Citizen-Centric AI
A Special Track of GoodIT, the ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good
6-8 September 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
A Special Track of GoodIT, the ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good
6-8 September 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
Pam Briggs holds a Chair in Applied Psychology at Northumbria University, where she is Co-Director of the UK's Centre for Digital Citizens, a £9m collaboration between the Universities of Newcastle, Northumbria, Edinburgh and UCL. Her work takes a citizen-centric focus and primarily addresses issues of identity, trust, privacy and security, with a particular focus on digital inequality. Pam is one of the founder members of the UK's Research Institute in Sociotechnical Cybersecurity, and she’s contributed to three UK Government Office for Science reports (The Future of Identity; Using Behavioural Insights to Improve the Public’s use of Cyber Security Best Practice and Responsible Use of Data). She was a recent contributor to the USAID/UKRI workshop on 'Shaping the Future of Inclusive Digital Development'.
Email: p.briggs@northumbria.ac.uk
Shaun Lawson is a Professor and Head of the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at Northumbria University and leader of the Northumbria Social Computing (NorSC) research group. His research lies at the boundaries between computing, design and the social sciences, and explores the use and significance of social media and other collaborative and participatory digital services, in people’s lives. This includes a focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of new digital platforms, applications and services as well as analysis of text, speech and image data. He was appointed the UK’s first Professor in Social Computing in 2011. He has conducted applied and cross-disciplinary work in areas including mental health and wellbeing, politics, activism, animal behaviour and sustainability.
Email: shaun.lawson@northumbria.ac.uk
Hugo Nicolau is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department (DEI) of Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon in Portugal. He's also an integrated researcher at the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS. His research interests include human-computer interaction, and accessibility, focusing on the design, development, and evaluation of novel inclusive computing technologies. Hugo's goals comprise creating meaningful technologies that empower people with disabilities to address high-impact problems in areas such as education, health, and social exclusion. His research methods extend mostly from the discipline of human-computer interaction and are informed by perspectives in design justice, psychology, sociology, and disability studies.