National Research School in ICT
Speaker: Dr. Carsten Sørensen, (Associate Professor) in Digital Innovation within Department of Management at The London School of Economics and Political Science
Date: May 17, 14:00 – 15:00 CET
Registration link: https://nrsi-ks.eu/reserve-ticket/
The opening ceremony of the Kosovo National Research School in ICT (NSRI) is the outcome of the Erasmus + Key Action 2 project PhDICTKES, which started November 15, 2019.
The NSRI will provide general help to affiliated institutions by facilitating as an umbrella for PhD study programs in the field of ICT in Kosovo.
The ceremony will take place at: The Amphitheatre of the Central University Library,
St. Eqrem Çabej, 10 000, Prishtinë, on 3rd of March 2023, 09:00-13:00.
The opening ceremony of the Kosovo National Research School in ICT (NSRI) is the outcome of the Erasmus + Key Action 2 project PhDICTKES, which started November 15, 2019.
• Now we have been working together
for 3 years in this project and it is time
to establish the national research
school in ICT.
• The policy document for establishing
the school has already been adopted
by the Advisory Board of the project.
• The national research school in ICT will
be established as a set of activities
aiming on fostering research activities
Virgina Dignum is professor in social and ethical AI, and Wallenberg chair on Responsible Artificial Intelligence. Scientific Director of WASP-HS (Humanities and Society) at Umeå University in Sweden. Her research focuses on the complex interconnections and interdependencies between people, organizations and technology. Her work ranges from the engineering of practical applications and simulations to the development of formal theories that integrate agency and organization, and includes a strong methodological design component.
Prof. Virgina Dignum's current research directions are:
- Responsible artificial intelligence. Which moral and ethical issues arise from the activity of autonomous intelligent agents in teams? How can activity be regulated? How can intelligent agents and other synthetic entities reason about and take decisions on moral questions.
- Analyze and formalization of social interaction. The aim is to study the effect of social and organizational structure taking into account the autonomy and heterogeneity of participants and the societal and legal values holding in the context. To this end, we are developing formal theories and a computational architecture for agent deliberation based on social-practices.
- Design and evaluation of human-agent teamwork. Central research question here is how do people interact (negotiate, trust, cooperate) with autonomous cognitive entities in a social setting and the development of agent-based simulations of complex socio-technical domains.
More about Virgina and her research can be found at: https://www.umu.se/en/staff/virginia-dignum/
Virgina Dignum is professor in social and ethical AI, and Wallenberg chair on Responsible Artificial Intelligence. Scientific Director of WASP-HS (Humanities and Society) at Umeå University in Sweden. Her research focuses on the complex interconnections and interdependencies between people, organizations and technology. Her work ranges from the engineering of practical applications and simulations to the development of formal theories that integrate agency and organization, and includes a strong methodological design component.
Prof. Virgina Dignum's current research directions are:
- Responsible artificial intelligence. Which moral and ethical issues arise from the activity of autonomous intelligent agents in teams? How can activity be regulated? How can intelligent agents and other synthetic entities reason about and take decisions on moral questions.
- Analyze and formalization of social interaction. The aim is to study the effect of social and organizational structure taking into account the autonomy and heterogeneity of participants and the societal and legal values holding in the context. To this end, we are developing formal theories and a computational architecture for agent deliberation based on social-practices.
- Design and evaluation of human-agent teamwork. Central research question here is how do people interact (negotiate, trust, cooperate) with autonomous cognitive entities in a social setting and the development of agent-based simulations of complex socio-technical domains.
More about Virgina and her research can be found at: https://www.umu.se/en/staff/virginia-dignum/
Carsten Sørensen is Reader (Associate Professor) in Digital Innovation within Department of Management at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE website). He holds a BSc. in mathematics, an MSc in computer science and a Ph.D. in information systems from Aalborg University, Denmark. Carsten has since the 1980s researched digital innovation, for example, innovating the digital enterprise through mobile technology (enterprisemobilitybook.com), and the innovation dynamics of mobile infrastructures and -platforms (digitalinfrastructures.org). He developed LSEs first blockchain course, an online course on cryptocurrency disruption, and has been the leading academic securing LSE representation on Hedera’s Governing Council (hedera.com/council). Carsten has published widely within Information Systems since 1989, for example, in MISQ, ISR, JMIS, ISJ, JIT, Information & Organization, The Information Society, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, and Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (scholar.carstensorensen.com). Carsten has extensive experience managing national, EU, and industry research projects. He has for over 30 years been actively engaged in academic consultancy, assessing digital startups, and executive education with a broad range of organisations – IMF, Microsoft, Google, PA Consulting, Huawei, Orange, Vodafone, Intel, GEMS, to name just a few.
Carsten Sørensen is Reader (Associate Professor) in Digital Innovation within Department of Management at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE website). He holds a BSc. in mathematics, an MSc in computer science and a Ph.D. in information systems from Aalborg University, Denmark. Carsten has since the 1980s researched digital innovation, for example, innovating the digital enterprise through mobile technology (enterprisemobilitybook.com), and the innovation dynamics of mobile infrastructures and -platforms (digitalinfrastructures.org). He developed LSEs first blockchain course, an online course on cryptocurrency disruption, and has been the leading academic securing LSE representation on Hedera’s Governing Council (hedera.com/council). Carsten has published widely within Information Systems since 1989, for example, in MISQ, ISR, JMIS, ISJ, JIT, Information & Organization, The Information Society, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, and Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (scholar.carstensorensen.com). Carsten has extensive experience managing national, EU, and industry research projects. He has for over 30 years been actively engaged in academic consultancy, assessing digital startups, and executive education with a broad range of organisations – IMF, Microsoft, Google, PA Consulting, Huawei, Orange, Vodafone, Intel, GEMS, to name just a few.
