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Contribution 1: Workshop on #EuroGen: Mapping the Future with Generative AI

  • 35+ experts from the networks of excellence, ADRA, AI4Europe and the European commission attended and contributed to identifying core research challenges for advancing GenAI in Europe.
  • We had 4 experts talks about the core challenge for GenAI in Europe: Paul Lukowicz (DFKI) spoke about grounding GenAI in real world. Rudolph Triebel (DLR) and Michael Beetz  (DLR) complemented the vision and spoke about ways to give robots perception and cognition. John Shaw-Taylor concluded the pitches and spoke about human-centred human-AI collaboration.
  • Given the recent funding initiatives by the European Commission, which aim to allocate 3 billion euros towards the development of GenAI until 2027, we have identified the most pertinent scientific challenges to advance GenAI in Europe: low-resource multimodal GenAI, human-robot interaction and physical grounding of AI in real world.
  • Identifying the top application areas from the domains proposed by the European Commission that can benefit from GenAI: health, digital industry & climate change.

 

Contribution 2: Panel on Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusive Global Education

 

Contribution 3: Sharing experiences about using AI on Demand

 

Summary

Attendance mode: in-person and remote

Date: Thu 6. & Fri 7. June 2024

Location: Mannheim, Germany

Fees: Free participation

Registration: Closed

Publicity: By attending the event, you consent to the capturing and sharing of photos and videos taken during the event, both online and offline. The content is shared through Humane AI social media accounts (Linkedin, Facebook, X) and SCOPE social media accounts (Linkedin  and X)

Material: In (Agenda) section

 

In this two-day workshop,  we intend to provide participants from all social and behavioral sciences with tools and approaches on how artificial intelligence can be used profitably during the scientific process. It covers tutorials by experts on varying relevant topics such as literature research, automated transcription of interviews, writing papers, classification and coding of qualitative data, statistical analysis and data visualization.

Agenda

Thursday 6th of June (9:00 - 17:30)
Time Item
09:00 Opening & setting goals
09:15 Talk 1: Debucking myths about LWMs
by Paul Lukowicz: Professor @RPTU and Director @ German Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
10:00 Flash introductions (introduce yourself in 30 secs)
10:30 Coffee break (30 mins)
11:00 Talk 2: Qualitative analysis using AI
by Fiona Draxler: Postdoc @Mannheim Univerisity
11:50 Lunch break (1.5 hours)
13:30 Talk 3: How to use AI tools for: Quantitative analysis + Doing literature review + Paper writing cycle
by Razia Aliani: Consultant @ University of Sheffield & top research skills voice on linkedin
16:30 Coffee break (30 mins)
16:45 Group activity 1: Rewrite a paper you know using the tools you've learned
17:30 End of the day
19:00 Dinner (location will be sent later)

 

Friday 7th of June (9:00 -15:45)
Time Item
09:00 Talk 4: Creating synethetic users
by Hugo Alves: Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Synthetic Users company
09:45 Talk 5: Resources to do research using AI
by Passant Elagroudy:Postdoc @ German Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) + Project manager for Humane AI Net
09:55 Coffee break (15 mins)
10:10 Group activity 2: Part 1: Rethink an upcoming research paper (research planning, data collection, analysis, & paper writing)
12:00 Lunch break (~1.5 hours)
13:25 Group activity 2: Part 2: Present the research projects + how you changed them with AI
14:45 Group activity 3: Takeaways
15:00 Coffee break (15 mins)
15:15 SCOPE General assembly (project planning)
15:45 End of the day

Recordings

Coming soon on #AIonDemand Platform :)

Publicity

By attending the event, you consent to the capturing and sharing of photos and videos taken during the event, both online and offline. The content is shared through Humane AI social media accounts (Linkedin, Facebook, X) and SCOPE social media accounts (Linkedin  and X)

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Location

Mannheim Library: Schloss Ehrenhof Ost, Mannheim, Raum EO 162

Registration

  • Deadline for registration: May 12
  • Notification of Acceptance or Rejection: May 14

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpuhpC-IGqLnaw3HGzyhX3eiup-89tL8J93ZPuIz-sACk98g/viewform

Have questions?

