Speakers
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Web Science is the study of people and technologies, applications, processes and practices that shape and are shaped by the World Wide Web, the largest socio-technical infrastructure in human history. Researchers in Web Science draw together theories, methods and findings from across academic disciplines, and collaborate with industry, business, government and civil society in order to develop our knowledge and understanding of the Web.
AI and emerging technologies offer breakthroughs in data gathering and analytical capabilities that stand to disrupt businesses, industrial practices and social behaviour in positive and negative ways. However, established norms of trust and ethics are already limiting the availability of useful data for the AI industry. In addition, reliance on current data management systems and IT practices damage our ability to exploit the breakthroughs in AI. The technical data science pipelines that we currently use will cripple the AI industry unless we learn to understand the social context of data along with its limitations and the cultural, social and physical dimensions of the challenges that it is being used to address.
The 2019 Web Science Summer School will address the inter-disciplinary fields of Web Science, Data Science and AI from a societal perspective.
The programme sessions will include:
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Sunday 8th September | Arrival |
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Monday 9th September | Web Science and AI for Future Society |
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Tuesday 10th September | Machine Learning & Deep Learning |
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Wednesday 11th September | Ethics & Regulation |
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Thursday 12th September | Data Science |
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Friday 13th September | Future of AI |
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*A full programme schedule will be available soon.
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