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Dr Johanna Walker @ms_j_walker

AI and data, smart cities, data-driven innovation strategy and governance. My views

Joined July 2014
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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
KCL Informatics@kclinformatics
11 Jul 2024
"The biggest danger from all this is that people stop trusting anyone, and that leads to disengagement from democratic decision-making."🏛️ @esimperl talks to @Newsweek about the latest AI tool countering misinformation in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. 🤖 loom.ly/1YT0EXs
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Nodding vigorously as @russellwald tells @dataforpolicy conference #dataforpolicy2024 that there has been too much focus on compute power for AI in academia and government but #publicsector #datasets for researchers could drive more innovation
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Hi @SW_Help my daughter left something at Fratton Station today when the trains were cancelled - it’s been handed in by the guard. Can Fratton keep hold of it and let me know how/when to pick it up? Thanks!
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Thrilled our paper on users’ experience of LLMs for knowledge graph construction has been accepted for the late breaking work track at #chi2024
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Very happy to say our paper calling for more proactive engagement with citizens in data-driven innovations has been published by the brilliant Data & Policy journal.
Data & Policy@Data_and_Policy
1 Mar 2024
New article! When data meets #citizens: an investigation of citizen engagement in data-driven innovation programmes 👉 #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1017/dap.2023.43 Authors: @gefiont @ms_j_walker @esimperl (@kclinformatics) @lescarr (@ECSUoS) #datajustice #opendata #innovation
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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
Open Data Institute@ODIHQ
8 Feb 2024
Join our workshop in partnership with @MicrosoftUK using generative AI models and learn how it can support data users to bridge the data divide. For full details and sign up, check out the link 👇 hubs.li/Q02klfqV0

Open Call: Data prompting workshop with Microsoft

Join our workshop with Microsoft using generative AI models to support data users to bridge the data divide and discover how it can be applied to your everyday work with data.

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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
Open Data Institute@ODIHQ
31 Jan 2024
Can #AI assist with one of the more arduous tasks that face researchers, activists, grant writers and a whole host of people who rely on data to support and enable their work - finding and utilising appropriate datasets? Find out more in our latest blog hubs.li/Q02jbSdr0

The promise and challenge of data discovery with LLMs

Can AI assist with the tasks that researchers, activists, grant writers and others face when finding and utilising datasets? Can large language models (LLMs) really help? FInd out more.

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Hi @BootsUK ironically door 17 of my daughter’s ‘17’ advent calendar was empty. Which is not so festive when you’re 12 and you open an empty box.
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#TeamGinger
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If you are at #EBDVF next week please come and hear @GefionT and me discuss ethical and social aspects of data governance and how it can support your data driven innovation @EuHubs4 .
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Running a 45 min online workshop 18/10 9am BST about data justice plans and how they can help your data driven project ensure data subjects share in the benefits and value of data. DM me if you are interested in joining.
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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
Data for Policy CIC #dataforpolicy2026
@dataforpolicy
25 Sep 2023
Data for Policy 2024 call for contributions has launched! Be part of the global conversation on trustworthy governance *with* AI - Full papers benefit from integrated review in @dataandpolicy - Deadline 27 Nov All info dataforpolicy.org/data-for-p… #dataforpolicy2024
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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
Rob Kitchin@RobKitchin
25 Sep 2023
This post closes this evening at 23.30 Irish time - still time to put together an application if you're interested. It's a great team and interesting project work
Rob Kitchin@RobKitchin
20 Sep 2023
Post-doctoral researcher (30-month contract) on my @ERC_Research funded @DatastoriesMU project @MU__SSI examining housing & planning data and telling data stories working with stakeholders and artists. Closing date 25th Sept. Details: universityvacancies.com/mayn…
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Excellent point from @bowlinearl regarding the difficulties of auditing AI if the creators have not documented the decisions made during its development #aies23
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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
KCL Informatics@kclinformatics
8 Aug 2023
A huge congratulations to @ms_j_walker @esimperl @GefionT @julianvicens whose paper on how AI art might be the key to counter misinformation in the social media age is being presented today at @AIESConf ! 🎉 loom.ly/R-5Ix2Q

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society — Home

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Dr Johanna Walker retweeted
Hamble Primary@HamblePrimary
31 Jan 2023
Replying to @GretaThunberg
@GretaThunberg Our School Council would like to share their letter with you about a proposed gravel extraction site next door to our school. They have used the UNCRC to express their views, just like you did! Thank you for inspiring the next generation. primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.a…
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Is anyone in #gds #governmentdigitalservice working with #opensource code and willing to talk to @unisouthampton researcher @rft158 for a case study on delivering public services? Thanks in advance!
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Shape AHRC’s data and software policy! @SoftwareSaved are commissioned to understand the importance of data/software to the arts/humanities before midnight 8/3. Our survey takes 10 minutes: orlo.uk/TTAHJ
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Win a £100 voucher and shape AHRC data and software policy by completing @SSI's 10 min survey at Orlo.uk/TTAHJ @ukri_news @russellgroup @eduhuduni @uoyphilosophy @british_library @chase_dtp @valuingculture
Shape AHRC’s data and software policy! @SSI's 10 minutes survey seeks to understand the importance of data/software to the arts/humanities. Find it at orlo.uk/TTAHJ @changing_story_ @ethnoanimation @uonblackstudies @uonarts @pandemicbeyond @warwick_global @map_uob
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