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Aisling Ann O'Kane
@aislingokane.bsky.social
HCI, health, care, participatory & qual methods - Associate Prof of Human-Computer Interaction for Health at University of Bristol, UK. Irish name, Canadian accent, too many children.
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Recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the AI4CI hub @ai4cihub.bsky.social! Interested in #HCI & #AI enabled care (social care, informal care, end of life care, parenting, etc.)? Join us at the University of Bristol & BIG @bristolhci.bsky.social. Deadline is 26 Feb: ai4ci.ac.uk/join-the-team/
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BIG TALK!! Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc from Dyson School, Imperial College London is visiting to talk about his research "Chasing Engaging Ingredients in Design"
this Thursday from 2-3pm BST. All welcome, join us online!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1202928504...
March 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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BIG TALK!! Daniel Epstein @depstein.net from University of California, Irvine is waking up early to chat about his research "Towards More Meaningful Personal Tracking" this Thursday from 2-3pm GMT. All welcome, join us online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1270433945...
March 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
AI enabled care PhD at University of Bristol - come join the AI4CI hub and Bristol Interaction Group @bristolhci.bsky.social !
📢 AI PhD Scholarship Opportunities!

We are offering an exciting AI Hub PhD Scholarship in Novel research contributions to Human-Computer Interaction in the context of AI and care with the fantastic Dr. @aislingokane.bsky.social
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 26TH FEB 2025
POTENTIAL START DATE: SEPT 2025
February 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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ONE YEAR OF AI4CI!! 🎉 🎉

On the 6th Feb 2024 #UKRI and #EPSRC announced the launch of our super awesome research Hub!

It's been a wonderful 12 months setting up our team, building partners, working on research and launching our £1M Rapid Response Fund - lnkd.in/eNZS8P5E

#CollectiveIntelligence #AI
February 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Music makes us dance and move, but can sounds do more for our body? Ana Tajadura-Jimenez will be presenting BIG TALK "Sensing the body through sound" this Thursday (Feb 6, 2-3pm GMT) online - all welcome to our online #HCI seminar! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1054704743...
February 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Excellent first 2025 BIGTALK by @michaelproulx.bsky.social! Preferences for eye tracking targeting, scan paths not fixations for activity recognition, implicit gaze as unique fingerprint, shoutout to Bristol’s egocentric computer vision @dimadamen.bsky.social. Human experience and inclusion are key!
January 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the AI4CI hub @ai4cihub.bsky.social! Interested in #HCI & #AI enabled care (social care, informal care, end of life care, parenting, etc.)? Join us at the University of Bristol & BIG @bristolhci.bsky.social. Deadline is 26 Feb: ai4ci.ac.uk/join-the-team/
January 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
the start of 2025 BIG TALK series, woohoo!
Michael Proulx @michaelproulx.bsky.social is kicking off a new year of BIG TALK this Thursday at 2pm GMT with "Eye tracking in extended reality," discussing his research at University of Bath & Reality Labs Research (Meta née Oculus). Join us online, all welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-talk-m...
BIG TALK: Michael Proulx, Meta Reality Labs
Eye tracking in extended reality
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Hear our Co-directors @susanjhalford.bsky.social and Dale Southerton discuss how sociodigital futures are shaping the world today and ways the Centre’s research aims to make a difference in the present.
youtu.be/3axk3L5xUxo
What are sociodigital futures? | Centre for Sociodigital Futures
YouTube video by University of Bristol
youtu.be
December 10, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Really enjoyed this packed to the online/in person brim talk. Ireland>UK>Denmark>Ireland HCI for health research overview was really very interesting, and the sheer number of digital health folks at the talk must have agreed!
#AI for #health like a "crowbar out of our collective hands." Fab BIG TALK yesterday by Kevin Doherty. Postnatal mental health, primary care & serious mental health & looking to the future of AI for health were almost as thought provoking as the quote from the Black Eyed Peas!
December 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Today at 2pm GMT, join us for a #digitalhealth #hci #ai BIG TALK with Kevin Doherty on "Advancing a human-centred approach to person-centred care for the digital age" - sign up on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-talk-k...
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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Excited to be recruiting for funded PhD: "Co-Designing Digital Tools for Physical Activity: Enhancing Engagement in Disadvantaged Communities" with Rise North East. Deadline 26/02/25. Talk to me if interested! More details: northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastudentship/cda/ #PhDOpportunity #SportsHCI
Collaborative Doctoral Awards (Staff-led) | Northern Bridge Consortium | Newcastle University
northernbridge.ac.uk
December 4, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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📣 AI4CI RAPID RESPONSE FUND LAUNCH! 🎉 🎉

Today is the day! Our Rapid Response Fund is now OPEN TO APPLICATIONS!💰https://lnkd.in/eNZS8P5E 💰

Visit our BRAND NEW WEBSITE! 👉 ai4ci.ac.uk to learn more about the wider Hub: The Team, The Themes, Our Research & more!

Stay in the loop👉 shorturl.at/6mA0N
December 2, 2024 at 1:21 PM
#digitalhealth #hci talk from me mam's alma mater. Looking forward to it!
BIG TALK: Kevin Doherty, University College Dublin discussing #digitalhealth, #hci, person centred #care and #AI: Advancing a human-centred approach to person-centred care for the digital age. This Thursday 5 December at 2pm GMT online, all welcome! bighci.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/10/15/b...
December 2, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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Heloisa Candello gave a great talk on the complex relationships in #CUIs and #AI – so many stakeholders! Great to hear about ‘humanizing chatbots’ in real life and designing for WhatsApp impact with vulnerable communities. Thank you Heloisa, “the loveliest person at CSCW”!
November 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Stoked.
Thursday's online #HCI BIG TALK: Heloisa Candello from IBM Research Brazil talks about #CUI #AI and #responsibleAI in her talk "A human-centered approach to responsible conversational user interfaces."

Online, free, all welcome! 2pm GMT, sign up here:
bighci.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/10/03/b...
November 26, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Lovely to have Ding "back" in Bristol for a bit, and what an interesting talk!
Fascinating talk from the ‘factory floor’ of #dataannotation. Ding Wang from Google AI revealed the human labour behind the curtain of #AI, advocating for annotator as partner/expert - annotation is social! Qual folks in attendance particularly liked the slip replacing “qualitative” with “quality”!
November 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Help with CHI Late Breaking Work program! We are looking for associate chairs (ACs). Not only is the LBW an excellent track for our community to show new work at CHI, but it is also an important step to train new ACs in our community: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #hci #CHI2025
CHI 2025 Late-Breaking Work: Application for AC roles (due: Nov 30)
The CHI 2025 Late-Breaking Work (LBW) Co-chairs invite you to volunteer as an Associate Chair (AC) for the CHI 2023 (LBW) Program Committee! Please use the form below to provide details about yourself...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Very excited to hear Ding discuss her work on #responsibleAI today at Bristol Interaction Group's online HCI seminar BIG TALK. All welcome at 2pm GMT, see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1060412194...
November 21, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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BIG TALK: Ding Wang from Google AI will be discussing "Whose AI Dream? In search of the aspiration in data annotation" online Thu 21 November 2-3pm GMT:
bighci.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/10/03/b...
All welcome to our #HCI seminar series! Join on Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-talk-d...
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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BIG members starter pack
go.bsky.app/3JeRUdC
November 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM