iSchool Crosstalks: Technologies and Collaboration

Session Description

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The Faculty of Information has launched the ‘Crosstalk’ series, a collection of conversations on topics spanning multiple research areas and that may have been approached from different theoretical, conceptual, and methodological lenses. The goal is to tune our senses to seeing possible and ‘hidden’ connections between works and to engender disciplinary, multi/interdisciplinary, and/or cross-sectoral collaboration. Contact research.ischool@utoronto.ca to learn more.

Informal communities around the world find ways to leverage technologies to self-organise and collaborate, often circumventing formal systems. By examining these sociotechnical practices, we can gain practical insights into how communities navigate daily life, especially in the face of differential power relations. Prof. Chandra’s talk will explore the relationship between informality and collaboration, particularly as mediated through technologies.

The growing complexity of intelligent systems creates a promising opportunity for human-technology collaboration. However, the success of this collaboration is predicated upon the ability of humans and AI to effectively communicate, which involves the ability to understand each other and to efficiently present the information to each other. In this research talk, Prof. Anastasia Kuzminykh will focus on human collaborative communication with AI systems and will cover some of the recent work done with the COoKIE group on understanding the role of communication in Human-AI Collaboration.
Speakers: Prof. Priyank Chandra and Prof. Anastasia Kuzminykh[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]