Dear colleagues,
The Organizing committee of the DN31 conference “Discourses of Capital, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence” is very happy to invite you to the open events of the workshop – two keynote speeches, delivered online by prof. Lisa Parks on November 4 and prof. Kim Albrecht on November 8.
November 4 at 18:00 CET: Lisa Parks
Dr. Lisa Parks (https://www.lisaparks.net/) is a Ph.D., Distinguished Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Director of the Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab, editor of the book 'Media Backends: Digital Infrastructures and Sociotechnical Relations' (https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jj.10405519).
The talk will be devoted to her book chapter “The other side of the smart phone: MEMS Sensors and the Tiny Matters of Mediation” with a focus on chips and their role in AI development.
Topic: Prof. Lisa Parks Open Speech
Time: Nov 4, 2024 06:00 PM CET
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684280482?pwd=JKQFTAvv0qkfmWbpJ9za4ZSZcMoVxu.1
Meeting ID: 846 8428 0482
Passcode: 301288
November 8 at 18:00 CET: Kim Albrecht
Dr. Kim Albrecht (https://www.kimalbrecht.com/) is a distinguished researcher with the works renowned for investigating the aesthetic properties of data, spans teaching, research, and application. He is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and professor at Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.
He will talk about his projects on AI implemented at the intersection of data visualization, technology, and culture (see “Artificial Worldviews” as an example https://artificial-testground.kimalbrecht.com/#maps)..
Topic: Prof. Kim Albrecht Speech
Time: Nov 8, 2024 06:00 PM CET
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81698816669?pwd=mpVvtVFCmcXENx7BQeeojDwitBHPfp.1
Meeting ID: 816 9881 6669
Passcode: 427559
Please feel free to share the information with those potentially interested, everyone is welcome!