INTERNAL SEMINAR #4 | 2024

"The use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement authorities in Europe: CEECIND project", by Filipa Queirós

April 22nd, 2:30 p.m. | ICS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

AIDA SEMINAR | 2024

"Emerging Security Technologies - Emotional & Biometric AI"

March 19th, 2:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. EST 

Diana Miranda will participate as Keynote in the third AIDA SEMINAR. Diana Miranda is a Professor at the University of Stirling, Scotland (United Kingdom). Before Stirling, she worked at several British universities (Nothumbria University, Keele University, The Open University and Birkbeck – University of London). In her research projects, Diana Miranda has been exploring the emergence of biometric technologies and their social impacts on algorithmic societies. Her most recent research projects analyse, in an interdisciplinary way, the impacts of AI and other emerging technological tools in the contexts of policing, prisons, border control and smart cities.

The event was organised by AIDA (Social Sciences Research Network), the Department of Sociology and the PhD in Sociology, ICS, U.Minho, Braga, Portugal.

The seminar will take place online: link 

INTERNAL SEMINAR #3 | 2024

"Participatory Methodologies in AI Governance", by Helena Machado, Susana Silva and Laura Neiva

February 29th, 2:30 p.m. | ICS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

AIDA SEMINAR | 2024

"Generative = Everything, everywhere, at the same time? Generative Artificial Intelligence and Creative Work"

January 30th, 2:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. EST 

Pedro Alves da Veiga will participate as Keynote in the second AIDA SEMINAR: "Generative = Everything, everywhere, at the same time? Generative Artificial Intelligence and Creative Work" Pedro Alves da Veiga is a Portuguese transdisciplinary artist and researcher. He holds a degree in Computer Science (Nova University of Lisbon), a Post-graduation in Advanced Studies of Digital Media Art (Aberta University) and a PhD in Digital Media Art (a joint programme between Aberta University and the University of Algarve). His research is grounded on the intersection of art, science and technology, and is mostly focused on interactive installations, creative programming, mixed media assemblage, multimedia generative systems, new media artivism and curatorship, and theoretical work on a/r/cography, a digital arts-based creative research methodology. His artworks have been exhibited in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, China, Thailand and the USA.

The event was organised by AIDA (Social Sciences Research Network), the Department of Sociology and the PhD in Sociology, ICS, U.Minho, Braga, Portugal.

The seminar will take place online: link 

AIDA SEMINAR | 2023

"Hail to the Doomers: Narratives of Control / Control of Narratives in the Gen AI Era"

December 15th, Friday, 2:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. EST 

Jonathan Roberge will participate as Keynote in the first AIDA SEMINAR: "Hail to the Doomers: Narratives of Control / Control of Narratives in the Gen AI Era". Jonathan Roberge is a Full Professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada. He funded the Nenic Lab (New Digital Environments and Cultural Intermediation) as part of the Canada Research Chair in Digital Culture. 

The event was organised by AIDA (Social Sciences Research Network), the Department of Sociology and the PhD in Sociology, ICS, U.Minho.

The seminar will be a hybrid session: 

online: link 

& in-person: Room 2.11, CPII, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. 

INTERNAL SEMINAR #2 | 2023

"Electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system: Projected futures and lived experiences", by Rafaela Granja

November 29th, 10:00 a.m. | ICS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

INAUGURAL SEMINAR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM OF SOCIOLOGY U.MINHO | 2023

On October 20th, Helena Machado and the AIDA Social Sciences Research Network will participate in the Inaugural Seminar of the Doctoral Program in Sociology (2023-2024) "Challenges of Doctoral Research" (2:30 p.m.) and "Artificial Intelligence, Data and Algorithms" (3:30 p.m.), at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Minho.

The event was organised by the Department of Sociology, ICS, U.Minho, having also the participation of Eugénio Ferreira, Fernando Bessa, Emília Araújo, Lígia Ferro and Inga Ulnicane.

October 20th, 2:00 p.m. | Amphitheatre B2 CP2, ICS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. 

More info here

INTERNAL SEMINAR #1 | 2023

"Big Data in Tourism", by Maria João Vaz | "(De)racializing Big Data in Policing", by Laura Neiva

[Discussants: Susana Silva and Sheila Khan]

September 27th, 2:30 p.m. | ICS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

GEICS CONFERENCES | 2023

On September 26th, at 7:00 p.m. (Portugal, GMT-1)/ 3:00 p.m. (Brazil, GMT-3), Helena Machado, by invitation of the Group of Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Sciences (GEICS) from the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences at the University of Minho (CICS-UMinho), will give a talk on "Technology and the Social Sciences: (Mis)Paths and Contributions", with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence.

The registration for the online event (in Portuguese) is mandatory. Please use this link 

More info here