9/3/24

I ran to campus today (and then back home) for some meetings, and along the way I also listened to a bunch of talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a great talk by Isabel Valera on ethical machine learning in theory and practice at Deep Learning Indaba https://www.youtube.com/live/2H0DEtu--4w?si=Ru1XsAEg_ouyssxo&t=3855

Next was a wide-ranging talk by Sara Venturini on community detection and research collaboration analysis at the Network Science Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FPPBUt5AOM

Next was a fantastic slate of talks at the CVPR 2024 workshop on responsible generative AI. I particularly liked the talks by Björn Ommer (dimensions of responsible generative AI) and Miranda Bogen (intersection of organizational processes/goals and building responsible tech applications). Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJobLgvgabs

Next was a compelling talk by Sandra González-Bailón on mapping information environments based on exposure behaviors at the Network Science Institute. I liked how González-Bailón focuses on the limits of any single dataset when trying to examine complex phenomena such as news exposure, as well as the limits of what observational data can tell us about their causes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WC1sDrdNG8

Next was a great pair of talks by Oanh Thi Tran and Sean Cooney on the regulation of employee-like workers under Australia's Fair Work Act at the Melbourne Law School. This act has flown under my radar, but it shouldn't have - the examination of this law and the implications for platform work are profound, and seem to be leading globally on how to regulate these new employment relationships. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRHSlDKn0E&t=9s

Next was an intriguing talk by Jean-Gabriel Young on interpreting low-dimensional network embeddings at the Network Science Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyjP0PKzLB0