Category: outreach
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in “Shaping the Future” podcast on inclusive algorithms
Happy I was invited to contribute to this podcast (🇳🇱) about inclusivity in algorithms. Together with Tekla de Veer from DEPT®, I talk with Jimmy de Vreede (Springbok Agency and the DDMA committee Data, Decisions & Engagement) about everything from bias in generative AI, composition of data science teams, to technological possibilities in reducing bias…
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Beyond Ethics Washing: Impact Assessments, Ausdits, and Oversight for AI panel recording available
CPDP Conferences published the recording of the “Beyond Ethics Washing” panel on YouTube, moderated by Mirko Tobias Schäfer (Utrecht University) with Iris Muis (Utrecht Data School), Paul Nemitz (European Commission), Maria Koomen (Open Governance Network for Europe) and myself. Watch it below (and watch all the other panels on CPDP’s YouTube channel):
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Interviewed by The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights
I was interviewed by the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, along with Joke de Groot, director HR flex at Randstad Groep Nederland, on AI and bias in the context of algorithmic matching. Read the full article (in Dutch) here: ‘Collega’s zullen nooit volledig afgaan op wat onze algoritmes zeggen’
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DDMA Digital Talk: “De AI act: Zo bereid jij je optimaal voor”
I’ll be part of a panel during a Digital Talk by the DDMA, to talk about the AI Act, and its potential implications for data-driven marketeers, alongside Peter van der Putten (PEGA / Leiden Universiteit) and Romar van der Leij (DDMA). See all the details (in Dutch) at the DDMA event page.
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CPDP2023 panel “Beyond Ethics Washing: Impact Assessments, Audits, and Oversight for AI”
Update: see a writeup of our panel here Excited to be participating in a panel at the “Computers, Privacy & Data Protection” (CPDP) conference in Brussels. The panel is organized by Mirko Schäfer (Utrecht University), and I’ll be engaging in a conversation with Iris Muis (Utrecht Data School), Paul Nemitz (European Commission) and Maria Koomen…
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Guest lecture on “Job Recommendation” at RecSys Summer School 2023
I look forward to giving a guest lecture on “Job Recommendation” alongside Mesut Kaya at the RecSys Summer School 2023 in Copenhagen 🇩🇰! It was only 4 years ago when I stood side-by-side with Daan Odijk for a lecture and hands-on workshop on “Recommender Systems in the Media Industry,” at the last RecSys Summer School in 2019, which was…
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Featured in Recsperts on ‘Recommender Systems in Human Resources’
It is now official, right? I am now a recommender system expert (by virtue of appearing on Marcel Kurovski‘s Recsperts podcast series). It was great fun to geek out with a knowledgeable host on anything recsys in HR, we touch on fairness, difficulties with delayed feedback signals, our RecSys in HR Workshop, and how I…
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AI for Good at Felix Meritis
Yesterday evening I was a guest next to Dasha Simons (IBM) and Oumaima Hajri (Hogeschool Rotterdam) in Felix Meritis at the invitation of Laurens Vreekamp to talk about — among other things — fair AI, ethics, and algorithmic bias. It was nice and important to be able to discuss these topics from an optimistic and…
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Panelist on ‘AI and Ethics’ at Reshaping Work 2022
I’m excited to be joining a panel on “AI and Ethics” at the Reshaping Work 2022 Conference on October 14 at de Rode Hoed in Amsterdam, alongside Robert Seamans (New York University) and Anastasia Sergeeva (Vrije University Amsterdam). The panel will be chaired by Ting Li (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
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Talk on “The Future of Work” at the UvA in DeLaMar seminar series
On Friday, September 23 I am representing Randstad and giving a talk on “The future of work” at the DeLaMar theater, part of the UvA in DeLaMar seminar series.
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Panel on AI for a more inclusive labor market
At a conference in Utrecht I participated in a panel discussion alongside Hans de Zwart (HvA’s Centre of Expertise Applied AI), Rina Joosten-Rabou (Seedlink), Mildo van Staden (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) and Siri Beerends (SETUP). I summarized my takeaways on LinkedIn, which I share below (in Dutch)
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Algoritmewijsheid – Media Perspectives column
For the Media Perspectives (“platform for media & innovation”) newsletter I wrote a column on the future of media & AI: Algoritmewijsheid. Read it below (in Dutch):
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Roundtable at De Balie on ‘The power of algorithms, how algorithms shape our lives’
Update: see the opening talk I gave on what algorithms are, here: Mini-college “Hoe algoritmen ons leven vormgeven” On Sunday, June 18th I will participate in a roundtable at De Balie on the power of algorithms, along with (a very nice lineup:) Wouter van Noort, Naomi Jacobs, Marjolein Lanzing, Rutger Rienks, and Hans de Zwart. For more information (and…