30-14:25 – Roundtable discussions

Harmonising Diverse Patient Data for Person-Centered Care
Chair: Ericka Johnson, Professor, Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA), Linköping UniversityCo-chair: Katherine Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA), Linköping University

Data Work in Biomedical AI: The Hidden Challenges of Data, Pretraining, and Ground Truths
Chair: Francis Lee, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at the division for Science, Chalmers UniversityCo-chair: Magnus Boman, Professor, Division of Software and Computer Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Citizen’s Perspective on Human-Centered AI for Illness Prevention
Chair: Helena Lindgren, Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå UniversityCo-chair: Ingeborg Nilsson, Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University

Social Robotics and Trustworthy Human-Robot Interaction in Healthcare
Chair: Ginevra Castellano, Professor in Intelligent Interactive Systems, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala UniversityCo-chair: Katie Winkle, Digital Futures Postdoctoral Research fellow, Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

14:25-15:00 – Reflections from the roundtables

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

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Q&A on Upcoming Calls PhD in Society and innovative Collaborations Projects
2021-02-18 09:00 - 10:00
The WASP-HS Program Office is arranging an online Q&A meeting about the two calls PhD in Society and Innovative collaboration projects.
The Q and A meeting will be held on 18 February, 09.00-10.00 (CET).
If you would like to participate in the meeting, please express your interest by sending an email to contact@wasp-hs.org before 16 February.

PhD in Society
The program PhD in Society aims to strengthen the position of Swedish industry and public organisations by financing the PhD research supporting collaborations between Swedish organisations and universities in research directions in the humanities and social sciences. This PhD research should target specific problems in an area of application of AI and/or autonomous systems with wide societal implications, where there is currently a mismatch of expertise or competences in humanities or social sciences. Swedish universities are invited to prepare proposals together for a research topic for a PhD position together with Swedish public or private organisations. Proposals can be submitted by researchers affiliated with humanities or social sciences faculties or equivalent.
Application deadline: 19 March 2021
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Innovative Collaboration Projects
The program Innovative Collaboration Projects aims in particular to strengthen the scientific competence of young researchers through a competitive program of collaboration with public and/or private partners, in research directions related to the humanities and social sciences. This research targets specific problems in an area of application of AI and/or autonomous systems with wide societal implications, where there is currently a mismatch of expertise or competences in humanities or social sciences. These projects should strengthen the vision of WASP-HS of excellent multidisciplinary research with high societal relevance for Sweden. Universities are invited to prepare proposals for a research project together with other universities and with Swedish public or private organisations.
Application deadline: 19 March 2021
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Winter Conference 2021
2021-02-09 13:00 - 2021-02-11 14:00
Welcome to the first annual WASP-HS Winter Conference.
The conference will take place online between 9-11 February, 2021. The program will include presentations by invited speakers, PhD project presentations, project presentations and discussion sessions. Abstracts will be published in a conference proceedings available on the WASP-HS web site.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 January, 2021Deadline for regular participation: 1 February, 2021Conference dates: 9-11 February, 2021

Keynote

Mark S. MillerChief Scientist at Agoric

Keynote Predictive Minds in a Socio-Technological Niche

Program

9 February
13:00 IntroductionWASP-HS Graduate School Director Christian Balkenius
13:30 Student papers session 1Maria Arnelid: Envisioning Robotic CareIsabel García: Bodies as Mirroring Identities. Designing Care RobotsAnna Laura Huckelba: the Role of Digital Companions as Social ActorsPrahalad Kashyap Haresamudram: Consumer Perception of Artificial IntelligenceAndreas Brännström: Strategic Argumentation to Deal with Interactions Between Intelligent Systems and HumansGregor Rettenegger: Let’s Keep Talking. How AI Could Help to Investigate and Debunk Conspiracy Theories Online
15:00 Break
15:30 Student papers session 2Denitsa Saynova: Word Embedding Methods for Discovering Terms of Disagreement Between Political PartiesEren Yildiz: Goal Directed Dialogue Management Systems With Social ContextEmil Häglund: AI-Driven Contextual CommunicationRachael Garrett: A Corporeal Ethics for Autonomous TechnologiesSilvia A. Carretta: Legal Accountability of Autonomous Thinking AI SystemsHoda Hosseiny: Algorithmic Surveillance by States, the Question of Safeguards
17:00 End

10 February
09:00 Student papers session 3Alicja Ostrowska: What Counts as “Life” in the Context of AI?Appu Balachandran: New Managerial Approaches to Develop Complex Intelligent Systems in the Context of Integration of Model-Based and Data-Driven MethodsElinor Särner: Development of Management and Design Methods When Complexity Goes Beyond Human ComprehensionBijona Troqe: Exploring New Prerequisites for Organisational Decision Making in the Context of Complex Intelligent Systems
10:00 Break
10:30 Student papers session 4Mafalda Gamboa: Mechanical Wisps. Research Through Design of Playful Companion DronesAmandus Krantz: Non-Verbal Signals of Trust and Group Identification in Humans and RobotsDominika Lisy: In-Corpo-Real Robot-Dreams. Empathy, Skin, and BoundariesKristina Popova: Corporeal Ethics of Aerial Drones. Video-Ethnographic ApproachJakob Stenseke: How to Build Nice Robots. Three Pathways to Moral MachinesClàudia Figueras: Social Impact of AI and Social Impact on AI. Empowering the General Public
10:30 – 11:30 Intro to WASP-HS for new projects
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Presentations of new projectsSlides + 2 minute pitch (30m) followed by discussion
14:00 Student papers session 5Christian Kammler: Modelling Social Reality for Social SimulationsPasko Kisic Merino: Bullet With Butterfly Wings. AI-Fuelled Social Media, Borders, and Radical Right-Wing PopulismMalin Backman: The Post-Digitalization Labor MarketLuís Gustavo Ludescher: Implications of AI on Democracy and Self-Determination
15:00 Break
15:30 Keynote Mark S. Miller: Predictive Minds in a Socio-Technological Niche
17:00 End

