Upcoming Events

AIS Colloquium Series

Upcoming Speakers

April 6, 2026: The Silicon Gaze: A typology of biases and inequality in LLMs through the lens of place
4/6/26
Matthew Zook, University Research Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky
April 9, 2026: Between Supervision and Skepticism: Folk Theories, Reflective Practice, and the Integration of AI in Mental Health Documentation
4/9/26
Lauri Goldking, Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University

Past Speakers

March 25, 2026: AI for Plural Worlds: A Contrapuntal Approach to Global Data
3/25/26
Laila Shereen Sakr, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Film and Media Students, University of California, Santa Barbara
March 2, 2026: Understanding the Online Information Ecosystem
3/2/26
Pranav Goel, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northeastern University
Feb. 11, 2026: Designing AI With and for Society: Participatory and Value-Sensitive Approaches to Design, Evaluation, and Research That Gives Back
2/11/26
Hyeyoung Ryu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dec. 10, 2025: Enabling Data as a Design Material for Stakeholder-Centered AI
12/10/25
Angie Zhang, PhD student, University of Texas at Austin
Dec. 3, 2025: The Gendered Algorithm: Navigating Financial Inclusion & Equity in AI-facilitated Access to Credit
12/3/25
Genevieve Macfarlane Smith, Postdoctoral research fellow, Stanford University
Dec. 8, 2025: Technology, Human Security, and Civil Empowerment
12/8/25
Jie "Jason" Lian, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Kennedy School; Research Associate, University of Michigan
Nov. 19, 2025: On Tools, AI, and Disability
11/19/25
Frank Elavsky, PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
Oct. 2, 2025: What’s Human About AI? Using Participatory Human-centered Design to Build Socio-technical Systems
10/2/25
Kristen Moore; Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion; Professor, Engineering Education; University at Buffalo
Sept. 17, 2025: AI, Teams & Negotiations
9/17/25
Yekaterina “Kate” Bezrukova, Associate Professor, School of Management, University at Buffalo
Sept. 16, 2025: Useful AI Needs (Almost) Everybody at the Table (with Humility)
9/16/25
Kenny Joseph, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Sept, 15, 2025: Network Neuroscience in the Age of AI
9/15/25
Sarah Muldoon, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University at Buffalo
Aug. 14, 2025: From Surveillance to Solidarity: Reimagining AI and Data-Driven Technologies in Home Health Care Work
8/14/25
Joy Ming, PhD
Aug. 12, 2025: Algorithms that Care: Designing AI for Human Services
8/12/25
Maria Rodriguez, MSW, PhD
Aug. 11, 2025: Why Causal Inference is Necessary for Algorithmic Fairness
8/11/25
Alexander Tolbert, Assistant Professor, Emory University
Aug. 7, 2025: Humanistic Chatbots: Designing AI as a Companion in Learning and Equity
8/7/25
Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Postdoctoral Fellow, Saarland University
Aug. 6, 2025: Crafting Convivial AI: Reframing, Reconstructing, and Other Refusals
8/6/25
Xerxes Minocher, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and Justice

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