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TAIGA – Centre for Transdisciplinary AI

We are a cross-faculty center at Umeå University, dedicated to advancing the field of artificial intelligence through transdisciplinary collaboration for the betterment of society. We provide venues, activities, and support to inspire and guide researchers, educators, and students in AI research. Our objective is to establish a platform and community for AI research at Umeå University that prioritizes - AI for The Good of All.

About TAIGA

Focus areas

Our research focus areas are overseen by coordinators from diverse fields, including humanities, arts, behavioral sciences, medicine, and technology.
AI in Health and Medicine

Cutting-edge human-centered techniques to solve current problems.

Understanding (and explaining) AI

Understanding AI development, control, and implementation.

Critical, Ethical, Legal, Social AI, (CELS-AI)

AI in light of ethical, legal, and societal values and expectations.

Embodied Interactive AI

Developing the future of human-centered interaction.

AI Management

How to pursue AI management in practice.

AI and Art

AI and social-political, geo-political, ethical and aesthetic challenges.

Social Artificial Intelligence (SAI)

Human-centered and socially aware AI systems.

Education and AI

Pedagogical perspective on the use of AI systems.

Recent activity

Popular lecture series on transdisciplinary AI resumes

#frAIday talk starting again on the 7th of February

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AI and Wicked Problems - Symposium on difficult dilemmas of AI

On October 17-18, TAIGA held a symposium on AI and complex societal problems.

Overview of the auditorium, with Annika Egan Sjölander in front of a powerpoint
From ideas to action: charting Umeå's path to climate neutrality

Umeå community collaborate in green transition issues to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2030.

More information

Calendar

February

#frAIday: AI in biomedicine - from data to drug repurposing
Fri
7
Feb
#frAIday: AI in biomedicine - from data to drug repurposing
Time 12:15 - 13:00 7 February 12:15 - 13:00
Place Zoom & Galaxen

Lecture. An insight into how AI is changing the way we approach healthcare

#frAIday: Simulating Emotions - as manifestations of Temporal Difference assessment in RL
Fri
14
Feb
#frAIday: Simulating Emotions - as manifestations of Temporal Difference assessment in RL
Time 12:15 - 13:00 14 February 12:15 - 13:00
Place Zoom & Galaxen

Lecture. Emotions: the manifestations of the brain's reward processing system, specifically its assessment of TD errors.

#frAIday talk: Juan Carlos Nieves
Fri
21
Feb
#frAIday talk: Juan Carlos Nieves
Time 12:15 - 13:00 21 February 12:15 - 13:00
Place Zoom & Galaxen

Lecture. A #frAIday talk by Juan Carlos Nieves Sánchez, associate professor, senior researcher and programme director of the MSc programme in AI.

#frAIday: Stochastic Remembering and Distributed Mnemonic Agency
Fri
28
Feb
#frAIday: Stochastic Remembering and Distributed Mnemonic Agency
Time 12:15 - 13:00 28 February 12:15 - 13:00
Place Zoom & Galaxen

Lecture. Recalling Twentieth Century Activists with ChatGPT - Artificial Intelligence and Social Memory

March

#frAIday: Young Suk Lee
Fri
14
Mar
#frAIday: Young Suk Lee
Time 12:15 - 13:00 14 March 12:15 - 13:00
Place Zoom & TBA

Lecture. A #frAIday talk with Young Suk Lee, a UmArts WASP-HS Art and AI Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Umeå Institute of Design (UID).

TAIGA event
Fri
21
Mar
TAIGA event
Time 09:00 - 17:00 21 March 09:00 - 17:00
Place TBA

Workshop. An event organised by TAIGA

#frAIday: Ola Lindberg
Fri
21
Mar
#frAIday: Ola Lindberg
Time 12:15 - 13:00 21 March 12:15 - 13:00
Place Zoom & Galaxen

Lecture. #frAIday talk by Ola Lindberg, professor at Department of Education, Umeå University.

News

Popular lecture series on transdisciplinary AI resumes
Published: 2025-01-30

#frAIday talk starting again on the 7th of February

AI and Wicked Problems - Symposium on difficult dilemmas of AI
Published: 2024-11-05

On October 17-18, TAIGA held a symposium on AI and complex societal problems.

From ideas to action: charting Umeå's path to climate neutrality
Published: 2024-04-25

Umeå community collaborate in green transition issues to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2030.

Call for Micro projects relating to Social AI
Published: 2023-09-15

TAIGA invites researchers at Umeå University to apply for funding for small, short projects

The rise of AI will diminish our confidence in the written word
Published: 2023-06-26

The latest AI advancements are potentially diminishing the value of human writing

Two Calls for Micro Project Funding at TAIGA
Published: 2023-06-14

TAIGA invites researchers at Umeå University to apply for funding for micro-projects

Bild med texten "#frAIday seminar series about AI" och logotyp för Umeå Universitet och TAIGA, med en grågrön bakgrund

Register for #frAIday events

Every Friday, TAIGA hosts inspiring talks on artificial intelligence by Umeå University researchers, as well as internationally acclaimed experts.

#frAIday registration page

Contact

Veronica Pålsson
Other position, project coordinator
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Anna Lindström
Administrator, project administrator
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