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e-Participation in Austria: Trends and Public Policies
No full textThe paper is a first step to assess the status of e-participation within the political system in Austria. It takes a top-down perspective focusing on the policy framework related to citizens´ rights in the digital environment, the role of public participation and public policies on e-participation in Austria. The analysis of the development of e-participation in Austria as well as of social and political trends regarding civic participation in general and its electronic embedding, show a remarkable recent increase of e-participation projects and related initiatives. The paper identifies main institutional actors actively dealing with or promoting e-participation and reviews government initiatives as well as relevant policy documents specifically addressing and relating to e-participation or e-democracy. Finally, it takes a look at the state of the evaluation of e-participation. A major conclusion is that e-participation has become a subject of public policies in Austria; however, the recent upswing of supportive initiatives for public participation and e-participation goes together with ambivalent attitudes among politicians and administration towards e-participation.e-participation, e-democracy, citizens´ rights, institutional actors, public policies, government initiatives, evaluation
The good parodist: beyond images of escape in the fiction of Doris lessing
No full textIn her earlier fiction, Doris Leasing presents images of escape from what Cohen and Taylor term "everyday life”. These images of escape, such as the vision of the "noble city, set four-square" in Martha Quest and Martha's plunge into the muddy veld pothole in A Proper Marriage, are framed by realism. In positing an escape from 'realism'(understood as both literary form and "everyday reality") they suggest the inadequacy of realism. However, the success of these images is limited as they attempt to posit an "outside", a project which postmodernism has taught us, is bound to fail. Lessing increasingly replaces these images of escape with parody. Parody more fundamentally interrogates realism and allows Lessing to negotiate an escape whilst recognizing her implication in contemporary society. My model of parody takes its lead from Linda Hutcheon's consideration of "serious parody", as marking "the intersection of creation and re-creation, of invention and critique" (A Theory of Parody, 1985). This, I argue, is the intersection of Lessing's political and aesthetic projects. Lessing's use of parody also provides her with a useful strategy for negotiating subjectivity. I argue that whilst she questions the liberal humanist self, she does not completely reject it. She is "post-humanist" rather than "anti-humanist". Lessing's "space fiction" seems to signal a return to the project of positing an "outside" implied by her images of escape. However, I illustrate how her space fiction is equally subject to the problematic politics of parody. Just as parody "installs" a pre-existing text to "subvert" it, so space fiction "installs" the Earth in order to critique it. The "dual-codedness" of parody is, I conclude, perfect for Lessing's multiple projects
DORIS-MAE-v1
No full textIn scientific research, the ability to effectively retrieve relevant documents based on complex, multifaceted queries is critical. Existing evaluation datasets for this task are limited, primarily due to the high costs and effort required to annotate resources that effectively represent complex queries. To address this, we propose a novel task, Scientific DOcument Retrieval using Multi-level Aspect-based quEries (DORIS-MAE), which is designed to handle the complex nature of user queries in scientific research.
Documentations for the DORIS-MAE dataset is publicly available at https://github.com/Real-Doris-Mae/Doris-Mae-Dataset. This upload contains both DORIS-MAE dataset version 1 and ada-002 vector embeddings for all queries and related abstracts (used in candidate pool creation). DORIS-MAE dataset version 1 is comprised of four main sub-datasets, each serving distinct purposes.
The Query dataset contains 100 human-crafted complex queries spanning across five categories: ML, NLP, CV, AI, and Composite. Each category has 20 associated queries. Queries are broken down into aspects (ranging from 3 to 9 per query) and sub-aspects (from 0 to 6 per aspect, with 0 signifying no further breakdown required). For each query, a corresponding candidate pool of relevant paper abstracts, ranging from 99 to 138, is provided.
The Corpus dataset is composed of 363,133 abstracts from computer science papers, published between 2011-2021, and sourced from arXiv. Each entry includes title, original abstract, URL, primary and secondary categories, as well as citation information retrieved from Semantic Scholar. A masked version of each abstract is also provided, facilitating the automated creation of queries.
The Annotation dataset includes generated annotations for all 165,144 question pairs, each comprising an aspect/sub-aspect and a corresponding paper abstract from the query's candidate pool. It includes the original text generated by ChatGPT (version chatgpt-3.5-turbo-0301) explaining its decision-making process, along with a three-level relevance score (e.g., 0,1,2) representing ChatGPT's final decision.
Finally, the Test Set dataset contains human annotations for a random selection of 250 question pairs used in hypothesis testing. It includes each of the three human annotators' final decisions, recorded as a three-level relevance score (e.g., 0,1,2).
The file "ada_embedding_for_DORIS-MAE_v1.pickle" contains text embeddings for the DORIS-MAE dataset, generated by OpenAI's ada-002 model. The structure of the file is as follows:
├── ada_embedding_for_DORIS-MAE_v1.pickle
├── "Query"
│ ├── query_id_1 (Embedding of query_1)
│ ├── query_id_2 (Embedding of query_2)
│ └── query_id_3 (Embedding of query_3)
│ .
│ .
│ .
└── "Corpus"
├── corpus_id_1 (Embedding of abstract_1)
├── corpus_id_2 (Embedding of abstract_2)
└── corpus_id_3 (Embedding of abstract_3)
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.The DORIS-MAE dataset is contained in a paper submitted to NeurIPS 2023 Dataset Track for review. Please refer to benchmarking details in the GitHub link: https://github.com/Real-Doris-Mae/Doris-Mae-Dataset. Author information will be made available shortly
Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness (EWAF’25)
No full textThe European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness (EWAF) aims to foster dialogue between researchers working on algorithmic fairness in the context of Europe’s legal and societal framework, especially in light of the European Union’s attempts to promote ethical AI and the turn to AI for the common good. EWAF welcomes submissions from multiple disciplines, including but not limited to computer science, law, philosophy, and social science, as well as interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work. The fourth edition (EWAF’25) will provide a dedicated venue for interdisciplinary discourse on algorithmic fairness via keynotes, paper presentations, a panel discussion, and interactive sessions.</p
Letter From Ruby Doris Smith to her Mother, circa 1964
No full textCorrespondence from Ruby Doris Smith to her mother about being in Conakry, Guinea in West Africa. 4 pages
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
No full textThe Mary Ann Smith Wilson - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism spans the dates 1948-2008 with the bulk of the material dated 1960-1967. The collection documents both Ruby Doris Smith Robinson's and Mary Ann Smith Wilson's participation in the civil rights movement and the organizations with which they were affiliated. Although the collection documents both sisters' activities, the bulk of the collection reflects Ruby Doris Smith Robinson’s activism activities in the civil rights movement. Also included in the collection are photographs, correspondences, news articles, programs, reports, and flyers.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library, we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at [email protected]
Letter From Ruby Doris Smith to Her Sister Mary Ann Smith, February 25, 1961
No full textCorrespondence from Ruby Doris Smith to her sister Mary Ann Smith from York County Jail. 5 pages
Author Doris Lessing
No full textDoris Lessing was the keynote speaker on Opening day of the National Word Festival 198
Doris Burton
No full textDoris Karren Burton was born to Victor and Stella Karren on March 16, 1932. She married Troy Burton in 1951. Doris was a talented woman. She was a musician and an author. She was the Uintah County Librarian and later the director of the Regional History Center which she began. She recieved many awards for her talents and work. Doris died June 17, 2015
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