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Welcome to Identity-Aware AI 2026
Ethical and Technical Challenges for Identity-Aware AI
The Identity-Aware AI 2026 workshop will be held in conjunction with LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 11-16, 2026.
Workshop Date: During LREC 2026: Morning of May 16, 2026
It is a forum to bring together researchers from diverse fields to understand how the identities of all stakeholders should be considered in future research in AI and NLP.
Contact us via email at identity-aware-ai@googlegroups.com for any questions.
For archives of earlier editions, see Previous Workshops.
Program
Friday, May 16, 2026 — Palma de Mallorca, Spain, PORTIXOL 2
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Introduction — A Pranav |
| 9:10 – 10:15 | Paired Keynote — Rossana Damiano and Samuel Goree |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Poster Session & Coffee Break — Menorca Hall, 3rd floor of the Palau de Congressos • The Point of View of a Sentiment: Towards Clinician Bias Detection in Psychiatric Notes • Speak Your Mind: The Speech Continuation Task as a Probe of Voice-Based Model Bias • Balancing the Scales: Reinforcement Learning for Fair Classification • Queering the Audits: Community-Based Auditing of AI Harms to Queer Communities • Misaligned Alignment in Socially Embedded LMs: A Review of Sociotechnical Alignment, Conceptual Slippage, and Theoretical Gaps |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Keynote — Debora Nozza |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Oral Presentation — Rethinking Identity in Natural Language Processing |
| 12:15 – 12:50 | Virtual Presentations • Investigating the Automatic Translation of Korean Honorifics • Evaluating LLMs for Detecting Demographic-Targeted Social Bias: A Comprehensive Benchmark Study |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Conclusion — A Pranav |
Paired Keynote: Rossana Damiano and Samuel Goree
Rossana Damiano — Identity through Art Interpretation
Abstract: As observed since antiquity, when engaging with art people experience emotions that reflect not only the artwork itself but also their own inner states. When prompted to express their interpretations in words, individuals inevitably reveal something about themselves: the language they use reflects personal emotions and contributes to the emergence of “emotional communities” that transcend individual identities and explicit socio-demographic definitions. In this talk, I will present research conducted within the European SPICE project and related initiatives, which highlights the role of emotions in creating shared spaces of meaning, connecting people to one another and to artworks, and mediating how art is perceived and interpreted.
Bio: Rossana Damiano is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Turin (Department of Computer Science), Italy, where she teaches Digital Documentation, Web Programming, and Semantic Technologies. Her research interests primarily concern Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage, with a focus on the Semantic Web and Linked Data, Interactive Storytelling, and Affective Computing. She is founder of the Interdepartmental Center for Multimedia and Audiovisual (CIRMA) and of the Interdepartmental Center for Digital Scholarship for the Humanities (DISH) at the University of Turin, and Coordinator of the Open Science Working Group at the University of Turin.
Samuel Goree — Identity-Aware AI Art Starts with Human-Centered Evaluation
Abstract: Today, AI models are larger and more flexible than ever. Given their scale, we would expect an increase in the variety of generated content, but instead, we seem to be seeing homogenization, not unlike the homogenization of web design in the 2010s. The flattening of individual aesthetic identity in AI image generators is at least in part caused by the simpler models for aesthetic quality assessment algorithms used to curate their training data. Using Donna Haraway’s feminist and posthumanist theory of knowledge and the subject, I reframe identity-aware AI in terms of human-centered computing. As an example of this framing, I describe the design and development of a smartphone-based interface for human-centered evaluation of aesthetic measures and report a pilot study with this interface. From there, I suggest some strategies we might use to de-center AI researchers in model development more broadly.
Bio: Sam Goree (he/him) is an assistant professor of computer science at Stonehill College, a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts. He studies human-centered artificial intelligence, and is especially interested in connections between computer science and the arts and humanities. He earned a Ph.D. in Informatics from Indiana University under a NSF graduate research fellowship, and B.A. degrees in music and computer science from Oberlin College.
Keynote: Debora Nozza
A Roadmap for the Everyday Use of LLMs: Emerging Risks and Research Directions
Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly part of everyday life, shaping how people seek information, advice, and guidance. This rapid shift raises new challenges that extend beyond traditional NLP benchmarks, particularly as interactions with LLMs are not identity-neutral and can vary across users’ social and cultural backgrounds. As a result, models can influence decisions, beliefs, and perceptions in subtle but powerful, and sometimes uneven, ways. In this talk, I will reflect on recent research and ongoing work aimed at identifying these challenges and exploring how we can design LLMs that foster safer, more trustworthy, and more pluralistic interactions.
Bio: Debora Nozza is an Assistant Professor in the Computing Sciences Department at Bocconi University in Milan, where she co-leads the MilaNLP Lab together with Dirk Hovy. She was awarded a €1.5m ERC Starting Grant in 2023 for research on personalized and subjective approaches to Natural Language Processing. Her research focuses on Natural Language Processing, especially on how people interact with language technologies in everyday life, with particular attention to AI ethics, subjectivity, and personalization. She has co-organized several *ACL workshops and shared tasks on related topics, contributing to the development of evaluation resources and community initiatives around socially aware NLP.
Venue
Palma de Mallorca, Spain — PORTIXOL 2
The workshop will be held in conjunction with LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
More information about the main conference: https://lrec2026.info/
Anti-Harassment Policy
The Identity-Aware AI 2026 workshop adheres to the LREC anti-harassment policy. Please contact any current member of the organizing committee or workshop email if you face any harassment or hostile behavior.