Rijeka Masters in Cognitive Sciences – 3 years in

13.30 - 13.45 | InnovaLab Our Head of Studies Dr. Ljerka Ostojić will provide a short introduction into our study programme, highlight the work conducted by students and where our alumni are after their CogSci journey. If you are curious about the programme, this is a great opportunity to learn more about it and ask questions you may have.

Break

Chat to current students and lecturers over coffee and snacks.

ChatGPT as my research collaborator? Ethical considerations of generative AI in research

14.00 - 14.30 | InnovaLab Dr. Ivan Flis. Whether you use ChatGPT (or other Large Language Models or other generative AI systems) in your work, try to avoid them, or do not know where you stand regarding this, come to a discussion about the ethical perspectives on generative AI in scientific work.

Break

Time for coffee, tea and snacks.

Student Project Gallery

15.00 - 19.00 | InnovaLab Students are presenting their projects on Ethics in Research (developed as part of the Ethics course) – games, installations, videos, children books, booklets, posters.

At every full hour: you can join a workshop on Questionable Research Practices

At every half hour: you can take part in a game on Ethics in research with Plants

Film Screening

19.30 - 21.30 | InnovaLab Screening of the openly available film 'The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz' (2014) With an introduction and moderated post-film discussion by Dr. Ivan Flis.

Ethics and Science: Why Starting Early Matters

13.00 - 13.15 | InnovaLab Our Head of Studies Dr. Ljerka Ostojić will explain why ethics features heavily in our Masters programme and how this benefits the students.

Break

Chat to current students and lecturers over coffee and snacks.

Topological quantum bullsh*t: What happens when you uncover unreliable research and the authors (and journals) don’t care?

13.30 - 14.00 | InnovaLab Talk to be live screened Dr. Henry Legg [University of St. Andrews] In February 2025 Microsoft Quantum published a paper in Nature claiming to have realised a new state of matter and, based on this, that they had purportedly built a topological qubit (“Majorana 1”). This claim appeared in the New York Times, BBC, and Guardian (amongst others). In this talk I will outline how I had highlighted issues with Microsoft Quantum’s research to both the authors and journals before publication. I will discuss how these problems were ignored and, in some cases, publishers actively modified their policies to allow publication of Microsoft Quantum’s research without releasing data. I will give an overview of the effort required to counter incorrect scientific claims and the implications for reproducibility in natural sciences.

Student Project Gallery

14.30 - 18.00 | InnovaLab Students are presenting their projects on Ethics in Research (developed as part of the Ethics course) – games, installations, videos, children books, booklets, posters.

At every full hour: you can join a workshop on Questionable Research Practices

At every half hour: you can take part in a game on Ethics in research with Plants

(Un)Ethical Pub Quiz

18.30 - 20.30 | Kvarnerić Test your knowledge in a Pub Quiz, featuring a mix of science trivia and general knowledge.