Technology and Justice Symposium: To Be Human: Surveillance, Recognition, Distortion

Friday, February 28, 2020
1:30 PM - 6:00 PM (ET)
VCAM VCAM 201 Media Production/Object Study Classroom
Event Type
Conference & Symposia
Contact
Weissinger, James R
Department
Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities
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https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=87804

Technology and Justice 2019-20   

A Symposium - To Be Human: Surveillance, Recognition, Distortion

Friday, February 28th, 2020 1:30-5:30 pm

VCAM 201, Haverford College


This series focuses on the ethics of technological adoption and adaptations, inviting technologists, academics, activists, and artists to examine issues from algorithmic decision-making in the criminal justice system to the near constant surveillance of our actions to the future of work in an automated world.

 

1:35 pm Welcome: Laura McGrane, Associate Professor of English and VCAM Director, Haverford College

 

1:45-2:30 pm Seny Kamara, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Brown University

Algorithms for the People

 

2:30-3:15 pm Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Assistant Professor at the Information School, University of Washington

Data Violence, or: How the Push for Fair and Inclusive Tech Undermines the Pursuit of Data Justice

 

3:45-4:30 pm Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Machines Judging Humans: The Promise and Perils of Formalizing Evaluative Criteria

 

4:30-5:30 pm Speakers Roundtable: Moderator Sorelle Friedler, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Haverford College

 

5:30-7:00 pm Reception and dinner (Open to all) VCAM Community Kitchen & Presentation Lounge

 

http://hav.to/techjustice

 

Contact: Stephanie Keene, Program Manager for Ethical Global Learning, Center for Peace and Global Citizenship - sdkeene@haverford.edu

 

Organized by Sorelle Friedler, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Laura McGrane, Associate Professor of English and VCAM Director 

 

Sponsored by the President’s Initiative on Ethical Engagement and Leadership.


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