1. Luke Thorburn
  2. Index
  3. CV
  4. Reading Log

  1. Education
  2. Affiliations
  3. Employment
  4. Teaching
  5. Service
  6. Awards & Honours
  7. Grants & Funding
  8. Publications
  9. Talks
  10. Symposia
  11. Memberships

Luke Thorburn

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Education

  1. Oct 2021 — Present

    PhD in Computer Science

    King's College London

    Group

    UKRI CDT in Safe & Trusted AI

    Topic

    Bridging-Based Ranking with Diverse Approval

    Supervisors

    Maria Polukarov, Carmine Ventre, Aviv Ovadya

    Researching how spatial models such as the left-right political spectrum (and higher-dimensional variants) can be used in recommender systems to perform bridging-based ranking.

    • Identified a mechanistic connection between diverse approval and partisan unsorting.

    • Co-authored, together with Aviv Ovadya, a survey paper on bridging systems.

    • Co-author, together with Jonathan Stray and Pri Benghani, the Understanding Recommenders research blog at CHAI, UC Berkeley.

    • Served on Staff-Student Liaison Committees for the STAI CDT (2021-22) and Department of Informatics (2021-23).

  2. Jul 2017 — Jul 2019

    Master of Science (with Distinction)

    The University of Melbourne

    Specialisation

    Statistics & Stochastic Processes

    Minor

    Pure Mathematics

    Supervisor

    Kostya Borovkov

    Thesis

    On integral representations of fractional Brownian motion

    Grade

    First Class Honours

    Metric and Hilbert Spaces

    Measure Theory

    Functional Analysis

    Mathematical Statistics

    Analysis of High-Dimensional Data

    Computational Statistics and Data Mining

    Advanced Mathematical Statistics

    Random Processes

    Advanced Probability

    Stochastic Calculus with Applications

    Mathematics of Risk

    AMSI Summer School (see below)

  3. Jan — Feb 2018

    AMSI Summer School

    Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute

    Topological Data Analysis

    Probabilistic Methods & Random Graphs

  4. Mar 2014 — Dec 2016

    Bachelor of Science

    The University of Melbourne

    Major

    Mathematics & Statistics

    Specialisation

    Statistics & Stochastic Processes

    Grade

    First Class Honours

    Accelerated Mathematics 1

    Accelerated Mathematics 2

    Introductory Microeconomics

    Intermediate Microeconomics

    Physics 1

    Physics 2: Advanced

    Weather and Climate Systems

    Foundations of Computing

    Foundations of Algorithms

    Database Systems

    Probability

    Probability for Inference

    Stochastic Modelling

    Statistics

    Linear Statistical Models

    Modern Applied Statistics

    Vector Calculus

    Differential Equations

    Geometry

    Complex Analysis

  5. Feb 2014 — Dec 2016

    Diploma of Languages (Japanese)

    The University of Melbourne

    Japanese 5

    Japanese 6

    Japanese 7

    Japanese 8

    Japanese Through the Media

    Variation in Japanese Language

    Social Problems in Japan

    Reading Japanese Literature

  6. Feb 2012 — Nov 2013

    International Baccalaureate Diploma

    St Leonard's College

    Grade

    43/45 (equivalent to notional ATAR of 99.60)

    Mathematics (HL)

    Physics (HL)

    Economics (HL)

    Literature (SL)

    Chemistry (SL)

    Japanese (SL)

    Theory of Knowledge

Affiliations

  1. Mar 2025 — Present

    Council on Technology and Social Cohesion

    Member

  2. May 2024 — Present

    AI & Democracy Foundation

    Research Fellow

  3. Jan 2024 — Present

    Build Up

    Associate

    Research collaborator with Build Up, a non-profit focused on digital peacebuilding.

  4. Jun 2023 — Present

    MINT Lab, Australian National University

    Affiliate

    Research affiliate at the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab, led by Seth Lazar.

  5. Mar 2023 — Present

    GETTING-Plurality Research Network, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard University

    Member

    Member of the GETTING-Plurality Research Network, working on bridging systems and broader questions around the ethics and governance of emerging technologies.

  6. Mar — May 2024

    Center for Constructive Communication, MIT Media Lab

    Research Affiliate

Employment

  1. May — Aug 2024

    Meta

    Research Scientist Intern

  2. Mar 2016 — May 2024

    Resilient Youth Australia

    Data Scientist

    Data analysis, full stack web development and applied statistics research for an organisation that surveys 100,000 Australian school students annually on issues of resilience and mental health.

