Shannon Bohle, MLIS, CDS (Cantab), FRAS, AHIP is working toward a degree at Johns Hopkins University is the Owner/President of Archivopedia. As her avatar, Archivist Llewellyn, Shannon was a finalist for the Linden Prize in 2010 for her creation of the Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives in Second Life in collaboration with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech. In 2011, she won second place in an international competition in artificial intelligence for her Second Life-based project “Curiosity AI.” She has been an invited speaker at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Her current Second Life endeavor, “Project Plutchik,” was selected as one of the most innovative new digital technologies for medical libraries by the Medical Library Association in 2018 and is featured in the October issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA). Her company is collaborating with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor to design an interface for a mobile app version of Project Plutchik. Read more at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Archivist_Llewellyn
Upcoming Webcasts
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Shannon Bohle (Archivist Llewellyn)
Owner/President, Archivopedia LLC
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Time: 6:00pm PST - 7:00pm PST
Location: Online via Zoom
Abstract:
Plutchik is the first artificial intelligence (AI) agent to deliver a fully automated lecture like a professor. This includes: delivering a talk in voice, changing slides, initiating videos, using appropriate gestures and facial expressions, and using 3D educational objects during a talk. The topic of this demonstration is “Astronauts and DNA: Twin Studies are Just the Beginning.” However, any talk can be uploaded to the bot. “Astronauts and DNA” discusses a DNA study conducted by NASA using twin astronauts (with one astronaut as a control on Earth and one in space). When reporting the results of the study, NASA made a serious error that was repeated by many major news organizations such that the error, many would say, graduated to “fake news.” Plutchik explains the error, teaches the audience about the actual science called epigenomics, and suggests that AI (like itself) could be used to help combat fake news in the future. Following the lecture, Plutchik will demonstrate the types of skills indicated in the JMLA article and there will be time for the audience to interact with the bot asking any questions they like. Technology questions about the bot will be answered by Archivist Llewellyn. Project Plutchik is based at the library on the National Space Society island in Second Life.
Plutchik, virtual embodied AI agent
Session link through VCARA in Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/43/73/33
Session link through Zoom: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/926315807
Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodation should contact Dr. Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Biography:
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Erik Moore (medi Martian)
Regis University/Affiliate Faculty
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Time: 6:00pm PST - 7:00pm PST
Location: Online via Zoom
Abstract:
When considering cybersecurity, the technology that enables Second Life can be thought of as a chain of related systems, starting with your personal computer and working through various software and network layers that enable presence, communications, and amazing capabilities in a rich virtual world space. This presentation walks through each link in that chain and considers some reasonable measures for security, safety, and privacy along the way. Also covered are larger cybersecurity issues like cyberkinetics, digital currencies, and human-computer interaction.
Session link through VCARA in Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SJSU SLIS/43/73/33
Session link through Zoom: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/926315807
Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodation should contact Dr. Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Biography:
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Erik Moore teaches courses like systems defense, digital forensics, and malware analysis in the Cybersecurity graduate program at Regis University. He was a founding director of the Colorado Front Range Center for Information Assurance Studies and is a Vice Chair of the International Federation of Information Processing Working Group on Information Security Education. During the day he is the director of a large school district network. He uses Second Life to test innovations in classroom design, teach cyber-physical security, and to develop collaborative solution models for incident response.