Communications Newsroom Contact Subscribe Newsletter News Feed Calendar Feed Social Media Newsroom Public Lecture Any Tag Award Call Conference Digital Humanism Open Position People Public Lecture Studies Talk Workshop Any Kind Any Kind News Only Events Only Any Year Any Year 2021 2020 2019 Show as Cards Show as List Show as Cards 30 results / Reset Filter 2021 Vienna Gödel Lecture May 27th 2021 Technology is Driving the Future, But Who Is Steering? 2021-05-27 Digital Humanism Public Lecture Event Social Responsibility In this year’s Gödel lecture, Moshe Vardi will explain why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society. Public Lecture Cyborgs in Dialogue: The Cyborg Jillian Weise & Ashley Shew 2021-05-06 Social Responsibility What is it like to be a cyborg? And what are the presumptions about being prosthetized? Two cyborgs discuss. Digital Humanism Ethics in AI: A Challenging Task 2021-05-04 Public Lecture Social Responsibility Different biases affect all of us on the Web. Ricardo Baeza-Yates explains how we can become aware of them and safeguard a concept of ethics in AI. Digital Humanism Vaccination Passports—a Tool for Liberation? 2021-04-20 Public Lecture Social Responsibility How can apps like the “Green Passport” be made reliable and privacy-preserving? And can they pave the way back to normality? Public Lecture The Power of Quantum Computing 2021-04-19 Event Frank Leymann, first Kurt Gödel Visiting Professor at TU Wien Informatics, will talk about the potential of quantum computers. Public Lecture More Than Teledildonics and Porn: Sexuality Research in HCI 2021-04-15 Social Responsibility G. Kannabiran reflects on how sexuality-related work has progressed and discusses challenges in studying design for sexual wellbeing. Public Lecture Privacy and Verifiability in Certificate Transparency 2021-04-14 Security & Privacy Sarah Meiklejohn (UCL) will discuss efficient solutions for verifiability and the difficulties of achieving privacy-preserving auditing. Digital Humanism (Gender) Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanism 2021-04-13 Public Lecture Women in Informatics Social Responsibility This panel focuses on how different voices and interests can be included in the development and application of digital technologies. Public Lecture The Future is Collectivism: Exploring Technology Co-Design 2021-03-25 Social Responsibility Christina Harrington explores concepts of community collectivism as a way to address challenges of health and racial equity. Digital Humanism Digital Society, Social Justice and Academic Education 2021-03-23 Public Lecture Social Responsibility This panel focuses on how digital technologies' ethical and social aspects can be handled adequately in academic research. Public Lecture Proximity Tracing with Coronalert: Lessons Learned 2021-03-10 Security & Privacy Bart Preneel (KU Leuven) will provide details on the experience with the Coronalert app in Belgium. Digital Humanism Preventing Data Colonialism without Becoming Protectionistic 2021-02-23 Public Lecture Panel Discussion Social Responsibility This panel discussion will focus on the processing and exploitation of European citizens' data by non-European companies. Public Lecture SafetyPin: Encrypted Backups with Human-Memorable Secrets 2021-02-10 Security & Privacy Henry Corrigan-Gibbs presents the design and implementation of SafetyPin, a system for encrypted mobile-device backups. Public Lecture Holonomic Techniques, Periods, and Decision Problems 2021-02-10 Talk Joël Ouaknine, the scientific director of MPI, will give a talk on his recent results covering math, logic and programming languages. Digital Humanism Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere 2021-02-02 Public Lecture Social Responsibility This lecture will focus on how social media platforms can shape public discourse by their algorithmic content moderation. Public Lecture Exploring Black Digital Praxis in Contemporary Gaming 2021-01-28 Women in Informatics Social Responsibility Kishonna Gray explores how technology disparately impacts women and people of color, and how they are excluded from public spaces. Digital Humanism Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics 2021-01-26 Public Lecture News Panel Discussion Social Responsibility This panel will focus on the modern colonial powers in cyberspace—global concerns controlling digital platforms and social networks. Public Lecture Computer Vision and AI in the Study of Fine Art 2021-01-26 Guest Professor Doctoral School Our Doctoral School invites to a talk by David G. Stork about applications of AI methods on the interpretation of fine art. Public Lecture The Queer Games Avant-Garde 2021-01-14 Event Social Responsibility Bo Ruberg presents an overview of queer game-making practices and the politics of queer independent video games, including their aesthetics and future. Public Lecture Knowledge Processing, Logic, and the Future of AI 2021-01-14 News Logic and Algorithms VCLA Georg Gottlob will give the first Vienna Logic Day Lecture on the occasion of the World Logic Day 2021. Public Lecture SandTrap: Securing JavaScript-driven TAPs 2021-01-13 Event Security & Privacy The ViSP is launching its Lecture Series with Andrei Sabelfeld’s talk on critical security issues of TAPs. 2020 Public Lecture Robots for Us: Participatory Design of Robots 2020-12-17 Social Responsibility Selma Šabanović (Indiana University Bloomington) discusses how we can design robots to fit the needs and values of potential users. Digital Humanism Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism 2020-12-15 Public Lecture Social Responsibility In our next lecture, Julian Nida-Rümelin will develop the main features of what he calls Digital Humanism. Public Lecture Justice, but for whom? 2020-11-26 Event Social Responsibility Angelika Strohmayer (Northumbria University) explores our needs for digital services and how we can design digital technologies supporting better futures. Public Lecture Community-based Design of Open Source Software 2020-11-12 Event Social Responsibility Alex Ahmed (Carnegie Mellon University) points out that people are increasingly alienated from how technologies are designed. Digital Humanism Ethics and IT: How AI is Reshaping Our World 2020-11-03 Public Lecture Event Social Responsibility This panel discussion, part of our DIGHUM lecture series, will deal with the ethical implications and global challenges of AI. Public Lecture Ten Challenges for Deontic Logic in AI 2020-11-03 Talk Event Doctoral School The Vienna PhD School of Informatics invites to a talk by Leon van der Torre (University of Luxembourg). Public Lecture Braving Citational Justice within Human-Computer Interaction 2020-10-29 Event Public Outreach Social Responsibility Neha Kumar and Naveena Karusala discuss citational justice in our new public lecture series on Critical Perspectives on Technology. Digital Humanism Responsibly Encouraging Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps 2020-10-20 Public Lecture Event Social Responsibility Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism—this time with Elissa M. Redmiles from Microsoft Research. Public Lecture Race and the Problems with ‘Progress’ in FDP 2020-10-15 Event Public Outreach Social Responsibility Join us online for our new public lecture series on Critical Perspectives on Technology, starting with Roos Hopman (Amsterdam).
Vienna Gödel Lecture May 27th 2021 Technology is Driving the Future, But Who Is Steering? 2021-05-27 Digital Humanism Public Lecture Event Social Responsibility In this year’s Gödel lecture, Moshe Vardi will explain why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society.
Public Lecture Cyborgs in Dialogue: The Cyborg Jillian Weise & Ashley Shew 2021-05-06 Social Responsibility What is it like to be a cyborg? And what are the presumptions about being prosthetized? Two cyborgs discuss.
Digital Humanism Ethics in AI: A Challenging Task 2021-05-04 Public Lecture Social Responsibility Different biases affect all of us on the Web. Ricardo Baeza-Yates explains how we can become aware of them and safeguard a concept of ethics in AI.
Digital Humanism Vaccination Passports—a Tool for Liberation? 2021-04-20 Public Lecture Social Responsibility How can apps like the “Green Passport” be made reliable and privacy-preserving? And can they pave the way back to normality?
Public Lecture The Power of Quantum Computing 2021-04-19 Event Frank Leymann, first Kurt Gödel Visiting Professor at TU Wien Informatics, will talk about the potential of quantum computers.
Public Lecture More Than Teledildonics and Porn: Sexuality Research in HCI 2021-04-15 Social Responsibility G. Kannabiran reflects on how sexuality-related work has progressed and discusses challenges in studying design for sexual wellbeing.
Public Lecture Privacy and Verifiability in Certificate Transparency 2021-04-14 Security & Privacy Sarah Meiklejohn (UCL) will discuss efficient solutions for verifiability and the difficulties of achieving privacy-preserving auditing.
Digital Humanism (Gender) Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanism 2021-04-13 Public Lecture Women in Informatics Social Responsibility This panel focuses on how different voices and interests can be included in the development and application of digital technologies.
Public Lecture The Future is Collectivism: Exploring Technology Co-Design 2021-03-25 Social Responsibility Christina Harrington explores concepts of community collectivism as a way to address challenges of health and racial equity.
Digital Humanism Digital Society, Social Justice and Academic Education 2021-03-23 Public Lecture Social Responsibility This panel focuses on how digital technologies' ethical and social aspects can be handled adequately in academic research.
Public Lecture Proximity Tracing with Coronalert: Lessons Learned 2021-03-10 Security & Privacy Bart Preneel (KU Leuven) will provide details on the experience with the Coronalert app in Belgium.
Digital Humanism Preventing Data Colonialism without Becoming Protectionistic 2021-02-23 Public Lecture Panel Discussion Social Responsibility This panel discussion will focus on the processing and exploitation of European citizens' data by non-European companies.
Public Lecture SafetyPin: Encrypted Backups with Human-Memorable Secrets 2021-02-10 Security & Privacy Henry Corrigan-Gibbs presents the design and implementation of SafetyPin, a system for encrypted mobile-device backups.
Public Lecture Holonomic Techniques, Periods, and Decision Problems 2021-02-10 Talk Joël Ouaknine, the scientific director of MPI, will give a talk on his recent results covering math, logic and programming languages.
Digital Humanism Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere 2021-02-02 Public Lecture Social Responsibility This lecture will focus on how social media platforms can shape public discourse by their algorithmic content moderation.
Public Lecture Exploring Black Digital Praxis in Contemporary Gaming 2021-01-28 Women in Informatics Social Responsibility Kishonna Gray explores how technology disparately impacts women and people of color, and how they are excluded from public spaces.
Digital Humanism Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics 2021-01-26 Public Lecture News Panel Discussion Social Responsibility This panel will focus on the modern colonial powers in cyberspace—global concerns controlling digital platforms and social networks.
Public Lecture Computer Vision and AI in the Study of Fine Art 2021-01-26 Guest Professor Doctoral School Our Doctoral School invites to a talk by David G. Stork about applications of AI methods on the interpretation of fine art.
Public Lecture The Queer Games Avant-Garde 2021-01-14 Event Social Responsibility Bo Ruberg presents an overview of queer game-making practices and the politics of queer independent video games, including their aesthetics and future.
Public Lecture Knowledge Processing, Logic, and the Future of AI 2021-01-14 News Logic and Algorithms VCLA Georg Gottlob will give the first Vienna Logic Day Lecture on the occasion of the World Logic Day 2021.
Public Lecture SandTrap: Securing JavaScript-driven TAPs 2021-01-13 Event Security & Privacy The ViSP is launching its Lecture Series with Andrei Sabelfeld’s talk on critical security issues of TAPs.
Public Lecture Robots for Us: Participatory Design of Robots 2020-12-17 Social Responsibility Selma Šabanović (Indiana University Bloomington) discusses how we can design robots to fit the needs and values of potential users.
Digital Humanism Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism 2020-12-15 Public Lecture Social Responsibility In our next lecture, Julian Nida-Rümelin will develop the main features of what he calls Digital Humanism.
Public Lecture Justice, but for whom? 2020-11-26 Event Social Responsibility Angelika Strohmayer (Northumbria University) explores our needs for digital services and how we can design digital technologies supporting better futures.
Public Lecture Community-based Design of Open Source Software 2020-11-12 Event Social Responsibility Alex Ahmed (Carnegie Mellon University) points out that people are increasingly alienated from how technologies are designed.
Digital Humanism Ethics and IT: How AI is Reshaping Our World 2020-11-03 Public Lecture Event Social Responsibility This panel discussion, part of our DIGHUM lecture series, will deal with the ethical implications and global challenges of AI.
Public Lecture Ten Challenges for Deontic Logic in AI 2020-11-03 Talk Event Doctoral School The Vienna PhD School of Informatics invites to a talk by Leon van der Torre (University of Luxembourg).
Public Lecture Braving Citational Justice within Human-Computer Interaction 2020-10-29 Event Public Outreach Social Responsibility Neha Kumar and Naveena Karusala discuss citational justice in our new public lecture series on Critical Perspectives on Technology.
Digital Humanism Responsibly Encouraging Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps 2020-10-20 Public Lecture Event Social Responsibility Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism—this time with Elissa M. Redmiles from Microsoft Research.
Public Lecture Race and the Problems with ‘Progress’ in FDP 2020-10-15 Event Public Outreach Social Responsibility Join us online for our new public lecture series on Critical Perspectives on Technology, starting with Roos Hopman (Amsterdam).
