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SUMMARY:Book Launch – Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy
DESCRIPTION:In the seminar\, Ben will introduce the new book\, Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (MIT Press\, 2024). \n\n\n\nA biography of Tor—a cultural and technological history of power\, privacy\, and global politics at the internet’s core. \n\n\n\nTor\, one of the most important and misunderstood technologies of the digital age\, is best known as the infrastructure underpinning the so-called Dark Web. But the real “dark web\,” when it comes to Tor\, is the hidden history brought to light in this book: where this complex and contested infrastructure came from\, why it exists\, and how it connects with global power in intricate and intimate ways. In Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy\, Ben Collier has written\, in essence\, a biography of Tor—a cultural and technological history of power\, privacy\, politics\, and empire in the deepest reaches of the internet. \n\n\n\nThe story of Tor begins in the 1990s with its creation by the US Navy’s Naval Research Lab\, from a convergence of different cultural worlds. Drawing on in-depth interviews with designers\, developers\, activists\, and users\, along with twenty years of mailing lists\, design documents\, reporting\, and legal papers\, Collier traces Tor’s evolution from those early days to its current operation on the frontlines of global digital power—including the strange collaboration between US military scientists and a group of freewheeling hackers called the Cypherpunks. As Collier charts the rise and fall of three different cultures in Tor’s diverse community—the engineers\, the maintainers\, and the activists\, each with a distinct understanding of and vision for Tor—he reckons with Tor’s complicated\, changing relationship with contemporary US empire. Ultimately\, the book reveals how different groups of users have repurposed Tor and built new technologies and worlds of their own around it\, with profound implications for the future of the Internet.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/book-launch-tor-from-the-dark-web-to-the-future-of-privacy/
LOCATION:High School Yards Teaching Centre\, Classroom 2\, 57 High School Yards\, Edinburgh\, EH1 1LZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Project Deep Dive: David Williamson Shaffer
DESCRIPTION:ChatGPT and the other new advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to change work\, education\, and even what it means to “think” in the first place. In this talk\, Professor David Williamson Shaffer looks at what AI is (and isn’t)\, its impact on what and how we learn\, and how AI can change what it means to do research. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Williamson Shaffer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Williamson Shaffer is the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics in the Department of Educational Psychology\, a Data Philosopher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research\, and Director of the Center for Research on Complex Thinking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Shaffer’s PhD is from the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, and he has been a teacher\, teacher-trainer\, curriculum developer\, and game designer. Professor Shaffer’s current work focuses on unifying statistical\, qualitative\, and critical methods to construct fair models of complex and collaborative human activity. His most recent book\, Quantitative Ethnography\, launched a field that includes scholars from anthropology\, cognitive science\, computer science\, education\, engineering\, environmental science\, game design\, geography\, history\, human–computer interaction\, learning analytics\, learning sciences\, linguistics\, medicine\, psychology\, robotics\, sociology\, and statistics.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/project-deep-dive-david-williamson-shaffer/
LOCATION:Digital Scholarship Centre\, Main Library\, University of Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LJ
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Creative Feedback: The Feats and Failures of Technology
DESCRIPTION:To what extent can human creators exercise control on the technological tools they are using? And how does the control that technology exerts on them influence the creative process? \n\n\n\nThis event will feature two audiovisual performances – Figure Infinity by Louis McHugh and Jung In Jung and Traumgraz by Jung In Jung and Lynda Clark – which reflect on issues around the platformisation of labour\, communication dynamics between humans and Artificial Intelligence\, disinformation\, and creative agency. The performances will be followed by a panel discussion where artists\, technologists\, and researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Abertay University will engage in conversations on the interplay between technology\, creativity\, and human agency. The aim of the event is to foreground the opportunities and limitations of the feedback between humans and machines and to suggest creative directions to promote human expression in the digital age. \n\n\n\nThe event will also mark the launch of the new research cluster “Creativity\, AI\, and the Human”\, led by Caterina Moruzzi. \n\n\n\nThe panel will be followed by a reception in the Inspace Gallery. \n\n\n\nImage credit: Still from Figure Infinity performance\, xCoAx 2023\, photo by Caterina Moruzzi \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRunning order:\n\n\n\n17:00Doors open17:30Traumgraz17:50Welcome + break18:10 Figure Infinity18:30Panel19:00Reception20:00End\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers and Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\nLouis McHugh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLouis McHugh\, is a sound and new media artist and engineer currently based in Glasgow. Often generating bespoke software and hardware for his projects\, he works with sound\, video and lighting to create site-specific installations\, fixed-media work\, theatrical design and live improvisational performances. He is currently exploring ideas to do with emergent systems\, taking inspiration from biological structures\, social media interactions and artificial intelligence. He currently works as Audio Studio Manager at the Edinburgh College of Art and is a resident DJ with Radio Buena Vida\, Glasgow where he host’s a monthly experimental music show; The Rhizome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJung In Jung\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJung In Jung\, is a Lecturer in Creative Computing at the School of Design and Informatics\, Abertay University. She is a sound artist and researcher. She has produced interactive sound and dance collaborations with contemporary dancers and presented them at various international festivals and conferences. She explores various ways to create interactive forms of performance using game technologies and AI/ML tools. In the last recent years\, she has investigated anonymous play in a VR platform using hand gestures and sound as a method to deviate from biases for her post-doc research at InGAME. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex McCabe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex McCabe\, is a Glasgow-based performer\, performance maker and facilitator in dance and music. With this dual specialisation he has worked extensively and internationally in choreography for opera (Wexford Festival Opera; Teatro Reggio; Scottish Opera) and experimental interdisciplinary projects (British ParaOrchestra\, Marc Brew; Fattoria Vittadini). Alex works with various organisations in Scotland towards broadening access to experiences and careers in dance and music\, most significantly through his project SIIATE\, supported by the Scotland-Europe Fund. Trained in dance and choreographic practice through Dance Base Edinburgh’s DEBS\, Alex also holds an MA\, PhD and Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Glasgow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynda Clark\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynda Clark\, is Lecturer in Creative Writing (Interdisciplinary Futures) and Programme Director of the Narrative Futures MSc at the University of Edinburgh. She is a novelist\, short story writer and creator of interactive narratives. Lynda is primarily interested in how new technologies shape us and the world around us. This manifests in her prose\, interactive stories and video game work. She also has a keen interest in depicting unusual and disordered voices in creative forms. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJadgeep Ahluwalia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJadgeep Ahluwalia\, is a Research Fellow at Abertay University\, specialising in the fields of image super-resolution\, image generation\, and the optimization of deep learning algorithms. His research draws inspiration from the human visual system\, guiding the adaptation of artificial intelligence models to create super-resolution images with remarkable perceptual accuracy. He also has experience in the research & development of machine learning algorithms for research startups and charity organisations particularly in the fields of material sciences\, health and social care and bioinformatics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartin Zeilinger\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartin Zeilinger is Senior Lecturer in Computational Arts and Technology at Abertay University. His work as a researcher and curator focuses on artistic and activist experimentation with emerging technologies\, and on exploring the cultural and societal impacts of such technologies. He has published widely on AI in digital culture\, and is the author of the monograph Tactical Entanglements: AI Art\, Creative Agency\, and the Limits of Intellectual Property (2021). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel chair: Caterina Moruzzi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel chair: Caterina Moruzzi\, is a Chancellor’s Fellow in the Institute for Design Informatics\, School of Design at the University of Edinburgh. Her research lies at the intersection between the philosophy of art\, history and philosophy of human and artificial creativity\, and the philosophy of AI. In her ongoing projects\, she collaborates with researchers\, artists\, and technology companies to investigate modes of shared agency and creativity between humans\, data\, and technology. She is lead of the new research cluster “Creativity\, AI\, and the Human” at the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, University of Edinburgh. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformances:\n\n\n\nTraumgraz (audiovisual performance with interactive story)\, by Jung In Jung and Lynda Clark\n\n\n\nThe work is inspired by the anthropomorphism term ‘hallucination’ used for artificial intelligence’s confident response but unjustified false information. An interactive story is written between a large language model and Lynda Clark based on pictures sent from Graz by Jung In Jung during her Styrian Artist in Residency (St.A.i.R) and is set in a building with escalating levels of weirdness. Jung performs live with the randomly generated story by choosing paths along with sound materials she generated by experimenting with various AI models. \n\n\n\nFigure Infinity (audio-visual performance)\, by Louis McHugh and Jung In Jung\n\n\n\nFigure Infinity is an audio-visual performance project that connects human performers in a self-reflexive network of control and communication with Artificial Intelligence. It responds to recent narratives surrounding “AI”\, which largely obscure the collective human endeavour that produced the data these systems are built on\, by inviting audiences to partake in the development of a real-time performance data set. Encountered uncannily through absurdity and play\, audiences can experience some of the creative possibilities and limitations of AI systems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note limited seats are available at Inspace\, so please book tickets in advance. \n\n\n\nThis event is supported by Creative Informatics and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. \n\n\n\n*Important Notice* This event will be photographed and recorded and the data published online and used for research\, promotional and reporting purposes by the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, University of Edinburgh. For further information please contact the organisers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-feedback-the-feats-and-failures-of-technology/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Performance,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Robotics in Hospitality & Tourism: Practical Solutions for Your Business
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce a collaborative event hosted by The National Robotarium in partnership with Traveltech at The Edinburgh Futures Institute and Edinburgh Napier University’s tourism academics. \n\n\n\nThrough engaging presentations and a practical workshop\, participants will gain valuable insights into the potential practical applications of robotics\, fostering innovation and strategic thinking. \n\n\n\nThis event is specifically designed for professionals within the hospitality and tourism sector who are eager to explore what value robotics can bring to their businesses. Embark on a journey into the future of hospitality and tourism and better understand the role robotics can play in addressing pressing challenges faced by the industry\, such as staffing shortages. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the popular Tech Tuesdays series dedicated to making sense of technology within the tourism\, travel\, and hospitality industries.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/robotics-in-hospitality-tourism-practical-solutions-for-your-business/
LOCATION:The National Robotarium\, Third Gait\, Edinburgh\, EH14 4AS
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SUMMARY:Liquidity and execution: The resiliency effect on institutional trading costs
DESCRIPTION:Resiliency is an important dimension of market liquidity. In this paper we aim to bridge the gap between resiliency and institutional trading costs. By analysing a proprietary parent order dataset which is synchronised with depth and execution data\, we find that institutional trading costs increase with non-resiliency\, even after controlling for key prominent contributing factors of impact costs such as order size\, participation rate and quoted spread. The resiliency effect is robust to trade direction\, subperiods\, and various order aggregation methods. In addition\, we examine how the trading schedule of parent orders affects impact costs under different resiliency profiles. Overall\, we establish that resiliency is a considerable determinant contributing to institutional trading costs. \n\n\n\nAbout Dr Petko Kalev \n\n\n\nDr Petko Kalev is an Honorary Professor at La Trobe University Business School\, La Trobe University\, Melbourne. Since finishing his PhD in Financial Econometrics at Monash University in 2002\, Dr Kalev has been actively involved in high-quality research\, PhD supervision\, mentoring\, partnership with the industry and leadership. Petko’s main research interests are in: (i) Corporate Finance (ii) Market Microstructure (iii) Behavioural Issues and; (iv) Carbon Finance. Professor Kalev secured over $4.35 million CAT3/4 funding from the RoZetta Institute (formerly Capital Markets CRC for funding/placement of industry PhD students). His publications have appeared in top-tier journals such as Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis\, Energy Economics\, Journal of Banking & Finance\, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control\, and Scientific Reposts among others. \n\n\n\nPlease note: this event is for University of Edinburgh staff and students only and is not open to the public. Guests will be required to sign in and show staff ID.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/liquidity-and-execution-the-resiliency-effect-on-institutional-trading-costs/
LOCATION:Room 1.60\, Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Imagining AI: computing stories in a museum context
DESCRIPTION:Oxford’s Bodleian Library is one of the oldest libraries in Europe\, and the second largest in the UK\, holding over 13 million printed items alongside archives of figures such Byron\, Shelley and Tolkien. In recent years it has sought to work with mathematicians and scientists\, as well as its more traditional humanities partners\, to create compelling displays\, based on Oxford’s collections\, that educate and inspire.Historians of mathematics and science are key to this process\, providing accurate contemporary scholarship and linking specialist items to their broader context. At the same time\, designing such displays involves imagination and creativity in bringing items to new audiences through the power of the object alone\, often supported only by a brief 20 word caption. We contrast two recent such displays\, looking at the principles of selection\, the lessons learned\, and the techniques used to evaluate them.In 2015 a small display celebrated the bicentenary of Ada Lovelace\, bringing to the fore her mathematical ability through a focus on archival materials that had not previously been studied by historians of mathematics. The display then transferred to the worlds largest Computer  Museum\, in Mountain View California. Oxford’s Lovelace work was submitted as an “Impact Case Study” for the UK’s 2022 Research Evaluation Framework.In 2022 a display entitled “Imagining AI” used a variety of materials in the collections to illustrate early work on data (numerical\, logical and text)\, algorithms and computation that underpins modern AI. By focussing on simple examples\, with calculations small enough to be done by hand\, we drew attention to issues and challenges for AI that pre-date modern computation and shed new light on questions such as AI ethics.  Exhibits included Florence Nightingale’s rose diagram\, as an early example of data visualisation; Jevon’s reasoning piano\, that reduced reasoning a concrete process involving wood and wire; and Christopher Strachey’s early computer poetry. We conclude with a broader look at the context of mathematics in museums\, and the opportunities such work offers for collaborative research and broader impact. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nUrsula Martin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUrsula Martin CBE FREng FRSE  is a computer scientist and mathematician\, whose work recently broadened from the highly technical to collaborate with humanities and social science scholars on the culture and context of mathematics. Now retired\, she formerly held professorial roles at Edinburgh and Oxford\, funded 2014-2023 by an EPSRC Fellowship.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/project-deep-dive-ursula-martin/
LOCATION:Research Suite – 6th Floor\, University of Edinburgh Main Library\, 30 George Square\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LJ
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh Futures Institute Guided Tours – Meadows Festival Weekend
DESCRIPTION:The University of Edinburgh has transformed the iconic\, category-A listed\, Old Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh into a space for interdisciplinary collaboration\, education\, research and partnership – the new Edinburgh Futures Institute. As custodians of this much-loved\, Edinburgh city landmark\, we are opening the doors and welcoming visitors into the building for the first time. \n\n\n\nOver the Meadows Festival weekend of 1-2 June\, we are offering guided tours of the building\, giving you a chance to see the restored interiors and new spaces\, to learn about the history of the building\, and get a taste of the work being done in the Futures Institute. \n\n\n\nA key feature of the building project was to restore public access from Middle Meadow Walk – and our new café Canopy – Kitchen & Courtyard\, will be opening over the weekend. Canopy will be open from 9am-6pm for sit-in and takeaway refreshments on Saturday and Sunday\, 1-2 June. \n\n\n\nAccess to the café is through the former A&E entrance\, from the steps on Lauriston Place at the top of Middle Meadow Walk. \n\n\n\nWe are offering a series of guided tours of the Futures Institute from 10am (last entry at 4pm)\, please book one tour only. Tours will be limited to ticket holders only. \n\n\n\nTours will last around 50 minutes and cover a range of spaces and points of interest over the building. Spaces for tours are limited and you must book in advance and present your ticket on arrival. \n\n\n\nHow to book your ticket\n\n\n\nPlease first select the day you would like to attend (near the top of the page) and then choose your tour time in the ‘tickets’ section. \n\n\n\nAs this is a limited capacity event\, please select one tour only. We reserve the right to cancel any ticket holder who books multiple tours. \n\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n\n\nTicket holders should assemble at the south entrance on Porters Walk a few minutes prior to the start time of your tour\, where a Futures Institute staff member will greet you. \n\n\n\nThe open day will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know on the day.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/edinburgh-futures-institute-guided-tours-meadows-festival-weekend/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Where are AI’s publics?
DESCRIPTION:Image credit: Anton Grabolle / Better Images of AI / AI Architecture / CC-BY 4.0 \n\n\n\nNoortje Marres\, Bettina Nissen and Alison Powell will invite discussion on the public’s role in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Through prompts and engagements with a diverse audience\, they’ll discuss tilting the balance away from those actors and agencies who usually wield the power. Opening a space for alternatives\, they’ll explore possibilities for involving the public in the developments and uses of AI and how it is governed and regulated. \n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nWhat role should the public have in shaping Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Should the public have a voice in how AI is being developed and used\, and how it’s governed and regulated? And how might a diverse cross section of the public be involved in the decisions made by big tech\, regulatory bodies\, and local and national government? \n\n\n\nAI is having an undeniable impact on daily life. From the apps and services we use on our digital devices to the infrastructures that surround us in our built environments\, AI is being deployed to categorise and classify complex information and in some cases make decisions on people’s behalf. Take\, for example\, the role of AI in healthcare and medical diagnosis\, the use of AI in self-driving cars and transport infrastructure\, or wider civic or urban planning policies being informed by AI. The range of innovations that fall under AI are cutting across all walks of life. \n\n\n\nGiven this widespread and pervasive presence of AI in the everyday\, what’s startling is the absence of a public voice in decision making\, and in particular decisions being made about AI safety\, governance and regulation. The social and ethical challenges arising from AI continue to attract attention\, but commentary and decisions are circling amongst sector leaders\, policy makers\, and politicians. The question increasingly being asked is “where are the public?” \n\n\n\nThis open event will invite discussion on the public’s role in AI. How should the public be involved in AI’s development and use\, and in what ways might the public be consulted and engaged in the decisions likely to have significant impacts on their lives. Our speakers\, Noortje Marres\, Bettina Nissen and Alison Powell will respond to prompts and engage with a diverse audience around questions of public involvement and participation in AI. The aim will be to shift the focal point of decision making away from the usual actors\, and make the space for alternative voices and ideas in AI. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n15:30 – 17:30 In conversation: Noortje Marres\, Bettina Nissen and Alison Powell17:30 – 18:30Reception\n\n\n\nLimited seats at Inspace are available\, please book tickets in advance. \n\n\n\nContributors\n\n\n\n\n\nNoortje Marres\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoortje Marres is Professor in Science\, Technology and Society in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at the University of Warwick (UK). She studied sociology and philosophy of science and technology at the University of Amsterdam\, and has conducted extensive research on participation and publics in technological societies. Noortje is currently developing new work in the area of AI and Society\, with a special focus on the curation of environments for AI innovation in society and the implications for public participation. She just completed a Leverhulme Fellowship on intelligent technology testing beyond the laboratory\, and is the project lead for the scoping project “AI in the street” as part of the AHRC-funded BRAID programme for Bridging Divides in Responsible AI. Noortje also is a Visiting Professor in the Media of Cooperation research centre at the University of Siegen (Germany) and an external faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Study\, University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). She has published three books Material Participation (2012)\, Digital Sociology (2017) and Inventing the Social (2018\, co-edited with Michael Guggenheim and Alex Wilkie). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Bettina Nissen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Bettina Nissen is a Lecturer in Interaction Design and researcher in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. With a background in product and interaction design\, digital fabrication and data physicalisation\, her practice-based research focuses on engaging audiences with complex technological concepts and data through tangible means and makings. Bettina completed her AHRC-funded PhD in Human Computer Interaction at Newcastle University in 2018 and has recently worked on a series of RCUK-funded research projects spanning topics of trust and consent in pervasive environments (part of EPSRC-funded PACTMAN) and the future of value(s) (part of ESRC-funded collaboration After Money with the Royal Bank of Scotland and New Economics Foundation). Bettina is currently working with the People’s Bank of Govanhill and artist Ailie Rutherford in Glasgow to explore feminist economic approaches to cryptocurrencies through craft and knitting. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Alison Powell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Alison Powell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE\, where she also serves as Programme Director for the MSc Media and Communications (Data and Society). She researches rights\, ethics and values in technology design – focusing on living well together in cities and imagining alternative media futures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is organised by the AHRC BRAID Programme funded project\, AI in the Street: Scoping everyday observatories for public engagement with connected and automated urban environments. The event has been supported by the AHRC BRAID Programme in conjunction with the Edinburgh Futures Institute and Inspace\, part of the Institute for Design Informatics. \n\n\n\nAI in the Street is a collaborative project exploring the divergences between principles of responsible AI and the messy reality of AI as encountered in the street\, in the form of automated vehicles and surveillance infrastructure. The aim is to ground understandings of AI in lived experiences. The project’s collaborators are based at the University of Warwick\, University of Edinburgh\, King’s College London\, Cambridge University\, Monash University and Careful Industries.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/where-are-ais-publics/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240607T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240607T173000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:AI as the Broken Machine
DESCRIPTION:AI Ethics & Society is excited to announce the 2024 symposium ‘AI as the Broken Machine’\, sponsored by The Edinburgh Futures Institute\, the Algorithmic Societies research group at Durham University\, and the Centre for Technomoral Futures. \n\n\n\nThe symposium will explore brokenness\, care\, and repair in the age of AI\, offering perspectives on the inclusion of marginalised epistemologies and expertise\, modes of refusal and methods to critically interrogate emerging technologies such as generative AI. \n\n\n\nOur three panels address themes of margins\, data patchwork and justice; error\, uncertainty and categorisation; and care\, repair and craft. \n\n\n\nInvited Keynote Speaker: Prof. Louise Amoore (Durham University) \n\n\n\nInvited panellists include: Alex Taylor (University of Edinburgh)\, Shannon Vallor (University of Edinburgh)\, Anne Lee Steele (Alan Turing Institute)\, Alex Campolo (Durham University)\, Cindy Lin (Pennsylvania State University)\, Ben Jacobsen (Durham University)\,Natassa Philimonos (University of Edinburgh)\, Morgan Currie (University of Edinburgh)\, and Srravya Chandhiramowuli (University of Edinburgh). \n\n\n\nThe symposium is free to attend and will include a catered lunch\, tea\, coffee and pastries.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/ai-as-the-broken-machine/
LOCATION:Playfair Library Hall\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240610T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:CDCS Summer School 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Data\, Culture & Society is delighted to announce applications for the 2024 Summer School are now underway. \n\n\n\nHeld in Edinburgh Futures Institute\, the Summer School will be an intensive\, 5-day\, in-person event\, with a practical focus. There will be a choice of two streams\, which will run throughout the week: A Gentle Introduction to Coding for Data Analysis\, and Text and Data Analysis in the Wild. Find out more about each stream and which best suits your needs below.  \n\n\n\nA Gentle Introduction to Coding for Data Analysis\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for researchers who are complete beginners with no prior knowledge of coding and data analysis. Through lectures and exercises\, attendees will learn how to code in Python\, starting from core concepts such as variables and loops\, through to coding live data visualisation.  \n\n\n\nThe course explores the basics of programming: variables\, functions\, loops\, operating on data structures\, data wrangling\, and visualisation. \n\n\n\nBy the end of the course\, attendees will understand how to bridge the gap between humans and computers\, and how to apply the skills they have learnt to their own data analysis and research. This course is intended to be a foundation for those starting out with data-led Humanities and Social Sciences research. \n\n\n\nText and Data Analysis in the Wild\n\n\n\nThis course is designed to help researchers with coding experience understand how data and text analysis projects are performed in a research environment.  \n\n\n\nIt starts with identifying a series of research questions connected to this year’s core topic (Living in Scotland Past and Present).  \n\n\n\nThen it explores how computational methods can be used to obtain\, clean\, and analyse structured and unstructured datasets in R to answer those questions.  \n\n\n\nTopics will include data wrangling\, web scraping\, text analysis\, sentiment analysis\, statistics\, and data visualisation.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/cdcs-summer-school-2024/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240613T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240613T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:The Creative AI Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join the Scottish AI Alliance & Creative Informatics for the Creative AI Forum\, Thursday 13 June in Glasgow. \n\n\n\nThis event will showcase the potential for AI in the creative industries\, while we come together to discuss how to ensure that our relationship with AI is rooted in trust\, ethics and inclusion. By getting involved you can help shape the future of both the creative industries\, and artificial intelligence\, in Scotland. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in seeing how artists and creatives are working with AI\, join us to hear from the participants in Creative Informatics’ Creative AI Demonstrator Project. \n\n\n\nThe event will be hosted in The Boardwalk\, Impact Arts\, Glasgow: \n\n\n\n14:00-16:45 Welcome & networking \n\n\n\n\nJoin the conversation on AI\n\n\n\nRefreshments available.\n\n\n\n\n15:00-16:45 Presentations \n\n\n\n\nHear from Creative AI Demonstrator participants about their experiences of working with AI.\n\n\n\n\n16:45-19:00 Forum & Demonstrator Exploration Showcase \n\n\n\n\nJoin the conversation on AI in the foyer\, and discover how people have been using AI in their creative practice.\n\n\n\nRefreshments & light snacks available.\n\n\n\n\nGuests are encouraged to join from either 14:00\, or 16:45. For further information\, please get in touch via hello@ScottishAI.com \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, but ticketed. Please let us know if you are unable to join after securing a ticket\, to allow us to maximise the number of guests we can welcome.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-creative-ai-forum/
LOCATION:The Boardwalk\, 105 Brunswick Street\, Glasgow\, G1 1TF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240614T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240606T120709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T123606Z
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SUMMARY:TikTok: Work\, Time\, and Play in a Platform Economy
DESCRIPTION:TikTok: Work\, Time\, and Play in a Platform Economy brings together papers that analyse emerging digital visual culture(s) and aesthetics through critical platform analyses. We are particularly interested in TikTok\, as it is a platform where many dynamic digital subcultures proliferate and circulate.  \n\n\n\nOver the last decade\, the internet has been subsumed by a complex of privately owned online services that call themselves ‘platforms’. This has radically altered the coordinates of the internet\, from a peer-to-peer communications infrastructure to an extractive arguably ‘neo-feudal’ system.  \n\n\n\nIn light of these recent shifts\, the conference will rethink a number of questions about digital culture that were initially explored in the early 2010s\, with the rise of Web 2.0. Papers will explore contemporary understandings of the construction of the self and collective identity\, digital labour and cultural production\, political discourse online\, digital affect\, and more.  \n\n\n\nKeynotes by Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou and Y7 (Hannah Cobb & Declan Colquitt). \n\n\n\nFull programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n09:00 Coffee and Tea \n\n\n\n09:30 Content Providers Introduction (morning session) \n\n\n\n09:40 “Working Around the Clock App. Algospeak As Content Creation    Strategy on TikTok” – Daniel Klug \n\n\n\n10:00 “Reimagining Work and Domesticity: The Stay-at-Home-Girlfriend Phenomenon on TikTok” – Marsha Batubara & Lucia Bainotti \n\n\n\n10:20 “‘Scraper’ and the Folkless Lore of Ritualised Prediction” – Most Dismal Swamp \n\n\n\n10:40 Break \n\n\n\n11:00 “FIRST PHONE (2024)” – Ruba Al-Sweel \n\n\n\n11:20 “Artistic Resistance in the Era of TikTok/Douyin” – Shiyu Gao \n\n\n\n11:40 Q & A work and time \n\n\n\n12:00 Lunch and Refreshments \n\n\n\n12:50 Content Providers Introduction (afternoon session) \n\n\n\n13:00 Keynote and Q & A- Y7 \n\n\n\n14:00 ““Stich Incoming”: TikTok Tarot Reading and the Return of the Scam” -Karen Gregory \n\n\n\n14:20 “Counterspeculative Constellations: A card reading format to unsettle the use of tarot and astrology in queer feminist artistic practice” – Frances Breden \n\n\n\n14:40 “‘This Message Is For You’: Decoding Angelic Interfaces and Images on TikTok” – Sara Nuta \n\n\n\n15:00 Q & A play \n\n\n\n15:10 Break \n\n\n\n15:30 Keynote and Q & A – Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou \n\n\n\n17:00 Drinks Reception \n\n\n\n\nPlease\, register for attendance via Eventbrite before 7th June. \n\n\n\nContent Providers is a research collaboration between researchers Ian Rothwell (University of Edinburgh)\, Idil Galip (University of Amsterdam)\, Ingrid Luquet-Gad (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). \n\n\n\nThe conference is supported by The New Real and the Edinburgh College of Art\, with additional funding from the College of Humanities\, Arts and Social Science.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/tiktok-work-time-and-play-in-a-platform-economy/
LOCATION:Lister Learning and Teaching Centre\, 5 Roxburgh Place\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9SU
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240619T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240621T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240517T135230Z
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SUMMARY:Economics of Financial Technology Conference
DESCRIPTION:Against the backdrop of regulatory developments\, innovations in technology have significantly reshaped the finance landscape across the world\, upending long-established orders of asset transformation. The economic processes in the finance sector are inextricably linked to the wellbeing of everyone in a modern economy. Therefore\, our ongoing understanding of the evolution of the sector is non-negotiable. Academics\, finance experts\, and policymakers have a responsibility to lead this drive. \n\n\n\nTo this end\, the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission\, with support from the University of Edinburgh Business School and the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, are pleased to host the third installment of the Economics of Financial Technology Conference in order to stimulate debate and research on financial innovation and the digital economy. The conference will bring together academics\, policymakers\, and finance professionals to share new insights and discuss the economic issues related to the application of technology to the practice of finance in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. \n\n\n\nThe three-day conference will include keynote lectures\, panel discussions\, and novel research presentations and discussions.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/economics-of-financial-technology-conference-2/
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Business School\, The University of Edinburgh\, 29 Buccleuch Place\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9JS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240620T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240620T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240528T121242Z
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SUMMARY:How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:How can we reclaim our humanity in an age of machine thinking? \n\n\n\nJoin us this June to celebrate publication of Shannon Vallor’s latest work The AI Mirror\, one of the most important books we can read right now to find our way through the AI-hype headlines and harness its power to reinvigorate our sense of human agency and possibility. \n\n\n\nThe AI Mirror\n\n\n\nFor many\, technology offers hope for the future—that promise of shared human flourishing and liberation that always seems to elude our species. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies spark this hope in a particular way. They promise a future in which human limits and frailties are finally overcome—not by us\, but by our machines. \n\n\n\nYet rather than open new futures\, today’s powerful AI technologies reproduce the past. Forged from oceans of our data into immensely powerful but flawed mirrors\, they reflect the same errors\, biases\, and failures of wisdom that we strive to escape. Our new digital mirrors point backward. They show only where the data say that we have already been\, never where we might venture together for the first time. \n\n\n\nTo meet today’s grave challenges to our species and our planet\, we will need something new from AI\, and from ourselves. \n\n\n\nShannon Vallor makes a wide-ranging\, prophetic\, and philosophical case for what AI could be: a way to reclaim our human potential for moral and intellectual growth\, rather than lose ourselves in mirrors of the past. Rejecting prophecies of doom\, she encourages us to pursue technology that helps us recover our sense of the possible\, and with it the confidence and courage to repair a broken world. Vallor calls us to rethink what AI is and can be\, and what we want to be with it. \n\n\n\nAbout Shannon Vallor\n\n\n\nShannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh\, where she directs the Centre for Technomoral Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute. She is a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute and former AI Ethicist at Google. Her work explores how new technologies reshape human moral and intellectual character and includes advising government and industry on the ethical design and use of AI. She is the author of Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting (Oxford\, 2016).
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/shannon-vallor-how-to-reclaim-our-humanity-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh\, 2 Blenheim Place\, Edinburgh\, EH7 5JH
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240621T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240621T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:Designing Data and Innovation Futures to Wear
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the future of sustainable technology through design\, engineering\, and finance. \n\n\n\nEdinburgh Futures Institute introduces\, ‘Designing Data and Innovation Futures to Wear’ a symposium to learn from and engage with leading academics and innovators across interconnected industries of robotics\, data\, design and healthcare on how they are harnessing technology to create our future\, sustainable world. We will explore the possibilities that novel\, wearable technologies and associated data provide to achieve a sustainable\, circular future. Looking beyond hype\, we will adopt a regenerative\, holistic and design led approach to innovation in a multidisciplinary setting with an entrepreneurial mindset. \n\n\n\nThe aim of this event is to create the conditions for experimental dialogue across robotics\, data\, design\, and healthcare\, collaborating to inform a radically different approach to research and innovation at Edinburgh Futures Institute. The day will include a series of keynote speakers\, a future thinking workshop\, panel discussions and networking opportunities which aim to prompt new research and innovation opportunities at the intersection of material\, data-science\, business\, engineering\, and health. Look forward to a human and system centred explorative day of inspiration\, possibility\, and convergence. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n9.30am – Welcome and Session 1 – Data Design: Environmental data and the body\n\n\n\n11am – Coffee break\n\n\n\n11:30 – Session 2 – Green finance: Mining Materials\, Green Data and Finance\n\n\n\n1pm – Lunch\n\n\n\n2pm – Session 3 – Robotics and Health: Novel Narratives\n\n\n\n3.30pm – Coffee break\n\n\n\n4.30pm – Event close\, reflection and thanks\n\n\n\n4.40pm – Drinks Reception until 6pm\n\n\n\n\nConfirmed speakers to be announced soon!
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/designing-data-and-innovation-futures-to-wear/
LOCATION:Room 2.55\, Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:Digital Cultural Heritage at Edinburgh Futures Institute: Research Exchange
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to all interested researchers and cultural heritage professionals. All Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster members past and present are invited\, as well as anyone from within or beyond the University of Edinburgh who is interested in digital cultural heritage research. Hear about some of the latest research and engagement projects led by DCH members\, make new connections and get inspired. \n\n\n\n2:00 – Arrival and coffee \n\n\n\n2:15 – Welcome \n\n\n\n2:20 – Dr Clare Llewellyn\, Lecturer in Governance\, Data and Technology: ‘Messaging a Minotaur: Using social media content from exhibitions to enhance metadata’ \n\n\n\n– We are excited to welcome Clare to share findings from the AHRC/NEH funded Enriching Exhibition Scholarship project. \n\n\n\n2:50 – Short talks \n\n\n\n– Digital Cultural Heritage projects and opportunities in and around the EFI building – Patricia Erskine \n\n\n\n– Building a Scottish community archaeology database – Emily Johnston \n\n\n\n– Infrastructure Futures for Digital Cultural Heritage – Melissa Terras\, Phil Sheail\, Cate Schofield & Jen Ross \n\n\n\n3:35 – Networking \n\n\n\n4pm – End
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/digital-cultural-heritage-at-edinburgh-futures-institute-research-exchange/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240628T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240628T183000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240509T144608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T081639Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Tech Scotland Gathering 2024
DESCRIPTION:About this event \n\n\n\nJoin us on the 28th June for CreativeTech Scotland Gathering for an exciting day of cutting-edge creative tech keynotes\, demos\, and panels\, with workshops and a closing reception with an interactive performance! \n\n\n\nOur aim is to bring people together from across the creative and cultural sector in every discipline to meet\, connect\, share know-how\, be inspired by new innovations and be amazed by how we each use creative technology to deliver our services\, products and audience experiences. \n\n\n\nThe Programme will be added shortly but to give you a flavour of the day\, there will be a range of industry spotlights\, hands-on workshops\, and a showcase of creative tech demonstrations and lightening talks\, with a closing reception and performance at the newly opened Edinburgh Futures Institute with networking\, refreshments and snacks. \n\n\n\nThe event will be hosted on The University of Edinburgh campus across the Informatics Forum\, Inspace Gallery and the Student Enterprise Hub. \n\n\n\nCheck  www.ctsg.scot for updates. \n\n\n\nAccessibility Statement \n\n\n\nAll events spaces are fully accessible to wheelchair users. Demo and workshop rooms can also be accessed via wheelchair. If you have any access requirements\, please let us know by answering our accessibility question when registing your ticket or get in touch with us directly at engagement.efi@ed.ac.uk \n\n\n\nCare BursariesWe have care bursaries available for those wishing to attend that have caring responsibilities please email us at engagement.efi@ed.ac.uk \n\n\n\nCode of Conduct \n\n\n\nCreativeTech Scotland Gathering events are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone\, regardless of gender\, gender identity and expression\, age\, sexual orientation\, disability\, physical appearance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, religion (or lack thereof)\, or technology choices. \n\n\n\nCTSG Mailing List \n\n\n\nPlease note that by signing up to this event you will be added to the CreativeTech Scotland Gathering newsletter to be informed on future events. If you would like to be removed from this mailing list please engagement.efi@ed.ac.uk.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-tech-scotland-gathering-2024/
LOCATION:Informatics Forum\, The University of Edinburgh\, 10 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240723T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240723T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:Ethical responsibilities in displaying provocative AI artistic experiences
DESCRIPTION:Artists and creative makers are increasingly aware of the ethical quandaries associated with devising data-driven art and creative experiences. More care is being put into the data sets and models artists use\, licencing and IP issues\, and environmental impacts of data-driven art. But what are the ethical responsibilities artists have for displaying\, performing and exhibiting provocative experiences? Is there a unique role that AI plays in artistic experiences which are designed to provoke emotional reactions and new perspectives? What is the duty of care that artists have towards audiences\, particularly vulnerable audiences\, and how does the role of deception in artistic creations play into this duty? Are there parallels between ethics issues arising in the arts and other disciplines like medicine which could usefully contribute to guidance and best practice in this area? Where does responsibility lie for these concerns between the artist and institutions curating and displaying art\, and how are institutions engaging with these issues? At the end of the day\, it a “garbage in\, garbage out” situation? \n\n\n\nPlease join our panel of artists\, curators\, and researchers working across multiple disciplines to kick-start a participatory discussion exploring these challenging questions. \n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\nCaitlin McDonald (panel chair): Postdoctoral Research Associate\, Creative Informatics. Caitlin’s data-informed memoir artworks explore vital questions about ethical responsibilities creatives have towards themselves as well as audiences. \n\n\n\nTheodore Koterwas: Lecturer\, Design Informatics. Theodore’s corpus of artwork draws critical attention to aspects of daily experience that often go unnoticed but profoundly impact on how we understand each other\, technology and the environment. \n\n\n\nKam Chan: co-Vice President\, Visual Arts Scotland; Engagement Producer\, Data + Design Lab\, EFI. As an artist and an artistic producer\, Kam is interested in the intersections of communication\, connection and consensus\, particularly expanding the narrative of how we inhabit and share spaces beyond ourselves. \n\n\n\nMark Daniels: Executive Director\, New Media Scotland. Mark’s curatorial work fosters artist and audience engagement with all forms of new media practice\, particularly in innovative and emergent creative practice as Chair of the Alt-w Fund. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n4:00-4:10Arrivals & introduction by Creativity\, AI and the Human Cluster Lead Caterina Moruzzi4:10-4:50Panel 4:50-4:55Pre-Q&A audience discussion activity in pairs/small groups4:50-5:05Q&A with panel5:05-6:00Mingling\, discussion and food6:00Disperse (to nearby pub if discussion is still lively!)\n\n\n\nSponsored by the Creativity\, AI and the Human Cluster and by Creative Informatics. \n\n\n\nImage: “Theodore Koterwas\, “When Do You Give Yourself Away?” Image credit: Chris Scott\, ‘There be Dragons: navigating the uncharted data territories of creative practice’ exhibition\, September 2022.”
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/ethical-responsibilities-in-displaying-provocative-ai-artistic-experiences/
LOCATION:Bayes Centre\, The University of Edinburgh\, Room G.03\, 47 Potterrow\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9BT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:Citizens Data Agency Exhibition Opening Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the Citizens Data Agency\, a fictional service provider proposing five speculative data support services. This interactive exhibition showcases the outcomes of a series of co-design workshops which were part of a year-long research project which aims to spark conversations about the challenges people will face around data privacy in the future and what kinds of support services we might need. \n\n\n\nThe Citizens Data Agency is a project by researchers in the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and seeks to explore what current and future data privacy support might look like for people from marginalised communities. We partnered with two community partners – Amina and Datakirk – who provide support for people from minority ethnic backgrounds. Through a series of participatory and co-design workshops the aim was to explore possible future speculative data support services designed around their experiences and needs. \n\n\n\nDatakirk is an Edinburgh based social enterprise that aims to empower people from disadvantaged groups in the data economy by providing learner-centred training in data literacy and analytic skills. \n\n\n\nAmina is a Scottish wide charity that empowers and supports Muslim and BME women by serving as a vital link between them and the barriers they face every day. \n\n\n\nThe project is funded by the UKRI National Research Centre on Privacy\, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) and Edinburgh Futures Institute. \n\n\n\nCitizens Data Agency Exhibition Opening Event: \n\n\n\nDate: Thursday 25th July 2024 \n\n\n\nTime: 5 – 7pm \n\n\n\nExhibition continues: \n\n\n\nDate: Friday – Sunday\, 26th – 28th July 2024 \n\n\n\nTime: 10am – 5pm every day \n\n\n\n*Please register your seat for the Opening Event. The exhibition is open to drop-In. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/citizens-data-agency-exhibition-opening-event/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240805T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240805T173000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240718T143852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T143854Z
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SUMMARY:AI as a creative companion for academia
DESCRIPTION:Anthropic’s workshops aim to show the Fringe community how AI assistants can help with burdensome tasks\, and to hear your feedback as we all shape the future of this technology together. \n\n\n\nThis workshop for academics is a great opportunity for students\, faculty staff and anyone involved in education to learn how to apply AI to research and development\, revision\, lesson planning\, grading\, learning new skills and much more. \n\n\n\nThis session will be hosted by members of Anthropic’s education and creative teams\, with a focus on getting the most out of its flagship AI assistant Claude–a large language model used by millions of people for personal and professional tasks. \n\n\n\nAnthropic believes AI will augment—not replace—human creativity\, and its team is dedicated to showing you how this technology can contribute to existing aspects of your day-to-day work\, and be the most helpful companion possible. \n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n16:00-16:30 – Welcome tea\, coffee & refreshments \n\n\n\n16:30-17:30 – Workshop (10-minute introduction to AI\, a 30 minute demonstration of helpful tasks\, and 20 minutes of attendee Q&A and feedback). \n\n\n\nWorkshops are free to attend and\, given limited capacity\, we encourage you to reserve a spot as soon as possible.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/ai-as-a-creative-companion-for-academia/
LOCATION:St Leonard’s Hall\, 18 Holyrood Park Road\, Edinburgh\, EH16 5AY
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240810T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240810T171500
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240805T104015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T083555Z
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SUMMARY:Margaret Atwood: Practical Utopias – An Exploration of the Possible
DESCRIPTION:As part of our Future Tense series\, and in partnership with Future Library\, we are thrilled to present Margaret Atwood\, appearing remotely\, illuminating a concept that has gripped her extraordinary imagination of late\, and offering a way forward from the most intractable challenges of our time – Practical Utopias. Can we reset the relationship between people and planet by bringing a new way of thinking to some of our most fundamental and pressing questions: what kind of homes should we live in? What should we eat? How can we share space on this planet together? Chaired by Naomi Alderman. \n\n\n\nThere will be no signing after this event as Margaret Atwood is appearing remotely. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/margaret-atwood-practical-utopias-an-exploration-of-the-possible/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240811T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240811T183000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240724T102132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T111919Z
UID:10000152-1723395600-1723401000@efi.ed.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Practical Utopias: Workshop
DESCRIPTION:By asking us to reconsider the most basic questions of our existence\, Margaret Atwood’s ‘Practical Utopias’ concept provides a blueprint for rethinking how we live sustainably and optimistically. What should we eat in utopia? What are the optimal ways for groups to live together? Today\, Jennifer Williams\, Utopia Lab programme director at the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, delivers a workshop using Atwood’s framework. Based on principles of collaboration\, future-thinking\, and innovation\, the workshop will get you thinking about how the future can inspire and influence our present. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/practical-utopias-workshop/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240812T121500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240812T131500
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240805T102455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T054147Z
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SUMMARY:Madhumita Murgia & Georgina Voss: The Systems Which Govern Us
DESCRIPTION:Two fascinating technology writers reveal the disorientating extent to which we are already governed by AI and complex systems. Hear Financial Times AI editor Madhumita Murgia (author of Code Dependent) and artist and academic Georgina Voss (author of Systems Ultra) as they question what ethical\, moral\, and practical questions are being left in the wake of technological advance? What happens next? Chaired by Pip Thornton. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by the Centre for Data\, Culture & Society\, part of Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/madhumita-murgia-georgina-voss-the-systems-which-govern-us/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240819T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240819T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240813T135142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T135820Z
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SUMMARY:Page Against the Machine: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Writers\, publishers\, readers! In a Book Festival WORLD EXCLUSIVE\, join us for a product launch like no other. Endowed with game-changing generative technology\, our new machine promises to revolutionise the literary world. Deadlines\, writer’s block\, and burnout will be relics of the past. Imagine amplifying your literary outputs tenfold\, a hundredfold — with no extra effort! Be part of history. Be there when the future of writing begins. \n\n\n\nHuman Verses Machine is a performative intervention developed as part of Pip Thornton’s BRAID Fellowship project Writing the Wrongs of AI. Designed by Ray Interactive with the help of the WWAI participants\, Human Verses Machine invites writers and readers to ask: who truly benefits from the current AI explosion? A post-performance panel discussion will delve deeper into the ethical\, practical\, and existential issues faced by the publishing industry in an age of AI. \n\n\n\nIn this special event Pip Thornton is joined by Camilla Grudova\, Jan Rutherford\, and Burkhard Schafer. \n\n\n\nThis project is funded by the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme with funds received from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by Creative Informatics.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/page-against-the-machine-writing-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240820T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240820T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240724T103019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T112443Z
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SUMMARY:Recycling a Hospital Writing Workshop: Poetry\, Memory and Future Dreaming
DESCRIPTION:Can stories from the past inspire dreams of the future? Recycling a Hospital encourages us to think about the Edinburgh Futures Institute’s history as a place of care\, and how we can carry stories from the hospital’s past meaningfully into the future. Join us as we use simple techniques to explore how poetry can be a portal for our memories of the old Royal Infirmary and ideas of how care will take shape at the Futures Institute for years to come. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/recycling-a-hospital-writing-workshop-poetry-memory-and-future-dreaming/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240822T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240822T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240808T102041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T144833Z
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SUMMARY:James Crawford: Traces of the Past
DESCRIPTION:The search for hidden landscapes drives the work of Shetland-born author James Crawford\, whose books have explored borders\, lost buildings\, and – in conjunction with his BBC series Scotland from the Sky – the views revealed by photography from the air. Today he talks with Dan Richards about his latest work\, Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland\, in a conversation about searching for the nation’s abandoned buildings and landmarks.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/james-crawford-traces-of-the-past/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240823T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240823T191500
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240724T104437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T112252Z
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SUMMARY:Words from the Wards: Jennifer Williams
DESCRIPTION:In Spring 2024 we called for people from Edinburgh to submit stories about the former Royal Infirmary\, to capture and honour the experiences and memories that people connect with the building’s previous life. Join us as we bring together local people from across Edinburgh alongside special guest Jennifer Williams to perform their work and commemorate the building’s rich history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/words-from-the-wards-jennifer-williams/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh International Book Festival,Talk/Discussion,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T191500
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240816T085250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T115800Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation about the Edinburgh Conversations
DESCRIPTION:The Edinburgh Conversations\, which took place between 1981 and 1988 under the auspices of the University of Edinburgh\, played a significant role in easing tensions between East and West at the time of the Cold War. \n\n\n\nExactly 40 years ago\, in September 1984\, the fourth set of Conversations took place in Moscow. Held alternately in Edinburgh and Moscow\, the Conversations brought together senior academics\, diplomats and military officials from the Soviet Union\, the United States and the United Kingdom. The key figure was the Professor of Defence Studies at the University of Edinburgh\, Professor John Erickson\, a leading expert on the Soviet military\, who was held in equally high esteem in the Kremlin and in the Pentagon. Another key figure was Michael Westcott\, a senior administrator at the University\, who acted as Secretary to the Conversations and without whose tireless efforts behind the scenes\, the Conversations might never have succeeded. \n\n\n\nIn this event\, Retired US Air Force Colonel Fred Clark Boli\, who undertook his PhD at the University of Edinburgh and who worked closely with Professor Erickson during the Edinburgh Conversations\, was formerly US Department of Defense representative to the Conversations and an expert on Russian affairs\, will be in conversation with John Sturrock KC\, also a graduate of the University and now one of the UK’s leading mediators\, who was a close friend of Michael Westcott and who assisted him in the Conversations and has access to his private papers about them. \n\n\n\nFrom their personal knowledge\, our conversationalists will discuss what happened in the Edinburgh Conversations\, how they were conducted and why they were successful. They will contemplate\, in the context of the current global situation\, what might be done in 2024 to replicate the approach\, focusing on the process\, personalities and relationships which sustained the initiative and how these same ideas might be applicable today\, exploring underlying themes such as hosting\, hospitality and humility at times of hostility\, distrust and suspicion. \n\n\n\nThe photo in the title card shows Professor John Erickson (front right) and a group of participants in the Conversations in the mid eighties. Courtesy of John Sturrock\, circa 1986. \n\n\n\nAbout the Conversationalists\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Fred Clark Boli\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Fred Clark Boli\, Colonel\, US Air Force\, Retired\, was educated at the US Air Force Academy and the University of Notre Dame\, majoring in Soviet Studies. He served in the US Air Force and was decorated with the Silver Star for Gallantry\, the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Flying Cross twice. He was Assistant Air Attache in the American Embassy in Moscow from 1976-1978 and thereafter Squadron Commander of the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing and Chief of the Pacific-East Division of the US Air Force. \n\n\n\nHe was a Post-Graduate Fellow at the Department of Defence Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1985-1986 and participated in the Edinburgh Conversations from 1985 until their conclusion in 1989. He served as a Deputy Director and Military Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1986-1992. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1995 with a PhD in Russian History. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Sturrock KC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Sturrock graduated with a First Class Honours degree in law from the University of Edinburgh in 1980\, where he was Senior President of the Students Association. Following a career at the Scottish Bar\, he moved into the field of conflict resolution. As founder and senior mediator at Core Solutions\, John is recognised as one of the leading mediators in the UK\, with an international reputation. He is identified as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal\, is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Edinburgh. \n\n\n\nIn 2019\, John conducted a well-received review for the Scottish Government into allegations of bullying in NHS Highland. He was a member of the Stewarding Group of the first Citizens Assembly in Scotland and is a founder of Collaborative Scotland\, an initiative to encourage respectful dialogue in Scottish politics and public affairs\, In 2022\, he published the second volume of his book entitled A Mediator’s Musings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n\n\nEntry will be via the Edinburgh Futures Institute south entrance on Porters Walk (opposite Tribe Yoga). \n\n\n\nThis event will be photographed/recorded\, and may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed/recorded\, please let us know at the event.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/a-conversation-about-the-edinburgh-conversations/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240919T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240920T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
CREATED:20240821T143450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T143553Z
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SUMMARY:The Digital Museum Conference
DESCRIPTION:What is the relationship between the digital and the museum? This question is at the heart of a 4- year Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project\, Decolonising the Museum: Digital Repatriation of the Gaidinliu Collection from the UK to India (DiMuse)\, from which this 2-day workshop emerges. \n\n\n\nWe ask this question to tease out the multiple ways in which collections and objects housed in museums can be remediated and remade in new contexts. It enables us to think through what the ‘digital’ and the ‘analogue’ are\, particularly in light of how the object\, now transformed through printing\, 3D imagery\, video\, sound\, photography\, and sophisticated photogrammetry tools\, evoke complex questions around what the ‘object’ embodies and how various audiences respond to them. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will take place over two days from Thursday 19th – Friday 20th September in Edinburgh. Attendance is free\, but due to limited spaces please register above to reserve your space. Registration will take place on the morning of Thursday 19th. Our venue is to be confirmed but the workshop will take place in or around University of Edinburgh central campus. \n\n\n\nA full programme will be available shortly. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n\nJelena Porsanger (Sámi Museum in Karasjok)\n\n\n\nNathaniel Majaw (St. Anthony’s College)\n\n\n\nThupten Kelsang (St Anthony’s College)\n\n\n\nCara Krmpotich (University of Toronto)\n\n\n\nGwyneria Isaac (Smithsonian)\n\n\n\nJoshua Bell (Smithsonian)\n\n\n\nNoel Lobley (University of Virginia)\n\n\n\nJohn Harries (University of Edinburgh)\n\n\n\nMridu Rai (UCL)\n\n\n\nPaul Basu (University of Oxford)\n\n\n\nMark Elliot (University of Cambridge)\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Lecture (Thursday 19th): ‘Digital Ways of Knowing’ by Haidy Geismar\, Professor of Anthropology\, UCL. \n\n\n\nLocation to be announced.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-digital-museum-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240924T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T185238
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SUMMARY:Speculative Futures Meet-Up #3: Futures Boardgames
DESCRIPTION:Speculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to an in-person evening event about Futures Boardgames. \n\n\n\nWe’ll first hear from Marion Lean\, a design researcher who has developed several ‘serious games’ as part of her work for clients like Defra\, and the Pensions Regulator. She’ll share stories about creating games with government\, and getting policy people to play games. \n\n\n\nWe’ll then open up Andthen’s collection of Futures Boardgames — we’ve got some quick card based games\, some longer form sit-down board games\, and we’ve even got our own prototype game you can test. Some of these are pictured\, some of these we still need to print out\, and some of these we’re still bidding on on eBay 😬!We’ll all break off into groups\, play at least one game\, maybe more if there’s time\, and then come back together.We’ll finish the evening with a recap — we can all share what we played\, what was involved\, and then reflect on the experience.Speculative Futures Central Scotland is programmed by Andthen and the Data + Design Lab based at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. We are interested in hosting discussions about applied futures — we want to learn about how people are addressing long-term issues in their organisations\, from understanding the role of long-term thinking in policy design to understanding the challenges of using futures in large corporates. Speculative Futures Central Scotland is a component chapter of the global Speculative Futures community.Agenda \n\n\n\n18:30 — Join us for a drink and a catch up \n\n\n\n19:00 — Intro from Santini and Marion \n\n\n\n19:20 — Play boardgames \n\n\n\n20:30 — Group feedback and reflection \n\n\n\n21:00 — Close \n\n\n\nFor questions\, email ddl.efi@ed.ac.uk or freyja@studioandthen.com
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/speculative-futures-meet-up-3-futures-boardgames/
LOCATION:South Block\, 60-64 Osborne Street\, Glasgow\, Scotland\, G1 5QH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion,Workshop
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