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ESC PLAN: The ESC Opening Event
A half-day public event to inaugurate the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. Featuring: Julia Angwin (The Markup), danah boyd (Data & Society), André Brock (Georgia Tech), Marc DaCosta (Enigma), Jen Gennai (Google), Holly Okonkwo (Purdue), Monroe Price (Penn), and more.
Privacy@Michigan 2020
Privacy@Michigan 2020 brings together faculty, researchers, students, staff, and the public for multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society. Kathleen Kingsbury, editor of the New York Times Privacy Project, will give the keynote address. Additional privacy experts will participate in two panel discussions: "It Takes a Village: Multi-Disciplinary Voices on Privacy and Ethics in a Hyper-Connected Age," and "I Always Feel Like Someone Is Listening to Me: Voice Assistants and the Internet of Things."
Kavya Pearlman: How to Build SAFE Virtual Worlds
Kavya Pearlman is the founder of the non-profit XR Safety Initiative (XRSI), the first global effort that promotes privacy, security, ethics and develops standards and guidelines for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality (VR/AR/MR), collectively known as XR.
CANCELLED: Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State
Technology lies at the heart of the carceral state. Join us for a discussion of the role computing plays in predictive policing, surveillance, and other technologies of incarceration and justice.
Charlton McIlwain: Smash the Mainframe — The Collision Between Civil Rights and Computing
How to Participate Watch on YouTube live during the event. Click here to sign up to receive a reminder before the event. Title Smash the Mainframe: The Collision Between Civil Rights and Computing A Conversation with Charlton McIlwain, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU and Christian Sandvig, Director of ESC. Speaker Bios Charlton is […]
Ben Green: Using Algorithms in Government
To participate, click here to register. TITLE Using algorithms in government: Opportunities, challenges, and paths forward A conversation with Ben Green ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Ben Green, assistant professor of public policy, and Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, discuss the social and policy impacts of […]
J. Khadijah Abdurahman: Predicting Prevention — Algorithmic Logics in the Child Welfare System
HOW TO PARTICIPATE This event is free and open to the public. Click here to join the event: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98631322771 This event has passed. Video of this event is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtUnGcTZjA TITLE Predicting Prevention: Algorithmic Logics in the Child Welfare System SPEAKER J. Khadijah Abdurahman, The American Assembly and Columbia University in conversation with Christian Sandvig, […]