Blogs
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Why codesigning AI is different and difficult
Malak Sadek, Rafael Calvo, Céline Mougenot Posted: Tue, June 27, 2023 - 12:04:00
It is estimated that 98 percent of the population are novices with regard to technology (excluding extremes such as infants) [1]. It is this 98 percent, however, that form the…
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Hidden in plain sight: Discreet user interfaces
Kyle Boyd, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Karen Kirby, Susan Lagdon, Becca Hume Posted: Thu, June 08, 2023 - 3:49:00
Do you feel safe when you travel alone? That was a question I asked my girlfriend (now wife) as we took a trip on a relatively empty train when I…
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Happily technology free
Linnea Öhlund Posted: Mon, May 15, 2023 - 10:28:00
My grandma recently passed. At the age of 88 she went to sleep never to wake up again. She lived a long, happy life, and had two sons, six grandchildren,…
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Human-centered artificial intelligence: The solution to fear of AI
Chameera De Silva, Thilina Halloluwa Posted: Tue, May 09, 2023 - 3:06:00
Have you ever played a game against a computer? Have you ever wondered how computers win complex games against well-experienced players, such as when an AI system from IBM defeated…
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Rethinking the SIGCHI conference landscape: Why some must evolve or perish
Johannes Schöning Posted: Mon, May 08, 2023 - 10:04:00
It has been nearly four years since I last attended an in-person conference, and I must admit that I was excited about attending the recent ACM CHI conference in Hamburg.…
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The future of hybrid work is blended and interpersonal
Himanshu Verma, Marios Constantinides, Sailin Zhong, Abdallah El Ali Posted: Tue, April 18, 2023 - 2:45:00
The way we work has profoundly changed. The well-known eight-hour workday within the confines of the office, and the salient boundaries between work and personal life, are now an outdated…
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OpenSpeaks Before AI: Frameworks for creating the AI/ML building blocks for low-resource languages
Subhashish Panigrahi Posted: Wed, April 05, 2023 - 9:23:00
There has been a tremendous push on many levels to make artificial intelligence– and machine learning–based applications ubiquitous. Soon, the life decisions of almost every digital technology user will be…
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Remembering with my chatbot
Marita Skjuve, Lucas Bietti Posted: Tue, February 28, 2023 - 10:46:00
Did you know that humans can develop friendly or even romantic feelings toward social chatbots that can turn into close human-chatbot relationships? The phenomenon of human-chatbot relationships is starting to…
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What is a paper? The future of research output
Miriam Sturdee Posted: Thu, February 23, 2023 - 11:01:00
Exploring the relationship between comics and alt-text with the creation of "alt-narrative" [3]. When is a paper not a paper? When it is a comic [1]? When it is an…
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Codesign and the art of creating a global research-practice network built for impact
Gillian R. Hayes, Candice Odgers, Julie Kientz, Jason Yip, Kiley Sobel, Morgan Ames, Anamara Ritt-Olson Posted: Thu, February 16, 2023 - 3:46:00
Launching a global network to enhance impact and collaboration among researchers, innovative companies, venture capitalists, and foundations is a daunting task. We sought to do just that in the area…