  3. Nov 2022 — Mar 2023

    Ofcom (via research consultancy Pattrn)

    Technical Analyst

    Co-authored a review of methods for evaluating the extent to which recommender systems are implicated in the spread of illegal content.

  4. Apr 2011 — Aug 2022

    Future Problem Solving Program Australia

    International Evaluator & Future Scene Writer

    Evaluating written competition booklets and setting competition problems at state, national & international levels.

  5. Dec 2019 — Jan 2022

    Hunt Lab for Intelligence Research, University of Melbourne

    Research Associate (Machine Learning & Statistics)

    Machine learning and other research as part of a group working to improve the quality of reasoning in intelligence organisations.

    • Prototyped an argument processor—analogous to a word processor but for structured argumentation—which integrates with a large language model to partially automate common argumentative reasoning tasks.

    • Built Navigator, a prototype application that uses argument mining to augment analysts’ abilities to extract insight from large document corpora.

    • Co-facilitated the collaboration of over 100 Australian academics that led to the Roadmap to Recovery report, advising the National Cabinet on strategies for COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

        The Australian · The Age · Pursuit

    • Helped run the 2020 Hunt Challenge, a study that demonstrated that crowdsourced teams can produce analysis of comparable quality to that of professional intelligence analysts.

    • Helped conduct a major Delphi method expert elicitation on the nature of analytic rigour in intelligence work, along with its contributing factors and opportunities for improvement.

    • Conducted research in accordance with open science principles, pre-registering studies (1, 2) and sharing data.

  6. Jan — Jul 2021

    Population Interventions Unit, University of Melbourne

    Data Visualisation

    Worked with epidemiologist Tony Blakely to communicate modelling of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks, vaccination, and the consequences of government lockdowns to the public via an interactive web tool.

      ABC News · Sydney Morning Herald · Pursuit

  7. Jun 2016 — Jul 2018

    CSIRO Manufacturing (Biomedical)

    Research Assistant

    Built an interactive tool to visualise and explore phase space in protein crystallisation. Originally 6-month appointment through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), with several stints of follow-up work.

      Biomedical Research Victoria blog

  8. May — Jul 2017

    The University of Melbourne

    Research Assistant

    Worked with A/Prof. Tony Wirth and Dr James Saunderson in the Department of Computing and Information Systems on algorithms for the finding of densest subgraphs.

  9. Dec 2014 — Feb 2015

    Mercer

    Stochastic Modelling

    Fixed-term summer project, stochastically modelling mortalities for a new retirement income product.

Teaching

  1. Feb 2019 — Jun 2020

    The University of Melbourne

    Mathematics & Statistics School Tutor

    2019, 2020

    Probability

    2020

    Linear Statistical Models

    2020

    Psychological Science: Theory & Practice (guest seminars)

  2. Aug — Oct 2017

    Newman College

    Academic Tutor

    2017

    Linear Statistical Models

  3. Jun 2014 — Nov 2019

    St Leonard's College

    Student Study Assistant

    Academic tutoring and library support for students after school, on weekends and during school holidays.

  4. Mar 2014 — Nov 2017

    Self-employed

    Private Academic Tutor

    Mainly in Mathematics, Physics and Economics. Students ranged from high school to university postgraduate level. Over 300 hours of tutoring experience.

Service

  1. Nov 2024 — Present

    Meta

    Community Alignment Advisory Group

    Advising on the alignment of AI systems to collectives.

  2. Aug 2024 — Mar 2025

    Knight—Georgetown Institute, Georgetown University

    Working Group

    Member of a working group articulating policy options for improving recommender systems.

  3. Jun 2022 — Oct 2023

    Goodenough College

    Treasurer, Members' Council

    Elected member representative and Chair of the Members’ Council Funding Committee for a longstanding, independent, 700-head postgraduate residential college in central London.

  4. Jun 2020 — Dec 2021

    newDemocracy Foundation

    Research & Computational Support

    Building an accessible online tool for performing stratified random selection.

  5. Jan 2015 — May 2020

    Future Problem Solving Program Australia

    Moderniser of Evaluator Resources

    Provided technical advice on the adoption/creation of an electronic evaluation platform. Previously, I rewrote the Evaluator Handbook.