Contact Talisa Schwall <Talisa.schwall@rptu.de>

Organizers

  • Passant Elagroudy, DFKI and RPTU-Kaiserslautern
  • Talisa Schwall, RPTU-Landau
  • Olga Zagovora, RPTU-Landau
  • Simone Mitzner, RPTU-Landau
  • Michaela Maier, RPTU-Landau

Acknowledgements

The workshop is organised by the SCOPE project of RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau in collaboration with Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) Kaiserlautern, Humane AI Net , AI on Demand, and University of Mannheim

Summary of Outputs

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Background

The “AI in Africa & SDGs: Bridging Networks and Fostering Climate Action” workshop, hosted by Naixus, aims to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) for advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on climate action in Africa. This event features a Half-Day Workshop exploring AI’s role in climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, and policy support for SDGs, alongside a Discovery Workshop facilitating brief, impactful presentations on AI innovations for SDGs. Designed to stimulate discussion, encourage collaboration, and showcase AI solutions, the workshop seeks to connect researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and communities across Africa.

By highlighting successful AI projects and fostering knowledge exchange, this initiative endeavors to strengthen networks for AI and SDGs in Africa, outline actionable strategies for leveraging AI in climate action, and contribute to the achievement of SDGs through innovative technological applications. Open to a wide range of participants, the workshop is a step towards creating a sustainable future through the intersection of AI technology and sustainable development in Africa.

Organizers

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Programme

Time Speaker Description
09:00 John Shawe-Taylor, Davor Orlic and Essa Mohamedali Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00 – 09:30 Joao Pita Cost, IRCAI, and Mustapha Zaouni, AI Africa Building an African Water Observatory from Open Data and AI
09:30 – 10:00 Simon Ndogo Ndung’u, Kabarak University A Data-driven Model for Sustainable Deployment of Water Resources in Africa
10:00 – 10:30 Victor Magnus Oldensand, Tanzania AI Community Twiga: the RAG-backed WhatsApp bot for Tanzanian Teachers
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Essa Mohamedali, Tanzania AI Community Improving the Use of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Protocols in Tanzania
11:30 – 12:00 Nirel Kadzo, CMU Africa "Hello Afrika”, Speech Commands in Kinyarwanda
12:00 – 12:30 Gabriel Isaac Lacson Ramolete, Aboitiz Data Innovation Opportunities for Property Valuation and Sustainable Growth with Machine Learning and Alternative Data in Kenya
12:30 – 13:00 Amal Nammouchi,
Sabrina Amrouche, AfriClimate AI		 Leveraging AI for Climate Resilience in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Need for Collaboration
13:00 – 13:30 Edmond Anthony Ng’walago Determination the use of digital tools solving energy-water inefficiency of irrigation systems

 

Background

Hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence and UNESCO Chair on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering at University College London (UCL), the UNESCO UK Chairs Conference at UCL brings together distinguished UNESCO Chairs from across the United Kingdom to discuss and advance their collective contributions to science, education, and sustainable development. The two-day event will focus on the theme of activating UK expertise and building partnerships to address global challenges and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Organizers

Event Contact

Programme

Time Speaker Description
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM John Shawe-Taylor, Dina D’Ayala Registration and Welcome Refreshments
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM ● Welcome remarks by Professor Anne Anderson, Chair, UK National Commission for UNESCO.

● Welcome remarks by Professor Nigel Tichiner-Hooker, Dean of UCL Engineering.

 Introduction and Welcome
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM ● Speakers: Professor Anne Anderson, Chair, UKNC. Professor David Drewry, Vice-Chair, UKNC and Professor David Hannah, UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, University of Birmingham.

● Speakers: Professor Dina D’Ayala, UNESCO Chair on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering, UCL and Professor John Shawe-Taylor, UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence, UCL.

 The Distinctive Contribution of UNESCO Chairs in advancing Science and Education, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Coffee Break
2:45 PM – 3.30 PM ● Moderator: Professor Dina D’Ayala, UCL.

● Contributors: Soichiro Yasukawa, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction Unit, UNESCO.

● Professor Richard Giulianotti, UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development, Loughborough University.

● Dr Nicola Gray, UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education, University of Huddersfield.

● Professor Leon Tikly, UNESCO Chair in Transforming Knowledge and Research for Just and Sustainable Futures, University of Bristol.

● Including contributions from attendees.

 Debate Discussion: Engaging and Influencing UNESCO Policy
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ● Borhene Chakroun, Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems, UNESCO

● Professor Juliet Thondhlana, UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development, University of Nottingham.

● Dr Ann Njeri, L’Oreal UNESCO fellow, Newcastle University.

● Dr Catherine Jere, UNESCO Co-Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation, University of East Anglia.

