[Air-L] Reminder: CFP for Societal & User-Centered Privacy in AI (SUPA) Workshop

[Daricia Wilkinson]

Privacy is critical to the responsible development of AI. However, the
rapid evolution of AI, including the rapid deployment of generative AI, has
resulted in new privacy risks with far-reaching societal consequences. In
this half-day workshop, we aim to bring together academics, practitioners,
designers, and advocates across civil society and regulation to evaluate
the challenges and opportunities for user-centered privacy in AI. By
nurturing a multidisciplinary environment, this workshop aims to create a
network of scholars committed to addressing:

   - Challenges in implementing privacy measures, including issues in
   Usability and User Trust and interactions with AI privacy.
   - Empirical studies that gather attitudinal or behavioral insights
   related to privacy expectations for AI, privacy solutions or techniques
   - Effects of emerging AI technologies (e.g., generative AI) on the
   privacy of at-risk, vulnerable or marginalized populations (e.g., persons
   with disabilities, underrepresented populations, children, or gender
   communities)
   - Case studies showcasing successful user experience (UX) strategies in
   privacy-preserving AI applications
   - Open-source tools to demonstrate the integration of privacy measures
   into AI models
   - Best practices for UX design in choosing appropriate privacy
   parameters and associated trade-offs.
   - Ethical considerations for AI and user privacy
   - Challenges and opportunities in improving and enforcing regulation
   that protects privacy in AI

This half-day in-person workshop solicits submissions across two
categories: (1) research papers, and (2) position papers. Potential
attendees are asked to submit by May 23rd 2024 via our submission site (
https://supa2024.usenix.hotcrp.com/). Papers should be at most 4 pages in
length (excluding references) and should use the SOUPS template (word
<https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference-files/usenix2021_soups.doc>
 or latex
<https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference-files/usenix2024_soups_latex-template.zip>).
Shorter, more focused submissions (2-4 pages) are encouraged and authors
are encouraged to ensure submissions relay the importance, relevance, and
contributions of the work regardless of the length of the submission.
Submissions should be anonymized following a double blind process.
Acceptance notifications will be sent by June 6th 2024.
Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance and potential to
generate critical discussion. Accepted submissions will be made available
on the workshop website. All participants must register and at least one
author of the accepted submission must attend the workshop. Please reach
out to chairs if facing extenuating circumstances that would prevent
in-person attendance.

This workshop is an effort to raise critical discourse about the increasing
challenges that surround AI’s integration as well as the opportunities to
utilize it to reconceptualize new pathways for privacy enhancement. To
maintain engagement, encourage reflection and stimulate ideas, the workshop
will feature a fireside chat and community discussion, and paper
presentations.

*Key dates:*
•          Deadline for submission: May 23rd 2024
•          Acceptance notifications: June 6th 2024
•          Workshop date: August 11th 2024

 Please visit https://supa2024.usenix.hotcrp.com/ for submissions. For more
information about the workshop, please visit our website (SUPA at SOUPS'24
(supa-workshop.github.io) <https://supa-workshop.github.io/supa.github.io/> or
contact the organizers.

On Behalf of Organizers:
Daricia Wilkinson, Microsoft Research
Kovila Coopamootoo, King's College London
Vasanta Chaganti, Swarthmore College
Florian Schaub, University of Michigan



Daricia Wilkinson, Ph. D.

Post Doctoral Researcher

Microsoft