  6. Dec 2015 — Dec 2017

    Young Australians Cancer Initiative

    Director

    Inaugural co-director of an enrichment program for Australian high school students focused on cancer science.

  7. Jun — Oct 2014

    iGEM UniMelb

    Videographer

    Produced three short videos to help explain and promote the work of the team from The University of Melbourne entering the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition.

  8. Feb — Oct 2012

    St Leonard's College

    Peer Support Leader

  9. Feb — Nov 2011

    St Leonard's College

    SCOPE Leader

    Mentored an overly reserved grade three student.

Awards & Honours

  1. 2021

    Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship

    The University of Melbourne

  2. 2019

    Mathematics and Statistics School Scholarship

    The University of Melbourne

  3. 2018

    Maurice H. Belz Scholarship

    The University of Melbourne

  4. 2016

    Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Scholar

    Biomedical Research Victoria

    Leaders in Communities Award (LiCA)

    The University of Melbourne

  5. 2015

    Keith Frampton Roll of Honour (Member)

    Future Problem Solving Program Australia

    Highest Mark, Weather & Climate Systems

    The University of Melbourne

  6. 2014

    Second Place, Introductory Microeconomics Film Competition

    The University of Melbourne

  7. 2013

    Year 12 IB Dux

    St Leonard's College

    Full College, Music and House Colours

    St Leonard's College

    Old Collegian's Award for Positive Involvement

    St Leonard's College

  8. 2012

    Monash Prize for Excellence & Year 11 IB Dux

    St Leonard's College

    E. Paul Torrance Youth Award

    Future Problem Solving Program Australia

Grants & Funding

  1. Apr 2025 — Oct 2026

    Deliberative AI Specifications and Infrastructure

    With the AI & Democracy Foundation

    Sponsor

    ARIA

    Value

    TBA

  2. Jan 2024 — Dec 2025

    Quantifying the Contribution of Online Platforms to Polarization

    Collaboration between Build Up and Sciences Po

    Sponsor

    Project Liberty

    Value

    USD 300,000

  3. Oct 2021 — Sep 2025

    Computational Social Choice and Machine Learning for Ethical Decision Making

    Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe & Trusted AI

    Sponsor

    UKRI Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

    Value

    ≈ GBP 26,000 tuition + GBP 19,000 stipend / year

  4. Jan — Jul 2023

    Momentum Building for Bridging

    Project Funding from Plurality Research Network Conference

    Sponsor

    Plurality Institute

    Value

    USD 2590.26 (amount determined via quadratic voting)

  5. Jun — Dec 2021

    Transfer Learning for Argument Operations

    Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making Initiative (Phase 2)

    Sponsor

    Office of National Intelligence, Commonwealth of Australia

    Value

    AUD 50,000

  6. Aug — Nov 2020

    Augmenting Corpus Analysis through Argument Mining and Networked Notes

    Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making Initiative (Phase 1)

    Sponsor

    Office of National Intelligence, Commonwealth of Australia

    Value

    AUD 20,000

Publications

    Preprints / Working Papers

    Conference Papers

    Workshop Papers

    Journal Articles

    General Press

    Reports

    Policy Input

  1. Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First

    A Moehring, A Cooper, A Narayanan, A Ovadya, E Redmiles, J Allen, J Stray, J Kamin, L Sigerson, L Thorburn, M Motyl, M Eslami, N Farid Johnson, N Lubin, R Iyer, Z Arnao

    Knight—Georgetown Institute, 2025.

      NetChoice v Bonta

      Lawfare

  2. Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders

    A Konya, L Thorburn, W Almasri, OA Leshem, A Procaccia, L Schirch, and M Bakker

    Accepted at FAccT 2025.

      Alliance for Middle East Peace

  3. Prosocial Media

    EG Weyl, L Thorburn, E de Keulenaar, J Mchangama, D Siddarth, and A Tang

      TIME · Noema · Laura Loomer · Lawfare · Tech Policy Press

  4. Shaping the Future of Social Media with Middleware

    L Hogg, R DiResta, F Fukuyama, R Reisman, D Keller, A Ovadya, L Thorburn, J Stray, and S Mathur

    McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 2024.

      Hucklemelon

  5. Views on AI aren't binary — they're plural (extended abstract)

    T Bristow, L Thorburn, and D Acosta-Navas

    AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society AIES, 2024.

