National Conference on AI Transformations: Language, Technology, and Society

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Conceptuele verbeelding van AI-ethiek/AI-recht. Foto: © iStock/Suriya Phosri
© iStock/Suriya Phosri

On Friday 31 January, the focus areas Applied Data Science, Governing the Digital Society and Human-centered Artificial Intelligence are organizing an interdisciplinary conference focused on the theme of “AI Transformations: Language, Technology, and Society” at the Railway Museum in Utrecht.

AI Transformations: Language, Technology, and Society

The conference program features renowned keynote speakers Katie Atkinson, Antal van den Bosch and Letitia Parcalabescu, as well as three presentations from pairs of Utrecht University researchers. The event aims to foster engaging and informed discussions on the pressing topics within the realm of AI Transformations regarding language, technology, and society.

Railway Museum Utrecht

During the breaks there is ample opportunity to meet peers, discuss your work or research and enlarge your network. You can of course do so in the break room, but also around (historic) trains, since every conference visitor also has access to the museum.

Program

Below you will first find a detailed overview of the program, followed by short abstracts and bios of all the speakers. We anticipate a large and engaged audience consisting of researchers, professionals, and enthusiastic students.

Program National Conference on AI Transformations: Language, Technology, and Society

09.30-09.50Walk-in and registration
09.50-10.00Word of welcome by Peter van der Heijden
10.00-11.00Keynote Katie Atkinson – Developing explainable AI tools that can engage in effective legal argumentation
11.00-11.20Coffee break
11.20-11.50Presentation by Florian Kunneman and Özgür Togay – Mapping Political Polarization on Social Media through NLP
11.50-12.20Presentation by Taylor Annabell and Catalina Goanta – Amplifying drama, promoting consumerism: Values in TikTok Search Suggestions among popular Dutch influencers
12.20-13.30Lunch break
13.30-14.30Keynote Letitia Parcalabescu – Can Large (Vision and) Language Models Faithfully Explain Themselves?
14.30-14.45Short break
14.45-15.15Presentation by Roxana Radulescu and Shihan Wang – Agents, Language and Dialogues
15.15-15.45Coffee break
15.45-16.45Keynote Antal van den Bosch – Gödel, Elman, Bla: The intricate bond between language and AI
16.45-17.00Closing remarks and conference wrap-up
17.00-18.00Drinks

Keynotes

Utrecht University presentations

Start date and time
End date and time
Location
Company School, Railway Museum Utrecht (Bedrijfsschool Spoorwegmuseum, Maliebaanstation 16, 3581 XW Utrecht)
Entrance fee
Free
Registration

Registration form (deadline January 14th 2025)