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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Digital Prior Restraint: Can Freedom of Expression Survive Upload Filters?
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nAcross Europe\, automated upload filters are increasingly used by social media platforms to screen content before it’s published—a practice that raises important questions about freedom of expression. These technologies are used as a measure to effectively limit the dissemination of terrorist content\, of publications infringing copyright\, among others. \nWhether used voluntarily or mandated by law\, these technologies can amount to a form of prior restraint\, potentially limiting speech before it even reaches the public. \nThis webinar delves into the legal and human rights implications of upload filters under EU law. We’ll explore how both mandatory and voluntary filtering mechanisms are regulated by EU secondary legislation\, and how these rules interact with fundamental rights protections. Drawing on European Court of Human Rights case law\, the discussion will also highlight the procedural and institutional safeguards needed to prevent overreach\, including the rights to a fair trial and to an effective remedy. \nThis webinar is jointly organised by Örebro University and the Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS). \nSpeakers\nEmmanuel Vargas Penagos\, PhD researcher in AI and Law – Örebro University \nPietro Ortolani\, Professor – Faculty of Law of Radboud University \nJoan Barata Mir\, Senior Legal Fellow – The Future of Free Speech \nSilvia Caretta\, Joint Doctoral Candidate in EU private law at Uppsala University & the WASP-HS Graduate School \nModerator\nMartin Ebers \nRead more about this webinar!\n 
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/webinar-the-digital-prior-restraint-can-freedom-of-expression-survive-upload-filters-2/
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Högberg defends her doctoral thesis\, “Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise\,” at Lund University (LTH). \nClick here for a link to the event page at Lund University. \nAbstract\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly researched and applied for medical knowledge discovery and to support or automate clinical decision-making. The aim of this thesis is to increase the knowledge on (1) how AI experts\, radiologists\, and standardizers make sense of AI\, in the processes of medical AI development\, clinical use and standardization\, and (2) how this sensemaking contributes to configurations of AI transparencies and expertise in sociotechnical entanglements. Specifically\, I study the research questions: How are AI experts that are involved in developing AI for medical purposes\, and medical professionals\, making sense of medical AI? How is AI transparency made sense of in standardizations? And how are AI transparencies made and expertise (re)configured in these processes and sociotechnical entanglements? In studying these questions\, I focus on different actors’ practices and reasoning about: ground truthing and transparency in the development of medical AI\, integrating and critically engaging with AI in clinical work\, and standardization of AI transparency. \nTheoretically\, this thesis is situated in the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS)\, sociology\, information science\, communication studies and organization studies. An epistemological underpinning of this thesis is the entanglement of social actions and technological and material artefacts. This entails an understanding of the research topic as involving knowledge-making phenomena where the social and the technical\, the human and the non-human\, are co-constituted in sociotechnical assemblages. Empirically\, the research is conducted in three studies using different methods. In the studies\, different actors are engaged through: interviews and observations with AI experts working with AI development for medicine and healthcare\, a survey study of breast radiologists’ views regarding the integration of AI in breast cancer screening\, and a practice-oriented document analysis focusing standard-making of AI transparency. In total\, this thesis shows how medical AI is as much a sociotechnical matter as a technical or clinical endeavor. It highlights the complexity of making sense of AI\, by different actors’ reasonings and practices and through different processes. Both the role of opacity mitigating practices\, as well as the challenges of making AI transparent\, are made visible. Moreover\, this thesis shows the importance of empirical insights\, and stakeholder and context–sensitive approaches to better understand how medical AI is made sense of and how expertise is reconfigured in the process. \nSupervisor\nStefan Larsson\, Associate Professor of Technology and Social Change at Lund University \nKristina Lång\, Associate Professor in the Division of Diagnostic Radiology\, Lund University \nKatja de Vries\, Associate Professor of Public Law at Uppsala Universitet \nOpponent\nMaja Hojer Bruun\, Associate Professor at Aarhus University\, Denmark.
