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Konstantin Aal
@kostic86
Ethnography-driven UX Researcher | Exploring human-centered design & inclusive tech | Team leader & mentor | Passionate about a lot
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http://bearded-researcher.org/ 13-10-2009 16:55:10
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The DC is great for doctoral students to discuss their research under the guidance of a panel of experienced researchers. Submission deadline: Sep 23rd, 2024 (AoE). PCS is now open! Look forward to receiving your proposals! More Information: group.acm.org/conferences/gr… #HCI ACM SIGCHI
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We are Hiring! PDRA roles for Responsible Ai UK Keystone project 'PROBabLE Futures': Tech Law/AI in Law Enforcement (work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1…) and Computer Science, AI Explainability/Fairness & Special Impact Role (work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1…). Application deadline 5 July.
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📢If you missed Tiffany Knearem, PhD's talk, not to worry as you can now watch it on YouTube! ✨ youtube.com/watch?v=DhqVQY…
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The CfP for Posters, Demos and Case Studies is out. Submission deadline: Sep 23rd, 2024 (AoE). PCS is now open! Look forward to receiving your proposals! More Information: group.acm.org/conferences/gr… ACM SIGCHI #conference #GROUP25
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The DCitizens Project has wrapped up here in Lisbon 🙌 Check out DCitizens.eu for updates on our summer schools and seminar series over the next year #digitalcivics #dcitizenssummer2024
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#digitalcivics #dcitizenssummer2024 The <a href="/dcitizens_proj/">DCitizens Project</a> has wrapped up here in Lisbon 🙌
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My latest screed... A must read... (You'll be glad you did!) An attempt to bring it all together. Thanks! James Landay George Monbiot Anne Applebaum Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Langdon Winner David Corn #cybercene #anthropocene Aldo de Moor Konstantin Aal
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That’s a wrap on the Envisioning Collaborative Futures workshop PDC2024 Thanks to my super ✨co-organisers Sarah Konstantin Aal & Ceylan Besevli and the wonderful attendees! Looking forward to the rest of the conference 🙌
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Thanks to my super ✨co-organisers <a href="/sirraawr/">Sarah</a> <a href="/Kostic86/">Konstantin Aal</a> & <a href="/ceylanbes/">Ceylan Besevli</a> and the wonderful attendees!
Looking forward to the rest of the conference 🙌 That’s a wrap on the Envisioning Collaborative Futures workshop <a href="/PDC_conference/">PDC2024</a>
Thanks to my super ✨co-organisers <a href="/sirraawr/">Sarah</a> <a href="/Kostic86/">Konstantin Aal</a> & <a href="/ceylanbes/">Ceylan Besevli</a> and the wonderful attendees!
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Our Workshop on "The Urban Future is Now: Uniting Powers for Inclusive and Sustainable Design of Smart Cities" at the Mensch und Computer #muc2024 just started. Susanne Boll Socio Informatics Siegen #smartcity #justCity
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After 10 years of research, my PhD thesis is finally published with Springer Nature!It explores how social media & ICTs are used in conflict across the #MENA region, with case studies from #Palestine,Syria, Iran and Tunisia: phd.kosta.phd #PhD #Research #AcademicTwitter
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Lets see how many papers at #CHI2025 ACM CHI Conference will have a focus on #AI, #LLM, #GenAI or a combination of all of them. This trend is hijacking all of our research (it feels this way).
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Jean Hardy Konstantin Aal ACM CHI Conference While I agree that many LLM papers may lack novelty. I also believe that papers presenting critical arguments about LLMs, especially those aligned with the Critical Computing subcommittee's perspectives, could be overlooked if we use 'LLM' as a keyword filter.
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Thanks, Ian Arawjo (@[email protected]) for this important and timely article. I am also fed up with seeing so many studies that are LLM-wrappers. LLM Wrapper Papers are Hurting HCI Research ianarawjo.medium.com/llm-wrapper-pa…
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