Paying Attention
A 7-post narrative arc tracing July 2022 – May 2023, from orientation through to disintegration of the federated learning project.
Part of: SCÖ/ADAPT - Swedish Vocational Rehabilitation (2022–2023)
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What is Federated Learning?
July 20, 2022
I've recently started a research position exploring machine learning and design for Swedish vocational rehabilitation services - specifically, the possibility of using federated learning to support...
- 2
Networks in Vocational Rehabilitation: Reflections from Previous Work
July 26, 2022
I've spent the past week reviewing the literature on vocational rehabilitation models - ICF frameworks, biopsychosocial approaches, Swedish return-to-work research. Yesterday I documented that...
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Missions and Federated Learning: Reflections from a Seminar Series
August 7, 2022
The LiU Design department has been running a seminar series on mission-oriented innovation. I've been attending, trying to connect what I'm learning about federated learning to broader discussions...
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What Would Federated Learning Require?
September 15, 2022
In my earlier posts, I described what federated learning is and reflected on how mission-oriented innovation thinking might apply to this context. Now, a few months into the work, I want to think...
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Mapping Data Science: A Concept Map of Nothing
January 15, 2023
In previous posts, I've described what federated learning is and what it would actually require. Now I want to describe what happened when I tried to map what "data science" means to the various...
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The Silent Pivot
February 15, 2023
In earlier posts, I described what federated learning is, what it would require, and what happened when I tried to map "data science" in this context.
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The Limits of Making Visible
April 1, 2023
Design theory rests on an assumption so foundational it's rarely examined: that making things visible enables change. Prototypes surface problems. Maps reveal terrain. Visualisations create shared...
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What I Learned at SCÖ
May 15, 2023
My employment at the coordination association ends this month. The ESF funding wasn't renewed. Fifteen of us are being made redundant. The PhD continues, technically, but without the industrial...