Compliant and Accountable Systems Research Group

Many of the group will soon be heading to Montreal for ACM Fairness, Accountability & Transparency (ACM FAccT) 2026, to present various papers, contribute to various tutorial sessions, and hosting a community networking event sponsored by the RC-Trust

Accepted papers:

• Fairness under uncertainty in sequential decisions
• To Build or Not to Build? Factors that Lead to Non-Development or Abandonment of AI Systems
• Push and Pushback in Contesting AI: Demands for and Resistance to Accountability
• Transparency and Digital Governance: How Oversight Bodies Access Information, What Hinders Them, and How They Respond
• Understanding the Role of Algorithm Registers in AI Governance Through Comparative Analysis in China and the UK
• Prompt Governance? On Governing Technologies Governed by Natural Language

Tutorials:

• Governing AI without Government: Private Insurance, Liability, and Assurance Mechanisms for Mitigating AI Development & Deployment Risks
• Studying, Governing, Building and Evaluating AI Supply Chains

Anna Neumann was interviewed by journalist Kevin Schaul for a Washington Post feature article examining system prompts, guardrails, and how they shape AI behaviour. The interview followed the group's recent research on system prompt transparency and user perceptions.

The group will be well represented at CHI 2026, with four accepted papers - including a Best Paper Award and an Honorable Mention - as well as contributions to workshops and meet-ups.

Accepted papers

• Who Controls the Conversation? User Perspectives on Generative AI (LLM) System Prompts - Best Paper
• “It’s Just a Wild, Wild West”: Harnessing Public Procurement as an AI Governance Mechanism - Honorable Mention
• Who Does What? Archetypes of Roles Assigned to LLMs During Human-AI Decision-Making
• The Limits of Stakeholder Participation in Safety-Critical Contexts: Lessons from Air Traffic Control

Full papers are available on our Publications page.

Community events

• Participatory Data Governance in Practice - workshop
• How Could AI Supply Chain Research Shape HCI Inquiries And Vice-Versa? - meet-up
• Disability, Differences, and Diversity: Revisiting Inclusive Design and Access - meet-up

If you will be at CHI and would like to connect, please get in touch.