December 18, 2024

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Lucy Family Institute For Data & Society researchers receive “Best Paper” recognition at CSCW 2024 for work to empower online users

Researchers from the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at the University of Notre Dame have been honored with the “Best Paper Award” at the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024) held in San José, Costa Rica. 

The paper, “From Awareness to Action: Exploring End-User Empowerment Interventions for Dark Patterns in UX,” investigates dark patterns—or, the design features on digital platforms that subtly nudge users to perform specific actions—and how they are used on websites to manipulate customers.

The University of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society welcomes submissions for the inaugural RISE (Responsible, Inclusive, Safe, and Ethical) AI Conference, to explore how AI can address societal challenges while promoting responsibility, equity, safety, and inclusion.

We invite abstracts from academics and panel proposals from the industry that explore interdisciplinary AI-driven solutions to complex societal challenges, integrating perspectives from natural, computer, and social sciences, business, education, humanities, ethics, public policy, and beyond!

To learn more, please visit the RISE AI Conference website.

Natalie Meyers feat. on Uplevyl podcast, "Women. Wisdom. Worth."

"We work in a crucible of data science and society's problems but our successes are human, both for people like angelica in her career but also for each of those patients and their parents and those are the outcomes we hope for in our job. "

-Natalie Meyers

Professor of the practice at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, Natalie Meyers, was recently featured by Uplevyl during an episode of "Women. Wisdom. Worth."

Meyers highlights ethics, governance, and inclusivity during the age of AI. 

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the Lucy Family Institute!

This edition of This Week In Lucy (TWIL) will be the last edition of 2024. We are thankful for your continued support and partnership to tackle society's most vexing challenges through data-driven and AI convergence research!

Stay tuned for the return of TWIL on January 8, 2025. 

The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society is grateful for the strong tradition of philanthropy expressed by our partners, friends, and community. Your unwavering support of the Institute's work is generating impactful data and AI innovations, and fostering communities of research and scholarship within and beyond campus.

If you are interested in contributing a gift of support, please use the link below. Your gift will not only continue our mission, but will count towards the University of Notre Dame's football ticket lottery. 

"The Lucy Family Institute will be an intellectual and interdisciplinary beacon that produces impactful and equitable data-driven solutions for the good of society."

– Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director