● Rovani Sigamoney, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa.

● Including contributions from attendees.

 Activating UNESCO Chair Contributions to UK and UNESCO Priorities; including Women and Girls’ Education and Campus Africa
5:00 PM – 5:10 PM ● Professor Anne Anderson, Chair, UKNC Concluding Remarks and Next Steps Day 1
5.30 PM – 7.30 PM ● Rockefeller Building, 21 University St, London WC1E 6DE Dinner Reception at the Grant Museum of Zoology
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Morning Coffee and Informal Networking
09:30 AM – 10:30 AM ● Presentations by UNESCO Chairs showcasing their projects and outcomes

● Emphasis on innovative approaches, research contributions, and educational impacts

● Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, University of Glasgow.

● Professor Robin Conningham, UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage

● Professor Ted Fuller, UNESCO Chair on Responsible Foresight for Sustainable Development, University of Lincoln.

 Session Topic to be determined by Chair contributions in advance. May include; Case Studies: Innovations and Impact through UNESCO Chairs following a call for contributions that could also be included in an online repository
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM ● John Carmichael, Head of Communications and Marketing, UKNC.

● Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, University of Glasgow and Professor Peter Frankopan, UNESCO Chair in Silk Roads Studies, University of Cambridge.

● Contributions from other chairs who have been successful in communicating their work.

 Comms Panel Debate: Enhancing the Visibility and Impact of UNESCO Chairs
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM ● Moderator: Professor Anne Anderson

● Emphasis on innovative approaches, research contributions, and educational impacts

 Follow-up and next steps, including Campus Africa engagement
12:15 PM – 13:00 PM ● Speaker: Colin de la Higuera, who in 2017, based on the project Class’Code contributed to launch in France, a UNESCO Chair in Technologies for the Training of Teachers by Open Educational Resources at the University of Nantes. Since 2020, he is Chief Equality Advocate at IRCAI. In 2021, UNESCO renewed the Chair in “Open Educational Resources and Artificial Intelligence”. Closing Keynote: UNESCO Chairs and Strategic Partnerships
13:00 PM ● Professor Anne Anderson, Chair, UK National Commission for UNESCO. Conference Close

Summary

Attendance mode: in-person - remote participation is not supported - Language: English.

Date: Tue, May 28 2024

Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany (DFKI)

Fees: Free participation

Registration: Register https://forms.gle/GjCd576ZwntV41zf6 by   May 8th 2024  extended to May 14th 2024  (We'd love to have you :) We have a couple of spots left, you can register & we'll confirm within 24 hours if you have a spot)

Publicity: By attending the event, you consent to the capturing and sharing of photos and videos taken during the event, both online and offline. The content is mainly shared through Humane AI social media accounts (Linkedin, Facebook, X)

Join us for a one-day Hackathon empowering parents to harness AI and cutting-edge tech for streamlined family life. We'll demonstrate how modern AI tools can empower busy individuals (such as stay-at-home parents and new expats) to seize business opportunities right from the comfort of their homes. No prior programming or AI tool experience is required!

🎯 Goal 1: Discover How AI Boosts Parenting Efficiency: Uncover the secrets of AI and how it can revolutionize your daily parental duties, making life smoother and more manageable.

🚀 Goal 2: Ignite Startup Innovation in Family Solutions:  Fuel your entrepreneurial spirit as we encourage rapid prototyping and the launch of new startups focused on family-oriented solutions powered by AI tools.

🎯🎯 Who Should Attend?🎯🎯 This event is tailored for parents seeking innovative solutions for family life and/or tech enthusiasts eager to dive into the world of AI. Others are also welcomed. 

Topics of Interest

The proposed solutions should tackle one or more of the following domains:

    1. Smart Parenting Tools: Explore AI-powered solutions tailored to simplify everyday parenting tasks.
    2. Efficient Scheduling: Learn how AI can optimize family schedules for better time management.
    3. Personalized Assistance: Discover how AI technologies provide personalized support for each family member.
    4. Quality Family Time: Enhance family bonding with AI-enabled activities and communication tools.
    5. Innovative Education: Explore the latest educational technologies for children, powered by AI.
    6. Health and Wellness: Utilize AI tools to promote healthier lifestyles and well-being for the whole family.
    7. Home Automation: Experience the convenience of AI-driven smart home devices for a more efficient household.
    8. Entrepreneurial Empowerment: Receive guidance on leveraging AI for business ideas to accelerate entrepreneurship ventures for families.

