Together with other Oxford researchers, we published a reviewing of the security and privacy implications associated with technologies supporting remote working: https://hcc.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/03/25/remote-work-privacy-security.html Together with Orbit researchers, we reflected on the importance of the RI approach during the COVID-19 crisis: https://hcc.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/#/news/2020/04/17/covid-19-rri Dr Jun Zhao warns parents of young children the risks of social media for young children over the school closure: https://hcc.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/#/news/2020/04/13/covid-19-homeschooling
ReEnTrust Second Stakeholder Workshop Summary Report
We are pleased to share with you our Second Stakeholder Workshop Summary Report, summarising key findings from our Second Stakeholder Workshop taken place on December 6th, 2019, at Mary Ward House in London. The workshop brought together participants from academia, education, NGOs and enterprises to discuss trust in relation to algorithmic decision-making services and platforms. This workshop is the second of the series. In our first stakeholder workshop (April 2019), we have explored stakeholders’ general conceptualisation of trust, in relation…
Prof Elvira Perez Vallejos writes about Navigating through uncertainty and unawareness
On the day of Internet Safety 2020, Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham writes about “Navigating through uncertainty and unawareness” for the UK eNurture Network+, a UKRI funded network that fosters new collaborations to promote children and young people’s mental health in a digital world (2018-2023). Her blog post can be found here: https://www.enurture.org.uk/blog/2020/2/5/navigating-through-uncertainty-and-unawareness
ReEnTrust Team Respond to ICO’s Consultation on Explaining AI
On 24 January, ReEnTrust team, led by Dr Philip Inglesant, provided our inputs to ICO and The Turing’s latest Consultation on Explaining AI. ReEnTrust has two interests in AI-enabled decisions: in our own research, to ensure that our own processes are trustworthy, as being compliant with GDPR, DPA compliant, as well as being transparent and responsible in our research involving people; and with respect to the topic of our research, to facilitate trust-building by users in algorithm-driven online systems. We…
ReEnTrust Team at the Ada Lovelace Day 2019
On 27 September 2019, the ReEnTrust team at the University of Nottingham took part in the Ada Lovelace Day 2019 — an international celebration of women’s achievements in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). The event aimed to encourage female and non-binary students aged 15-18 into STEM careers, to increase the profile and visibility of women in STEM, and to support those already in STEM disciplines. More details can be found at Ada Lovelace Day 2019.
ReEnTrust First Stakeholder Workshop Summary Report
We are pleased to share with you our First Stakeholder Workshop Summary Report, summarising key findings from our First Stakeholder Workshop on April 15th, 2019, taken place at the Digital Catapult Centre in London, UK. The workshop brought together participants from academia, education, NGOs and enterprises to discuss trust in relation to algorithmic decision-making services and platforms. As the first stakeholder workshop of the series, we aimed to achieve an initial understanding from the various stakeholders regarding how trust is conceptualised…
Oxford team took part in the Oxford Idea Festival 2019
On 27 October 2019, Oxford team, Dr Jun Zhao and Dr Helena Webb, took part in the Oxford Idea Festival 2019, talking to members of the public about privacy, security, and digital wellbeing. The key goal of the event is to raise the awareness of these issues by the general public by exhibiting in a local shopping centre in East Oxford and reaching out to an audience who would normally be hard to reach otherwise. The exhibition was well-attended by several…
2nd ReEnTrust Stakeholder Workshop
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd ReEnTrust stakeholder workshop on Friday 6th December, at the Mary Ward House Conference and Exhibition Centre (5-7 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9SN) in London, UK. In this workshop we will build on the outcomes of the previous workshop, moving from the exploration of algorithm trust issues to a focus on practical solutions. We will present our latest technology tools and prototypes that are designed to help users develop their trust in online…
ReEnTrust team at AI@Oxford 2019
On 17-18 September 2019, ReEnTrust researchers have participated in the AI@Oxford conference, held at Oxford University’s Said Business School. AI@Oxford is an annual event organised by Oxford University Innovation to showcase the University and region’s research and innovation in this rapid innovating technology sector. This year the conference has been designed to be jointly co-located with the 100+ Brilliant Women in AI+Ethics Conference in Oxford, which the ReEnTrust team is also very actively involved in. The conference has been organised into…