From jakub.mlynar at gmail.com Mon Feb 16 22:45:00 2026 From: jakub.mlynar at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?SmFrdWIgTWx5bsOhxZk=?=) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:45:00 +0100 Subject: [emcai] PhD course on interaction, communication and AI - 16/17 April, Oulu In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Thanks to an invitation from Pentti Haddington and Tiina Eilitt?, I will be giving a two?day course at the University of Oulu on 16?17 April titled ?*Interaction, communication, and mundane AI*?. The course will combine conceptual discussions with empirical work in the EMCA tradition to explore the constitutive features of ?interaction with AI? and examine the practical organization of such settings. More information can be found below and attached. Deadline for registration is *20 March 2026*. Registration link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/5c3095d9-7db6-41f4-a6bd-a16f27f83306?displayId=Fin3051999 Looking forward to meeting some of you there. Kind regards, Jakub ------------------------------ *From:* Pentti Haddington *Sent:* Monday, 16 February 2026 07:30 *Subject:* PhD course on interaction, communication and artificial intelligence *Step inside the everyday worlds of people making sense of AI as part of their interactions. This course offers you a hands-on lens to unpack the ways in which AI systems are **embedded** into our ordinary social lives.* *Dates: *16-17 April 2026 *Place: *Oulu, Finland (on-site only) *Instructor: *Dr. Jakub Mlynar (HES-SO Valais-Wallis University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) *Sign-up: *https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/25702765695A4387 The University of Oulu Graduate School, COACT research community and the AIDA project organise a PhD course on how to study human-AI encounters. This course starts from the premise that human encounters with technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) have become part of our everyday lives. It aims to provide the course participants with a foundational understanding of how human?AI interaction can be studied and investigated as a form of situated, practical action. It invites the participants to examine what makes these interactions recognizable, intelligible, and actionable for the people involved. The course builds on approaches used in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EM/CA), exploring how they can be used to tackle the above themes. See the attachment for more detailed information. The course is a great opportunity for anyones who wants to deepen their understanding of communication, agency, and interaction in the age of mundane AI. (The course is intended for PhD researchers. We can accept max. 25 participants. If the number of registrations exceeds 25, priority will first be given to Oulu-based PhD researchers and then to PhD researchers from elsewhere. After that, participants are accepted on a ?first come, first served? basis. 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Meeting link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/67554855790 We will have three show-and-tells this meeting. * Gisela Reyes Cruz and Stuart Reeves: On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour * Ali Reza Majlesi: Affective stance in HRI * Yulia Kukles, Selim El Madani, and Philippe Sormani: Probing the Prompt: a Reflexive Explication of ChatGPT on Stage, in and as its Live Demo Properties Please find the abstracts of these show-and-tells below. We look forward to seeing you the 27th! Best wishes, Yulia, Lynn, and Hannah --Show-and-tell abstracts-- On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour We will present our recent HRI paper on following robots. We'd appreciate feedback regarding the presentation for the HRI conference, as well as insights on preliminary ideas for future research related to this topic. Paper abstract: "Being guided from one place to another is a pervasive social practice that connects deeply with socially aware robot navigation. We examine how robots come to feature within the organisation of these established and well-worn leading and following practices, practices which are assembled `in place' by the efforts of individuals and groups that are using robot guides. We deployed mobile robots in a museum context to provide additional information for visitors around multiple sequential exhibits. Our ethnomethodological video-based analysis of interaction centres on how the social organisation of being guided was practically managed by visitors: in initiation of following, doing following, and finding a place to stop. Our study shows how following and being led is more than just a mechanical activity, and describe the implications for socially aware robot navigation in addressing novel technical challenges that a shift in understanding following-leading phenomena presents." -------------------------------- Affective stance in HRI In this show-and-tell session, I present an excerpt of a video data from a study examining interactions between a social robot called Furhat with students in a Swedish high school. During the activity, the robot introduces a set of electric circuits with varied lamp configurations and invite students to judge which configuration is correct or incorrect. At certain moment, the robot challenges the