UMBC Language Technology Seminar Series (LaTeSS)

Hosted by Lara J. Martin at UMBC
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UMBC's Language Technology Seminar Series (LaTeSS – pronounced lattice) showcases talks from experts researching various language technologies, including but not limited to natural language processing, computational linguistics, speech processing, and digital humanities. Join the group on myUMBC here: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/langtech

Schedule

Past Talks

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
3pm - 4pm ET
ITE 325B

Recording

Jonathan K. Kummerfeld
Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney

AI Resilient Interfaces for Code Generation and Efficient Reading
AI is being integrated into virtually every computer system we use, but often in ways that mean we cannot see the decisions AI makes for us. If we don't see a decision, we cannot notice whether we agree with it, and what we don't notice, we cannot change. For example, using an AI summarization system means trusting that it has captured all the aspects of a document that are relevant to you. If the task is high stakes then the only way to check is to read the original document, but that significantly decreases the value of the summary. In this talk, I will present the concept of AI resilient interfaces: systems that use AI while giving users the information they need to notice and change its decisions. I will walk through two examples of novel systems that are more AI resilient than the typical solution to the problem, for (1) SQL generation, and (2) faster reading. I will conclude with thoughts on the potential and pitfalls of designing with AI resilience in mind.

Bio Jonathan K. Kummerfeld is a Senior Lecturer (ie., research tenure-track Assistant Professor) in the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney. He is currently also a DECRA fellow, and collaborates with a range of academics across the world, including on DARPA-funded projects on AI agents that communicate. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously a postdoc at the University of Michigan, and a visiting scholar at Harvard. Jonathan’s research focuses on interactions between people and NLP systems, developing more effective algorithms, workflows, and systems for collaboration. He has been on the program committee for over 50 conferences and workshops. He currently serves as Co-CTO of ACL Rolling Review (a peer review system), and is a standing reviewer for the Computational Linguistics journal and the Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics journal.