citizens Archives - WeNet https://internetofus.eu/tag/citizens/ Internet of Us Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:32:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://internetofus.eu/internetofus.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/02/cropped-WeNet_avatar-150x150.jpg citizens Archives - WeNet https://internetofus.eu/tag/citizens/ 32 32 Open Call takeaways from the winners: University of Thessaly https://internetofus.eu/2022/11/21/open-call-takeaways-from-the-winners-university-of-thessaly/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:18:22 +0000 https://www.internetofus.eu/?p=3026 As the experimentation projects of our Open Call winners came to a closure, we checked back with them to expand on their background and motivations to participate, and to collect stories on their experience within the programme: what they’ve been up to and how WeNet connected with them and helped them to carry on their…

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]]> Towards Increasing Diversity in Datasets https://internetofus.eu/2021/11/12/towards-increasing-diversity-in-datasets/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:42:08 +0000 https://www.internetofus.eu/?p=2442 Daniel Gatica-Perez, Head of the Social Computing Group of WeNet partner Idiap Research Institute, recently gave two online invited talks on the theme “Towards Increasing Diversity in Datasets” at the ICCV Workshop on Understanding Social Behavior in Dyadic and Small Group Interactions (Oct 16, 2021) and the ACM ICMI Int. Workshop on Corpora and Tools…

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]]> Why ethics is and should be an integral part of technology and of Artificial Intelligence in particular https://internetofus.eu/2021/04/07/why-ethics-is-and-should-be-an-integral-part-of-technology-and-of-artificial-intelligence-in-particular/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:16:19 +0000 https://www.internetofus.eu/?p=1714 Dr. Jessica Heesen, WeNet partner from University of Tübingen, recently released an article on the relation between ethics and technological progress, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence. The article explores how the question of whether technologies generate dystopia or social welfare depends on how we design them. Technologies can lead to discrimination, to an…

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]]> Digital-Gipfel: Living more sustainably digitally https://internetofus.eu/2020/12/15/digital-gipfel-living-more-sustainably-digitally/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:45:01 +0000 https://www.internetofus.eu/?p=1605 Jessica Heesen (from WeNet partner University of Tübingen) was invited to the Digital-Gipfel of the German Government, https://www.de.digital/DIGITAL/Navigation/EN/Home/home.html for a panel discussion about sustainable and ethical AI. Sustainable AI is not only a question of environmental sustainability, but is also linked to ethical requirements.  Under the motto “Living more sustainably digitally,” the experts from the summit network discussed…

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]]> Citizen participation to understand the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown https://internetofus.eu/2020/05/11/citizen-participation-to-understand-the-aftermath-of-the-covid-19-lockdown/ Mon, 11 May 2020 06:00:43 +0000 https://www.internetofus.eu/?p=1122 A team of researchers in Switzerland, co-led by Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez (Idiap Research Institute and one of the WeNet partners), is investigating how Swiss residents are developing strategies to adapt to and cope with the nationwide lockdown situation and its aftermath, and how a citizen science approach can both inform researchers and support people in…

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