  6. The Moral Case for Using Language Model Agents for Recommendation

    S Lazar, L Thorburn, T Jin, and L Belli

  7. Toward Democracy Levels for AI

    A Ovadya, L Thorburn, K Redman, F Devine, S Milli, M Revel, A Konya, and A Kasirzadeh

    Pluralistic Alignment @ NeurIPS, 2024.

  8. Societal Sorting as a Systemic Risk of Recommenders

    L Thorburn, M Polukarov and C Ventre

    ACM Conference on Recommender Systems RecSys, 2024.

  9. Views on AI aren't binary — they're plural

    T Bristow, L Thorburn, and D Acosta-Navas

    Accepted at AIES 2024.

  10. Underexplored Ways to Regulate Social Media

    N Lubin, K Mayberry, M Revel, L Thorburn

    Tech Policy Press, 2024.

  11. Mapping the space of social media regulation

    N Lubin, K Mayberry, D Moses, M Revel, L Thorburn, and A West

    MIT Science Policy Review 5(1), 2024.

      Tech Policy Press

  12. Experiments are the Best Kind of Transparency

    L Thorburn, J Stray and P Bengani

    Tech Policy Press, 2024.

  13. Research Agenda for Sociotechnical Approaches to AI Safety

    S Curtis, R Iyer, C Domenico Kirk-Giannini, V Krakovna, D Krueger, N Lambert, B Marnette, C McKenzie, J Michael, E Miyazono, N Mima, A Ovadya, L Thorburn, and D Turan (alphabetical)

      UK AI Safety Institute

  14. How to redesign social media algorithms to bridge divides

    L Thorburn and A Ovadya

    The Conversation, 2023.

      Nieman Lab

  15. Bridging Systems

    A Ovadya and L Thorburn

    Knight First Amendment Institute, 2023.

      Washington Post (i) · Washington Post (ii) · Jigsaw · Center for Humane Tech · King's College London · Berkman Klein Center · Bertelsmann Stiftung · Montreal AI Ethics Institute · Süddeutsche Zeitung · Η Καθημερινή · Tech Policy Press · TIME · OpenAI · OpenWeb

  16. What is Media Diversity and Do Recommender Systems Have It?

    P Bengani, J Stray and L Thorburn

    Tech Policy Press, 2023.

  17. What's the Difference Between Search and Recommendation?

    L Thorburn, J Stray and P Bengani

    Tech Policy Press, 2023.

  18. SHAPE: A Framework for Evaluating the Ethicality of Influence

    E Bezou-Vrakatseli, B Brückner and L Thorburn

    European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems EUMAS, 2023.

  19. Error in the Euclidean Preference Model

    L Thorburn, M Polukarov and C Ventre

    International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence IJCAI, 2023.

  20. Australian Government

    L Thorburn, T Bristow and L Carroll

    “Supporting responsible AI”, 2023.

  21. Polarization as Probabilistic Dependence

    L Thorburn, M Polukarov, and C Ventre

    International Workshop on Computational Social Choice COMSOC, 2023.

  22. Evaluating recommender systems in relation to the dissemination of illegal and harmful content in the UK

    R Armitage, J Gallacher, J Gu, A Hogan, P Howard, B Kollanyi, R Kuchta, L Neudert, and L Thorburn (alphabetical)

    Ofcom, 2023.

      Ofcom

  23. Making Amplification Measurable

    L Thorburn, J Stray, and P Bengani

    Tech Policy Press, 2023.

      Moody (Florida) v. NetChoice · NetChoice v. Paxton (Texas)

  24. When You Hear “Filter Bubble”, “Echo Chamber”, or “Rabbit Hole” — Think “Feedback Loop”

    L Thorburn, J Stray, and P Bengani

    Understanding Recommenders, CHAI, 2023.

  25. UNESCO

    L Thorburn and A Ovadya

    “Guidelines for regulating digital platforms”, 2023.

  26. Is Optimizing for Engagement Changing Us?

    L Thorburn, J Stray, and P Bengani

    Understanding Recommenders, CHAI, 2022.

  27. Algorithmic Risks to Collective Decision-Making

    L Thorburn

    The Future of AI Regulation, 2022.

  28. Error in the Euclidean Preference Model (extended abstract)

    L Thorburn, M Polukarov and C Ventre

    International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems AAMAS, 2023.

  29. Optimizing Language Models for Argumentative Reasoning

    L Thorburn and A Kruger

    International Workshop on Argumentation & Machine Learning ArgML, 2022.

