Karen Levy, "Robotruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low Wage Work"
Karen Levy, "Robotruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low Wage Work"

April 6, 1:00 EDT: Karen Levy (Asst. Prof. Sociology and Associate of the Law School, Cornell Univ.) presents as part of our series on Bias in AI, on “Robotruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low Wage Work”

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Ngozi Okidegbe, "Discredited Data"
Ngozi Okidegbe, "Discredited Data"

March 23, 1:00 ET: Ngozi Okidegbe (Asst. Prof. Law, Cardozo School of Law), presents as part of our series on Bias in AI, on “Discredited Data”

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John Hume in America
John Hume in America

Of interest: The Office of the Honorary Consul of Ireland & the University of North Carolina Charlotte's Philosophy Department present a film screening of "John Hume in America" with a conversation with the director. Free and open to the pubilc.

 

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Nicola Mulder, "Challenges in Large-Scale Genomics Research in Africa"
Nicola Mulder, "Challenges in Large-Scale Genomics Research in Africa"

Feb. 15 (Tuesday) at 10:00 EST: Nicola Mulder (Prof. and Head of Computational Biology (CBIO) division, Univ. Cape Town): “Challenges in Large-Scale Genomics Research in Africa

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Alex Hanna, "Beyond Bias: Algorithmic Unfairness, Infrastructure, and Genealogies of Data"
Alex Hanna, "Beyond Bias: Algorithmic Unfairness, Infrastructure, and Genealogies of Data"

Nov 30, 12:00 ET: Alex Hanna (Sr. Research Scientist in Ethical AI, Google) presents as part of our series on Bias in AI, on “Beyond Bias: Algorithmic Unfairness, Infrastructure, and Genealogies of Data

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Refiloe Masekela, "Global health: is there a way to right the wrongs?"
Refiloe Masekela, "Global health: is there a way to right the wrongs?"

Nov 9 (Tuesday), 9:00am ET:  Refiloe Masekela (Head Dept. Pediatrics and Child Health, U. KwaZulu Natal, Durban South Africa) presents as the first speaker in our series,  presents as part of our series, African Access to Global Research Funding, on “​​Global health: is there a way to right the wrongs?

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Serena Wang, "Promises and Pitfalls of Machine Learning for Education"
Serena Wang, "Promises and Pitfalls of Machine Learning for Education"

Oct. 28 (Thursday), 12:00: Serena Wang (PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley) presents as part of our series, Biased AI, on Promises and Pitfalls of Machine Learning for Education

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Ben Green, “Algorithmic Governance: The Promises and Perils of Government Algorithms"
Ben Green, “Algorithmic Governance: The Promises and Perils of Government Algorithms"

Oct. 5 (Tuesday), 12:00: Ben Green (Postdoctoral Scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows, Asst. Prof. Public Policy, Univ. of Michigan), presents as part of our series, Biased AI

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Center Affiliate, Dr. Robin James, Participating in NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge Series: "Co-Opting AI"
Center Affiliate, Dr. Robin James, Participating in NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge Series: "Co-Opting AI"

Dr. Robin James, an affiliate of the Center (and also Associate Professor of Philosophy at UNCC), is participating in an event held by NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK) on June 3, 2021, titled "Co-Opting AI: Music." This event "will examine how music is entangled with technological innovation, and AI in particular, and how this is linked to the making and re-making of societal structures." It is part of an IPK series that launched in 2019, “Co-Opting AI: Public Conversations About Design, Inequality, and...

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Kim Q. Hall, "Cultivating Ableism: The Institutional Lives of Gardens"
Kim Q. Hall, "Cultivating Ableism: The Institutional Lives of Gardens"

April 15 (Thurs.), 1:00: Kim Q. Hall (Prof. Philosophy, Appalachian State) presents as part of our series, Stories for Survivability: How we Talk about Disability Ethics and Why it Matters

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