Digital Scotland 2023
Edinburgh International Conference Centre 150 Morrison St, EdinburghDigitalScotland is the largest annual gathering of public sector technology professionals.
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Conservation and heritage buildings archetype & low-carbon heating approach
Edinburgh Climate Change Institute High School Yards, EdinburghThis workshop will address the complexities, challenges and future scenarios facing the retrofitting and energy efficiency of existing buildings.
UK FinTech Symposium 2023
OX Edinburgh Natwest Gogarburn, 175 Glasgow Road, EdinburghThe UK FinTech Symposium is the annual conference for the FinTech National Network and is the gathering place for FinTech leaders to collaborate, cooperate and develop new market opportunities.
Governing the AI Business Model: Platforms All the Way Down?
West Court, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place, EdinburghJoin the Centre for Technomoral Futures for their Flagship Lecture, where delegates will hear from Dr Michael Veale on Governing the AI Business Model: Platforms All the Way Down?
CDCS Annual Lecture 2023
West Court, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThe fourth CDCS Annual Lecture How to See What’s Missing presented by Mary Flanagan.
Recycling a Hospital with Edinburgh Future’s Institute
National Library of Scotland EdinburghCreativeMornings Edinburgh invites you to join a conversation with the team behind the Recycling A Hospital project at Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Project Deep Dive: Justin Chun-ting Ho
Online EdinburghJoin the Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their first Project Deep Dive of the semester ‘Image and Text Analysis using Multi-modal Embeddings’ presented by Justin Chun-ting Ho.
Quantification of Labour: from the factory to the gig economy
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghThe use of science and technology to optimise the output of workers for the profit of business is not a new phenomenon. For this session we welcome two sociologists who work on the quantification of the body and worker, Dr Mark Patterson, and Dr Karen Gregory. Dr Patterson will explore the history of measurement of the ... Read more
Climate Extremes and Decision-making: it’s all about the models
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghPrediction of the impacts of climate change is one of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, crucial tools that will support policy, business and civil society in planning mitigations - everything from the pricing of insurance to building community resilience and the speed of decarbonisation. Just as in the work done to demonstrate human impacts ... Read more
Music, Copyright & Generative AI: Social, Ontological & Legal Perspectives
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin MusAI and The New Real to delve into the intriguing intersection of artificial intelligence and music copyright.
Free
AI Safety and AI Ethics: bridging cultures of existential and social risk
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, Edinburgh2023 was undoubtedly the year of 'AI' - when we were all amazed by the capabilities of ChatGTP and image generators, and stories of existential risks filled the media. This narrative seemed to be pushed by the very people who had invested most in developing Large Language Models, and were interlinked with the ideology of ... Read more
Protecting the State, Protecting our Homes: governing and designing cybersecurity
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghAs our society has become increasingly dependent on information infrastructures that reach into our pockets, homes and workplaces, we have become increasing vulnerable to attacks on and through these systems. How can we improve legal, technical and human dimensions of design and use to ensure future protection and resilience?
Project Deep Dive: Anja Neundorf
Online EdinburghJoin the Centre for Data, Culture & Society and the Social Data Science Hub for a Project Deep Dive presented by Anja Neundorf, professor of Politics and Research Methods at the University of Glasgow.
Free
A New Sound
Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square 50 George Square, Newington, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin us for a day of creative discussion with other makers of multi-disciplinary and music driven performance to identify how we overcome barriers and envision a future together.
Governance for a secure digital world
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghEnsuring the safety of our information infrastructures is a huge challenge that involves human, legal, and technical cooperation at a global scale. The rise of new technology, especially AI, poses great challenges for the development of effective law and regulation. In this session we have a perspective from law and social science from the University ... Read more
Project Deep Dive: Sruthi Herbert
Digital Scholarship Centre Main Library, University of Edinburgh, EdinburghThe CDCS Project Deep Dive series continues with ‘Digitization for Social Welfare: Examining the Building and Other Construction Workers' (BOCW) Welfare Funds in India’ presented by Dr Sruthi Herbert.
Compassion & Transforming the Economy: Merging the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’
Online EdinburghJoin us for a live-stream of this conversation hosted by Professor Liz Grant and Dr Katherine Trebeck, University of Edinburgh.
Using poetry to communicate about research
Medical School (Old Medical School), The University of Edinburgh (MST_Teaching Room 12 (01M.469) - Doorway 3) Teviot Place, EdinburghThis workshop organised by The Binks Hub will help you use poetry to communicate your research.
Datafied Publics: Inaugural Event for EFI Critical Data Studies Cluster
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis event asks how people politically mobilise when subject to data systems that algorithmically govern them but remain opaque.
Tech Tuesdays: The Future of Technology in Hospitality, Finance & Payments
Dovecot Studios 10 Infirmary Street, EdinburghThis event marks the launch of Tech Tuesdays, a new series dedicated to making sense of technology within the tourism, travel, and hospitality industries.
Project Deep Dive: Sal Hagen
Online EdinburghJoin the Centre for Data, Culture & Society for a Project Deep Dive presented by Sal Hagen, University of Amsterdam.
Technomoral Conversations: Who is Responsible for Responsible AI?
Playfair Library Hall Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomThe Technomoral Conversations series brings together leading experts in a “fireside chat” format to discuss futures that are worth wanting.
Book Launch: Environmental Ethics & Medical Reproduction by Cristina Richie
Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square 50 George Square, Newington, Edinburgh, United KingdomIn her book Richie evaluates medical reproduction from an environmental perspective & confronts the carbon impact of the healthcare industry.
Book Launch – Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy
High School Yards Teaching Centre, Classroom 2 57 High School Yards, Edinburgh, United KingdomIn the seminar, Ben Collier will introduce the new book, Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (MIT Press, 2024).
