HooCS Hub
Lab Meetings
During our biweekly HooCS Lab meetings, we will often have presentations from faculty and graduate students on works in progress on topics in philosophy, cognitive science, neuroscience, AI, and/or all of the above. Other times, we will discuss methods, bring in guest speakers, host skill-building sessions, or have other activities depending on interest. There will always be food.
| Name | Affiliation | Topic / Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Harris | Philosophy, UVA | The Corruption of Salience | Draft |
| Gabi Dumet | Philosophy, UVA | Being Torn: Response dependent responsibility and psychological self-conflict | |
| Eric Schwitzgebel (with Jeremy Prober) | Philosophy, University of California Riverside | Human-AI interaction & agency | |
| Austin Cooper | Contemplative Sciences Center, UVA | Self-Similarity of Perception and Neural Dynamics as a Result of Meditation | |
| Rushil Umaretiya | Philosophy, UVA | The Algorithmic Suppression of Political Salience: Why Platforms Systematically Deprioritize Actionable Concerns | Draft |
| David Danks | Philosophy & Data Science, UVA | Psychological Freedom, Rationality, and Responsibility |
Note: The speaker list is subject to change as we finalize details with speakers. Check back for updates! If you're interested in speaking or have suggestions for speakers, please contact us.
Meetings are Mondays, 10–11:30am, in the Balz Library in Cocke Hall.
Note: HooCS members can sign up for a presentation with the signup sheet. To be added to the HooCS Hub mailing list and Outlook Calendar, please contact us.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 14 | 10–11:30 | Welcome Back Breakfast | |
| Sept 28 | 10–11:30 | Ashley Williams | IRB Orientation and Workshop |
| Oct 12 | 10–10:45 | Chad Davis, Blake Harris, and Zhengping Zhang | AI Use, Epistemic Diversity, and Scientific Exploration: An Agent-Based Model |
| Oct 26 | 10–10:30 | Cai Liu & Jason Wong | Online Dark Humor and Collective Existential Stress |
| 10:30–11:15 | CJ Oswald | The AI Journalist: Why Shouldn't My News Anchor be a Hologram? | |
| Nov 9 | 10–10:45 | Trey Boone | Progress in Neuroscience: Understanding the Functions of Hypothalamus |
| Nov 30 | 10–11:30 | Slot available |