Upcoming EURIDICE Events

Global Governance of AI – on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body According to the United Nations, global AI governance and global coordination is the only way to harness AI for humanity while addressing its risks and uncertainties related to digital services, algorithms, computing capacity and expertise become more widespread internationally. On 9 January, from 17.00 to 18.00 CET Virginia Dignum will give an invited online talk about the interim report of ... Read more

This is the program for the kick-off meeting.

EURIDICE promotes and fosters activities organized by DigHum, the Digital Humanism community, led by consortium partner CAIML of the TU Wien. This event, on 16 January 2024, 18.30 – 20.00 CET, is the first of a series of bilateral discussions on AI as part of the a new U.S.-Austria Citizen Dialogue organized by U Wien Informatics , the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) and the U.S. Embassy in Austria. It will ... Read more

What to expect from Europe’s ubiquitous digital identification infrastructure? A EURIDICE DigHum lecture by Thomas Lohninger – 23 January 2024 17.00-18.00 This event is organized by CAIML of the TU Wien. See the announcement. Digital Identity Systems are on the rise worldwide. While global majority countries already have ample experience with their pitfalls and human rights implications, Europe just concluded its big digital identity reform without any concern for the experiences of other regions. Thomas ... Read more

Speaker: Daron Acemoğlu, MIT Economics, USA Moderator: Moshe Y. Vardi, Rice University, USA Link here to the lecture. In this EURIDICE DigHum lecture, organized by CAIML from consortium partner TU Wien, Daron Acemoğlu will discuss how Generative Artificial Intelligence can be either good or evil, depending on the choices we make as Society. Whereas human-centric advances in Generative AI may boost human agency and democratic participation, and increase productivity of workers through communication technologies, the ... Read more

An event organized by the Digital Humanism Initiative at CAIML, TU Wien. Watch the panel online. The increasingly unpredictable impact of digital technologies on people and society is urgently asking for a broad discussion on the new requirements for ICT education. Which skills, capacities and attitude are needed to address the interconnected challenges of the Digital Society? How can we design ICT curricula and build the new generation of skilled, responsible professionals, academics and decision-makers? ... Read more

March 19, 20245:00 – 6:00 PM(17:00) CET We are looking forward to seeing you:Participate via Zoom (Password: 0dzqxqiy). The talk will also be live-streamed and recorded on the DIGHUM YouTube Channel. ABSTRACT In the presentation, we introduce an innovative idea: algorithms can be seen as emerging institutions in modern societies. They function as rule sets shaping norms and environments for both humans and machines. As a result, algorithms impact individual behaviors and have broader societal effects. We illustrate ... Read more

19 March 2024 – Online lecture in the EURIDICE – DiGHUM lecture series Speaker: Virgilio Almeida (Harvard University, USA & Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil), Moderator: Lynda Hardman (CWI – Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam and Utrecht University). Abstract In this presentation, we introduce an innovative idea: algorithms can be seen as emerging institutions in modern societies. They function as rule sets shaping norms and environments for both humans and machines. As a result, ... Read more

Amsterdam, 11 April 2024 – Global Citizenship is one of the key elements of EURIDICE’s educational concept. To achieve a deep understanding and reflective attitude on global citizenship and its pluriformity, in EURIDICE’s ecosystem, regularly discussion sessions are organized and living labs sessions, to discuss ongoing interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary student project. The project’s SMEs are closely involved and provide valuable input to the students and the the pilot Collaboratorium. This idea is implemented in the ICT4D course ... Read more

In this lecture, delivered to an audience of 96 students Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Sciences, Francis Saa-Dittoh presents the challenges of the emerging Digital Society in Ghana, and how the advantages of AI can be leveraged to make this work for communities where small languages such as Dagbani are spoken, to deliver relevant information in a way that fits the local infrastructural and cultural context.