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Conferences and Events Post-Doctoral Public Engagement

Event recap: Who’s to blame when AI gets it wrong?

4 December 20205 June 2021 Frances Ryan

As part of last week’s Explorathon 2020 activities, I ran an interactive event with my RAInS colleagues asking “Who’s to blame when AI gets it wrong?” The purpose of the event was to help people to better understand the decisions that

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Explorathon 2020: An introduction to the RAInS Project

2 December 202012 March 2022 Frances Ryan

Last week, the RAInS team participated in Explorathon 2020 Flashmob as part of Scotland’s participation in European Researchers’ Night, a European Commission-funded initiative. The flashmob was part of the Scottish Research Showcase, run in collaboration with the Global Science Show, and reached

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Event recap: A discussion about AI in breast cancer screening

30 October 202024 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week, I co-hosted an online event as part of my Post-doctoral Fellowship at the University of Aberdeen. The event was organised in partnership with members from Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in Digital Diagnostics (iCAIRD) and was presented as

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Artefacts from a rewarding PhD experience

22 August 20198 June 2021 Frances Ryan

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I cleared out my PhD office ahead of my holidays to The Homeland. And now that I am back in my Heartland of Scotland, I have finally cleared through (most of) the bags

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Accepted for conference: “Building identity in online environments: an Information Science perspective” at #ASIST2017

10 October 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I have been accepted to present a poster at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology. This year’s event will be held in Washington, DC. It will be my second time attending the conference, and

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My new “academic” Twitter: @FrancesRyanPhD

10 September 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I have recently started a new Twitter account that is dedicated to my professional or “academic” self (@FrancesRyanPhD). It wasn’t something I was desperate to do, and it isn’t something I’m completely happy about. However, it is something that I

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Connecting people, connecting ideas: Keeping the conversations going beyond #CPCINapier

26 June 20173 June 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week I ran a one-day research symposium at Edinburgh Napier University, along with  Professor Hazel Hall. The symposium, “Connecting people, connecting ideas” (CPCI), focused on research priorities in Information Science as related to everyday life information seeking and information

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Online identity at #NapRes17

22 June 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Yesterday was the Edinburgh Napier University’s Research Conference. Based at our Craiglockhart campus, the conference was designed to bring together research-active staff and research degree students from across the university. (Read up about the event on the Twitter hashtag #NapRes17.)

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Academics online: Presentation slides

10 May 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week I spoke at the “Academics Online: Building your research profile in the digital age” workshop to be held at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus. The event was organised by Dr Ivana Rihova and  Dr Nathalia Tjandra, thanks to support from the Research and Innovation Office (RIO)

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Academics online: I have a reputation for the topic!

21 April 201728 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I have been invited to speak at the “Academics Online: Building your research profile in the digital age” workshop to be held at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus on 2 May 2017 (9.30 am – 3.30 pm). The event, hosted

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Offline lessons for an online world

24 February 201719 October 2021 Frances Ryan

Today I delivered a set of workshops about the “online world” to schoolchildren as part of Edinburgh Napier University’s Cyber Academy. And I did it all offline! I didn’t know how old the schoolchildren would be, or if they would

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ASIST 2016: A conference for my future

24 October 201612 March 2022 Frances Ryan

I attended the 79th  Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual meeting last week in Copenhagen, Denmark, supported by a grant from the John Campbell Trust. This was the first time the ASIST meeting has taken place outside of

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CSI: Copenhagen

13 October 201625 June 2021 Frances Ryan

Next week I will be attending the 2016 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, supported by a grant from the John Campbell Trust. As part of the full and exciting programme, there will be a university

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Preparing for ISIC

17 September 201614 June 2021 Frances Ryan

I leave for Croatia tomorrow morning (early, early tomorrow morning) where I will be presenting at the 2016 ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference. The conference will take place 20-23 September at the University of Zadar and I will present my paper on

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An outstanding conference!

24 June 201628 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week’s Edinburgh Napier University Research Conference was an outstanding success! As the first conference of its type for the university, the Research and Innovation Office (RIO) did an amazing job at putting the show together. [Note: Click here to

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I am Frances Ryan (She/Her), a university lecturer based in Central Scotland. My research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and “lived” or real-world experiences.

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