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 […]
Hannah Zeavin: Auto-Intimacy — Algorithmic Therapies and Care of the Self
TO PARTICIPATE This event will be streamed live via Zoom. This event is restricted to the University of Michigan unless special arrangements have been made. Click here for the participation credentials if you have logged into your University of Michigan GSuite account: https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/esc-center/hannah-zeavin TITLE Auto-Intimacy: Algorithmic Therapies and Care of the Self Hannah Zeavin, University […]
Sophia Brueckner: Sci-Fi Prototyping and Critical Optimism
How to Participate This is a scheduled video event. At the time stated above, watch via webcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYn2vukv4gk. This stream will be simulcast by Detroit Public Television at dptv.org/pennystamps. Discussion is possible via comments on the Penny Stamps Speaker Series Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/. A recording of the event may be available […]
Morgan G. Ames: The Charisma Machine – The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child
To participate, click here to register. Title The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child Abstract Drawing on her book, The Charisma Machine, Ames chronicles the life and legacy of the One Laptop per Child project and explains why — despite its failures — the same utopian visions that inspired OLPC still […]
Jaime Snyder: Visually Encoding Personal Data for Vulnerable Populations
HOW TO PARTICIPATE Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91648623329 Meeting ID: 916 4862 3329 Passcode: misc2021 TITLE Visually Encoding Personal Data for Vulnerable Populations SPEAKER Jaime Snyder, University of Washington ABSTRACT “How am I doing?” Personal informatics and self-tracking systems contribute to expectations that personal health and wellness questions like this can be answered with data. Visualizations play a […]
Mara Mills: Overload: Telephone Operators and Digital Labor c. 1913
HOW TO PARTICIPATE Please click this link to join the webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94844940534 Or One tap mobile: US: +13017158592,,94844940534# or +13126266799,,94844940534# Or Telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 301 715 8592 Canada: +1 204 272 7920 Webinar ID: 948 4494 0534 International numbers available: https://umich.zoom.us/u/acQwBhCroL TITLE Overload: […]
Michael Zimmer: Data Ethics During a Pandemic
How to Participate This event will be held on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91648623329 Meeting ID: 916 4862 3329 Passcode: misc2021 Title Data Ethics During a Pandemic Speaker Michael Zimmer, Marquette University Abstract COVID-19 has generated unprecedented challenges, but also many opportunities for the computer science, data science, and artificial intelligence communities to generate novel solutions for addressing […]
Lilly Irani: Claiming Democracy Over Digital Infrastructures
TO PARTICIPATE This Webinar is free and open to the public. Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91648623329 Meeting ID: 916 4862 3329 Passcode: misc2021 TITLE Claiming Democracy Over Digital Infrastructures SPEAKER Lilly Irani, University of California, San Diego ABSTRACT We work and live through layers of infrastructure designed and installed by companies and public agencies, often out […]
Dan Greene: The Promise of Access
TO PARTICIPATE This Webinar is free and open to the public. Click here to register. TITLE The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope SPEAKER Daniel Greene, University of Maryland ABSTRACT Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn […]
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, […]