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SUMMARY:Research Retreat: Human-AI Relationships
DESCRIPTION:Join The Rotman Institute of Philosophy for a Research Retreat on Human-AI Relationships. \nWho: Western University research community\nWhen: Thursday\, May 08\, 2025\nTime: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nWhere: WIRB 3000\, Western University \nThe Rotman Institute of Philosophy is excited to host a one-day research retreat on the topic of Human-AI Relationships. Our goal is to bring together a diverse group of experts—philosophers\, engineers\, computer scientists\, anthropologists\, historians\, psychologists\, and more—to explore the complex\, multifaceted nature of human-AI relationships. \nThis retreat will offer an opportunity for Western researchers to share their current research and explore new collaborations at a time when foundational\, transdisciplinary perspectives on the impact and opportunities of AI are urgently needed. \nThe retreat will feature short talks\, panel discussions\, and networking opportunities. Topics to be discussed will include design of AI interfaces\, impact on knowledge creation\, ethical implications\, technological applications\, effects on social trust\, and more! A detailed list of presentations and the full program will be posted on our event page closer to the date. \nFor questions or inquiries\, please contact Paul Arnold (parnold6@uwo.ca). \nDue to a high number of responses\, registration for the event is now CLOSED. \nThe Rotman Institute is establishing an Interdisciplinary Working Group (IWG) to continue to explore the topic of Human-AI Relationships. This group will provide opportunities for people to share their research and network around shared interests. \nPlease contact Paul (parnold6@uwo.ca) if you would like to be added to the contact list for that group. \nPROGRAM SCHEDULE \nFor full program details\, please CLICK HERE. \n\n\n\n8:30-8:50am\nRegistration & Light Refreshments\n\n\n8:50-9:00am\nWelcome & Introduction\n\n\n9:00-10:00am\nSESSION 1: HUMANIZING AI\n\n\n10:00-10:15am\nCoffee Break & Networking Activities\n\n\n10:15-11:15pm\nSESSION 2: TRUST IN AND DEPENDENCE ON AI\n\n\n11:15-11:55am\nPanel Discussion 1: Humanizing AI\, and Trust in and Dependence on AI\n\n\n11:55am-1:15pm\nLunch & Networking Activities\n\n\n1:15-2:15pm\nSESSION 3: INTEGRATING AI\n\n\n2:15-2:30pm\nCoffee Break & Networking Activities\n\n\n2:30-3:00pm\nPanel Discussion 2: Integrating AI\n\n\n3:00pm\nClosing Remarks
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/research-retreat-human-ai-relationships/
LOCATION:Room 3000 – Western Interdisciplinary Research Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 3K7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Past Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240501
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SUMMARY:Rotman Research Retreat: AI & Democracy
DESCRIPTION:This retreat will bring together researchers from across disciplines and departments at Western to look ahead to future normative\, political\, and technological dimensions of anticipated impacts that AI will have on democracies. There is already a substantial body of scholarship exploring the ways in which new technologies have impacted democratic practices and institutions and their social\, epistemic\, and infrastructural dependencies\, but by necessity much of this has had to had to play catch-up with rapidly changing technologies\, techniques and policies\, and the longer timelines at which empirical work develops. \nHosted by The Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, this retreat invites speculative and extrapolative conversations to connect the research communities here at Western who are working in related areas\, to foster connections and collaborations\, and to explore cross-disciplinary and big-picture questions. Which challenges are truly new and novel\, which kinds conceptual and normative re-imagining and re-engineering might be required\, which issues are important but currently out of frame\, what kinds of research are most urgently needed? How can researchers engage productively with the public discussions that often emerge at inflection points\, such as the upcoming Canadian and US elections? \nRegister to Attend AI & DemocracyWhen: Wednesday\, May 1st from 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.\nWhere: WIRB 4190; WIRB 3000\nSchedule:\nNetworking & Lunch – 11:00 a.m. – 1:20 p.m WIRB 4190\nAll afternoon sessions – 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. WIRB 3000 \nMore details forthcoming. \nView the event posterImage credit: Freepik \nThis event is made possible through the support of: Sponshorship TBD \nView similar events\nAgency & AI: Rotman Panel2 April 2026\,  10:00 am - 12:00 pm  EDT Generative Artificial Intelligence & Historiography27 March 2025\,  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm  EDT RECAP: AI for Health and Social Justice4 October 2024\,  8:00 am - 2:00 pm  EDT Rotman Research Retreat: AI & Democracy1 May 2024
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-research-retreat-ai-democracy/
LOCATION:KRESGE BUILDING\, 1960 Middlesex Dr.\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 5C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Artificial Intelligence
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221103
DTSTAMP:20260405T111017
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SUMMARY:Space as a National Asset for Canada - #SNAC2022
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. \nWestern Space will be hosting Space as a National Asset for Canada (SNAC) 2022 to bring together the space community in universities\, industry\, and government\, explore the current and future value of space technologies for Earth applications\, and discuss Canadian ambitions for space. Topics will include exploration science and technologies\, Earth observations for climate change and food security\, policy and law\, space resources\, space debris\, and more. \nVisit the SNAC 2022 website to join the conference mailing list\, learn about the call for sessions proposals\, view details on the conference location & more. \nVisit the SNAC 2022 WebsiteImage credit: Montérégie-–-Earth-as-seen-by-David-Saint-Jacques – Canadian Space Agency
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/snac2020/
LOCATION:Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre\, 551 Windermere Road\, London\, Ontario\, N5X 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181015
DTSTAMP:20260405T111017
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SUMMARY:Rotman 2018 Annual Conference: Understanding Replication Across the Sciences
DESCRIPTION:CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION\n\nCurrently\, there is a widespread perception that scientific activity is in the middle of a (so-called) ‘reproducibility’ or ‘replication crisis’. Many important findings published in leading scientific journals have turned out to be difficult or impossible to replicate. The ongoing controversy surrounding the reproducibility of scientific activity threatens to undermine the authority of science. The extent and severity of the ‘replication crisis’ are being continuously evaluated. It seems\, however\, that these discussions\, rather than revealing the existence of a fatal flaw at the heart of modern scientific activity\, show that our general understanding of the complexities surrounding the replication and reproducibility of experimental findings and experimental procedures is rather limited. The very concept of and the methodological strategies for experimental replication have in fact received little analysis. \nThis interdisciplinary conference will bring together philosophers and scientists to reflect on the current controversy surrounding the replication of scientific research. The overall goal will be to understand in more detail the nature of experimental replication\, and to address the failure to replicate in scientific activity. More specifically\, the conference will address the following questions: What does it mean to replicate an experimental procedure? What does it mean to replicate an experimental result? What are the criteria for a successful replication? What are the reasons for replicating an experiment? What is the epistemic importance of replication? How does replication compare with other methodological strategies that scientists use to confirm and validate their experimental procedures and results? How do the answers to these questions differ across disciplines? How have the answers to these questions changed through time? \nTalk titles and abstracts are available in the conference schedule\, below. \nVIEW CONFERENCE SCHEDULE \nCONFERENCE LOCATION\, PARKING & TRAVEL INFORMATION\n  \nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS\n\nMichael Anderson (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy) \nLorne Campbell (Western University\, Department of Psychology) \nStuart Firestein (Columbia University\, Department of Biological Sciences) \nAllan Franklin (University of Colorado\, Department of Physics) \nYves Gingras (Université du Québec à Montréal\, Faculty of Human Sciences) \nHans Radder (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\, Department of Philosophy) \nJutta Schickore (Indiana University Bloomington\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine) \nAyelet Shavit (Tel-Hai College\, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies) \nRichard M. Shiffrin (Indiana University Bloomington\, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences) \nMiriam Solomon (Temple University\, Department of Philosophy) \nJacob Stegenga (University of Cambridge\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science) \nJacqueline Sullivan (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy) \n  \nCONFERENCE VIDEOS\n\n\n  \nCONFERENCE POSTER\n\nView a copy of the conference poster. \nCONFERENCE FUNDING\n\nThis research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, and the following areas at Western University: Department of Philosophy\, Faculty of Arts & Humanities\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Faculty of Science\, and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy.\n  \nImage credit: Easter Island by Lasse – cropped (license)
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-2018-annual-conference-understanding-replication-across-the-sciences/
LOCATION:Room 3000 – Western Interdisciplinary Research Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 3K7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference,Philosophy of Science
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170615
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SUMMARY:Rotman 2017 Annual Conference: Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime
DESCRIPTION:Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime is a three-day conference taking place June 12-14\, 2017 at Western University in London\, Ontario\, Canada. To view full details about the conference\, please visit the conference page on the philosophy of cosmology website.  \nCONFERENCE DESCRIPTION\n\nEven though general relativity has enjoyed profound success throughout the century since its discovery\, there are at least two reasons to think that it may have to undergo small\, albeit possibly profound\, revisions. One reason\, essentially uncontroversial\, is the open problem of how to unify general relativity with quantum theory\, while the second reason\, essentially controversial\, regards whether certain dynamical anomalies in astronomy and cosmology are best explained in terms of new\, otherwise undetected forms of matter\, or in terms of a modification of gravitational theory. \nWe will explore these two themes from a more specific angle. In particular\, the conference speakers will address the issue of “spacetime emergence” within certain approaches to quantum gravity in a cosmological setting. If\, as is usually taken to be the case\, general relativity breaks down as a classical initial singularity is approached\, what could this mean for the view of spacetime as emergent in the early universe? Does the thermodynamic arrow of time require treating initial and final singularities differently and thereby impose fundamental constraints on the structure of a future theory of quantum gravity? More generally\, what could in principle even be meant by a physical theory without at least some underlying notion of spacetime? \nSimilarly\, if the path is pursued of modifying general relativity (MOND\, TeVeS\, f(R)\, torsion\, etc.) in order to avoid the new forms of matter and/or energy that the cosmological concordance model posits\, what does this mean for the lessons about matter\, motion\, gravity and spacetime that Einstein taught us? We will also consider recent work that clarifies the space of alternatives to general relativity\, in order to assess the viability of proposals to emulate general relativity’s success at length scales where it has passed stringent tests\, while differing at cosmological scales. \nThis conference will be followed by a graduate student conference\, the 17th Annual Philosophy of Logic\, Math and Physics (LMP) Graduate Student Conference. \nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS\n\nNiayesh Afshordi (University of Waterloo\, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) \nTessa Baker (University of Oxford) \nRobert Brandenberger (McGill University) \nKaren Crowther (University of Geneva) \nHenrique Gomes (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) \nNick Huggett (University of Illinois at Chicago) \nMichela Massimi (University of Edinburgh) \nDaniele Oriti (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics – Albert Einstein Institute) \nSimon Saunders (University of Oxford) \nLee Smolin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) \nFrancesca Vidotto (Institute for Mathematics\, Astrophysics and Particle Physics – Radboud University Nijmegen) \n\nCONFERENCE VIDEOS\n \n\nCONFERENCE POSTER\n\n\n\nView a copy of the conference poster.\n\nCONFERENCE FUNDING\n\n\n\nFunding for this conference has been generously provided by the John Templeton Foundation; the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science\, University of California\, Irvine; and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy.\n\nImage credit: Original artwork by Kaća Bradonjić. Part of the “Projections” series\, inspired by Carlo Rovelli\, “Space and Time (or not?) in Loop Quantum Gravity” (cropped).
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-2017-annual-conference-cosmology-future-spacetime/
LOCATION:Room 114 – North Campus Building\, 2004 Perth Drive\, London\, Ontario\, N6G\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference,Philosophy of Physics
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160418
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SUMMARY:Rotman 2016 Annual Conference: Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\n\nThis workshop focused on an emerging research project in the cognitive neurosciences wherein the traditional scientific approach of using psychological investigations to enhance our understanding of the brain has been flipped\, and instead scientists are using neuroscientific investigations to challenge and change the conceptual foundations of psychology. Specifically\, it has become possible\, using sophisticated machine learning\, factor analysis and related techniques to generate empirical constructs based on neuroimaging data that predict brain activity much better than current psychological concepts. \nBecause our self-understanding is deeply informed by psychological concepts\, any challenge to these foundations would appear to promise an impending shift in the way we view ourselves. It is thus important to both understand and to reflect carefully on these developments\, from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Many questions remain about these empirical constructs: exactly how robustly predictive are they? Can they be given a plausible psychological\, intentional or semantic interpretation? Are they purely neural states\, or are they neural states that bear some intimate relationship—such as realization\, constitution\, or even identification—with representational states? If so\, will they eliminate or merely enhance our current psychological vocabulary? These questions and many others will be investigated. \nDownload a copy of the conference poster. \nView a copy of the workshop schedule. \nView the workshop  poster abstracts. \nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS\n\n\nMichael Anderson (Psychology\, Franklin & Marshall College\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\nKristen Lindquist (Psychology\, University of North Carolina)\nAdina Roskies (Philosophy\, Dartmouth College)\nRandy McIntosh (Psychology\, University of Toronto)\nRobyn Bluhm (Philosophy\, Michigan State University)\nRuss Poldrack (Psychology\, Stanford University)\nLisa Saksida (Brain and Mind Institute\, Western University\, CIFAR)\nMuhammad Ali Khalidi (Philosophy and Cognitive Science\, York University)\nPaul Thagard (Philosophy and Theoretical Neuroscience\, University of Waterloo)\nOwen Whooley (Sociology\, University of New Mexico)\n\nWORKSHOP ORGANIZERS\n\n\nMichael Anderson (Psychology\, Franklin & Marshall College\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\nTim Bayne (Philosophy\, Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, CIFAR)\nJacqueline Sullivan (Philosophy\, Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\n\nWORKSHOP VIDEOS\n\nVideos from the #RTPWorkshop are published in a playlist on the Rotman Institute of Philosophy YouTube channel. \n \nWORKSHOP FUNDING\n\nThis research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Further support for this workshop provided by a generous grant from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Mind & Consciousness Program\, and from Research Western.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-2016-annual-conference-rethinking-taxonomy-psychology/