Participants can come up with their ideas and describe creative problems that they want to tackle in the hackathon event.

Expected Output

The teams can use any AI-powered tools to create mockups of their startups. We highly recommend using ChatGPT. Teams should create their accounts before the event. They should also use at least one tool presented in the workshop morning tutorials. 

Each team should submit the following items:

  1. Startup name + 300-500 words description of their idea
  2. Mock-up of their startup solving a family need using AI tools. 
  3. Give a talk about their solution

The outputs will potentially be published via the AI on Demand platform.

All attendees get a certificate of participation. Additionally, there will be 3 winning teams.

Tentative Agenda and Material

We reserve the right to update the event agenda. Lunch is provided.

Time Agenda Item (Tue 28/5 11:30 - 17:30)
11:30 Registration + prepping flash intros
12:00 Introduction
12:10 Flash introductions (introduce yourself in 30 secs)
12:30 Talk 1 (Hend Eldamaty): Family guru (how to use AI for parents)
13:00 Talk 2 (Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey): Mother AI
13:30 Lunch break
14:30 Talk 3 (Asif Shahriar): AI in Education
15:00 Talk 4 (M. Tahasunl Ibrahim): Ethics in AI
15:15 Intro for startup workshop & team distribution
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Group activity (workshop)
16:30 Pitching ideas & team presentations
17:00 Talk 5 (Paul Lukowicz): Future of AI
17:30 Closing

Speakers

  1. Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey: CEO/Founder Mother AI | Global Head of Inclusion for WOC Google | Think50 Radar '24 | Empower Working Parents to Learn AI Skills
  2. Hend ElDamaty: AI4Moms initiative- AI Copilot trainer-Microsoft competition winning AI 4 parenting App
  3. Asif Shahriar: PhD Candidate and Researcher in eLearning, specialising in Human-Computer Interaction. Expertise includes the design and implementation of chatbots in educational settings
  4. M. Tahasanul Ibrahim: Research Fellow in computer vision, machine learning, and data enhancement. He holds a Master of Science in Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Models and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Vision and Data Enhancement.
  5. Paul Lukowicz: Professor of AI University of Kaiserslautern & Scientific Director in the German Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

Publicity

By attending the event, you consent to the capturing and sharing of photos and videos taken during the event, both online and offline. The content is shared through Humane AI social media accounts (Linkedin, Facebook, X)

Tag us to re-share your posts: @humaneainet

Registration

You can come with your team, sign up alone and we assign you to a team or compete solo. The maximum size of a team is 3 members. 

Registration form: https://forms.gle/GjCd576ZwntV41zf6
Registration deadline: Rolling deadline May 8th 2024  extended to May 14th 2024 

We'd love to have you :) We have a couple of spots left, you can register & we'll confirm within 24 hours if you have a spot. 

Notifications of Acceptance or Rejection

  • Applied until May 14th? Notification email latest by May 10, 2024 May 16, 2024.
  • Applied after May 14th? Notification email after 24 hours (business days).

Please ensure that the email address provided in your application is accurate and regularly checked. We appreciate your patience and understanding

VISA Requests

If you need a VISA support letter, please email Siobhan O'Neill <siobhan.oneill[at]insight-centre.org> to expedite the process. Please include the following information:

  1. The full name like the passport
  2. Home Address (will be used to address the letter)

Please note that VISA support letters are only possible if you have successfully registered for the event and we have sent you an acceptance email. Please expect around 3 business days for processing time.

Planning your Trip

Event Location

DFKI GmbH (German Centre for Artificial Intelligence)

Address: Trippstadter Str. 122, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Google pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5NReSf7kc7tURi789

Website: https://www.dfki.de/web

Arriving to Kaiserslautern

Arriving by Train

The closest train station is called "Kaiserslautern HBF". You can check train connections and buy the tickets from the Deutsche Bahn website or mobile application: www.bahn.de

Arriving by Plane

The closest civil airport is in Frankfurt am Main. From there, there are two possibilities of transport:

  1. By train - there are multiple connections throughout the day, however, usually change is necessary. The train station is located next to the airport (Frankfurt Flughafen) and it is possible to get there without walking outside of the buildings. The prices range from 15 to 40 EUR. The easiest way to manage your ride is with a DB app - it is possible to buy tickets there, get updates about routes etc.
  2. By bus - for example Flixbus offers direct connection from Frankfurt airport to the Kaiserslautern bus station. Prices range from 8 to 15 euros. However, there are only a few connections throughout the day.

Getting Around in Kaiserslautern

The closest bus stop is: Frauenhofer Centrum. Bus lines coming to the DFKI are 105, 115 and 116. You can also go to the university and then walk to DFKI, it takes about 5-10 min.

The company taking care of the buses is SWK-KL. You can check the connection here: https://www.swk-kl.de/produkte-services/busverkehr/busfahrplan, or download an app myVRN-APP to buy the tickets and check the connections.

Accommodation

Participants should self-organize their accommodation. Below are some close-by options.

Hotels

1/ Design Hotel Zollamt (the closest one to the hackathon site) (11 mins walk to DFKI) (link)

2/ Astra Garni Hotel (21 mins walk to DFKI) (link)

3/ B&B Hotel (near the train station) (27 mins walk to DFKI)(link)

4/ Art Hotel Lauterbach (bus station across the street) (35 mins walk to DFKI) (link)

Boarding houses

5/ Dietrich Felgner (19 mins walk to DFKI) (link)

6/ Lutrina-Gästehaus (26 mins walk to DFKI) (link)

Have questions?

Contact Siobhan O'Neill <siobhan.oneill[at]insight-centre.org>

Organizers

  • Hend Eldamaty, AI4Moms initiative
  • Passant Elagroudy, DFKI GmbH & RPTU Kaiserslautern
  • Jakob Karolus, DFKI GmbH & RPTU Kaiserslautern.
  • Siobhan O'Neill, Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, University College Cork.
  • Joanna Sorysz, DFKI GmbH & RPTU Kaiserslautern.
  • Paul Lukowicz, DFKI GmbH & RPTU Kaiserslautern

This event is organized as a collaboration between the #AI4Moms initiative and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme through the European AI Networks of Excellence: Humane AI Net in addition to the AI4Europe project. It is also supported by Start2 Group and SCOPE as well as the following universities: RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau  and UCC. The event is hosted by the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) (Embedded Intelligence department).

Summary

Connect after the event: Fill this form. For questions or adding to the list, email passant.elagroudt@gmail.com 

Attendance mode: CHI’24 in-person only 

Date: Tue May 14th (11:00 - 12:20) (CHI program link)

Location: Hawaii Convention Center, Room 318A

Full Proposal: [CHI24-SIG] GenAI_for_HCI

Registration: No registration is required.

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SIG Scope and Goal

This Special Interest Group (SIG) explores the transformative impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research processes. The theme here is to answer “question zero”: when to use and when to refrain from using AI tools during the research cycle? The discussion is guided by five research phases commonly used in HCI: research planning, prototyping, data collection, analysis and synthesis, and dissemination and communication.

We investigate how GenAI accelerates project cycles, enhances reproducibility, and influences inclusivity in research. We also address the challenging ethical considerations about the ownership of generated content. We aim to build a community of HCI enthusiasts to harness the early advantages of the recent groundbreaking technology and foresee challenges arising from its prevalence in the scientific community.

Organizing Team

  1. Passant Elagroudy, Postdoc @ German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
  2. Jie Li, Regional Research Head   @ EPAM, Netherlands
  3. Kaisa Väänänen, Professor @ Tampere University, Finland
  4. Paul Lukowicz, Professor @ German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
  5. Hiroshi Ishii, Professor @ MIT Media Lab, USA
  6. Wendy E. Mackay, Professor @ ExSitu, Inria,LISN, Université Paris-Saclay, France
  7. Elizabeth F Churchill, Senior Director @ Google LLC, USA
  8. Anicia Peters, CEO @ National Commission for Research, Science and Technology, Namibia
  9. Antti Oulasvirta, Professor @ Aalto University, Finland
  10. Rui Prada, Professor @ INESC-ID,Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  11. Alexandra Diening, Research Head @ EPAM, Netherlands
  12. Giulia Barbareschi, Senior Assistant Professor @ Keio Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, Japan
  13. Agnes Gruenerbl, Research Manager @ German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
  14. Midori Kawaguchi, Assistant Professor @ Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Japan
  15. Abdallah El Ali, Research Scientist @ Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Netherlands
  16. Fiona Draxler, Postdoc @ University of Mannheim, Germany
  17. Robin Welsch, Assistant Professor @ Aalto University, Finland
  18. Albrecht Schmidt, Professor @ LMU Munich, Germany

What Should You Expect?

