Events Category: Colloquium

In this talk, Dr. Lee will present several plausible scenarios where adversaries could exploit these cutting-edge AI techniques to their advantage, producing more sophisticated disinformation by synthesizing realistic artifacts or evading detection from state-of-the-art disinformation detectors. Event Details

In this talk, Dr. Salac will present three studies on learning experiences that aim to address how children and adolescents may learn to critically examine technology’s role in their lives and society in a way that both honors their experiences, knowledge, and agency, and prioritizes their well-being and safety. Event Details

In this talk, Dr. Liang will share findings from his experience as a community-based participatory researcher invested in the sociotechnical dimensions of designing health equity interventions. Event Details

In this talk Palashi will discuss how caste and its complexities offer important insights for the critical and humanistic study of computing. Event Details

In this talk, Dr. Walsh will share research that demonstrates how we can address technical, ethical, and disciplinary challenges by using computational methods and internet data to gain meaningful insights about cultural production while also respecting and protecting the amateur critics, artists, and everyday internet users who create most of this data. Event Details

In this talk, Brewster will demonstrate how the materiality and maintenance of born-digital records affects and informs a cultural understanding of computer-mediated community memory practices. Event Details

Working from theory of infrastructure and articulation work, this talk sheds light on key debates about independent work from the vantage point of two cases – tuk tuk drivers in Cambodia and creative sector workers in the United States. Event Details

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In this talk, Williams will present the outcomes and preliminary findings from three studies that sought to understand returning citizens’ engagement with digital technology, specific challenges that they face during job search, and potential interventions that could alleviate those challenges. Event Details

In this talk, Payne will discuss working with The Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Community School for BVI musicians (aka the Fil'). Together they built SoundCells, an accessible web application used to compose braille and large print music, and formed FiLOrk (Fil' Laptop Orchestra), a collaborative music coding ensemble made up of five BVI high school students. Event Details