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Conversational User Interfaces Conference (CUI) 2024

Rhied Al-OthmaniSeptember 12, 2024September 12, 2024

Rhied Al-Othmani(NL versie onderaan) This year's Conversational User Interfaces Conference (CUI) was held in Luxembourg. I went there to participate in the Doctoral Consortium and the workshop Between Trust and...

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2024 ISPIM Innovation Conference

Rhied Al-OthmaniJuly 3, 2024July 3, 2024

Last month, I attended ISPIM 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia, to co-presented a research-in-progress paper that I am co-authoring together with graduating student Sander Spiegelenberg and my PhD supervisor Gerrita van...

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IDC event; GenAi is everywhere

Rhied Al-OthmaniApril 28, 2024April 28, 2024

IDC Digital Enterprise event: ‘Driving leadership in the digital age of AI everywhere’ On April 24th, I attended the IDC Digital Enterprise event in Nieuwegein, where presentations delved into the...

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9th European Communication Conference (ECREA) 2022, Aarhus, Denmark

Data empowerment authorNovember 14, 2022November 14, 2022

We (Dennis Nguyen and Rhied Al-Othmani) were invited to present our "Public Values should be leading" research at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA) 2022, in Aarhus, Denmark. ECREA is an association...

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Centre for Digital Humanities Webinar: The news framing of Artificial Intelligence – June 6th

Data empowerment authorMay 20, 2022May 20, 2022

Date/Time09-06-202215:00 - 16:15 LocationOnline Free Registration The Utrecht University will close the Centre for Digital Humanities Spring program 2022 with an online lecture by Assistant Professor Dennis Nguyen on ‘The news framing...

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“Public values should be leading!” research to be presented during 9th European Communication Conference in Denmark

Data empowerment authorApril 29, 2022April 29, 2022

Dennis Nguyen & Rhied Al-Othmani Data Professionals' Views on Challenges to Value-Driven Data Practices and Critical Data Literacy in the Public Sector The increasing use of data and artificial intelligence...

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Recommender Systems in the Media and the Role of Public Values – Notes on an Interdisciplinary Approach

Data empowerment authorJanuary 17, 2022January 22, 2022

by Dennis Nguyen & Erik Hekman Automated decision-making systems that offer some sort of context-dependent recommendation are virtually ubiquitous in the digital society: they help us navigate our environment (Fesenmeier et...

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Is Data Justice a News Frame in Media Reporting on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?

Data empowerment authorAugust 25, 2021September 25, 2021

By Dennis Nguyen, Erik Hekman, and Koen van Turnhout Introduction News media reporting can influence public perception of big data and artificial intelligence (AI): it informs audiences about innovations, opportunities,...

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Research and art project investigating women’s perspectives on working in the tech industry

Data empowerment authorJuly 23, 2021April 29, 2022

by Julia Luteijn and Rhied Al-Othmani Yin-Gemis is a research and art project that investigates women's perspectives on working in the tech industry. The purpose of this project is to bring attention to...

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The Data Subject and the Myth of the “Black Box”

Data empowerment authorJuly 15, 2021January 17, 2022

A Critical Inquiry into How Platforms Communicate About Their Data Practices This conceptual paper explores the role of communication around data practices of Big Tech companies. Through exploring and critiquing communication practices, the paper shows how Big Tech platforms shape users into new sorts...