Please note that this is a tentative schedule. 

  • Short introduction about our motivation and background. 
  • Panel-like statements from the organizers about how GenAI will change the way we do research in the fields of:
    • Interaction design
    • Robotics
    • Haptics and Tangibles
    • User research in the industry
    • Ethics 
  • Group activity: re-imagining one of CHI’s best papers using GenAI from idea conception to publication. 
  • Collection of useful resources 

Supporting Research Networks

This work is partially supported and funded by the following entities: the HumanE AI Network under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 ICT programme (grant agreement no. 952026), national funds through FCT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under project UIDB/50021/2020 (DOI:10.54499/UIDB/50021/2020), and the ERC European Research Council Advanced grant No 321135 (CREATIV: Creating Co-Adaptive Human-Computer Partnerships)

Resources

Please note that this list is not meant to be exhaustive but rather a starting point for interested individuals. We welcome contributions by others. Please email <passant.elagroudy[at]gmail.com> if you would like to add content. Please also note that this list is not intended to endorse particular solutions. 

Relevant Social Media Accounts and Organizations

  1. Razia Aliani : Linkedin account about using AI commercial tools for research
  2. Sowmiya Rani Ph.D.: Linkedin account about using AI commercial tools for scientific writing
  3. Muhammad Irfan 🧬: Linkedin account about using AI commercial tools for scientific writing
  4. Stefan Harrer, PhD: Linkedin account about AI research changing the way we do science.
  5. Asad Naveed: Linkedin account about general productivity advice for research & using GenAI tools. 
  6. Frauke Kreuter: Linkedin account for a professor discussing quantitative research methods using AI among other things. 
  7. AI4Science: microsoft research to empower the 5th research paradigm
  8. The German group for digitizing research

Relevant Contributions @CHI’24

  • CHI'24 Workshop: Workshop on LLMs as Research Tools: Applications and Evaluations in HCI Data Work  (by Marianne Aubin Le Quere, Hope Schroeder, Casey Randazzo, Jie Gao, Ziv Epstein, Simon Tangi Perrault, David Mimno, Louise Barkhuus, Hanlin Li)
  • CHI'24 Workshop: Workshop on GenAICHI 2024 Workshop: Generative AI and HCI at CHI 2024 (by Michael Muller, Anna Kantosalo, Mary Lou Maher, Charles Patrick Martin, Greg Walsh)
  • CHI'24 Workshop: Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities of LLM-Based Synthetic Personae and Data in HCI (by Mirjana Prpa, Giovanni M Troiano, Matthew Wood, Yvonne Coady)
  • CHI'24 Workshop: Workshop on Forms of Fraudulence in Human-Centered Design: Collective Strategies and Future Agenda for Qualitative HCI Research (by Aswati Panicker, Novia Nurain, Zaidat Ibrahim, Chun-Han Ariel Wang, Seung Wan Ha, Elizabeth Kaziunas, Maria K Wolters, Chia-Fang Chung)
  • CHI'24 Workshop: Workshop on Dark Sides: Envisioning, Understanding, and Preventing Harmful Effects of Writing Assistants � The Third Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (by Minsuk Chang, John Joon Young Chung, Katy Ilonka Gero, Ting-Hao Kenneth Huang, Dongyeop Kang, Vipul Raheja, Sarah Sterman, Thiemo Wambsganss)
  • CHI'24 Workshop: Workshop on Human Centered Evaluation and Auditing of Large Language Models (by Ziang Xiao, Wesley Hanwen Deng, Michelle S. Lam, Motahhare Eslami, Juho Kim, Mina Lee, Q. Vera Liao)

Policy Documents

“Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. While we will not be using tools to detect LLM-generated text, we will investigate submissions brought to our attention and will desk reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked.”

 

Miscellaneous

Relevant Commercial Tools

Common Tasks Between Stages

💡 Common 1: Brainstorming Ideas and structures

✅ Ayoa https://www.ayoa.com/ai/

✅ JotBot https://myjotbot.com/

✅ Jenni.ai https://jenni.ai/

✅ Paperpal Copilot https://paperpal.com/

✅ Hyperwrite https://lnkd.in/gAhVix6P

🎯Perplexity.ai: Generate research ideas & more

 

💡Common 2: Summarize, make concise, reduce word count

✅ UPDF https://updf.com/updf-ai/

✅ Semrush https://lnkd.in/gKQFmqsx

✅ Popai https://www.popai.pro/

✅ Writesonic https://writesonic.com/

✅ Quillbot https://quillbot.com/

🎯Wordtune: Paraphrase like a pro

🎯Yoodli.ai: Improve your communication

 

💡Common 3: Image creation tools

✅ Canva magic studio https://lnkd.in/gz7C8R-x

✅ Mind the graph https://mindthegraph.com/

✅ Biorender https://lnkd.in/g-RGpSvk

✅ Adobe firefly https://lnkd.in/ggArPjqE

✅ Imagine https://www.imagine.art/

✅ Inkscape https://inkscape.org/  Free vector drawing tool

 

💡Common 4: Joker (multipurpose) tools

🎯OpenAI: Source of ChatGPT and more

 

Stage 1: Research Planning

    • Use common 1: Brainstorming Ideas and Structures
    • Use common 4: joker multipurpose tools
  • 🎯Kubiya.ai: Automate your entire workflow
  • 🎯Trello: Contribute and collaborate efficiently
  • 🎯Quillbot: Quintessential research assistant
  • 🎯Xmind: Mindmapping tool

 

💡 Finding relevant literature

🎯Endnote: A robust reference manager

🎯Litmaps: Literature mapped

🎯Mendeley: A popular reference manager

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In this half-day workshop, we highlight various research opportunities and career paths for excellent researchers in the field of computing, with reflections on gender equality and diversity. We have invited a select number of successful researchers from industry and academia, who will take the stage to share their perspectives and unique insights into their careers and research domains. With this event we aim to foster mentorship in career development for young (female) researchers by establishing and strengthening a network of Women* in Computing.

Agenda

11:00-12:00 Discussions on the Workshop Series (SFB-internal)
12:00-12:30 Opening and Welcome (with finger food)
13:00-13:30 Flash introductions
13:30-15:30 Speaker session I

  • Andrea Volkamer (Saarland University)
  • Miriam Butt (University of Konstanz)
  • Sarah Völkel (Google)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 Speaker session II

  • Enxhi Gjini (Takeda)
  • Andrea Šipka (DFKI)
  • Passant Elagroudy (DFKI)
18:00-18:30 Group discussions (with finger food)
18:30-19:00 Concluding discussion and closing
20:00-22:00 Working dinner: Planning WiC ‘24 (organizers + speakers)

Organizers

Event Contact

  • Rita P. Ribeiro (INESC TEC)

Programme

Time Speaker Description
9:00 Virginia Dignum Responsible AI: from Principles to Action

Background

The workshop intends to attract papers on how Data Science can and does contribute to social good in its widest sense.

Topics of interest include:

  • Government transparency and IT against corruption

  • Public safety and disaster relief

  • Access to food, water, sanitation and utilities

  • Efficiency and sustainability

  • Climate change

  • Data journalism

  • Social and personal development

  • Economic growth and improved infrastructure

  • Transportation

  • Energy

  • Smart city services

  • Education

  • Social services, unemployment and homeless

  • Healthcare and well-being

  • Support for people living with disabilities

  • Responsible consumption and production

  • Gender equality, discrimination against minorities

  • Ethical issues, fairness, and accountability.

  • Trustability and interpretability

  • Topics aligned with the UN development goals

The major selection criteria will be the novelty of the application and its social impact. Position papers are welcome too.

We are also interested in applications that have built a successful business model and are able to sustain themselves economically. Most Social Good applications have been carried out by non-profit and charity organisations, conveying the idea that Social Good is a luxury that only societies with a surplus can afford. We would like to hear from successful projects, which may not be strictly "non-profit" but have Social Good as their main focus.

Accepted papers will be published by Springer as joint proceedings of several ECML PKDD workshops.

Organizers

Event Contact

Programme

Time Speaker Description
9:00 Wolfgang Köhler

Background

In this webinar, fortiss presents the potentials and benefits of a data-driven digitization strategy for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Success stories and practical application examples also illustrate how networked information systems and artificial intelligence (AI) can create targeted added value for companies.

About

This webinar is hosted by Carbon Re together with the UNESCO International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), in association with London Climate Action Week and with the generous support of HumaneAI-Net.

