Based at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, the Civic A.I. Lab is a research laboratory within the Khoury College of Computer Science, described on its website as a collaboration with the College of Engineering.1 It works with communities, governments and non-governmental organisations to design human-centred, AI-enabled systems, with a stated focus on the future of work and on making societies more equitable and effective.1
The lab is directed by Saiph Savage, an assistant professor at Khoury College.411 Its research brings together artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and civic technology. The lab describes work on crowdsourcing, disinformation and machine learning, and says it collaborates with public agencies and civic organisations.2 Its projects include tools for gig workers, research on AI for displaced rural workers, and human-centred AI for federal governments.312 Other work has examined ways to help digital workers build reputations and pursue fairer working conditions.12
Recent lab projects include an AI-driven skills recommendation system for gig workers and research into tools that let workers collect and use data about their own workplaces.3 The lab also reports publishing in venues including ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, the Web Conference and AAAI ICWSM, and says its research has received awards and National Science Foundation grants.1 The available sources do not establish a founding date.