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Leonardo C. T. Bezerra
Past news
2025
Spring 2025
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I was invited by Dr. William Oliveira to be a guest lecturer at the Information Technology & Society module of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The lecture took place on June 9th, online, and was organised as a Q&A panel for students to better understand AI and the job market (local and overseas).
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I attended the International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation (EvoApps, part of EvoStar), where I presented a paper entitled “Optimizing the logistics operations of distribution network operators from a multinational electric utility company”. The paper is the result of a collaboration with Neoenergia, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spanish multinational utility company Iberdrola. The conference took place from April 23th to 25th, 2025 at the Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
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I was invited by Google Brasil to be a panelist at the Confraria de Dados Meet-up. The meet-up took place on April 10th, at Google Brasil, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and was entitled “AI Data Ready: Challenges and opportunities for companies preparing for AI”.
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I invited Wiktoria Kulik from Accenture UK for a meet-up on “AI Ethics” at the University of Stirling, hosted by the StirAI Lab and the PHAWM research project. The event took place on April 4th and had Wiktoria and myself as panelists, with Dr. Terrie-Lynn Thompson as moderator.
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I was invited to become the Project Lead at the University of Stirling for the “PHAWM: Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies” research project, from April 2025 on. The project is finishing its first year and will run until March 2028.
Winter 2025
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I was invited by Responsible AI UK and attended the concluding event of the “Public voices in AI” research project. The event took place on March 28th, at the Work Station, Sheffield, UK.
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I was invited by Dr. Manuel López-Ibáñez to give a talk at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. The talk was hosted by the Decision and Cognitive Science Research Centre on March 27th, entitled “FAIRTECH by design: assessing and addressing the social impacts of artificial intelligence systems”.
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I was invited by The Data Lab to be a panelist at the Data & AI Ethics Meet-up. The meet-up took place on March 4th, at the Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, and my talk was entitled “PHAWM: Supporting society to assess AI”.
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I had a paper accepted at the International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation (EvoApps, part of EvoStar). The paper is entitled “Optimizing the logistics operations of distribution network operators from a multinational electric utility company” and is the result of a collaboration with Neoenergia, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spanish multinational utility company Iberdrola. The conference will take place from April 23th to 25th, 2025 at the Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
2024
Autumn 2024
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I invited Dr. Elizabeth Wanner from Aston University for a talk at the “Sociotechnical & Responsible AI Seminar Series” at the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. The talk was hosted by the Computing Science and Mathematics Division Seminar Series on November 29th, entitled “Mathematical models for Dominance Move: Comparison and complexity analysis”.
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I attended the launch event of the “PHAWM: Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies” project, funded by Responsible AI UK, which took place on October 25th, 2024 at the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Summer 2024
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I was invited by Dr. Nelson Ferreira de Sousa Junior to join a research bid about the use of AI in the analysis of oral, written, and archeological records in Brazil, Portugal and Guinea-Bissau. The call was funded by the CNPq, the Brazilian National Council for Research.
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I was invited by INEP to help revise the Brazilian Standard Classification of Education (Cine Brasil 2018). INEP is the major higher education (HE) policy regulator associated with the Brazilian Ministry of Education, and I was invited for my role as one of the coordinators of the Cine Brasil 2018 proposal, based on UNESCO’s International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-F).
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I published a paper with Dr. Guido Noto La Diega entitled “Can there be responsible AI without AI liability? Incentivizing generative AI safety through ex-post tort liability under the EU AI liability directive”. The paper will appear on the International Journal of Law and Information Technology, published by the Oxford University Press.
Spring 2024
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Our project “PHAWM: Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies” was awarded £3.5mi by Responsible AI UK to propose approaches that enable society to take part in AI auditing over the next four years, starting May 2024. Our consortium comprises 25 investigators from 7 UK universities, namely Glasgow, Strathclyde, Stirling, Edinburgh, Sheffield, York, and King’s College London, as well as 23 external partners.
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I was invited by Responsible AI UK to attend the “RAi UK Integrator Sandpit”, which took place from June 11th to 13th, 2024 at the De Vere Latimer Estate, Chesham, United Kingdom.
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I was nominated Outstanding Early Career Researcher by the Research Culture Awards of the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
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I was invited by Dr. Annalisa Ricardi to give a talk at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. The talk was hosted by the Aerospace Centre of Excellence on May 22nd, entitled “FAIRTECH by design: assessing and addressing the social impacts of artificial intelligence systems”.
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I was invited by Prof. Holger Hoos to give a talk at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, DE. The talk was hosted by the Chair for Artificial Intelligence Methodology (AIM) on April 17th, entitled “FAIRTECH by design: assessing and addressing the social impacts of artificial intelligence systems”.
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I attended the “BeMCO: Benchmarking in Multi-Criteria Optimization” workshop, organized by the Benchmarking Network, which took place from April 15th to 19th, 2024 at the Lorentz Center@Oort, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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I was invited by Dr. Gianpiero Francesca to give a talk at Toyota Motor Europe, Brussels, BE. The talk was hosted by the Advanced Technology R&D Division on April 15th, entitled “FAIRTECH by design: assessing and addressing the social impacts of artificial intelligence systems”.
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I was invited by Prof. Thomas Stützle, Prof. Mauro Birattari, and Prof. Marco Dorigo to give a talk at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BE. The talk was hosted by the IRIDIA Artificial Intelligence Laboratory on April 11th, entitled “FAIRTECH by design: assessing and addressing the social impacts of artificial intelligence systems”.
Winter 2024
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I was invited by Dr. Anthony O’Hare to give a public lecture at the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. The talk was hosted by the Computing Science and Mathematics Division (CSM) on March 18th, entitled “Promoting and sustaining accountability in artificial intelligence applications”.
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I was invited by Prof. Kenneth Benoit to give a talk at the London School of Economical and Political Sciences, London, UK. The talk was hosted by the Data Science Institute (DSI) on February 26th, entitled “Promoting and sustaining accountability in artificial intelligence applications”.
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I was invited by Prof. Simone Stumpf to give a talk at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. The talk was hosted by the Information, Data, and Analysis Section (IDA) on February 1st, entitled “Promoting and sustaining accountability in artificial intelligence applications”.
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I was invited by Prof. Federica Sarro to give a talk at University College London, London, UK. The talk was hosted by the Software Systems Engineering Group (SSE) on January 24th, entitled “Promoting and sustaining accountability in artificial intelligence applications”.
2023
Autumn 2023
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I was invited by the Benchmarking Network to attend the “BeMCO: Benchmarking in Multi-Criteria Optimization” workshop, which will take place from April 15th to 19th, 2024 at the Lorentz Center@Oort, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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I was invited by Dr. Wen-Shin Lee to give a talk at the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. The talk was hosted by the Computing Science and Mathematics Division (CSM) on November 24th, entitled “Promoting and sustaining accountability in artificial intelligence applications”.
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I was invited by Dr. Elizabeth Wanner to give a talk at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. The talk was hosted by the Aston Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications (ACAIRA) on October 16th, entitled “Promoting and sustaining accountability in artificial intelligence applications”.
Summer 2023
- I was offered and accepted a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence/Data Science position at the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
- I was offered a Senior Lecturer in Data Science position at the University of Westminster, London, UK.
- I was offered a Senior Teaching Fellow in Data Science position at the Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
- I was awarded an Alain Bensoussan fellowship from the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) to work at Universidad de Malaga (UMA), Malaga, Spain.