What: Cultural AI Lab Meeting at UvA
When: 22 May 2026 14.30-17.30h (incl. drinks)
Where: UvA Bushuis room F0.01https://maps.app.goo.gl/sR1ow6b8DAL1uqph7

Agenda:
14.30-14.40 Welcome - Introduction by Directors of the Cultural AI Lab

14.40-14.50 Introduction by Prof. Julia Noordegraaf

14.50-15.30 Chloe Papadopoulou (presenter), Orsola Borini (presenter) and Bokar N'Diaye - Absent Voices, Confident Answers: Representation of Long-Tail Biographies in LLMs Through Sparse Autoencoder Activations, Log Probabilities and Reasoning Patterns (30 min talk +10 min Q&A)

Embedded Research Project (ERP) Presentations by MA Cultural Data and AI students/supervisors (3 talks, 15min talk +15 min Q&A)

15.30-16.00 ERP1: Asking the Right Questions? GLAM Chatbots for Archival Knowledge with the City Archives of Amsterdam, by Jude Majumdar, Jingru Huang, and Yoana Elazarova, supervised by Delfina Martinez Pandiani

16.00-16.30 ERP 2: Polyvocal Perspectives on Public Broadcasting, by Amné Aurélie, Zhanna Fehling, Samanta Kolanga, Danning Xiao,Claire Xu, supervised by Julia Noordegraaf

16.30-17.00 ERP 3: Understanding Early Modern Interior Paintings with AI, by Thekla van Oijen, Owen Luo, Emily Palm, supervised by Houda Lamqaddam

17.00-17.30 Drinks and discussion

Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/2zwc2rzz