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DatabitesData & Society Fellow Jeanna Matthews speaks about algorithmic accountability and transparency within the context of the criminal justice system. Important decisions in our society are being made evermore frequently by o... Read moreJune 2018 -
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DatabitesTaeyoon Choi creates art as a form of research. In this talk, he describes his practice and a few examples of work he has pursued during his fellowship at Data & Society. He touches on ideas such as the “uncomputable”; the ... Read moreJune 2018 -
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DatabitesIn Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination... Read moreMay 2018 -
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DatabitesVirginia Eubanks discusses her most recent book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. Eubanks systematically shows the impacts of data mining, policy algorit... Read moreJanuary 2018 -
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DatabitesData & Society Fellow Ravi Shroff studies the development and implementation of predictive models for decision making in city and state government. This talk covers Shroff’s research on improving decision making within poli... Read moreJune 2017 -
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DatabitesRebecca Wexler discusses the automation of the criminal justice system in America and the ownership of new technologies used by law enforcement. Automation is currently driving privatization. Wexler explains that “new criminal ... Read moreJune 2017 -
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Data & SocietyPredictive policing systems are increasingly used by law enforcement to try to prevent crime before it occurs. But what happens when these systems are trained using biased data? Machine learning algorithms ar... Read moreNovember 2016 -
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ALDE GroupD&S founder danah boyd spoke at the Algorithmic Accountability and Transparency in the Digital Economy panel at the EU Parliament. Read on ALDE GroupNovember 2016 -
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Eyeo FestivalD&S fellow Mimi Onuoha participates in the 'Tech-Driven Activism' panel at Eyeo 2016. Tech-Driven Activism – How can code-based practices contribute to effective activism? How can activist approaches allow us to examine an... Read on Eyeo FestivalAugust 2016 -
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Data & SocietyGregory situates the privatization of space and information as core components of “smart urbanism” and invite us to critically consider a more participatory and equitable mode of development that accounts for both a “right to t... Read moreApril 2016