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-making-sense-of-medical-ai-the-making-of-ai-transparencies-and-configuration-of-expertise/
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence – Part 3
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nCreating a research network to foster woman’s partcipation in technoscience.\nTopic: We Should All Be Feminists in Software Engineering \nPractical Information\nThe workshop is arranged in a hybrid format on June 4\, 2025: \n– 13.00 – 14.00: Hybrid lecture on zoom.– 14.15 to 15.00 On-site lecture plus workshop\, Lund Sweden. \nInvited speaker: Letizia Jaccheri –  Professor of Computer Science\,Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) \nRegistration and more information\nRegister for the workshop here! \nAbstract\nSoftware engineering is a paradigm of human activities that incorporates our problem-solving capabilities\, cognitive aspects\, and social interaction. Software is an infrastructure of all industries and societies around the world\, serving global users of all genders. However\, there is a current gender gap in both the development and operations of software products and services. In 2023\, internet users reached 5.3 billion\, constituting 65.7% of the world population. About 70% of males and 63% of females globally use the internet\, but merely 5.17% of the worldwide software developer population (27 millions) is comprised of women. \n \nGender studies is a growing research topic in software engineering as it re-lates to the diversity and inclusion issues for performing and healthy teamwork. Several studies have been devoted to understanding the relation between gender and software engineering. \nIn the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and increasing automation in software industry\, the role of humans is even more emphasized across age\, culture and gender. However\, the engagement of genders in Software Engineering is not uniform. It is important to address the gender gap in software engineering urgently when new AI intensive software systems are being created because there is a risk that AI generated software perpetuates sexist assumptions and ideologies. \n \nFeminism can be defined as both a theoretical perspective and a social move-ment aiming to diminish and ultimately eliminate sexist inequality and oppres-sion. The concept of intersectionality explores the interconnectedness of social differences\, including race\, gender\, class\, ethnicity\, sexuality\, and nationality. Feminism draws attention to the systemic power dynamics emerging from the interaction of various dimensions of social difference across individual\, institu-tional\, cultural\, and societal spheres of influence. \n \nThe goal of this lecture is to learn about software engineering and gender research\, and to discuss the state of the art about gender issues in core topics of software engineering. The lecture will provide participants with a clear definition and understanding of Software Engineering and gender and explain the origins and historical context that led to the emergence of this field. The intended audience for the lecture includes researchers\, software engi-neers\, policy-makers\, educators as well as anyone who is interested in the inter-section of technology and social issues. \n \nThis work is partially supported by the EUGAIN COST Action CA19122 – European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics.
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/workshop-girls-just-want-to-have-scaience-part-3/
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing
DESCRIPTION:Emil Häglund defends his doctoral thesis\, Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing\, at Umeå University. \nClick here for a link to the event page at Umeå University \nAbstract\nAs privacy concerns increase and regulation against tracking-based advertising tightens\, contextual advertising\, which targets ads based on webpage content rather than personal data\, offers a compelling alternative. The shift towards this alternative form of ad targeting is gaining momentum thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence (AI)\, which significantly improve the ability to interpret and categorize online content. This thesis explores how AI can interpret online contexts and leverage them for targeted\, privacy-conscious marketing. A key contribution is the development of methods for extracting opinions from text and structuring them into “opinion units”\, leveraging the power and versatility of large language models. Opinion units consist of concise\, context-rich excerpts that capture individual opinions\, paired with sentiment metadata. The proposed methods demonstrate high accuracy in opinion extraction and show promise for downstream applications. For instance\, in opinion search and topic modeling of customer reviews\, the compactness and distinctness of opinion units enhance retrieval precision and produce more coherent and interpretable groupings of opinions. This enables the identification of specific aspects driving customer satisfaction\, providing insights for product development and targeted marketing. Marketing experiments conducted in this thesis reveal how media contexts influence advertising perceptions. The findings demonstrate that engaging content and the credibility of website sources create a spillover effect\, enhancing the effectiveness of associated ads. Regarding brand safety—ensuring ads do not appear in brand-damaging contexts—the results suggest that proximity to negative news articles alone is not directly harmful. However\, marketers face increased risks when the advertised message is associated with a negative context. To mitigate these risks\, AI tools can be used to detect and avoid potentially unsafe online environments. Finally\, the thesis offers guidance on AI-driven ad targeting by outlining the trade-offs between contextual and personalized strategies\, as well as manual versus automated methods. The discussion considers key factors such as marketing objectives\, data availability\, and ethical considerations alongside regulatory requirements. The findings serve as a foundation for making well-informed\, strategic choices in the future of advertising targeting. \nSupervisor\nJohanna Björklund\, Associate Professor at Umeå University \nOpponent\nBernard Jansen\, Professor at Qatar Computing Research Institute.
