Current debates about increasing polarization of the online public sphere stress the role of AI-mediated information access in creating and/or amplifying “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers”. Such polarizing developments have been linked to both the biased way in which AI algorithms provide recommendations, as well as to well-known cognitive limitations and biases that hinder people from being able or willing… read more →
The CUbRIK histoGraph application is a multimedia visual knowledge discovery tool for historical research, aiming to support humanities scholars in their daily research tasks. Integrating machine, human and crowd-sourced tasks, the application enhances access to exisiting multimedia collections. It supports e.g. automatic face detection and recognition of politicians and other important persons in historic photographs. Scholars are also provided with annotation… read more →
The German “Energiewende”, the political decision of the German government to phase out of the use of nuclear energy within the upcoming decade, has confronted economy, society and politics with great challenges. In an on-going series of Trialogues (Three-Actor-Dialogues) organised by the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance, the pertaining problems, interests, conflicts of objectives and possible courses of action connected to… read more →