Fwd: Summer School in Vienna (July 6-10) with lectures from Edith Elkind and Martin Lackner
Marcus Pivato
Dear all,
I would like to call your attention to the Digital Humanism Summer School that I am co-organizing in Vienna. The topic will be AI and Democracy with talks from ComSoC researchers Edith Elkind and Martin Lackner, but also speakers from other areas of computer science as well as from philosophy and political science. The summer school will be co-located with the European Summer School of AI (ESSAI), so interested students can also take courses from that school. Alternatively, it is possible to register for ESSAI and still follow Edith talk. You can find more information below or on the websites of the two summer schools.
Best,
Jan
5th ACM Europe Digital Humanism Summer School
Digital Humanism as an interdisciplinary field examines the complex interplay between digital technologies and humankind, with the aim of creating a better society and improving our lives. Digital Humanism foregrounds world-wide shared human values as the foundation for the direction in which technology should evolve. It recognizes that an interdisciplinary approach is necessary for understanding the ongoing Digital Transformation, and aims to break down disciplinary silos, integrating humanities, social, and technical sciences.
Building on the success of previous editions, the aim of the Summer School is to provide a learning environment and platform to explore, investigate and discuss key issues and latest developments related to the impact of Digital Technologies to democratic societies. Internationally renowned and leading academics from computer science, social sciences, law and humanities present and discuss important recent topics and themes, including:
Foundational issues: Foundational and
philosophical issues of digital technologies and AI.
Democratic governance of AI and social media:
Regulation, multistakeholder governance, collective control of
systems and platforms, policy-making, technical implementation of
values and constraints.
Civil society organizing in the digital age:
Political communication, organizing of protest movements, the
digital public sphere.
AI for democratic innovation: Algorithms for
participatory democracy (incl. AI supported deliberation,
participatory budgeting, citizen assemblies and sortition…)
Digital sovereignty: Privacy and security
aspects, infrastructure and cloud services, data sovereignty.
Application Details:
- Deadline for Applications:
26th April for Global South Full Scholarship (due to Visa processing time)
31st May for Registration Fee Waiver and regular application
EURIDICE Scholarship application opens in June - Notification Date:
4th May for Full Scholarship
4th June for Registration Fee Waiver and regular application
On rolling basis for outstanding regular applications - Registration Fee: € 480
Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne