About this event “Enough with the breathless dreams of digital utopias and poisonous polemics about technological dystopias! In System Error, we finally have a book about the digital revolution that is serious rather than sensationalistic. Read this if you want to understand how to shape our technological future and reinvigorate democracy along the way.” — […]
In the half-decade since the 2016 election, misinformation bots have been prominent in research agendas in law, political science, and other fields, as scholars have increasingly documented the extent to which such forces were both operational and impactful. The perceived threat, one that was closely watched in the 2020 election, was to the proper functioning […]
“The Quest for Ethical Artificial Intelligence” The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR) was launched in December 2021 by Timnit Gebru as a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence. Gebru believes that the harms embedded in AI technology are preventable and that when its production and deployment include diverse […]
Trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) has become an important topic because trust in AI systems and their creators has been lost. Researchers, corporations, and governments have long and painful histories of excluding marginalized groups from technology development, deployment, and oversight. As a result, these technologies are less useful and even harmful to minoritized communities. We argue […]
Race and technology are closely intertwined, continuously influencing and reshaping one another. While algorithmic bias has received increased attention in recent years, it is only one of the many ways that technology and race intersect in computer science, public health, digital media, gaming, surveillance, and other domains. To build inclusive technologies that empower us all, […]
Equitable and ethical data practices empower healthcare professionals, medical practitioners, data experts, and leaders in mitigating harm and promoting the eradication of health disparities. Join us and strengthen your skills in this 4-week workshop. Course outline Session 1: March 31 – Intro to health equity Session 2: April 7 – Data equity in healthcare Session […]
Join us on International Transgender Day of Visibility, for a conversation on algorithms, social media, protective community use policies, and how “echo chambers” can harm or protect the LGBTQIA community. The event is hosted by the School of Data Science and will be moderated by Donna Price, Chair of the Albemarle County, Virginia, Board of […]
“Mind the Gap: From Predictions to ML-Informed Decisions” Machine learning (ML) is increasingly being used to support decision-making in many organizational settings. However, there is currently a gap between the design and evaluation of ML algorithms and the functional role of these algorithms as tools for decision support. The first part of the talk will […]
About the Talk In recent years, conflicts over values and practices have emerged in hacking and free/libre and open source (FLOSS) communities, centering around diversity and inclusion. This talk features ethnographic research on feminist hacking and "diversity" efforts in mainstream hacking and FLOSS. It explores how participants work through thorny issues of inclusion through their […]
Su Lin Blodgett, a postdoctoral researcher in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) group at Microsoft Research Montréal, will deliver a talk as part of CSRAI's Young Achievers Symposium. The Young Achievers Symposium highlights early career researchers in diverse fields of AI for social impact. The symposium series seeks to focus on emerging research, […]
Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a “family policing system” that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons […]
"Challenges and Frontiers in Deploying Transparent Machine Learning" Explainable machine learning offers the potential to provide stakeholders with insights into model behavior, yet there is little understanding of how organizations use these methods in practice. In this talk, Bhatt will discuss recent research exploring how organizations view and use explainability. He finds that most deployments […]
Race and technology are closely intertwined, continuously influencing and reshaping one another. While algorithmic bias has received increased attention in recent years, it is only one of the many ways that technology and race intersect in computer science, public health, digital media, gaming, surveillance, and other domains. To build inclusive technologies that empower us all, […]
Paidamoyo Chapfuwa, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, will deliver a talk as part of CSRAI's Young Achievers Symposium. The Young Achievers Symposium highlights early career researchers in diverse fields of AI for social impact. The symposium series seeks to focus on emerging research, stimulate discussions, and initiate collaborations that can advance research […]
At CITAP, we study the intersection of politics and digital technology, researching technologies in the context of the people who design, use, and govern them. Our work unites multiple fields of study and methodological approaches with a shared Southern, public-institutional view and commitments to equality and justice. For our spring 2022 lecture series, CITAP is […]
Prof. Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Prof. Noble is an Associate Professor at UCLA in the Departments of Information Studies and African American Studies. The (Public Interest Technology Chat) PITCh is a […]
DISCO Network Co-Principal Investigators Lisa Nakamura, Rayvon Fouché, Remi Yergeau, André Brock, Stephanie Dinkins, and Catherine Knight Steele will come together in a panel discussion to address current trends and challenges relating to race, gender, disability, and technology, and to address the importance of building a network of scholars and technologists examining these intersections. Agenda: […]
Every year, RightsCon brings together 1000+ speakers from a range of sectors and around the world. Check out the line up of business leaders, technologists, government representatives, activists, and more who joined us for our 10th anniversary summit below.
VISUALIZE JUSTICE: THE INTERSECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND ADVOCACY Led by Deborah Espinosa Online | Tuesdays 4-6pm (PST) | June 7 - 28, 2022 In a supportive and non-judgmental environment, students will explore and assess the historical and contemporary intersection of photography and social justice advocacy. Topics to be discussed include a theory of change as […]
Automation, Labour Migration, Reproduction Platform Mobilities explores the transformation of labour and reproduction, infrastructures and landscapes, mobility and migration under conditions of automation. The conference marks the final step of the research project ‘Digitalisation of Labour and Migration’. The project investigates the reorganisation and reproduction of labour through digital platforms and emergent forms and practices […]
Maternal Mortality is at crisis level and has worsened over the past 20 years. In the United States, Black birthing people are more than three times as likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white birthing people, and Indigenous people are more than twice as likely, regardless of income or education levels. In Los Angeles […]
Race and technology are closely intertwined, continuously influencing and reshaping one another. While algorithmic bias has received increased attention in recent years, it is only one of the many ways that technology and race intersect in computer science, public health, digital media, gaming, surveillance, and other domains. To build inclusive technologies that empower us all, […]
AI systems designed and developed without inclusion of diverse perspectives further exacerbate societal inequalities and inequities. To support our vision of an inclusive AI tech future, Women in AI Ethics (WAIE) launched “I am the future of AI” campaign on March 8th, 2022 - International Women’s Day to showcase multidisciplinary talent in this space. Join […]
A Dutch court ruled in 2020 that an algorithmic system for detecting fraud in the welfare system called ‘SyRI’ violated human rights and had to be stopped. The law allowed a potentially open-ended number of public authorities to share data and run this through a risk prediction model to flag individuals as potential fraudsters. This […]
Hear perspectives from Krystal Tsosie, co-founder of the first U.S. Indigenous-led biobank, and from members of a working group that convened this past fall to explore the meanings of brain wellness in an Indigenous health context. Our conversation will span topics including research and data sovereignty, intersections between genomic ethics and neuroethics, and uplifting community […]
Date: June 16, 2022 Join the Digital Rights Job Fair Meet leading organizations at the intersection of technology, human rights, and social justice, working on the most important issues facing our world. Expand your network and learn about the opportunities available in the digital rights field, whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting […]
Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) is inviting people from all walks of life interested in learning about, starting a career in, or advancing their knowledge of public interest technology (PIT) to participate in the 2022 PIT-UN Summer Speaker Series. The 12-part lecture series will draw from some of the foremost experts in the field […]
Join this discussion about the takeaways from All Tech Is Human's latest report on AI & Human Rights! You will hear from the All Tech Is Human team plus our subject matter expert for the report, noted AI Ethicist Renee Cummings!
