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Computers and Society Research Conference – 20th May 2022
We are pleased to announce the Computers and Society Research Conference. The conference is an informal get-together for colleagues and friends, and an opportunity for our students to show off their research. The conference will take place 14.00-17.00 on 20th May 2022, on the Dotslash Campus, Europalaan 100, Utrecht.
Suzanne Atkins
Using AI to count all the solar panels in the world
One photovoltaic solar energy generating unit, two photovoltaic solar energy generating units… Solar power generation is one option for decarbonising electricity production. However, if we don’t know how many solar panels there are in the world and where they are, we’re missing a piece of information about how well we are doing with with regard…
Suzanne Atkins
Public perception on the responsibility for incidents involving autonomous vehicles
https://doi.org/10.54822/QBYL2425 This paper has been published in the “Computer and Society Research Journal“, a free to publish, open access journal for socially relevant computer science research. PDF Download Download the full article for free Abstract We conducted a survey to investigate the public perception of the blame for incidents where autonomous vehicles (AVs) make poor…
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Applying Ethical AI Frameworks in practice: Evaluating conversational AI chatbot solutions
https://doi.org/10.54822/QXOM4114 This paper has been published in the “Computer and Society Research Journal“, a free to publish, open access journal for socially relevant computer science research. PDF Download Read full article for free Abstract Ethical AI frameworks are designed to encourage the accountability, responsibility and transparency of AI applications. They provide principles for ethical design….
Suzanne Atkins
2020 information science research agenda
At ICT Institute we aim to combine academic research and practical applications. One way we do this, is by selecting topics for information research. Below is the list of topics that we identified as relevant in 2020. For each topic, one or more students from the Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit will write a thesis. A total…
Sieuwert van Otterloo