Studies of dataset development in machine learning call for greater attention to the data practices that make model development possible and shape its outcomes. Many argue that the adoption of theory and practices from archives and data curation fields can support greater fairness, accountability, transparency, and more ethical machine learning. In response, we are examining […]
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Introducing the DCI Junior Fellows 2022-2023
The Digital Curation Institute is delighted to award two Junior Fellowships for the fellowship period Fall 2022-Summer 2023. The two successful applicants are working with the DCI community on important projects at the intersection of data curation, systems design, and sustainability. Han Qiao (she/her) is a first-year PhD student at the Faculty of Information. Her […]
Call for Applications: 2022-2023 Fellowship at the Digital Curation Institute
The Digital Curation Institute (DCI) at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary research unit uniting leading researchers in digital curation in a broad, inclusive perspective on the field, with the aim to provide a vibrant space of investigation, exchange and discussion (http://dci.ischool.utoronto.ca). The DCI is calling for applications for […]
Coalition Data Center: Assembling Data Points for Trans* and Autistic Justice
Join us for a workshop / role playing game session in which we playfully reconfigure what data may mean for trans* and disabled people. The year is 2300 and you have been dropped into the historic Autistic & Trans* Coalition Data Center from the year 2050. Around you the hums of old servers flicker on […]
DCI Talk: A Planet of Citizen Laboratories. Why the Pandemic has been an Opportunity to Build Infrastructures that Enable both Local and Global Commons
October 21, 2021, 12pm-1pm EST Speaker: Marcos García, MediaLab Prado Director 2014 – 2020 Moderator: Associate DCI Fellow Dr. Victoria Palacin Online event: please register here for the zoom link. In this talk, Marcos García (Director of the Medialab Prado during 2014-2020) will talk about the distributed citizen laboratories project, a project that started in […]
Introducing the Associate Fellows at the DCI 2021-2022
The DCI Fellowship has become a highly competitive Fellowship sought out by academics around the world at the intersection of digital curation, data-intensive research and sustainability. This year’s Fellowship call was met by 75 applications, out of which 7 excellent applications were shortlisted. For more news on this year’s DCI Fellowship, see this post. Given […]
DCI and Fellow-elect Prof. David Wachsmuth support CAUT Censure of UofT
The DCI Fellowship has become a highly competitive Fellowship sought out by academics around the world at the intersection of digital curation, data-intensive research and sustainability, broadly understood. This year’s Fellowship call was met by 75 applications, out of which 7 excellent applications were shortlisted. The DCI Fellowship selection committee decided to award the Fellowship […]
Call for Applications: 2021-2022 Fellowship at the Digital Curation Institute
The Digital Curation Institute (DCI) at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary research unit uniting leading researchers in digital curation in a broad, inclusive perspective on the field, with the aim to provide a vibrant space of investigation, exchange and discussion (http://dci.ischool.utoronto.ca). The DCI is calling for applications for […]
DCI Talk: Online Participation and Democracies with Sam McDonald and Pablo Aragón on Jan 29
January 29th, 12:30 – 1:30 pm (ET) Panelists: Sam McDonald, University of California, Irvine, US (she/her) Pablo Aragón, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (he/him) Online event: please register here for the zoom link. Increasingly, digital tools are mediating participation in the design and development of solutions to common issues, with examples ranging from workplace information […]
DCI Talk: Towards Civic Socio-Algorithmic Ecosystems: Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Dec 3
December 3th, 12 – 1 pm (ET) Speaker: Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University Online event: please register here for zoom link. Orestis Papakyriakopoulos is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy (https://citp.princeton.edu/ ), Princeton University. His research showcases political issues and provides ideas, frameworks, and practical […]