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Wed, May 4 2022, 12 - 12:45pm
Zoom
Most of the Web is published in languages not accessible to many potential users who can read and understand only their local languages. Previous Information Retrieval (IR) approaches, particularly those used in Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR) and Multilingual Information Retrieval (MLIR), have focused on the translation of either queries or documents in the retrieval pipeline.
Wed, Apr 20 2022, 12 - 12:45pm
Zoom
Many of our societal challenges from sustainability to democracy and community building will require our continued cooperation. With the prevalence of data rich digital technologies, this cooperation increasingly happens online where data-based feedback supports our decisions and people are often remote, asynchronous, and anonymous that has resulted in deindividuation and antinormative behavior.
Tue, Apr 19 2022, 11am - 12pm
William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center (WCP) RM 2.302
Hear from faculty in the Global Internet, Media, and (Dis)Information and Good Systems: Building Technology Ethics Expertise clusters.
Wed, Apr 13 2022, 12 - 1:30pm
This panel is the fourth in Planet Texas 2050’s “resilience roundtable” series exploring various ideas and issues surrounding the City of Austin’s recently adopted Climate Equity Plan.
Mon, Apr 11 - Thu, Apr 14 2022, All day
Planet Texas 2050’s spring research symposium takes place in April with a week of multiple presentation formats and opportunities for dialog and exchange. Resilience Research in Action highlights the work of Planet Texas 2050 project teams and partners, as well as that of other researchers and students exploring diverse and intersecting aspects of resilience. 
Fri, Apr 8 2022, 8:45am - 5pm
Avaya Auditorium (POB 2.302)
Day two of the Good Systems Annual Symposium 2022. With Core Research Project presentations and panel discussions on Putting Good Systems into Practice and Smart Cities.
Thu, Apr 7 2022, 2 - 5pm
Mulva Auditorium (EER 0.904)
Day one of the Good Systems Annual Symposium 2022. With keynote Speech and Q&A, "AI for Social Impact: Results from Deployments for Public Health and Conversation", with Milind Tambe, and Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University, and Director of AI for Social Good, Google Research (India).
Wed, Apr 6 2022, 12 - 12:45pm
Zoom
This talk applies archival concepts such as accountability and chain of custody to a forensic reconstruction of disinformation narratives circulated around the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Wed, Mar 23 2022, 12 - 12:45pm
Zoom
Social correction is one way of correcting health misinformation on social media, especially during health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wed, Mar 23 2022, 9 - 10am
William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center (WCP) RM 2.302
Hear from faculty in the Global Internet, Media, and (Dis)Information and Good Systems: Building Technology Ethics Expertise clusters.