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-artificial-intelligence-in-marketing-and-contextual-advertising/
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SUMMARY:AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives from PhD Graduates
DESCRIPTION:Newly minted PhD students from the Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society Graduate School discuss their insights into the implications and entanglements of AI for society and humanity. \nProgram\nEmpathy and Manipulation VerificationAndreas Brännström\, Umeå University \nDemocratic Subjects and Datafied WelfarePetter Falk\, Karlstad University \nSensemaking and Transparency of Medical AICharlotte Högberg\, Lund University \nNeoliberal Social Media Fuels Far-RightPasko Kisić-Merino\, Lund University \nProactive Balancing: Law and AIMaksymilian M. Kuźmicz\, Stockholm University \nThe event will take place online over Zoom on June 9 at 15-16. All are welcome and the event will be in English. \nRegister.
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/ai-and-society-fresh-perspectives-from-phd-graduates/
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense – AI Transparency in Trustworthy AI: From Metaphor to Governance Tool in EU Technology Regulation
DESCRIPTION:Katarzyna Söderlund defends her doctoral thesis\, “AI Transparency in Trustworthy AI: From Metaphor to Governance Tool in EU Technology Regulation\,” at Lund University (LTH). \nAbstract\nTransparency has emerged as a fundamental component of ethical AI guidelines around the world. In the European Union (EU)\, it is recognised as one of the core principles for fostering Trustworthy AI\, and serves as a cornerstone in building an ecosystem of trust within the AI governance framework. \nHowever\, to support these ambitious policy objectives\, the concept of transparency must be translated into clearly defined and implementable measures. Thus\, by employing a combination of legal-doctrinal and socio-legal approaches\, this compilation thesis aims to contribute to a clarified understanding of the concept of AI transparency in the EU’s AI governance discourses. I examine the concept of AI transparency across four levels of abstraction: as a stand-alone objective\, as a governance ideal\, as a governance tool\, and as a ‘floating signifier’. Focusing in particular on AI transparency as a governance ideal and as a governance tool in relation to the EU’s policymaking objective of Trustworthy AI\, I analyse how AI transparency has been conceptualised\, designed\, and implemented for two stakeholder groups — individuals and oversight bodies — within the governance frameworks of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)\, the Digital Services Act (DSA)\, and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). \nThe main argument advanced in the thesis is that while AI transparency directed at individuals (understood as data subjects\, service recipients\, and natural persons) remains relevant\, it is the effectiveness of oversight-oriented AI transparency that is crucial to the enforcement of the EU technology regulation and is\, ultimately\, foundational in the EU’s pursuit of Trustworthy AI. Although transparency is central to the EU’s vision for Trustworthy AI\, its effectiveness depends on how legal obligations are interpreted\, implemented\, and enforced in practice. \nOpponent\nAssociate Professor Lena Enqvist
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-ai-transparency-from-theoretical-concept-to-governance-tool-in-the-eu/
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SUMMARY:Joint Summer School on Resilience and Regulation
DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed. \nAbout the Event\nJoin us for the Joint Summer School on Resilience and Regulation\, arranged by the WASP Research Arenas Robotics\, Public Safety\, Media & Language\, and Operational Data\, as well as WASP-HS. \nThis year’s theme—Resilience and Regulation—centers on building safe and robust AI-driven systems while addressing the legal and regulatory frameworks shaping AI and autonomy. The summer school welcomes PhD students from various disciplines\, fostering interdisciplinary discussions on the challenges and opportunities in developing responsible and resilient autonomous technologies. \nThe program will feature a mix of lectures\, hands-on technical sessions\, workshops and student presentations\, with embedded discussions on regulatory and legal aspects across all tracks. Topics included in the tracks will be shared shortly. Beyond the academic experience\, the Summer School offers engaging social activities and a conference dinner. \nThis Summer School is a unique opportunity to explore your research at the intersection of technology\, regulation and resilience\, while connecting with peers from WASP and WASP-HS. \nTarget Groups\nThe main target group from WASP Graduate School is Class 2024\, however\, students from other classes are more than welcome to attend.  \nAll WASP-HS graduate students are expected to attend.  \nThere is a limited number of seats so please register as soon as possible. There will be a waiting list in case of high demand.   \nAccommodation  \nDuring this week\, Norrköping is hosting SM-veckan (a huge sports event). Accommodation is provided for all WASP-HS PhD students at Scandic Norrköping City. We suggest that you book your train tickets to Norrköping as soon as you get a confirmation of your participation. \n \nRead more on the WASP website.
URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/joint-summer-school-on-resilience-and-regulation/
CATEGORIES:Summer School
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