  30. A Menu of Recommender Transparency Options

    P Bengani, J Stray, and L Thorburn

    Tech Policy Press, 2022.

  31. How to Measure the Effects of Recommenders

    L Thorburn, J Stray, and P Bengani

    Understanding Recommenders, CHAI, 2022.

      WIRED · Build Up · Tortoise Media

  32. International Observatory on Information and Democracy

    L Thorburn

    “What the Observatory cannot do”, 2022.

      Forum on Information & Democracy

  33. The IC Rating Scale as a Measure of Analytic Rigor

    L Thorburn, T van Gelder, C Shahan Brugh, S Kim, M Kolb and B Zulauf

  34. What Will “Amplification” Mean in Court?

    L Thorburn, J Stray, and P Bengani

    Tech Policy Press, 2022.

  35. What's Right and What's Wrong with Optimizing for Engagement

    P Bengani, J Stray, and L Thorburn

    Understanding Recommenders, CHAI, 2022.

      Gonzalez v. Google

  36. What Does it Mean to Give Someone What They Want?

    L Thorburn, J Stray, and P Bengani

    Understanding Recommenders, CHAI, 2022.

      Ofcom

  37. Using argument mapping to improve clarity and rigour in written intelligence products

    A Kruger, L Thorburn and T van Gelder

    Intelligence and National Security 37(5), 2022.

  38. How Platform Recommenders Work

    L Thorburn, P Bengani and J Stray

    Understanding Recommenders, CHAI, 2022.

      Gonzalez v. Google

      WIRED · Build Up

  39. The Impact of Evidence on Decision Making

    A Kruger, T van Gelder and L Thorburn

    Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, 2021.

  40. Towards Argument Embeddings

    L Thorburn

    Online Handbook of Argumentation and Artificial Intelligence 2(1), 2021.

  41. Analytic Rigour in Intelligence

    A Barnett, T Primoratz, R de Rozario, M Saletta, L Thorburn and T van Gelder (alphabetical)

    Hunt Lab for Intelligence Research, 2021.

  42. Charting our way back to normal

    T Blakely, T Wilson, L Thorburn and N Grills

    Pursuit, 2021.

  43. Enhancing human analysis of large corpora via argument mining and backlinks—a prototype

    L Thorburn

    Hunt Lab for Intelligence Research, 2021.

  44. Tools to Ease the Choice and Design of Protein Crystallisation Experiments

    N Rosa, M Ristic, L Thorburn, GJ Abrahams, B Marshall, CJ Watkins, A Kruger, A Khassapov and J Newman

    Crystals 10(2), 2020.

Talks

  1. Inferred Preferences

    Apr 2025

    Knight First Amendment Institute  

  2. Sortedness + Recommendation

    Apr 2025

    MIT CCC

    Aug 2024

    Meta

    Mar 2024

    American Philosophical Association  

    Feb 2024

    Australian National University  

    Dec 2023

    Imperial College London  

    Dec 2023

    Build Peace  

    Oct 2023

    Metagov    

    Sep 2023

    Harvard University  

  3. Good + Bad Conflict

    Mar 2025

    ISA

  4. Concreteness

    Nov 2024

    Build Peace

  5. Mapping the Space of Social Media Regulation

    Oct 2024

    Ofcom  

    Oct 2024

    Harvard

  6. How to Measure the Effects of Algorithms

    Mar 2024

    Department of the Treasury (Australia)  

