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Asis&T SIG AI Workshop | OCTOBER 29, 2022

AI in the Real World: Strengthening Connections Between LIS Research and Practice

SIG AI Workshop at ASIS&T 2022

Wyndham Grand | Pittsburgh, PA

Saturday, October 29, 2022; 1-5pm Eastern Time

Program Information  |  Abstracts 

Workshop schedule

1:00-1:05

Welcome and overview 

1:05-2:05

AI applications, technologies and solutions in library and information  environments (Group 1 presentations)

(1.1) Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Data Curation: How Curators Re-Imagine Legacy Database Systems to Advance Equitable AI in Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs)

Sarah Bratt, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona


(1.2) AI & Co-design in public libraries: Empowering underserved youth to cultivate symbiotic relationships between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their communities

Hee Rin Lee, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Kahyun Choi, Assistant Professor, Indiana University

Selin Akgun, PhD Student, Michigan State University

Ji Youn Shin, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

Pooja Malvi, Master's Student, Michigan State University

Meredith Dedema, PhD Student, Indiana University


(1.3) Computational Poetry Collection Analysis via Context-Dependent Language Models

Kahyun Choi, Assistant Professor, Indiana University at Bloomington


(1.4) Knowledge Graph for Discovering Interdisciplinary Research Connections

Stanislava Gardasevic, PhD Candidate, Communication and Information Sciences Program; Teaching Assistant/Instructor at Library and Information Sciences University of Hawaii at Manoa


(1.5) Social Selection of Algorithms: The Unintended Consequences of Explainable AI

Alex Mayhew, PhD Candidate, University of Western Ontario



2:10-3:10

  <5-minute transition>

AI applications, technologies and solutions in library and information environments (Group 2 presentations)


(2.1) Hypergraphing a Network of Inquiry, Search, and Retrieval

Alamir Novin, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia


(2.2) Mining scientific literature with Natural Language Processing to expand bibliometrics analysis

*Gang Shao, Assistant Professor, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, Purdue University

Joseph Eisenberg, Undergraduate Student, Purdue University


(2.3) Historical Text Datafication and Loss: Computational Recovery of Typographical Layout Logic on an RDF Graph Featuring ML Methods

Huapu Liu, Doctoral Student, University of Alabama

Steven L. MacCall, Associate Professor, University of Alabama


(2.4) Images to integrated data: Digitizing and structuring historical records with deep learning

Sara Lafia, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ICPSR, University of Michigan

David A. Bleckley, Data Project Manager, ICPSR, University of Michigan

J. Trent Alexander, Associate Director, ICPSR, University of Michigan


(2.5) Digital Deep Redlining

Arcadio Matos, PhD Student, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University

Vivek K. Singh, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University

3:10-3:30

BREAK

3:30-4:15


World Cafe: Two rounds of discussion on:

(1) What significant research questions in AI development and technologies in LIS  contexts need to be addressed? (Dania)

(2) How to measure the impact of AI applications and technologies in library and  information environments?

(3) How to make stronger connections between research and professional communities in AI?

4:15-4:45

Presentation of top ideas from discussion
Prioritizing ideas exercise
Collaboration opportunities and next steps in fostering an ASIS&T AI community

4:45-5:00

Best Presentation Award and SIG AI announcements and Wrap-Up

speakers

Abstracts (PDF)

* = 2021 IDEA Institute on AI Fellow [learn more...]


Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Data Curation: How Curators Re-Imagine Legacy Database Systems to Advance Equitable AI in Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs)
Sarah Bratt, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona


Computational Poetry Collection Analysis via Context-Dependent Language Models
Kahyun Choi, Assistant Professor, Indiana University at Bloomington


Knowledge Graph for Discovering Interdisciplinary Research Connections
Stanislava Gardasevic, PhD Candidate, Communication and Information Sciences Program; Teaching Assistant/Instructor at Library and Information Sciences University of Hawaii at Manoa


Images to integrated data: Digitizing and structuring historical records with deep learning
Sara Lafia, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ICPSR, University of Michigan
David A. Bleckley, Data Project Manager, ICPSR, University of Michigan
J. Trent Alexander, Associate Director, ICPSR, University of Michigan


AI & Co-design in public libraries: Empowering underserved youth to cultivate symbiotic relationships between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their communities
Hee Rin Lee, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Kahyun Choi, Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Selin Akgun, PhD Student, Michigan State University
Ji Youn Shin, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Pooja Malvi, Master's Student, Michigan State University
Meredith Dedema, PhD Student, Indiana University


Historical Text Datafication and Loss: Computational Recovery of Typographical Layout Logic on an RDF Graph Featuring ML Methods
Huapu Liu, Doctoral Student, University of Alabama
Steven L. MacCall, Associate Professor, University of Alabama


Social Selection of Algorithms: The Unintended Consequences of Explainable AI
Alex Mayhew, PhD Candidate, University of Western Ontario


Digital Deep Redlining
Arcadio Matos, PhD Student, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University
Vivek K. Singh, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University


Hypergraphing a Network of Inquiry, Search, and Retrieval
Alamir Novin, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia


Mining scientific literature with Natural Language Processing to expand bibliometrics analysis
*Gang Shao, Assistant Professor, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, Purdue University
Joseph Eisenberg, Undergraduate Student, Purdue University

 

Organizers

Soo Young Rieh, University of Texas at Austin, USA (rieh@ischool.utexas.edu)

Clara M. Chu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (cmchu@illinois.edu)

Dania Bilal, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA (dania@utk.edu)