LOCATION:Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre\, 551 Windermere Road\, London\, Ontario\, N5X 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141027
DTSTAMP:20260405T111017
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181220T202026Z
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SUMMARY:Rotman 2014 Annual Conference: Knowledge and Models in Climate Science
DESCRIPTION:CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION\n\nThe Rotman Institute of Philosophy second annual conference\, Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical\, Historical\, and Scientific Perspectives\, took place on Oct. 24-26\, 2014. The conference brought together researchers to discuss the use of models in understanding the climate from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Models and computer simulations are essential not only for understanding the factors determining climate processes\, but also for evaluating how changes in climate will affect ecosystems and human societies. Recent gains in modeling precision and realism have allowed climate researchers to address both questions more confidently\, yet there are many remaining sources of uncertainty. Participants in the conference explored different approaches to modeling in order to gain a better understanding of the nature\, strengths and limitations of the knowledge it produces\, and built a better understanding of the means by which these uncertainties can be managed. \nSCHEDULE\n\nPlenary speakers at the conference were: \nGregor Betz (Karlsruher Institute for Technology)\nPaul Edwards (University of Michigan)\nJames Fleming (Colby College)\nReto Knutti (ETH Zurich)\nRobert Lempert (Pardee RAND Graduate School)\nLinda Mearns (National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR))\nWendy Parker (Durham University)\nGavin Schmidt (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA))\nLeonard Smith (London School of Economics)\nEric Winsberg (The University of South Florida)\nCharlotte Werndl (University of Salzburg) \nDownload conference poster. \nVIDEO PLAYLIST
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-2014-annual-conference-knowledge-models-climate-science/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference,Ecological Philosophy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131007
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SUMMARY:Rotman 2013 Annual Conference: Science and Reality
DESCRIPTION:CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION\n\nScience has changed the ways we think of\, and act on\, the world. But do we really understand the relation between scientific theories and the world? Are there different perspectives on the world? How can it be that science\, a characteristically human and social endeavour\, yields successful predictions and fruitful explanations? What is the role of mathematics in shaping the structure of explanation in science? How do the various theories and disciplines hang together in crafting the scientific image of the world? Is this image a product of synthesis or rivalry between theories? Can we be\, or indeed ought we be\, confident about the scientific image of the world? Can the history of science teach us how to do better science and how to limit or enhance the cognitive aspirations of modern science? What is the role of chance in science? How does probability enter the scientific image? What does science tell us about the natural laws and causation\, which David Hume called\, ‘the cement of the universe’? \nThese are distinctively philosophical questions at the core of general philosophy of science as well as the philosophies of the various sciences. They have been pursued by philosophers and philosophically-minded scientists\, highlighting the engagement of science with philosophy and of philosophy with science. Stathis Psillos\, in his work on scientific realism and the metaphysics of science\, and Carl Hoefer\, in his research on the structure of spacetime and objective chance in science\, have addressed these questions and have demonstrated that philosophy of science can aim to offer enlightening and exciting answers to them both at the general level of science as a cognitive enterprise and the particular level of concrete scientific theories. \nDownload conference poster. \nSCHEDULE\n\nThis conference\, an event welcoming Carl Hoefer and Stathis Psillos to Western and the Rotman Institute\, brings together an exceptional international panel of leading philosophers of science whose work has set the standards in many debates to discuss the relation(s) between science and reality and to advance\, with fresh ideas\, arguments and approaches\, our thinking about the connections between scientific theories and reality. \nRichard Boyd (Cornell University) – More Correspondence\, Not Less; and Causation Too \nCraig Callender (University of California\, San Diego) – LOST IN SPACE: Is the Quantum State It or Bit? \nWilliam L. Harper (Western University – Emeritus) – Isaac Newton’s Scientific Method \nJenann Ismael (University of Arizona) – Against Ontic Chances: Three Cheers for the Third Way on Objective Probabilities \nElaine Landry (University of California\, Davis) – Structural Realism and Category Mistakes \nMarc Lange (University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill) – Aspects of Mathematical Explanation \nMargaret Morrison (University of Toronto) – Why Perspectivism is Philosophically Idle \nElliott Sober (University of Wisconsin-Madison) – Parsimony and Chimpanzee Mind-Reading \nJohn Worrall (London School of Economics) – Real (“Ramsey –Sentence”) Structural Realism: Why Psillos is Wrong \nVIDEO PLAYLIST
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-annual-conference-2013-science-reality/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference,Philosophy of Science
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