On 11 April 2024, Dr. Nadia Conroy gave a guest talk entitled “Metadata in Tech; Data Practices for Software Companies” in Dr. Rubin’s Winter 2024View More
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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
New Project Underway: Assessments of Text-Generating AI
A new Project, entitled “Assessments of Text-Generating AI” is a series of mini-studies (January – July 2023), thematically tied to AI evaluation text-generators like ChatGPT,View More
LiT.RL Team Went to #ASIST2022 Conference in Pittsburgh
On 29 October – 1 November, 2022, four of us from LiT.RL, FIMS, Western University took part in the ASIS&T2022 Conference. We managed to doView More
Sodiq Onaopalo Delivers a Speech on Automation in Libraries
On 2 December 2022, Sodiq Onaopalo guest lectured in Dr. Rubin’s LIS9002: “Information Organization, Curation & Access” class. His talk was entitled “Semantic Web, BigView More
Book under Contract with Springer Nature Publisher
During my 2020-21 sabbatical, I have been contracted by Springer Nature to write a book, tentatively titled, “Misinformation and Disinformation: Detecting Fakes with the EyeView More
Thank You to Those Who Came for a Visit at FIMS, Western
On Saturday, September 14, 2019 FIMS at Western participated first time in the “Doors Open London” event. Many thanks to the community members who cameView More
Course Renamed & Will be Offered for Graduate Students Faculty-Wide
FIMS 9732 Understanding Language Technologies: Design, Use and Applications is a newly renamed course that is in its essence a humanities-friendly introduction to Natural LanguageView More
Rubin’s Speech at 2017 “Fake News” Workshop is on YouTube
On 5 October 2017 Dr. Rubin gave a speech in Montréal at the Workshop entitled “Les fausses nouvelles : le nouveau visage d’un vieux problème”View More
IEEE Women in Engineering Talk Well Received
On 23 January 2018 Victoria Rubin was invited to speak to a group of engineering students and researchers. The talk was about creating more morally-savvyView More