students? responses. The analysis focuses on how students display affect in their responsive turns. -------------------------------- Probing the Prompt: a Reflexive Explication of ChatGPT on Stage, in and as its Live Demo Properties On May 13th, 2024, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT 4o to the world. To boast its new features and capabilities, the tech giant chose, for the very first time, the format of a live online demo staged in front of an audience and streamed on the company?s official Youtube channel. The encounter was devoted to demonstrating the vision and voice capabilities of the application for the example of solving a linear equation. The presenter wrote down "3x + 1 = 4?" on a sheet of paper, showed it to his mobile phone?s video camera, and requested ChatGPT-4o to assist in its solution, which it manifestly did. Throughout the live demo and for its plausible success, ordinary resources from everyday interaction were drawn upon, including categorial and sequential resources from teacher-student interaction, as well as an ostensibly basic math equation. Just how were these resources drawn upon? To answer this question, we will offer a practice-based video analysis. In particular, we will draw on a technical reenactment ad hoc to respecify chatbot interaction analysis, thereby making explicit how embodied methods and equipment (in addition to quasi-conversational ones) contributed to staging ChatGPT-4o as a "helpful" ?math teacher?. -------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mesciubba at gmail.com Wed Feb 25 05:15:33 2026 From: mesciubba at gmail.com (M.E.Sciubba) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:15:33 +0100 Subject: [emcai] emcai Digest, Vol 35, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, is there a link for the meeting on Friday? Thank you, Eleonora *--* *Be green. Keep it on the screen.* Il giorno mar 27 gen 2026 alle ore 19:06 < emcai-request at conversationanalysis.org> ha scritto: > Send emcai mailing list submissions to > emcai at conversationanalysis.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://conversationanalysis.org/mailman/listinfo/emcai_conversationanalysis.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > emcai-request at conversationanalysis.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > emcai-owner at conversationanalysis.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of emcai digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Reminder show-and-tell slots for meeting 27 February > (Rijk, L.E.M. de (Lynn)) > 2. Fwd: Fw: Stage postdoctoral - Postdoc fellowship @uOttawa > (Jakub Mlyn??) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:30:04 +0000 > From: "Rijk, L.E.M. de (Lynn)" > To: "Rijk, L.E.M. de (Lynn) via emcai" > > Subject: [emcai] Reminder show-and-tell slots for meeting 27 February > Message-ID: > < > GV1PR10MB60760CACC39B2F079F12838FF188A at GV1PR10MB6076.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear EMCA/AI network members, > > Hopefully you all have had a good start to 2026. > We would like to remind you that we will kick off the year on Friday 27 > February (12.30-14.00 CET) with show-and-tells< > https://emcai.conversationanalysis.org/show-and-tells/>. > > There are still two slots available, so if you would like to share > something you are working on, please let us now (lynn.derijk at ru.nl lynn.derijk at ru.nl>). > If you are unsure whether you have something suited for this type of > meeting, please do not hesitate to get in touch as well. > > Best wishes, > Yulia, Lynn and Hannah > > --- > https://emcai.conversationanalysis.org/< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/emcai.conversationanalysis.org/__;!!HJOPV4FYYWzcc1jazlU!5plZMC-EmI4eqZz_5I10bT4gvIwT3VrKKGDvFH9OT98IxQUgkB8GIi8Hvl6cahai-Bjd2jkFC28xlGVSHDL2mKS0VQ$ > > > > http://conversationanalysis.org/mailman/listinfo/emcai_conversationanalysis.org > > We are kindly hosted by The International Society for Conversation > Analysis (ISCA) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://conversationanalysis.org/pipermail/emcai_conversationanalysis.org/attachments/20260119/905da3e7/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:05:49 +0100 > From: Jakub Mlyn?? > To: emcai at conversationanalysis.org > Subject: [emcai] Fwd: Fw: Stage postdoctoral - Postdoc fellowship > @uOttawa > Message-ID: > < > CAL651qomiB_Z8fJhReywLAunw8WvmCYk5+SyY9tGcJa0oLE0HA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all, > I am forwarding a potentially interesting postdoc opportunity at > the University of Ottawa. > > All the best, > > Jakub > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sylvie Grosjean > *Sent:* Tuesday, 27 January 2026 18:23 > *To:* Sylvie Grosjean > *Subject:* Stage postdoctoral - Postdoc fellowship @uOttawa > > Ch?re.s coll?gues, Dear coll?gues, > > [English Follow] > > Le Laboratoire d?Innovations Com&Tech (CTI-Lab) de l?Universit? d?Ottawa > recrute un?e stagiaire postdoctoral?e pour le projet PD-TIPS.AI, financ? > par les IRSC. Ce projet vise ? d?velopper une technologie bilingue > (fran?ais/anglais) utilisant l'IA (architectures RAG et syst?mes > conversationnels) pour soutenir l'autonomie des personnes vivant avec la > maladie de Parkinson. Vous trouverez tous les d?tails sur les comp?tences > recherch?es et les modalit?s de candidature dans le document ci-joint. > > N'h?sitez pas ? diffuser cette offre dans vos r?seaux respectifs. > > ---------- > The Com&Tech Innovation Laboratory (CTI-Lab) at the University of Ottawa is > recruiting a postdoctoral fellow for the PD-TIPS.AI project, funded by the > CIHR. This project aims to develop bilingual (French/English) technology > using AI (RAG architectures and conversational systems) to support the > independence of people living with Parkinson's disease. 