The aim of this Workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners who are working on various aspects of social robotics and adaptive interaction. The expected result of the workshop is a multidisciplinary research agenda that will inform future research directions and hopefully, forge some research collaborations.
The GENERAL workshop explores advances in General and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GGAI), including breakthroughs in areas like natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision (CV). It emphasizes the emerging capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Latent Diffusion Models (LDMs) and promotes Human-Centered AIs with applications like ChatGPT and Midjourney. The workshop delves into generating human-like content across text and images, highlighting the creative, coherent, and unexpected properties of these AI models. A key aspect is AI explainability, focusing on understanding, explaining, and controlling the complexities of these AI systems in terms of fairness, accountability, and transparency. Additionally, it encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between fields like HCI, psychology, social studies, and the arts to enrich the understanding of AI’s societal and cultural impacts.
Website: https://www.evilscript.eu/general/
The emerging concept of Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) involves amplifying, augmentation, empowering and enhancing individuals. HCAI aims to ensure that AI systems operate transparently, deliver fair and equitable outcomes, and respect privacy while preserving human control.
The First Workshop on User Perspectives in Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (HCAI4U) focuses on examining the impacts of automated decision-making systems on end-users and how human-centred aspects influence their interaction with AI. The goal of the workshop is to facilitate discussion and exchange of ideas within the community on advances in developing trustworthy, fair and privacy-preserving systems, as well as user interfaces that are explainable, with a specific focus on the users’ perception in real-world scenarios rather than solely on the algorithmic and model performance. HCAI4U will foster cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary discussions between experts from various research fields, e.g. computer science, psychology, sociology, law, and business, to discuss problems and synergies in this research topic.
We live in a world where no individual is independent of those around them. Hence, interconnection, interdependence, and collaboration are shaping the framework of modern society as they stimulate the transition to a more sustainable society. It is how we collaborate today that will strengthen our relationships in the future, and technology is rapidly shaping our lives, requiring us to redefine collaborative environments.
This workshop focuses on sustainable and smart collaboration, which might also take place in virtual, remote, and online settings.
While it represents a step forward in breaking down geographical and social barriers, virtual environments should carefully deal with security aspects
In a nutshell, S3C is meant to connect researchers, industries, educators, and technologists involved in different and diverse areas connected to Human-computer Interaction (HCI) blended with immersive systems, smart cities, and security awareness which can take advantage of the collaboration.
Website: https://sustainablesecuresmartcollaborationws.github.io
In this workshop, AI and Sustainability in the Wine Industry, we will look into the emerging and existing technologies with respect to the context of wine, and examine the ways in which user experience and interaction design can enhance and augment current practice. We will explore opportunities and codesign solutions that are yet to be envisioned, with respect to sustainability in wine production and consumption. By reviewing current technology uses in the wine industry, as a workshop group we can explore extended their experiential and functional capabilities through the additional of machine learning, big data analysis and AI algorithms. From our background research, we saw very little focus on human-computer interaction with current technology solutions, with limited concern for user acceptance and trust. As HCI researchers and interaction designers we have an opportunity, and in fact an obligation, to examine the ways in which AI and sustainability are being integrated into this introduction of technology, and ensure that the user experience and value to the user, be it wine grower, wine maker, wine vendor, or consumer, is positive.
At the end of the workshop, we will reflect as a group on the contributions of individuals attending the workshop and the winemaker driven experiences shared during the workshop. From this, we hope to cooperatively determine how we, as researchers and practitioners, have a role to play in influencing sustainability through interaction design within the context of the global wine industry.
In this upcoming workshop, participants will be taught how to develop custom visualization templates using RAWGraphs, a free and open-source software (rawgraphs.io). The new version, 2.0, has simplified the process of creating templates, allowing for easy usage through a straightforward loading function (to be released soon). This 4-hour workshop will be held during the CHItaly 2023 conference and is intended for visualization experts, designers, developers, and researchers (including PhDs) who desire to create specialized tools to support specific requirements and/or progress in their research. Our objective is to guide participants in creating 5 new templates. Hence, a fundamental prerequisite is an in-depth understanding of data visualization and Javascript development.
Website: https://rawgraphs.io/ws-chitaly2023