Conference Agenda (All times are shown in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) unless otherwise noted)

Session
Exploring Social Informatics in the Algorithmic Environment (SIG-SI)
Time:
Friday, 25/Oct/2024:
8:00am - 12:00pm

 Location: Imperial Ballroom 2, Third Floor

Presentations
ID: 273 / [Single Presentation of ID 273]: 1
Workshops
4 hours, In-Person Workshop
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Topics: Domain-Specific Informatics (cultural informatics; cultural heritage informatics; health informatics; medical informatics; crisis informatics; social and community informatics)
Keywords: Social Informatics, algorithmic society, information technologies, social media, AI, AIGC, LLM

Exploring Social Informatics in the Algorithmic Environment (SIG-SI)

Pu Yan1, Zaheer Ahmad2, Ruwan Gamage3, Chelsea Collier4, Patrick Ngulube5, Julaine Clunis6, Alicia JW Takaoka7

1Peking University, People's Republic of China; 2University of Management and Technology, Pakistan; 3University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; 4University of Texas at Austin, USA; 5University of South Africa, South Africa; 6Kent State University, USA; 7Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

In the rapidly evolving landscape of information science and technology, the intersections of social media algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), large language models (LLM), AI-Generated Content (AIGC), and Social Informatics represent emerging areas of research, development, and societal impact. This workshop, aims to bring together leading researchers, industry practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders in the field of Social Infomatics (SI) to discuss recent advances, challenges, and future directions in these interrelated domains. Through a combination of short and long paper presentation and discussion session, participants will explore the technical, ethical, and social implications of AI and AIGC, with a special focus on their roles in shaping the fabric of social informatics. ASIS&T SIG-SI has hosted 19 annual Social Informatics Research Symposia during the ASIS&T Annual Meeting for the purpose of disseminating and discussing current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICTs).To emphasize the meeting theme this year, we aim to center around the interactions of SI, everyday life, and the algorithmic environment. Contributors but not presenting: Pu Yan, Zaheer Ahmad, Ruwan Gamage, Alicia JW Takaoka. Additional registration fee applies.