Workshop Program
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December 16, 2024 (Morning Session)
Opening Session
9:00 - 9:15
Opening Remarks by Workshop Chairs
Welcome and introduction to workshop themes
Session 1: AI Ethics and Bias
9:15 - 10:15
9:15 - 9:35
Adversarially Exploring Vulnerabilities in LLMs to Evaluate Social Biases
Yuya Ong, Jay Gala, Sungeun An, Robert Moore, Divyesh Jadav
9:35 - 9:55
Mitigating Bias in Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback for Large Language Models
Chaithanya Ravulu
9:55 - 10:15
A Beam-Search Based Method to Select Classification and Imputation Methods for Fair and Accurate Data Analysis
Dodavah Mowoh, Zhiyuan Chen
Coffee Break & Virtual Networking
10:15 - 10:45
Session 2: Social Impact and Analysis
10:45 - 11:45
10:45 - 11:05
Quantifying the Relevance of Youth Research Cited in the US Policy Documents
Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama, Hamed Alhoori
11:05 - 11:25
Guiding Urban Inclusivity: opening the public space in cities for women
Genoveva Vargas-Solar, Sagrario Castillo-Camporro
11:25 - 11:45
Methods for Addressing the Societal Challenges of Malicious Narratives in Social Media Using AI/ML Analysis
Andy Skumanich, Han Kyul Kim
Session 3: Applications and Systems
11:45 - 12:45
11:45 - 12:05
Understanding the Evolution in Tourist Behavior Patterns through Context-Aware Spatio-Temporal k-Means
Alberto Belussi, Anna Dalla Vecchia, Mauro Gambini, Sara Migliorini, Elisa Quintarelli
12:05 - 12:25
Decoding Narratives: Towards a Classification Analysis for Stereotypical Patterns in Italian News Headlines
Matteo Berta, Salvatore Greco, Giuseppe Tipaldo, Tania Cerquitelli
12:25 - 12:45
Empowering University-level Help Desk for International Applicants with AI Chatbots
Zahra Karimi, Giuseppe Gallipoli, Luca Cagliero, Francesca Chicco, Carola Rosa, Alessandra Sechi
Closing Session
12:45 - 13:00
Closing Remarks and Future Directions
Summary of key themes and future workshop directions