The Centre for AI in Government is at #APSA25 for the first time. Really impressive line-up and testament of a strong group of curious, committed and kind scholars. Come and find us! #sciencerocks #computationalsocialscience #AI #Government
Chris Arnold
@chrisarnold@sigmoid.social
- 119 Followers
- 222 Following
- 52 Posts
Associate Professor in Government and AI at the University of Birmingham. Data addict. Visualisation enthusiast. I ♥ institutions.
Excited to speak at the 4th #cardiffnlpworkshop tomorrow at Cardiff NLP group. I’ll give a talk on the #Triggerpoint Project & join the panel on Interdisciplinarity and NLP. Great lineup incl. CohereForAI, BSC, DCU. https://www.cardiffnlpworkshop.org/
#sciencerocks #NLP #AIandPolitics #LLMs
#sciencerocks #NLP #AIandPolitics #LLMs
Cardiff NLP
The Cardiff NLP Group is organising an in-person workshop on Natural Language Processing (NLP). It will take place on 14-15 July 2025 in Abacws, the brand-new building for the School of Computer Science and the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University. The workshop is especially intended to NLP
On my way to Geneva for the #AIforGood conference. Looking forward to the Crisis Computing Workshop and discussing how AI can help solve and prevent wars and crises. https://crisiscomputing.org/ #AI #CrisisComputing #sciencerocks
Next week I’ll be in Geneva for the UN’s #AIforGoodSummit2025. I’m especially excited for the Crisis Computing workshop on how AI can help us anticipate, manage & recover from crises. If you’re there too, feel free to reach out!
#CrisisComputing #AI4Peace #sciencerocks
#CrisisComputing #AI4Peace #sciencerocks
Heading home from #EPSA2025 I really enjoyed seeing so much dedication and passion to produce good science. A pure joy to be part of the community. Meetings like this are crucial for giving me sense and purpose during those endless hours in front of the computer. #sciencerocks
Our MSc students in #AIGovernment & #AISustainableDevelopment swapped lecture halls for a day in #Cardiff — visiting the #WelshGovernment’s Data Science Unit and the brilliant team at the NLP Group.
Great to see how #MachineLearning meets real-world #PublicPolicy. Also: dragon spotted. 🐉🔥
40110 #AI and #GlobalChallenges & 40111 #AI for #Government and #Policy is a wrap! From designing research to deploying ML solutions on ‘people data’—we covered it. Rewarding but challenging, given the cohort’s diversity & the material’s breadth. Wanna join the next round? Apply! Questions on how? PM!
On Friday, I’m presenting at TCD (w/ Andreas Küpfer). We explore how to measure object prominence in news photography & curated images.
Applications:
📌 US newspaper ideal points (Visual BoW);
📌 Gender bias in US campaign videos.
More info & enrolment: 🔗 https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/news&events/events/friday-seminar-series/
Applications:
📌 US newspaper ideal points (Visual BoW);
📌 Gender bias in US campaign videos.
More info & enrolment: 🔗 https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/news&events/events/friday-seminar-series/
Making sure y'all saw this CfP for the Special Issue on Digital Communication in Social Movements.
Timeline: 8.3.25 abstract; 7.8.25 full paper; end of year publication.
#AI #TextasData #ImageAsData #SocialMovement #ScienceRocks
https://journal.computationalcommunication.org/announcement/view/179