BRAID x IDI Hybrid Seminar - Bahareh Heravi

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) at The University of Edinburgh, brings together creative practices that shape the world around us.

Edinburgh College of Art

Thursday, 21st November 2024 [Inspace / Zoom]

Institute for Design Informatics

In the Institute for Design Informatics, we fuse design and creative methodologies with data, data science and data-driven technologies.

Please note this event starts at 16:10 to allow time for in-person audiences including staff and students to move around campus. Zoom Webinar will open from16:00 for online audiences <h1>Responsible AI in Newsroom</h1> As AI becomes embedded in newsrooms, it offers powerful tools that enhance reporting, streamline workflows, and engage audiences in innovative ways. However, this integration raises critical questions about ethics, responsibility, and trust. This talk will explore how AI is used in newsrooms, showcasing real-world use cases and discussing its potential, concerns, and challenges. Given the importance and scale of AI development, its use in the media sector, the potential harms it may cause at a global scale and the reputational damage it can make to media organisations, fostering AI literacy and responsible use of AI has become a pressing challenge. The talk will highlight the role of Responsible AI and the importance of AI literacy in addressing these issues. Enhancing AI literacy empowers journalists to navigate ethical complexities, ensuring AI is used responsibly while maintaining journalistic integrity and public trust. An Obscure Camera: pre talk Preview (in-person audiences only)From 15:00-16:00, in advance of this talk, we would like to invite event attendees to a to a special preview of An Obscure Camera, so pop along a little early if you want to experience the installation. An Obscure Camera is an interactive moving image installation giving visitors the agency to physically enact the choices made by ubiquitous AI algorithms that observe, scrutinise, and categorise our every move.

<h2>Bio</h2> Dr Bahareh Heravi is an Associate Professor in AI &amp; Media at the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surrey.ac.uk%2Fartificial-intelligence&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737780934%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7uagHclp5R3SUUducFclnN%2BRq6RBfxG6imu7CTNku4Q%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surrey.ac.uk%2Fartificial-intelligence&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737780934%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7uagHclp5R3SUUducFclnN%2BRq6RBfxG6imu7CTNku4Q%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey</a>. She is also a BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divide) Fellow at the BBC, working on ‘<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbraiduk.org%2Fenhancing-responsible-ai-literacy-at-bbc-and-beyond&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737804912%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gIwXbzvu3IKxv9F1rg4iNhfizVYMrWF1i1nBGOM%2FIqc%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbraiduk.org%2Fenhancing-responsible-ai-literacy-at-bbc-and-beyond&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737804912%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gIwXbzvu3IKxv9F1rg4iNhfizVYMrWF1i1nBGOM%2FIqc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Enhancing Responsible AI Literacy at BBC and beyond</a>’. Bahareh specialises in Data &amp; Computational Journalism, the use of AI in journalism and media, ethical and responsible AI, and data storytelling. She has widely published on the topics and has extensive international experience working with journalists and numerous news media organisations on the use of data and AI for reporting and storytelling, in research partnerships or as a consultant or advisor. Dr Heravi is a founding Chair of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datajconf.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737818207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RtFrXzCFaO3uRVH8aJVaj8tuG18jIelZVmOp9JhbjwY%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datajconf.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737818207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RtFrXzCFaO3uRVH8aJVaj8tuG18jIelZVmOp9JhbjwY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">European Data &amp; Computational Journalism Conference</a>, a steering committee member of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidi.provost.northeastern.edu%2Fevent-directory%2Fthe-2024-computation-journalism-symposium%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737836237%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5g4UIcgSOkQdYPob5b2CfDRKx07MzrRDBvFGQbSGo7g%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidi.provost.northeastern.edu%2Fevent-directory%2Fthe-2024-computation-journalism-symposium%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9ef21faf15de4f9004c108dce3b713df%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638635622737836237%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5g4UIcgSOkQdYPob5b2CfDRKx07MzrRDBvFGQbSGo7g%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Computation + Journalism Symposium</a>, and the co-chair of the Research Data Alliance’s Science Communication Interest Group. She sits on the Irish Government's Open Data Governance Board, and is a member of the EDI Advisory Board of the Royal Statistical Society. Additionally, she is an expert evaluator and a project monitor for the European Commission and the Research Data Alliance, and serves on the ethical advisory board of the EU TITAN (Fighting Disinformation with Critical Thinking &amp; AI) project. Before joining the University of Surrey, Bahareh was at University College Dublin, where she was the founding director of UCD Data Journalism Programme, and served as a working group member of the Irish National Open Research Forum. She was the lead data scientist of The Irish Times during 2015-2016. Prior to her academic work, Bahareh worked over 10 years in the industry, designing, developing and managing Information Systems in various small, medium and large organisations in different sectors. Dr Heravi was selected as one of Silicon Republic's Sci-Tech 100, and was named one of "22 high-flying scientists making the world a better place" in 2019.

Running Order16.00 – Welcome by Ewa Luger16.10 – Talk by Bahareh Heravi16.40 – Q&A17.00 – End In-person: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB Online: Zoom Please note limited seats are available at Inspace for in-person audiences, so please book tickets in advance. For those joining online please visit the online event page for the Zoom joining link and password. For inquiries about accessibility, please contact the DI team at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk or visit the Access webpage for more information about the venue: <a href="https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/venue-access/" title="https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/venue-access/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/venue-access/</a>

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