[Tubingen] Data for Diversity-Aware and Non-Discriminatory Technology

WeNet – The Internet of Us is an EU-funded project that aims at developing new and inclusive methods for computer-mediated and diversity-aware social interaction between two users. The goal is to create a social platform (WeNet) that allows users to communicate one to one in order to improve their community life. In this communication, the technology should reflect and consider the diversity of users when it mediates social interaction. Therefore, algorithms have to be constructed in a way that they are “diversity-aware” and can take into account subjectivity. Data for the modelling of diversity will be gathered from undergraduate students during so- called pilot tests at various universities and adult training centers in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The pilot tests will take place in a university setting, as such as setting is said to contain lots of diversity – the diversity of students with regard to their nationality, gender identification, political orientation, religion, interests, and motivation.