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KMi is organising a series of biweekly seminars, given by internal and external speakers. Internal seminars are raising awareness about the research conducted in KMi and are fostering networking. External seminars are given by researchers from other institutions who are visiting KMi. The KMi seminars cover a wide range of topics, including Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Technologies, Citizen Science, and more.
KMi invites external speakers to present their work to the lab. We also welcome approaches from researchers who are interested to present their work. Please contact either the KMi staff member who is working in your field, or the seminars coordinators: Angelo Salatino, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Rachel Coignac-Smith, and Nancy Pontika.
The seminars take place at the KMi Podium (Berrill Building, 4th Floor North) unless otherwise stated. They are also broadcasted for online participants.
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Future Events
An AI Ethics Primer - How to apply basic ethical principles to machine decisions
This participatory seminar attempts to de-mystify the process of "doing ethics" and gives participants practical considerations and techniques for applying ethical principles in machine learning and...
Organisation: Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
Webcast time: 11:30
Webcast date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
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The I in Misinformation: Understanding the Role of Individual Behavior in Social Media Information Diffusion
The dissemination of misinformation, propaganda, and conspiracy theories on social media represents a substantial threat to democratic values on a global scale. The malevolent use of social media undermines public trust in both mainstream...
Organisation: Centre for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Webcast time: 11:30
Webcast date: Tuesday 04 March 2025
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Performing Research Analytics at Scale: the Dimensions Reporting Platform
In this presentation we will introduce Dimensions’ state-of-the-art dataset for research analytics, provide examples of its applications and show how it can be used to experiment with novel research metrics such as the disruption index...
Organisation: Digital Science
Webcast time: 11:30
Webcast date: Tuesday 18 March 2025
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AI: Creating for Culture with Jocelyn Burnham
In this high energy talk, discover how AI is merging with human creativity, self-expression, and - well, weirdness - to produce things we've never been able to do before. From generating art, music and film to changing how we learn,...
Organisation: AI for Culture
Webcast time: 11:30
Webcast date: Tuesday 25 March 2025
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Electronic Literature: The challenges of born-digital fiction
How can early interactive novels, hypertext fictions and narratives be maintained and kept accessible? These forms of born-digital literature were produced before or shortly after the mainstreaming of the World Wide Web with proprietary...
Organisation: Washington State University Vancouver
Webcast time: 11:30
Webcast date: Tuesday 01 April 2025
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Addressing Bias in Hate Speech Detection: Enhancing Target Group Identification with Semantics
Bias in hate speech detection poses significant challenges, including the risk of disproportionately flagging content from certain demographic groups, misclassifying non-hateful content as hate speech, or failing to identify hate speech due to...
Organisation: Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
Webcast time: 11:30
Webcast date: Tuesday 29 April 2025
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Past Events
Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models for Smart Learning Environments
"How do Knowledge Graphs enhance education? Can Large Language Models (LLMs) alone deliver the personalized learning experiences learners need? Could neuro-symbolic AI pave the way for the future of smart education? This...
Organisation: L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Webcast date: Tuesday 04 February 2025
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Using AI to capture representations of the political discourse in the news
In recent years, the debate about the democratic health of the UK’s media landscape has intensified, with several commentators and scholars highlighting a rather distorted system, characterised by a mostly hyper-partisan press. These...
Organisation: KMi, The Open University
Webcast date: Tuesday 28 January 2025
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Shifting Power: Stories of Artificial Intelligence and Justice
[ONLINE ONLY] In 2022, I received a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and justice. Our research program has explored how global power asymmetries impact different parts of the AI pipeline, the...
Organisation: Knowledge Media Institute
Webcast date: Tuesday 29 October 2024
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Creative engagement and co-design for inclusion
This presentation explores the intersection of creativity, design and learning. Over the past decade, my research has focused on developing inclusive co-design methodologies that empower marginalised groups. Through a series of case studies, I...
Organisation: The Open University
Webcast date: Tuesday 15 October 2024
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Are we there yet? Automating visual understanding (and research in AI)
This is my valedictory lecture marking my retirement from the post of Professor of Knowledge Media: Some say that one of the tricks for a long and auspicious career is to gain the ability to say no to things you don't like doing. It is my...
Organisation: The Open University
Webcast date: Tuesday 03 September 2024
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Maven of the Month
We are also inviting top experts in AI and Knowledge Technologies to discuss major socio-technological topics with an audience that comprises both members of the Knowledge Media Institute, as well as the wider staff at The Open University. Differently from our seminar series, these events follow a Q&A format.