  7. Error in the Euclidean Preference Model

    Aug 2023

    IJCAI  

  8. Bridging

    Jun 2024

    University of Notre Dame

    May 2024

    New Public

    Sep 2023

    BBC  

    Jun 2023

    Plurality Institute    

    Mar 2023

    Goodenough College

    Jan 2023

    Plurality Research Network Conference    

    Sep 2022

    London School of Economics  

  9. What Does it Mean to Give Someone What They Want?

    Nov 2022

    Imperial College London

  10. Epistemic Injustice and AI

    Nov 2022

    King's College London

  11. Optimizing Language Models for Argumentative Reasoning

    Sep 2022

    International Workshop on Argumentation and Machine Learning  

  12. Algorithmic Risks to Collective Decision-Making

    Mar 2022

    Goodenough-Oxford Joint Colloquium on AI and Regulation  

  13. Metaphors for Public Discourse

    Feb 2022

    Newspeak House  

  14. Argument Processing

    Dec 2021

    University of Technology Sydney

    Sep 2021

    Laboratory for Analytic Sciences  

Symposia

  1. 2025

    Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms

    Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University

    panelistattendee

    Annual Convention of the International Studies Association ISA

    speakerattendee

    Qualitative Coding Workshop on Good + Bad Conflict

    Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

    organiser

    Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium PAIRS

    speakerattendee

  2. 2024

    Pluralistic Alignment Workshop @ NeurIPS NeurIPS

    reviewer

    Digital Democracy Residency

    g0v Community, Taiwan

    participant

    Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms

    Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University

    discussantparticipant

    Build Peace

    Build Up

    speakerattendee

    Australian AI Safety Forum

    Gradient Institute

    participant

    ACM Conference on Recommender Systems RecSys

    attendeeposter presenter

    Public Interest Social Media Solutions Workshop

    Applied Social Media Lab, Harvard University

    speakerparticipant

    International Conference on Computational Social Science IC2S2

    International Society for Computational Social Science

    attendee

    ACM Conference on Economics and Computation EC

    attendeeposter presenter

    Workshop on Using Deliberative Technologies in Polarized Contexts

    Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

    speakerparticipant

    Center for Human-Compatible AI Annual Workshop CHAI

    attendeeposter presenter

    Convening on Political Economy of AI

    GETTING-Plurality Research Network

    attendee

    Trust and Human Connection in the Age of AI and Social Networks

    MIT Center for Constructive Communication

    attendee

    Shaping the Future of Social Media with Middleware

    Stanford Cyber Policy Center

    participantspeaker

    Project Liberty Institute Summit

    attendee

    Convening on AI & the Future of the Public Square

    Google Jigsaw

    participant

    Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division)

    speaker

    Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence and Catastrophic Risk

    Machine Intelligence & Normative Theory (MINT) Lab, Australian National University

    participant

    Kioloa Workshop on Generative AI and Normative Philosophy of Computing

    Machine Intelligence & Normative Theory (MINT) Lab, Australian National University

    participant

  3. 2023

    Build Peace

    Build Up

    attendeeworkshop facilitator

    Summit on AI and Democracy

    GETTING-Plurality Research Network

    attendeefacilitator

    Psychology of Technology Institute Conference

    attendee

    Launch of Bridging Responsible AI Divides UK BRAID

    attendee

    International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence IJCAI

    speaker

    ACM Conference on Economics and Computation EC

    volunteerattendee

    International Workshop on Computational Social Choice COMSOC

    reviewerattendeeposter presenter

    Plurality Institute Bridging Symposium

    speaker

    Center for Human-Compatible AI Annual Workshop CHAI

    attendeeposter presenter

    International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems AAMAS

    attendeeposter presenter

    The Ethics of Persuasive Technologies

    Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford

    attendee

    Optimizing for What? Algorithmic Amplification and Society

    Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University

    discussantparticipant

    Tech & Democracy: A Better Tech Future Summit

    All Tech is Human

    attendee

    Designing Tech for Social Cohesion

    Council on Technology and Social Cohesion

    attendeeposter presenter

    Plurality Research Network Conference

    University of California, Berkeley

    speaker

  4. 2022

    Safe and Trustworthy AI Workshop STAIws

    UKRI CDT in Safe and Trusted AI, Imperial College London

    participantposter presenter

    Attention: An Interdisciplinary Workshop

    Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics

    speaker

    International Workshop on Argumentation and Machine Learning ArgML

    speaker

    ACM Conference on Economics and Computation EC

    reviewer

    The Race to Regulate AI: Global Comparative Perspectives

    Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford

    attendee

    Oxford-Goodenough Joint Colloquium on AI and Regulation

    Jesus College, University of Oxford and Goodenough College

    participant

  5. 2021

    International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory ADT

    attendee

    Conference for Truth and Trust Online TTO

    attendee

  6. 2020

    International Conference on Computational Models of Argument COMMA

    attendee

  7. 2019

    Effective Altrusim Global EAG

    attendee

    INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference INFORMS-APS

    attendee

  8. 2017

    Summer Institute on Topics in the History of Economics

    Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University

    participant

  9. 2016

    Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems NeurIPS

    attendee

Memberships

  1. Jan 2018 — Jan 2025

    Statistical Society of Australia

  2. Apr 2022 — Present

    Trust & Safety Professional Association

  3. Oct 2021 — Present

    Newspeak House

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