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KMi’s Paula Reyero-Lobo Passes Her PhD Viva with Flying Colours!
Thursday 21 Nov 2024
Congratulations to Paula Reyero-Lobo, who was passed her viva on 18 November 2024 for her thesis, “Addressing Bias in Hate Speech Detection: Enhancing Target Group Identification with Semantics.” Paula’s research explored how to reduce bias in hate speech detection systems, particularly in identifying content targeting specific groups. AI systems often misclassify content from certain groups...
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KMi researchers win Best Resource Paper Award at ISWC 2024
Wednesday 20 Nov 2024
Gregoire Burel and Harith Alani were honoured with the Best Resource Paper Award at the prestigious International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2024). Their groundbreaking work, CimpleKG, the largest knowledge graph of this type, is an innovative open and continuously updated semantic resource designed to combat online misinformation. CimpleKG integrates data from 77 fact-checking organizations and...
KMi at ISWC 2024: Advancing the Semantic Web with Knowledge Graphs and LLMs
Monday 18 Nov 2024
Last week, Francesco Osborne, Angelo Salatino, and Tanay Aggarwal attended the 23rd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in Baltimore, Maryland. Widely regarded as the premier conference in the field of the Semantic Web, ISWC is renowned for its impact and for showcasing the latest trends and advancements in the domain. The main theme of the...
Exploring the Role of AI in Education: Benefits, Risks, and the Future of Learning
Friday 15 Nov 2024
Dr Aisling Third, KMi’s Research Fellow, recently joined the Academic Co-Leads for Generative AI in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, Dr Mirjam Hauck (Senior Lecturer at the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics) and Dr Michel Wermelinger (Senior Lecturer in Computing) for a podcast hosted by Pedagodzilla. The discussion focused on the intersection of AI and...
Shifting Power: Artificial Intelligence Researchers’ Perspectives from the Margins
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
On Tuesday 5th November, Dr Venetia Brown from the Shifting Power team gave a seminar presenting her research to the Centre for the Study of Global Development, a multidisciplinary centre within the Faculty of Wellbeing Education and Language Studies at The Open University. 105 people registered for the hybrid presentation, which examined a key theme:...
KMi doctoral student Audrey Ekuban won second place, in the Year 3 and 4 category, at the STEM PhD Student 3-Minute-Thesis (3MT) Conference 2024 on 7 November in the Berrill Lecture Theatre. Audrey’s research presentation focused on student data privacy and self-sovereignty, exploring how universities can personalise learning experiences while preserving student privacy. Her project,...
Congratulations to Dr Shuang Ao on successfully defending her PhDKMi is thrilled to announce that Shuang Ao has successfully defended her PhD on 22 October 2024. Her thesis, titled “Building Trustworthy AI: Uncertainty Quantification and Failure Detection in Large Vision-Language Models,” addresses key challenges in making AI systems more reliable and trustworthy. Shuang’s research introduces new tools that help improve how well AI systems...
Exploring the Future of Adult Learning: The Open University’s GenAI Conference at MKAIFest
KMi engages with Chengdu Open University for AI Collaboration
KMi’s Dr. Kwarteng talks on reclaiming digital narratives and combating misogynoir in online spaces
Exploring Innovations in Education: A Seminar on AI and Learning
