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Post-Doctoral Publications

Published in Data & Policy: From transparency to accountability of intelligent systems: Moving beyond aspirations

14 March 20226 June 2022 Frances Ryan

A paper I co-authored was recently published in Data & Policy. The paper, “From transparency to accountability of intelligent systems: Moving beyond aspirations”, is an output from my previous role as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Aberdeen and

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Post-doctoral précis

1 October 202130 October 2021 Frances Ryan

My days as a post-doctoral researcher are officially over so it’s time for quick summary or “précis” for the alliteration. Since completing my PhD (submitted October 2018), I undertook work as a post-doctoral researcher on four different projects, each of

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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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A new job: Research Fellow in User-Centred Innovation for Accountable AI

30 March 202024 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Today marks my first day as a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen where I am working in the School of Natural and Computing Science as part of an interdisciplinary, EPSRC-funded project called RAInS (Realising Accountable Intelligent Systems).

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Meet Frances (She/Her)

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.

This blog is about my academic life including research and teaching activities, conferences and events, publications, milestones of note, and more.

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  • Librarians as Proxies: An exploratory study on the digital proxy practices of librarians
  • Published in Information Research: Social Media by Proxy: how older adults work within their ‘social networks’ to engage with social media
  • Research survey: Managing PKD with e-Health tools and online information sources
  • Published in Data & Policy: From transparency to accountability of intelligent systems: Moving beyond aspirations
  • e-Health tools and online information: Investigating self-management of PKD
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