Category: Talks
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Presented at University of Maryland CASCI Seminar
Dr. Luther gave an invited presentation at the Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information (CASCI) at the University of Maryland on November 19, 2019. The title of his presentation was, “Crowd Sleuths: Solving Mysteries with Crowdsourcing, Experts and AI.” The abstract was as follows: Professional investigators in fields such as journalism, law…
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Presented at AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Work
Dr. Luther gave an invited presentation at the AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Work on November 8, 2019. The title of his presentation was, “Solving AI’s last-mile problem with crowds and experts.” Dr. Luther’s position paper accompanying the presentation is available online. The abstract for the paper is as follows: Visual search tasks,…
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Presented on the future of AI at VT media event
Dr. Luther and Dr. Sylvester Johnson, director of the Center for Humanities at Virginia Tech, co-presented on “The future of AI and what it means for humans” to local journalists at a media event called “On the Record with Virginia Tech” on October 17, 2019. The press release for the event described it as follows:…
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Presented on photo sleuthing at The Washington Post
Dr. Luther gave an invited presentation to an audience of engineers and journalists at The Washington Post on October 23, 2019. The title of his talk was, “Photo sleuthing: Helping investigators solve photo mysteries using crowdsourcing and AI.” The abstract for the talk was: Journalists, intelligence analysts, and human rights investigators frequently analyze photographs of…
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Presented at Machine Learning + Libraries Summit at Library of Congress
Dr. Luther was invited to present at the Machine Learning + Libraries Summit held on September 20, 2019 at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The title of his presentation — which was allocated extra time as a featured project — was, “Civil War Photo Sleuth: Combining Crowdsourcing and Face Recognition to Identify Historical…
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Presented at ACWM grand opening
Dr. Luther gave an invited presentation on Civil War Photo Sleuth at the grand opening celebrations of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, VA, on May 4. He was one of eight Emerging Scholars invited to speak. The museum described the event and program as follows: On Saturday, May 4, 2019, the American Civil…
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Participated in Intelligence Studies Consortium panel
Dr. Luther joined Prof. Aaron Brantly (VT Political Science), Prof. Chad Levinson (VT Government and International Affairs), and moderator Ms. Christine Callsen (VT Hume Center) on a panel titled, “Social Computing and Its Impact on Intelligence,” at the Emerging Trends: New Tools, Threats and Thinking symposium. The event was sponsored by the National Capital Region…
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Presented at IUPUI Computer Science Seminar
Dr. Luther gave an invited presentation, titled “Solving Photo Mysteries with Expert-Led Crowdsourcing,” at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Department of Computer & Information Science Seminar on April 19. Here is the abstract for the presentation: Investigators in domains such as journalism, intelligence analysis, and human rights advocacy frequently analyze photographs of questionable or…
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Participated in Return on Creativity panel
Dr. Luther joined Prof. Ben Knapp (VT Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology) and Ms. Natalie Hart (VT Advancement) for a panel titled, “Return on Creativity: From Creativity to Innovation.” The event was sponsored by Arlington Economic Development (AED) and held at the Virginia Tech Research Center-Arlington on April 4. The abstract for the panel…
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Presented at Civil War Photo Talks
Dr. Luther gave an invited presentation, titled “Civil War Photo Sleuthing: Past, Present, and Future” at Civil War Photo Talks in Arlington, VA, co-sponsored by Military Images Magazine and Civil War Faces. Other invited speakers included Ann Shumard, National Portrait Gallery; Micah Messenheimer, Library of Congress; Bryan Cheeseboro, National Archives; and Rick Brown, Military Images.…