Matthew Fuller and Dominik Schindler - "Communities as vague operators, Algorithms as heuristics: Epistemological Questions for a Critical Network Science" Virtual presentation: Wednesday, July 6 12:30 PST Bios: Matthew Fuller is Professor of Cultural Studies. With Usman Haque, he is co-author of 'Urban Versioning System v1.0' (ALNY) and with Andrew Goffey, of ‘Evil Media’ (MIT), Editor of 'Software Studies, […]
Technology now impacts every dimension of our lives. Whether it’s work, healthcare, or education, our experiences are shaped and influenced by technology. While technology can improve autonomy for people with disabilities and help create a more inclusive society, it can also replicate or exacerbate forms of discrimination that historically harm people with disabilities. As public […]
Join Us! Unfinished Salon 003 Wednesday, July 13, 2022 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT Virtual In our digital age, technology is interwoven in the very fabric of our society—our work, our play, and increasingly our communities and social lives. How can technology be a force for good and bring out […]
The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMsociety) is a gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects society. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, […]
Debora Nozza - "Roadmap to universal hate speech detection" Hybrid presentation: Tuesday, July 19 12:30 PST (note this talk is not Tuesday, not our usual Wednesday) Bio: Debora Nozza (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computing Science at Bocconi University. Her research interests mainly focus on Natural Language Processing, specifically on the detection and counter-acting […]
CDT & SIIA Event Examines Digital Information Campaigns & Online Trust Register here. The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) are hosting Democracy Affirming Technology: Restoring Trust Online, an event highlighting the consequences of malign information campaigns and how stakeholders can restore trust online. Taking place at […]
Caste Bias in Tech Many people lump Indian tech workers into the “model minority”, a racist stereotype that creates a pecking order with Asian people on top. What many people (and many companies) don’t understand is that India’s caste system, a socioeconomic hierarchy that divides Hindus into four main categories (and excludes Dalits outside of […]
The Data Power Conference hosts critical reflections on data’s power and the social, political, economic and cultural consequences of data’s increasing presence in our lives, workplaces, and societies. The most recent conference in 2019 focused on the specific theme of global in/security. The 4th Data Power Conference, in June 2022, returns to some of the fundamental […]
DOKU.TECH brings to Prizren on the 6th of August, a Seminar/Workshop on the Decolonial Gesture: embodied acknowledgments of settler colonial violences offline & online with Tiara Roxanne, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Data & Society in NYC. The workshop with Tiara will be held at ITP Prizren and will be focused on Setter Colonialism/Data colonialism and […]
This fellowship will place you among the top tech decision makers in the United States government at a time when technology is reshaping society in fundamental ways. Even if you've never considered working in government, you should apply. The Congressional Innovation Fellowship will allow you to make change at the highest levels and at a […]
The Congressional Innovation Scholars fellowship program will place you among the top tech decision makers in the United States government at a time when technology is reshaping society in fundamental ways. Even if you've never considered working in government, the Congressional Innovation Scholars program will allow you to make change at the highest levels and […]
#BlackTechFutures Research Institute is excited to have you register for our Virtual 2022 Regional City Panel Discussions for Tennessee & Texas. The panels will outline how to build a thriving black tech ecosystem within these states. This two-night virtual event will take place on Tuesday, August 30th and Wednesday, August 31st beginning at 6:00 pm […]
The Commission is hosting a public forum regarding its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers and competition. The public forum will include panel discussions and the public is invited to provide remarks. This is a virtual event. During the last portion of the public forum, members […]
New America and Arizona State University are pleased to invite you to the 2022 Future Security Forum, which will be held online September 13, 2022. The Forum is the premier annual event of New America and Arizona State University’s Future Security project—a research, education, and policy partnership that develops new paradigms for understanding and addressing […]
System Error exposes the root of our current predicament: how big tech’s relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the information we get. This optimization mindset substitutes what companies care about for the values that we as a democratic society might choose to prioritize. Well-intentioned […]
Black people have shaped and curated what we have come to know as American culture. From music to fashion, academia, politics and pop culture it all begins and ends with Black people leading the way. The same can be said about what we know of Internet culture today. Join us for a special screening of […]
Technology is causing real harm for people in the form of public benefits cuts, denials, and terminations. The new Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub offers practical tools to support immediate fights against harmful benefits tech and is building a community to collectively strategize and change the way that benefits tech is implemented. Join us for a […]
During our first two conferences, we brought together people to envision a world where data was no longer a weapon but a powerful tool to promote self-determination, build generational wealth, develop resilience and resistance to environmental catastrophe, and anchor a future where Black lives truly do matter. This year, through panel discussions, workshops, live performances […]
This workshop will explore the role libraries play in patron health journeys, which includes the layout of our physical spaces, the way we handle sensitive documents, which resources we share, and more. Privacy advocate Tess Wilson will discuss practical approaches to patron support and ways we might teach patrons about their health data safety. This […]
*This Is Not A Drill* Exhibition on Technology, Equity, and the Climate Emergency OPENING RECEPTION: September 28, 2022, 5-7pm ET EXHIBITION DATES: September 28, 2022 - December 4, 2022 LOCATION: Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012 The opening reception for the *This Is Not A Drill* exhibition will celebrate the artworks of the nine […]
The Black Women in Data (BWD) Summit 2022 is the two-day forum for Black women leaders to plan their next career move in the data industry by hearing from data expert speakers, expanding their data skills, leveling up in their data career path and more.
Pioneer Works is ecstatic to present the 7th annual Software for Artists Day (S4AD), featuring an exciting lineup of artists, writers, and technologists bringing much needed context and form to a new and shifting technological landscape.
LIVESTREAM We are excited to announce the plenary speakers will be live-streamed. Be mindful, the presentations and rich panel discussions between leading academics from all over the world will be in-person only. Those who cannot fully attend in person will be able to view a portion of the conference by live-streaming the speakers. Register here for the […]
CDT's Tech Prom has been around for more than 15 years, and brings together over 1,000 leaders and innovators in tech policy — from government, industry, civil society, and academia. A night of networking, idea sharing, and learning about emerging issues, Tech Prom celebrates our annual progress within the tech policy landscape.
In 2017, the FDA approved Abilify MyCite, a psychotropic medication that tracks whether a person has actually taken their pills and can send that data to their doctor. Policymakers routinely advocate for expanding and increasing surveillance over and institutionalisation of people with mental health disabilities. The growing use of predictive policing tools and other surveillance […]
This October 18–20, 2022, the global research community gathers to discuss advances that could empower people in new ways and positively impact our world. We explore some of the most pressing questions facing our research community and spark conversations around how to ensure new technologies could have the broadest possible benefit for humanity.
Algorithms and computation are driving more and more of our daily decision-making processes than ever before. The digital, in many ways, can almost be considered a filter: guiding the choices we make and the opportunities we are allowed to see, rendering certain practices hypervisible and “natural” while obscuring others. This exhibition features three artists with […]
Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized and facilitated by Dr. Mathias Risse, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs, and Philosophy and Sushma Raman, Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Drawing […]
A Sawyer Seminar on Precision and Uncertainty in a World of Data sponsored by the Department of History of Medicine, Department of Anthropology, Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Just Tech
The Annual Meeting keynote speakers give our membership an opportunity to hear from individuals whose breadth and vision extends beyond the specialty of radiation oncology to inform them about the bigger picture of the rapidly changing health care environment. With their knowledge and expertise, this year’s keynote speakers will continue to highlight the meeting theme […]
Information plays a pivotal role for the good of society. However, we live in an information environment where the lines between true and false, and interest-driven and balanced content are blurred. This, coupled with the constant information overload, places enormous demands on people. With the United Nations having declared the information situation around the Corona […]
In the last few years, at least eight states have passed eviction record sealing laws, and eviction sealing legislation is being considered in several other cities and states across the country. These laws protect tenants by limiting the ability of tenant screening companies to access eviction filing data and sell it to landlords, locking tenants - even […]
LIVESTREAM HERE: Please RSVP for this hybrid event. Please join us on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 3:45pm for a discussion between Monika Bickert, Vice President for Content Policy at Meta, and Sue Hendrickson, Berkman Klein Center Executive Director. From the changing scope of content moderation to platform governance writ large, this chat is designed to […]
The Critical Digital Studies Group is hosting its first guest speaker event with Dr. Catherine Knight Steele (University of Maryland).From the Archive to TikTok: Care and Feeding as Praxis in Studying Black Women & TechnologyThis event is possible thanks to the support of the Gender, Race, Indigeneity, Disability, and Sexuality Studies (GRIDS) initiative and the […]
Human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence generally refers to AI where humans are involved at various points throughout the research, design, training, testing or decision making process. During this conference, we hope to challenge participants to rethink this phrase and consider a future where humans remain at the center of all AI technologies. AI should effectively communicate and […]
Can AI be a Force for Global Public Health? From the Covid-19 pandemic to more recent outbreaks of Monkeypox and Poliovirus, wastewater surveillance technologies and their data have demonstrated the potential to become supporting tools used in steering states and governmental efforts worldwide, in predicting and tracking disease outbreaks. These tools are also being used […]
Join CDT, CLASP, and I Vote for Me for a conversation on how monitoring programs increase disciplinary action and law enforcement contact. Date: November 17, 2022 Time: 2 PM – 3 PM EST ** Recording here. In recent years, a number of stories have come out related to how student activity monitoring has been used […]
Reproductive rights activists in Latin America have long fought for reproductive freedom, including some significant battles won. With the recent repeal of Roe v. Wade in the US, the “green wave” — a color associated with the movement for safe and legal abortion that started in Argentina and spread to the rest of the continent […]
Join METRO's Director of Programs and Partnerships, Davis Erin Anderson, for a conversation with Sarah Lamdan about Lamdan's new book, Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information. About the book:In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Lamdan […]
Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized and facilitated by Dr. Mathias Risse, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs, and Philosophy and Sushma Raman, Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Drawing […]
INFORMED brings together key leaders and experts to engage around the biggest questions at the intersection of technology, media, and democracy. Presented by Knight Foundation, the gathering will be an important opportunity for policymakers, researchers and the private sector to discuss the latest trends and research in this emerging field, while strengthening relationships that lead […]
In this talk, Lindsey D. Felt will introduce a framework that locates disability innovation, artistry, and crip politics as central to the development of AI and technology. From M Eifler’s Prosthetic Memory to Paola Prestini’s Sensorium Ex, these examples of AI art highlight the erasures of disability from training data and refuse AI’s optimization against disability. Historically, technologies have […]
Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized and facilitated by Dr. Mathias Risse, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs, and Philosophy and Sushma Raman, Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Drawing […]
Join us virtually on December 2nd and 3rd as we celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) with approximately two and a half hours of interactive talks and conversations with DAIR's team members located across North America, Europe and Africa. This anniversary celebration is designed for anyone interested in our work […]
On December 10, 3pm EST at the New Museum, Rhizome will host a CyberPowWow panel discussion featuring artist Skawennati of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC), scholar Mikhel Proulx, and Rhizome Preservation Director, Dragan Espenschied. Launched by the Nation to Nation collective—Skawennati, Ryan Rice, and Eric Robertson—in 1997, CyberPowWow was among the first major online art […]
Overview: From the news stories we read to accessing information about our personal health, our everyday lives are shaped by technology. Indeed, technology creates new forms of positive connection and creativity, but it also gives rise to new challenges that can negatively affect society and disproportionately impact communities of color and marginalized groups. Today, educators, […]
The Media Law & Policy Scholars conference isn’t like the typical big conferences you attend. Instead, it’s designed to be a small workshop where everyone participates in an engaging, intellectual dialogue.
Increasingly, companies are implementing new worker selection procedures at every stage of recruitment and employment, often in ways that can reinforce pre-existing disparities in the job market. But employers and vendors are rarely transparent about how these tools are used, making it difficult to detect how they can discriminate against workers, and to implement the […]
Rapid improvements in computational power and coincident increases in the amount of data on individuals and firms that is publicly available or can be purchased at a nominal cost have created new challenges for protecting the privacy of survey responses and administrative data. By combining such data with information from external sources, it is increasingly […]