11 February
09:00 Project presentationsEmma Engström: Which Factors Influence the Adoption of AI-Driven Recommender Features in Mobile Apps?Emma Engström: Prevalence and Implications of AI’s Spread by Infusion into Preexisting ApplicationsJohan Eddebo: Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Dignity
10:15 Break
10:30 Student papers session 6Lovisa Rambjer: The Field-Specific Responses to Occupational DeclineErik Campano: Are Autonomy Algorithms Acceptable? Advancing a New Debate in Medical AI EthicsYoushan Yu: Managing the Tension Between Criticality and Generativity in Complex Intelligent SystemsKatarzyna Söderlund: The Principle of Transparency in Automated Systems – An Empirical StudyPetter Falk: Reassembling the Citizen the Political Ontology of Data-Driven Welfare ServicesJabbar Hussain: Trusting Simulated CT ImagesZiming Wang: Investigate Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in the Context of Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Panel: What does it mean to do multidisciplinary research?Moderator: Christian BalkeniusPanelists: Frank Dignum, Ericka Johnsson, Ingar Brinck,
14:00 End

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AI for Humanity and Society 2020
2020-11-18 13:30 - 16:45
Welcome to the 1st WASP-HS Conference on AI, Humanity and Society – a meeting place for dialogue on humanity and societal aspects on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems transform the way we work, live our lives and solve problems. This technology has the potential to improve people’s well-being and contribute to social and environmental sustainability. At the same time, we also see an increased concern about the potential risks with AI. Massive efforts create many opportunities to shape how the society and people’s everyday life develop. Welcome to participate in the dialogue!The program includes panels with leading researchers and practitioners, and a musical intermezzo based on AI generated music. The full program will be announced soon.

Conference Program and Schedule

18 November
13:30 WelcomeKarin Danielsson, Program Coordinator, WASP-HS, introduces the speakers.Peter Wallenberg Jr, Wallenberg FoundationsKerstin Sahlin, Chair WASP-HSVirginia Dignum, Program Director WASP-HSCecilia Garme, moderator
13:45 Musical intermezzo Machine generated folk musicPerformed by members of The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Machine Folk Music, under direction of Bob Sturm. Followed by a presentation on running projects in the WASP-HS program.
14:00 Minister for Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman
14:15 Panel on Society and AIPeter Wallenberg Jr, Wallenberg FoundationsOskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala UniversitySara Öhrvall, SEBAnja Kaspersen, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International AffairsMarietje Schaake, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
15:00 Musical intermezzo Machine generated folk musicPerformed by members of The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Machine Folk Music, under direction of Bob Sturm. Followed by a presentation on running projects in the WASP-HS program.
15:15 Panel on Humanity and AIKjell Asplund, WASP-HSIngar Brinck, WASP-HSJohan Bocander, SEBVanessa Evers, NTU SingaporeJuha Heikkilä, European Commission
16:00 ConclusionsVirginia Dignum, Program Director, WASP-HS
16:15 Musical intermezzo Machine generated folk musicPerformed by members of The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Machine Folk Music, under direction of Bob Sturm.Project presentationsInformal chat
16:45 Program ends

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Registration for AI for Humanity and Society 2020 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.

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Open Invitation to Collaborate with WASP-HS
2020-02-12 13:00 - 17:00
Welcome to an open meeting to introduce the WASP-HS program to discuss the plans and possibilities for collaboration between WASP-HS and public and private partners in Sweden.
Increasingly, AI and autonomous systems are changing the way we work, live and solve problems. Most public and private organisations, large and small, are already using or considering using AI-related technology and are confronted with many questions concerning opportunities and the risks associated with AI. Many of these questions, relating to the social impact, ethical and legal alignment, transparency, privacy, fairness and explanability, require a broad perspective, rather than a pure technological solution.
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) aims to realize excellent research and develop competence on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems for humanities and society.
Open invitationWASP-HS is happy to invite you for a meeting on 12 February. The focus of this meeting is to introduce the program to discuss the plans and possibilities for collaboration between WASP-HS and public and private partners in Sweden.
This event takes place on 12 February 2020 from 13.00-17.00 at Näringslivets hus, Storgatan 19, 114 51 Stockholm.
The event will be in English and participation is free of charge.

Registration
Registration is closed.
The event is fully booked at this moment. As we aim to reach as many as organisations as possible and the space is limited, we will let you know by 2 February 2020 if your registration has been accepted.

PI Meeting 2019
2019-12-05 08:00 - 17:00
A meeting for the WASP-HS program will take place on 5 December for the 2019 accepted WASP-HS projects. Read more here about the 16 projects.
The meeting will be held in Stockholm and is by invitation only, targeted towards the members of WASP-HS´s projects.

Keynote
Luciano FloridiProfessor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information and Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, University of Oxford

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