During her research semester, Prof. Dr. Uta Wilkens makes stops at selected international research partners. In May, she was visiting the University of York and interacting with colleagues from Computer Science, Humanities, Philosophy & Sociology.

She gave the following talk at the invitation of the Department of Computer Science:

Wilkens, U.: Human-centered AI at work from a transdisciplinary research perspective.

and co-authored the paper:

Wilkens, U. & Field, A. (2023). Creative intent and reflective practices for reliable and performative human-AI systems. Published in: Deuse, J. (Ed.): How can industrial management contribute to a brighter future? Open Access, GITO-Verlag, Berlin. The link below leads to the abstract(link)

This was followed in June and July by a guest residency at the ATLAS Institute, CU Boulder, Colorado. This was connected among other things with a lecture:

Wilkens, U.: “Analyzing role concepts of human-AI-interaction at work – and how this complements HCI research” at ATLAS Institute.

Participating in the conference: “How Does AI Change Higher Education?” in Denver,July 13, 2023.

and participating in the USTTI course on the information and telecommunications industry as a panelist (round table). The participants came from different African and South American countries as well as Central Asia and had been sent by their respective national governments. Feedback from participants highlighted the particular interest in the topics brought forward on reliability and human-centered use of AI.

The photo shows the course participants as well as individual lecturers, including the course instructor Prof. Gabor Molnar (in the back, 1st from right), Prof. Phil Weiser (Attorney General of the State of Colorado, rear. 2nd from right) and Prof. Uta Wilkens (center, 2nd from right).