On 28 March 2024, Lisa Lawlis (MLIS), an Assistant Archivist at Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries gave a Zoom presentation “Guest Talk title: “TheView More
Category: Blog
This blog is for Dr. Rubin’s LiT.RL Lab updates, FIMS announcements, and Western University campus event alerts. Dr. Rubin relates technology-related news, reflections on language technologies or natural language processing. She sometimes writes about languages and cultures. Her lab students may contribute occasional entries on any of the above, or on broader information organization and LIS issues.
Poster Session on Crossing Language Boundaries
If you are on Western University campus on 5 December 2023, come join us any time between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the FIMSView More
Positive Book Review from Data Fusion Community
Dr. Laudy has written a three-page book review of Rubin’s (2022) “Misinformation and Disinformation—Detecting Fakes with the Eye and AI” in the ISIF 2023 Perspectives.View More
Rubin Makes a Short Appearance on CBC Ontario Today
On September 6, 2023, CBC ran an episode related to text-generating AI technologies. “Does generative AI belong in the classroom?” Dr. Rubin was called inView More
Rubin Presented at ASIS&T2023 (London, UK) on Assessments of ChatGPT and BingChat
On 27-31 October 2023, Dr. Rubin presented two posters at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T 2023): “MakingView More
Kelly and Rubin Wrote for The Conversation about “Dark Patterns” and Harnessed Some Media Attention
In June 2023, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took a proactive step against Amazon, alleging that Amazon employed dark patterns which are often explainedView More
Rubin to Present A Seminar at Her Home Unit: FIMS | Western University
Deception Detection Research for News Verification: Automation and the Human Mind September 20, 2023; 12:00 – 1:20 p.m. See FIMS Events Calendar Abstract: Artificial intelligenceView More
Rubin to Present a Plenary Keynote at Data Fusion 2023 Conference, Charleston, SC
On July 30, 2023, Dr. Rubin presented a plenary speech at the 26th International Conference on Information Fusion in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. See detailsView More
Spring 2023 End-of-Course Digital Wall: Cautionary Tales of Disinformation
You are invited to take a look at the end-of-course Digital Wall (via MS Sway) with some fascinating cautionary tales told and visualized by graduateView More
LiT.RL Team’s Work Profiled in Western News
On 23 March 2023, Western News, our University’s central publication for communications, published a long-form article explaining our current research plans and some past accomplishments byView More