Jamillah Knowles & Reset.Tech Australia / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The team from DBC diadikasia, an ALFIE partner, has designed the ETD-Hub privacy and cookie policy.  ALFIE needs to ensure that a consent mechanism is implemented when the End Users access the ETD-Hub, allowing them to provide their valid and informed consent regarding the use of cookies. Specifically, a tick box will be added, and a relevant banner or pop-up will appear, enabling users to accept, reject, or customize their cookie preferences. When the end user lands on the ETD-Hub webpage a message will appear saying: “We use cookies to ensure a great browsing experience for

On April 2nd ALFIE held the second internal workshop with project partners. Led by BOSCH, the workshop aimed to organise and categorise the “designer user” requirements gathered during the initial stages of the project. In the ALFIE project a designer user refers to the user who wants to use the AutoML platform to create an ethical tool or model for a specific purpose. The designer user may be a designer, developer, or experienced user seeking to build a tool or model for their specific needs or for a specific purpose. Using the interactive platform Miro, BOSCH prepared a template with the three Use Cases, where

Yasmin Dwiputri & Data Hazards Project / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   We are delighted to announce that ALFIE has partnered with the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Summer School to lead a workshop on AI solutions for good. The Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Challenge for Social Welfare is an intensive, five-day programme designed for Una Europa doctoral and early-career researchers across all disciplines passionate about creating ethical and socially responsible AI solutions for social welfare. Participants will work on real-world challenges and design AI tools that address important social issues, guided by the principles of AI for Good—with a strong focus on ethics, bias, and

ALFIE at ARSAD 2025: AI and Audio Description in the Spotlight At ARSAD 2025—the Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description, held biennially by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)—the ALFIE project took centre stage in an interactive workshop focused on the dynamic relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and audio description (AD). This year’s edition was a special milestone, marking the 10th anniversary of ARSAD, and drew a record 134 participants from all over the world, from Australia to Barcelona. Representing ALFIE, Sarah McDonagh, Chiara Gunella, and Pilar Orero from UAB facilitated a lively session that invited attendees to explore how AI is impacting the creation, delivery,

ALFIE Workshop on User Requirements for AutoML Platform On January 17th, ALFIE held an internal workshop with project partners. Led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the workshop aimed to organise and categorise the user requirements gathered during the initial stages of the project. Using the interactive platform Miro, partners sorted the user requirement gathered by UAB into functional and non-functional requirements. Here are some of the results from the workshop:  Defining Key Terms: Functional Requirements: These define the specific capabilities and behaviours expected from the AutoML platform. Essentially, they outline what the system must do. Examples from the workshop include: Ensure unbiased recognition

ALFIE at Clear Climate Workshop Discussing the future of Artificial Intelligence with Climate Data Experts On December 4th, ALFIE participated in the ClearClimate consortium meeting. The ClearClimate project aims to build international collaborations between researchers and practitioners to address climate information service development challenges. With a focus on enhancing skills in user-centred design, behavioural science, and computational techniques to create more effective CIS solutions, ClearClimate aims to develop researchers’ “soft skills” to bridge the gap between academia and industry, fostering European innovation. This is achieved through partnerships between academic institutions, providing cutting-edge training, and industries, offering real-world challenges in CIS development. Dr Sarah Anne McDonagh and Professor