Best Demo Award at AAAI HCOMP for the CyCAT/OUC and TAG RISE

The Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT) / Open University of Cyprus (OUC) research team, together with the Transparency in Algorithms Group (TAG) at RISE (Research Centre on Interactive media, Smart systems, and Emerging technologies), have received the Best Demo Award at the 8^th AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (AAAI HCOMP 2020) for their application “OpenTag”. The team behind OpenTag, which supports Understanding Human Perceptions of Image Tagging Algorithms, consists of Kyriakos Kyriakou (research associate at TAG RISE), Pinar Barlas (research associate at TAG RISE), Dr. Styliani Kleanthous Loizou (CyCAT/OUC), and Assistant Professor Jahna Otterbacher (Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at OUC, Coordinator of CyCAT, Leader of TAG at RISE).

OpenTag is simultaneously a research and educational platform. On the one hand, it serves as a tool to help the public understand the risks of computer vision algorithms. As a research tool, it allows us to better understand people’s perceptions and interpretations of algorithmic behaviors, which underlie their willingness to trust such emerging technologies.

• OpenTag live demo:

http://ec2-34-255-198-84.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com/opentag/

• Video presentation of OpenTag:

https://www.14dd5266c70789bdc806364df4586335-gdprlock/watch?v=Jqx5eYTwvtA

• OpenTag article (description): https://www.humancomputation.com/assets/2020/wip_demos/HCOMP_2020_paper_76.pdf