ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADMS) is a multi-institutional research centre based in Australia. It was established in 2020 with funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council (ARC) and other partners.[1][2] The centre conducts research on responsible, ethical and inclusive automated decision-making systems (automation) which are having an impact in many areas including heath, transport, public administration, retail, digital media and culture.[3][4][5] Research topics covered by the centre include data analysis and data mining, machine learning and other types of automation and their impact on social media and journalism, health, transport and mobility, social services and humanitarian responses.[6]
Projects and initiatives[edit]
Research projects being undertaken include the Australian 5G rollout, social media disinformation, digital inclusion and recommendation systems. Notable projects include:
Australian Search Experience project[edit]
This research project is investigating if and how search results on Google differ for different people using a crowd-sourcing process recruited from Australian internet users.[7] It follows on from a similar project run by Algorithm Watch in Germany in 2017.[8] So far the results indicate search personalisation is limited however for some topics, such as COVID-19, there may be a high level of curation.[9] The project will coincide with the next federal election in Australia and help to analyse whether search results have an impact on the information voters receive.
Automated decision-making and the law[edit]
Centre researchers Dan Hunter, Kimberlee Weatherall are investigating the role of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and other technologies which are having a major impact on decision-making and administration across the legal system.[10]
Funding and partners[edit]
Total combined funding for the centre is A$71.1 million with the ARC providing funding of A$31.8 million over 7 years from 2020 until 2026.[1][11] Centre partners include eight Australian universities and 22 organisations from around Australia, Europe, Asia and America.[12] The Centre headquarters are located at RMIT University and other Australian university partners include Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and University of Queensland.
Members[edit]
Researchers in the centre include:[13]
- Prof Julian Thomas, Centre Director
- Prof Jean Burgess, Centre Associate Director
- Prof Mark Andrejevic
- Prof Axel Bruns
- Prof Paul Henman
- Prof Heather Horst
- Prof Dan Hunter
- Prof Christopher Leckie
- Prof Deborah Lupton
- Assoc Prof Anthony McCosker
- Prof Christine Parker
- Prof Sarah Pink
- Prof Jason Potts
- Prof Megan Richardson
- Prof Mark Sanderson
- Prof Jackie Leach Scully
- Prof Nicolas Suzor
- Prof Kimberlee Weatherall
Dr Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow, is a Top 5 media resident at the ABC in 2021.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Research Council (2019-08-22). "2020 ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society". www.arc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Tehan, Dan (9 October 2019). "Improving automated decision making". Ministers' Media Centre, Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australian Government. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Wilken, Rowan; Thomas, Julian (2019-06-23). "Cars and Contemporary Communication| Maps and the Autonomous Vehicle as a Communication Platform". International Journal of Communication. 13 (0): 25. ISSN 1932-8036.
- ↑ Thomas, Julian (2019-11-12). "Inside the Institutions: Culture and Communication from Digital Transformations to Automation". Cultural Studies Review. 25 (2). doi:10.5130/csr.v25i2.6882. ISSN 1837-8692.
- ↑ Donoghue, Courtney Brannon; McDonald, Paul; Havens, Timothy, eds. (2021). Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines. New York: NYU Press. ISBN 9781479806782. Search this book on
- ↑ "ADMS Research". ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Retrieved 2021-07-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Australian Search Experience project". ADM+S Centre. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ↑ Wilson, Cam (27 July 2021). "How does Google decide what results it shows you? A new project wants to find out". Crikey. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ↑ Purtill, James (6 August 2020). "Google's hidden search algorithms are being investigated by researchers. Here's what they've found". ABC News. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ↑ Schwarz, Kirrily (12 October 2020). "Is it time to embrace automated decision-making?". LSJ (Law Society Journal).
- ↑ Mavros, Larissa (2019-10-15). "UNSW Sydney joins $71.1 million ARC Centre of Excellence to improve automated decision making". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Easton, Stephen (2019-10-13). "Way beyond robodebt: new $70m research centre to improve automated decision-making". The Mandarin. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Chief Investigators". ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Retrieved 2021-07-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ ABC Radio National (21 July 2021). "The 2021 TOP 5 Humanities residency". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links[edit]
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