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URL: From lynn.derijk at ru.nl Fri Feb 27 04:12:30 2026 From: lynn.derijk at ru.nl (Rijk, L.E.M. de (Lynn)) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:12:30 +0000 Subject: [emcai] Fw: EMCA/AI network: Reminder meeting Friday February 27th - Show-and-tells In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear EMCA/AI network members, We noticed not everyone could find the meeting link and that there might have been some confusion regarding the starting time. Please find all details on the meeting below. To clarify potential time zone confusion: we will start in 20 minutes. Best wishes, Yulia, Lynn and Hannah ________________________________ From: Rijk, L.E.M. de (Lynn) Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 13:33 To: Rijk, L.E.M. de (Lynn) via emcai Subject: EMCA/AI network: Reminder meeting Friday February 27th - Show-and-tells Dear EMCA/AI network members, We would like to share some more details of our upcoming meeting, Friday February 27th, 12.30-14.00 CET. Meeting link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/67554855790 We will have three show-and-tells this meeting. * Gisela Reyes Cruz and Stuart Reeves: On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour * Ali Reza Majlesi: Affective stance in HRI * Yulia Kukles, Selim El Madani, and Philippe Sormani: Probing the Prompt: a Reflexive Explication of ChatGPT on Stage, in and as its Live Demo Properties Please find the abstracts of these show-and-tells below. We look forward to seeing you the 27th! Best wishes, Yulia, Lynn, and Hannah --Show-and-tell abstracts-- On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour We will present our recent HRI paper on following robots. We'd appreciate feedback regarding the presentation for the HRI conference, as well as insights on preliminary ideas for future research related to this topic. Paper abstract: "Being guided from one place to another is a pervasive social practice that connects deeply with socially aware robot navigation. We examine how robots come to feature within the organisation of these established and well-worn leading and following practices, practices which are assembled `in place' by the efforts of individuals and groups that are using robot guides. We deployed mobile robots in a museum context to provide additional information for visitors around multiple sequential exhibits. Our ethnomethodological video-based analysis of interaction centres on how the social organisation of being guided was practically managed by visitors: in initiation of following, doing following, and finding a place to stop. Our study shows how following and being led is more than just a mechanical activity, and describe the implications for socially aware robot navigation in addressing novel technical challenges that a shift in understanding following-leading phenomena presents." -------------------------------- Affective stance in HRI In this show-and-tell session, I present an excerpt of a video data from a study examining interactions between a social robot called Furhat with students in a Swedish high school. During the activity, the robot introduces a set of electric circuits with varied lamp configurations and invite students to judge which configuration is correct or incorrect. At certain moment, the robot challenges the students? responses. The analysis focuses on how students display affect in their responsive turns. -------------------------------- Probing the Prompt: a Reflexive Explication of ChatGPT on Stage, in and as its Live Demo Properties On May 13th, 2024, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT 4o to the world. To boast its new features and capabilities, the tech giant chose, for the very first time, the format of a live online demo staged in front of an audience and streamed on the company?s official Youtube channel. The encounter was devoted to demonstrating the vision and voice capabilities of the application for the example of solving a linear equation. The presenter wrote down "3x + 1 = 4?" on a sheet of paper, showed it to his mobile phone?s video camera, and requested ChatGPT-4o to assist in its solution, which it manifestly did. Throughout the live demo and for its plausible success, ordinary resources from everyday interaction were drawn upon, including categorial and sequential resources from teacher-student interaction, as well as an ostensibly basic math equation. Just how were these resources drawn upon? To answer this question, we will offer a practice-based video analysis. In particular, we will draw on a technical reenactment ad hoc to respecify chatbot interaction analysis, thereby making explicit how embodied methods and equipment (in addition to quasi-conversational ones) contributed to staging ChatGPT-4o as a "helpful" ?math teacher?. -------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: