🔵 Next week (8–13 September), Dr Curtis Runstedler AFHEA, our post doc at IRIS, will travel to Karachi, Pakistan, to give two invited lectures at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA).
🔵 For IRIS, his first lecture takes a critical posthuman feminist perspective on the commodification of sex robots and artificial intimacy in contemporary speculative fiction. He will discuss works such as Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein, Paolo Bacigalupi’s Mika Model, and Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot.
🔵 This lecture draws on a new journal article he co-authored with Dr. Sercan Hamza Bağlama (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi), which is currently under review.
🔵 We are excited to see Dr. Runstedler represent IRIS in Karachi and to contribute to international conversations on literature, technology, and ethics.

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At IRIS, we see Public Engagement not as an extra, but as a central part of interdisciplinary AI research.
In this short film, we share a glimpse into our approach.

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Happening Today at the University of Stuttgart: The IRIS Summer Symposium 2025!
We're delving into the complexities of intelligent systems and their societal impacts through a series of insightful talks and discussions. Key topics include:
🔵 Computational Digital Psychology – Exploring how digital environments influence human behavior.
🔵 Ethics of Generative AI – Examining the moral considerations surrounding AI-generated content.
🔵 Diversity-Aware NLP Intelligent Systems – Developing language processing tools that respect and reflect societal diversity.
🔵 Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction and Teaming – Investigating collaborative dynamics between humans and intelligent systems.
🔵 Teaching and Learning Forum RISING – Innovating educational approaches to prepare students for an AI-integrated future.
🔵 IRIS Public Engagement – Bridging the gap between scientific research and public discourse.
🔵 Poster Session Highlights – Showcasing interdisciplinary research on topics such as:
Trust dynamics in human-chatbot interactions.
Societal and organizational impacts of AI.
Literary narratives as tools for critically reflecting on intelligent systems.
Human-AI teaming in flight operations.
📍 Venue: University of Stuttgart, Campus Vaihingen
🕘 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CEST)
📌 Poster Session: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Room UN34.150
This event is free and open to all interested individuals. If you're passionate about the intersection of technology and society, there's still time to join us!
🔗 Learn more: www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de

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