Women in Technology (WiT) Lecture Series: Professor Wendy Moncur
1:00pm - 2:00pm /
Wednesday 24th April 2024
/ Online event
- Munira Raja
- Suitable for: Open to all.
- Admission: Free
- Online location
- Event website
- Book now
Add this event to my calendar
Click on "Create a calendar file" and your browser will download a .ics file for this event.
Microsoft Outlook: Download the file, double-click it to open it in Outlook, then click on "Save & Close" to save it to your calendar. If that doesn't work go into Outlook, click on the File tab, then on Open & Export, then Open Calendar. Select your .ics file then click on "Save & Close".
Google Calendar: download the file, then go into your calendar. On the left where it says "Other calendars" click on the arrow icon and then click on Import calendar. Click on Browse and select the .ics file, then click on Import.
Apple Calendar: The file may open automatically with an option to save it to your calendar. If not, download the file, then you can either drag it to Calendar or import the file by going to File >Import > Import and choosing the .ics file.
Title: Privacy Risks and Legal Challenges in the Emergent Use of Generative AI in Research with Participant Data
Speaker: Professor Wendy Moncur - Cybersecurity Group Lead at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Abstract: Generative AI and Large Language Models (GenAI) are increasingly being used as part of the process of undertaking research that makes use of personal data. This can have advantages for researchers. However, it also raises ethical considerations and legal exposures around potential privacy risks and harms to study participants, who may be unaware of how GenAI will use – and perhaps share - their data. University Ethics Committees are largely under-prepared to consider these risks and harms. Our 10-month research project represents initial steps to equip University Ethics Committees better. In this talk, I will share some early insights. I also welcome interactive discussion on the ways in which members of the audience may be using these tools in their research – and the ethical considerations that may have surfaced along the way.
Speaker bio: Professor Wendy Moncur leads the Cybersecurity Group at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Her sociotechnical research focuses on online identity, reputation, trust and cybersecurity. It traverses disciplinary boundaries, drawing on Human Computer Interaction, psychology, sociology, digital anthropology and design. Wendy has over 80 peer-reviewed publications across human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, AI, law, psychology, design and sociology. She currently leads the Human Factors workstream in the £3.6Million project AP4L: (Adaptive PETs to Protect & emPower People during Life Transitions), and leads the REPHRAIN-funded project Addressing Privacy Risks and Legal Challenges in the Emergent Use of Text-based Generative AI for UK Research (REPHRAIN). She is also an Expert Fellow in SPRITE+, the Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus.
Speaker: Professor Wendy Moncur - Cybersecurity Group Lead at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Abstract: Generative AI and Large Language Models (GenAI) are increasingly being used as part of the process of undertaking research that makes use of personal data. This can have advantages for researchers. However, it also raises ethical considerations and legal exposures around potential privacy risks and harms to study participants, who may be unaware of how GenAI will use – and perhaps share - their data. University Ethics Committees are largely under-prepared to consider these risks and harms. Our 10-month research project represents initial steps to equip University Ethics Committees better. In this talk, I will share some early insights. I also welcome interactive discussion on the ways in which members of the audience may be using these tools in their research – and the ethical considerations that may have surfaced along the way.
Speaker bio: Professor Wendy Moncur leads the Cybersecurity Group at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Her sociotechnical research focuses on online identity, reputation, trust and cybersecurity. It traverses disciplinary boundaries, drawing on Human Computer Interaction, psychology, sociology, digital anthropology and design. Wendy has over 80 peer-reviewed publications across human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, AI, law, psychology, design and sociology. She currently leads the Human Factors workstream in the £3.6Million project AP4L: (Adaptive PETs to Protect & emPower People during Life Transitions), and leads the REPHRAIN-funded project Addressing Privacy Risks and Legal Challenges in the Emergent Use of Text-based Generative AI for UK Research (REPHRAIN). She is also an Expert Fellow in SPRITE+, the Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus.