This event aims to understand the ways AI is being used in the GLAM sector. This includes exploring the challenges, risks, opportunities and other untapped potentials of AI in GLAM. This event will contain two parts. The first part will be a set of talks discussing the use of AI in GLAM and further opportunities in GLAM. In the second part, all the speakers and audiences will break out into smaller groups to brainstorm and discuss specific sub-topics in this area. This will also provide opportunities to find other collaborators/partners to take forward some of these ideas.

Itinerary

12.00 - 12.50 Arrival and Lunch

12.50 - 13.00 Introduction

Part I. Talks (15 minutes talk + 5 minutes Q & A)

13.00 - 13.20 AI at the British Library (Dr Mia Ridge, British Library)

13.20 - 13.40  AI and Libraries (Dr Andrew Cox, University of Sheffield)

13.40 - 14.00 Semantic Search in Web Archives (Dr John Moore, National Archives)

14.00 - 14.20 Ethical AI/Human-centered AI vs. Profit-driven AI: Our role as academics in maintaining sanity in the era of Big Tech world dominance (Dr Marjory Da Costa Abreu, Sheffield Hallam University)

14.20 - 14.40 Civil War Bluejackets (Dr Adam Funk, University of Sheffield)

14.40 - 15.00 Questioning Convention in Machine Learning: Learning Support for GLAM (remote talk) (Dr. Ireti Olowe, University of the Arts London, Creative Computing Institute) 

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break

Part II. Discussions

15.30 - 16.15 Discussion in groups

16.15 - 16.45 Findings

16.45 - 17.00 Closing

Please register your attendance by Friday, 3th May 2024. We look forward to seeing you there.

This event is organised by Shef.AI Turing Interest Group 4b: Revolutionising Data-Driven Research in Arts, Social Science and Humanities. For more information, please contact Monica Paramita (m.paramita@sheffield.ac.uk).