The call for PhD applications for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing is live - deadline 7th January 2025! We have webinars for potential applicants to ask us questions and seek advice. www.responsiblenlp.org/2026-student...

Very pleased to say Paul Gooding, @semames.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD student, funded by AHRC @sgsah.bsky.social. Topic: '“Mainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism'. Closing 5pm, Friday 30th May 2025. Please share!

SGSAH Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship

PhD Title: “Mainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism Funding body: AHRC  Deadline for applications: 5pm, Friday 30th May…

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Closing plenary time at #chi2025 - and super huge congrats to Sarah Dunn from @designinf.bsky.social for a much deserved first place in the student research competition!

Austin’s Unofficial Rules for Not Dying (or Being Boring) at Conferences, particularly #chi2025 A short thread of practical survival tips for the conference grind:

Join us in the next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Online Seminar, where @danmcquillan.bsky.social from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will argue that having a responsible approach to #AI means #decomputing. 📅 Thu 24 Apr ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 Online via Zoom 🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao

Really happy to see this published. What do UK people really think about AI? Follow the link to find out.

BRAID UK@braiduk.bsky.social · last yr.

BRAID partner @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social along with the Alan Turing Institute have published a new national survey exploring public attitudes to AI. BRAID was pleased to be able to support the work of colleagues at Ada on this project. Read more here: attitudestoai.uk

You can read a tribute to John Long, one of the founders of HCI in the UK at www.ucl.ac.uk/uclic/about-...

Professor John Long (1935-2025)

Professor Ann Blandford and Dr Adam Stork pay tribute to one of the founders of Human-Computer Interaction in the UK.

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UCL Interaction Centre@uclic.bsky.social · last yr.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 Professor Long (1935-2025) was instrumental in establishing UCLIC, having been Director of its predecessor, the Ergonomics and HCI Unit at UCL. He leaves a truly inspirational legacy in terms of insights, outputs and vision.

We're at the Storytelling Centre this Friday (7th Feb) exhibiting ORAgen Fables. Pop down from 10am to explore emerging technologies and digital authorship through collaborative storytelling scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:58...

Join us in Edinburgh or online! @braiduk.bsky.social

Design Informatics@designinf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us in the next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Hybrid Seminar where Denis Newman-Griffis from @shefcmi.bsky.social will present emerging findings from the research in the FRAIM and GRAIL responsible AI projects. 📅 Thurs 13th Feb ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 @inspacegallery.bsky.social /Zoom 🎟 edin.ac/4heyQAK

Delighted that our Creative Informatics response to the House of Lord inquiry on Creative AI is featured so heavily in the final report. “AI and creative technology scaleups: less talk, more action”. It’s always worth putting in a response!

My ears 🤯😭 #storméowyn

Applications are open for the CDT in Designing Responsible NLP at the University of Edinburgh for funded PhD studentships starting in September 2025. It’s a great opportunity to join a highly interdisciplinary cohort! Information session: 14th Nov Deadline: 9th Jan 🔗 www.responsiblenlp.org

The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world NLP is based at the University of Edinburgh. Applications are now open for funded PhD studentships starting as part of the September 2025 cohort. Our deadline is 9th January 2025.

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The Alan Turing Institute ran a course on "Public Engagement w Data Science & AI" in April 2022 then put the course material online as a guidebook, free. Only found out about it yesterday. V relevant to one of my interests :) alan-turing-institute.github.io/turing-commo... cc @connectedbydata.org

We're delighted to announce an eye-opening exhibition featuring images of care created by older adults and generated by AI with a workshop and sharing event at @inspacegallery.bsky.social. More info & tickets: edin.ac/407OPey Exhibition 📅 Mon–Sun, 4–10 Nov (closed Tue & Thu) ⏰ 10am–5pm, drop-in