Register →here

According to the Climate Change Committee, greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing and construction were 66 MtCO2 in 2018 - 12% of the UK total. If there is a lesson from the pandemic it is that we need to multiply our efforts to mitigate climate change, if we are to avoid economic, social and political disaster. Yet, we can’t achieve net zero goals without decarbonizing manufacturing and construction. We need to tackle the hard problems today. This means industrial policies, R&D funding, business support and innovation that accelerate the zero-carbon transition needed to address these challenges.

Join us to hear from world leading experts in AI, business and policy discussing current applications and high-potential use cases.

Keynote speech by Professor John Shawe-Taylor

Professor John Shawe-Taylor is the UNESCO Chair in AI, and Director of the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO.

Followed by a panel discussion with

Sana Khareghani, Head of Office for Artificial Intelligence. The Office for AI is a joint unit between Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Jade Cohen, Co-Founder and CPO at Qualis Flow. Qualis Flow works with construction teams to enable them to track and manage their social and environmental impact, and take a data driven approach to improving that impact.

Mark Enzer OBE, CTO of Mott MacDonald and Head of the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain. The Centre for Digital Built Britain is a partnership between the BEIS and the University of Cambridge. It seeks to understand how the construction and infrastructure sectors can use a digital approach to better design, build, operate and integrate the built environment.

Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Co-Founder and CTO at Carbon Re, Associate Professor in Energy and AI at the UCL Energy Institute and Programme Chair for AI and Climate Change at the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) under the auspices of UNESCO.

About the hosts

Carbon Re is an AI and Climate tech startup focused on decarbonising cement and foundation industries with deep reinforcement learning.

IRCAI is an AI center under the auspices of UNESCO looking to establish a global network of AI centres that are working in the area of sustainable development.

About our Sponsor

EU-funded HumanE-AI-Net project aims to develop robust, trustworthy AI systems that can ‘understand’ humans, adapt to complex real-world environments and interact appropriately in complex social settings.

June 20 – 25 , 2021, Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop 21252

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Organizers

Virginia Dignum (University of Umeå, SE)
Wendy E. Mackay (INRIA Saclay – Orsay, FR)
John Shawe-Taylor (University College London, GB)
Frank van Harmelen (VU University Amsterdam, NL)

For support, please contact

Annette Beyer for administrative matters

Michael Gerke for scientific matters

Documents

Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop Schedule (Upload here)

Motivation

Society is undergoing a revolution in artificial intelligence (AI), with huge potential benefits, but also major risks for individuals and society.

Increasingly, trust in the development, deployment, and the use of AI and autonomous systems concerns not only the technology’s inherent properties, but also the socio-technical systems of which they are part of, that is, the people, organisations, and societal environments in which systems are developed, implemented, and used. Currently, major challenges include the lack of fundamental theory and models to analyse and ensure that systems are aligned with human values and ethical principles, accountable, open to inspection, and understandable to diverse stakeholders. Furthermore, there is no doubt that this technological shift will have revolutionary effects on human life and society.

The goal of this Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop is to contribute to shape that revolution, to provide the scientific and technological foundations for designing and deploying AI systems that work in partnership with human beings, to enhance human capabilities rather than replace human intelligence. Fundamentally new solutions are needed for core research problems in AI and human-computer interaction (HCI), especially to help people understand actions recommended or performed by AI systems and to facilitate meaningful interaction between humans and AI systems.

Specific challenges include: learning complex world models; building effective and explainable machine learning systems; developing human-controllable intelligent systems; adapting AI systems to dynamic, open-ended real-world environments (in particular robots and autonomous systems); achieving in-depth understanding of humans and complex social contexts; and enabling self-reflection within AI systems.

Expected results (outcome) of the workshop

  • Define a coherent research agenda for this rapidly emerging discipline
  • Produce a clear narrative on content and urgency of the discipline to influence policy makers
  • Trigger scientific innovation across the whole spectrum from fundamental research to practical applications
  • Develop synergies across Europe on this emerging research theme and link with similar international initiatives (e.g. at Stanford and MIT ).

The German Entrepreneurship GmbH and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München facilitated a workshop on the topic of "Innovation in AI & AI in Innovation" on the 30th and 31st October 2019 in Munich. The participants were consortium members and guests from industry (health care, automobiles, aircraft, industry 4.0), start-up companies (mainly AI service start-ups) and the scientific community (universities, students, research labs etc.).

The workshop sessions consisted of input lectures, key notes, group works, discussions and exchange formats like speed dating. Thereby, experiences were shared, and a knowledge transfer was facilitated. Active and intensive exchange between the participants was fostered and common challenges and new ideas were identified.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 952026.

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