Hello
I am a PhD student in Human-AI/robot interaction, researching users’ preference for AI explanations based on their socio-cultural and cognitive factors with the aim to contribute to designing technologies addressing users’ needs and empowering users. I am passionate about technology, society and human minds and how these topics intersect and interact.
News
Thesis defended
I have defended my PhD thesis :)
Paper accepted to IJCAI 2024
The paper co-authored with Prof Jose Such and Prof Michael Luck entitled The Role of Perception, Acceptance, and Cognition in the Usefulness of Robot Explanations was accepted to The 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI).
Paper accepted to CSCW 2024
The paper co-authored with Prof Jose Such and Prof Michael Luck entitled Preferences for AI Explanations Based on Cognitive Style and Socio-Cultural Factors was accepted to The 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW).
Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023 at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna
I presented my project on explainable robotics at the Conference, which I also had the pleasure of co-organising.
I will be going to Vienna in autumn 2023
I have been awarded the Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellowship at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna to research whether the appearance of robots influences people's preference for robot self-explanation.
Education
PhD in Safe and Trusted AI | King's College London | 2019–2024
Thesis: Understandable AI Explanations: Preferences for AI explanations based on socio-cultural and cognitive factors
Supervisors: Prof Jose Such, Dr Mark Cote, Prof Michael Luck
Funding: UK Research and Innovation in the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence
MSc in Big Data and Digital Futures
| University of Warwick | 2018–2019
Thesis: Discovering and Inventing Culture with Word Embeddings
Supervisor: Dr Matt Spencer
Erasmus in Sociology
| University of Warwick | 2017–2018
BA in Sociology and Social Policy
| Charles University in Prague | 2015–2018
Thesis: Cultural Omnivorousness among Charles University students
Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Ondřej Špaček, PhD
Experience
Teaching assistant
Simulaton and Data Visualization | 2019–2023
Human-Computer Interaction | 2019–2023
Telling Stories with Data | 2020–2023
Introduction to Computer Science and Engineering | 2022
Reviewer
The Safe and Trustworthy AI Workshop at The 39th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2023)
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
Women in Science @Informatics | organising committee member | 2020–present
Diversity & Inclusion Representative for STAI CDT | 2023–present
Publications
Kopecka, H., Such, J., & Luck, M. (2024). The Role of Perception, Acceptance, and Cognition in the Usefulness of Robot Explanations. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (pp. 7868-7876).
Kopecka, H., Such, J., & Luck, M. (2024). Preferences for AI Explanations Based on Cognitive Style and Socio-Cultural Factors. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW1), 1-32.
Kopecka, H., Such, J. & Luck, M. (2022). Preferences for AI explanations based on cognitive style and socio- cultural factors. Poster presented at:
- The 26th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.
- Safe and Trustworthy AI workshop 2022 – Best poster award
Kopecká, H. (2021). Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Human-centered Perspective. Poster presented at WomENcourage.
Kopecka, H., & Such, J. (2020). Explainable AI for Cultural Minds. In European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Workshop on Dialogue, Explanation and Argumentation for Human-Agent Interaction.
Contact
hana.kopecka@kcl.ac.uk
@hanaxkopecka
I am currenlty based in London and always happy to meet to talk about research.