A+ Alliance

fA+Ir: NLP, Language & Locality
2024-06-13 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Bringing together NLP researchers from 4 regions of the world. This webinar is part of our global F<A+I>R Feminist AI Research Network global series in which we collectively think about what is Feminist AI, and who are the Majority World players creating pro-social AI, designed with inclusion at the core, creating new opportunities & innovative correction of inequities.
Join us as we explore concrete applications of these principles!

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AI4D | Francophone AI: Qu’est-ce que c’est?
2024-06-20 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Ce webinar en français focalisera sur l’IA Francophone.

AI4D: Francophone AI
2024-06-20 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Francophone AI: Qu’est-ce que c’est?

fa+ir | Wrap up Webinar
2024-06-25 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
In this webinar, we will be wrapping up the F<A+I>R Feminist AI Research Network of projects with the various members of our cohorts sharing on the journey of bringing their research to life.

Open Studio: Understanding Stakeholder Involvement for Responsible AI Development in Practice | Emma Kallina
2024-09-24 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
How can we better involve affected communities in the development process of AI systems – and what are blockers to this in practice? In this Open-Studio Session, Emma will provide an overview over her PhD research, including (1) why we have to involve affected communities during the development of AI systems, (2) the differences between such stakeholder involvement for responsible AI efforts vs the type of stakeholder involvement currently happening in practice, (3) the steps required for stakeholder involvement ensuring more responsible systems, as well as (4) contexts with potential exceptions to such rules.

About Emma Kallina: Emma Kallina believes that the people impacted by a technology should have substantial influence during the development of such technology. To push this forward, her research (third-year PhD student at the University of Cambridge) focuses on how the involvement of affected communities during the development of AI systems can support the development of more responsible systems in practice. Her background is in Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, and UX Research. She is a visiting researcher / fellow at the Institute for Technology & Humanity and the Alan Turing Institute.

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Open Studio: AI & Climate Change, Community, Data & Feminism | Pyrou Chung
2024-10-29 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Based in Thailand, Pyrou Chung directs the East West Management Institute Programs on natural resources, land, and data initiatives in Southeast Asia under the Open Development Initiative.
Pyrou has over 20 years of experience in the development sector across Asia, Africa and Australia. As an ecologist and sustainable development expert, her work has been focused on the nexus between environmental governance, conservation and human rights, with an emphasis on digital technologies and artificial intelligence affecting environmental data justice issues. Through partnerships and participatory action research this work explores these intersections in order for Indigenous Peoples and environmental defenders to seek self-determination rights over lands and territories.
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Open Studio: Evaluation of SOF+IA in light of Data Feminism Principles | Daniela Moyano
2024-11-11 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
In this open studio, Daniela Moyano will speak about Sof+IA: a prototype chatbot designed to report and provide guidance on Digital Gender Violence (DGV) in Chile. This evaluation examines its development through Data Feminism principles, highlighting how it challenges power structures, prioritizes survivor needs, and integrates emotion into technology design. Despite challenges such as limited resources and inclusion gaps, Sof+IA centers survivors’ experiences and promotes pluralism. Continuous reflection and evaluation are essential for integrating feminist principles into AI development.
About Daniela MoyanoDaniela Moyano is an information designer and data visualization expert with a focus on gender data and feminist perspectives. With a B.A. in Design and an M.S.C. in Sociology, she has co-founded ODEGI, an observatory promoting critical gender data use. Daniela has led multiple research and design projects, including Sof+IA, a chatbot addressing digital gender violence. Her work blends technology, social justice, and feminist theory, advocating for more inclusive and ethical technological practices.

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Open Studio: AI & Health, thinking through maintenance, repair and response-ability | Amina Soulimani
2024-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
This open studio will focus on exploring the multiple ways through which we can understand the entanglement of repair and maintenance with visionary aspirations around smart hospitals. By revisiting earlier and contemporary Feminist STS texts, new materialism, phenomenology and leaning on insights from the field, Amina will share insights emerging from her ongoing PhD research. Presenting Morocco as a case study, this talk shall explore further the dimensions that waiting takes in environments that run through foreign software in local hospitals.
About Amina Soulimani: Amina Soulimani’s research investigates human-technology interactions in oncology care, and algorithmic infrastructures within hospitals in Morocco. Her work is guided primarily through interdisciplinary practice, decolonial scholarship, and critical realism when dreaming about dignified care futures. She is Doctoral Research Fellow at HUMA, The Institute for Humanities in Africa, and a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Open Studio: Much Distress and Little Relief | Jamie Fuller
2024-11-18 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Earlier this year, predictive optimization was introduced into South Africa’s social grant system to detect and counter fraud. As a result, thousands (and counting) of the country’s most financially vulnerable have been mistakenly excluded from receiving their grant payment. This open studio unpacks the case study, explaining what went wrong and reflecting on a more productive use of AI. It concludes that while AI may be most alluring in the resource-constrained realities of developing countries, it is precisely in such contexts that it poses the greatest threat.
About the speaker: Jamie Fuller is a junior researcher at Research ICT Africa, a Cape Town – based think tank committed to enabling universal and meaningful digital access across the continent. She holds a Masters degree in Philosophy and is especially passionate about everyday ethical dilemmas, including those associated with advanced data-driven technologies.

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Open Studio: Can Bias in LLMs Be Used for Good? | Francesca Lucchini Wortzman
2024-12-02 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
It is a well-known fact that LLMs express harmful biases in their predictions. The main source comes from the training datasets, which are too large and expensive to check thoroughly. In this open studio, Francesca Lucchini will explore how we can leverage the bias in LLMs and use them to examine massive datasets, discovering starting points for a data audit.
About the speaker: Francesca Lucchini Wortzman is a Tech Lead at CENIA, the National Artificial Intelligence Research Center. She has a computer science and masters degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, she specializes in machine learning applications related to urban analysis and computer vision. Francesca is passionate about gender equality and applied ethics in AI.

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