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June 2017
CEPE/Ethicomp2017
Values in Emerging Science and Technology The Ethicomp series of conferences fosters an international community of scholars and technologists, including computer professionals and business professionals from industry. Since 1995, conferences have been scheduled across Europe and Asia, with our main events coming every 18 months. Ethicomp considers computer ethics conceived broadly to include philosophical, professional, and practical aspects of the field. CEPE (Computer Ethics Philosophical Enquiry), as the name implies, is more narrowly focused on the philosophical aspects of computer and information…
Find out more »EuroDIG 2017
About EuroDIG 2017 will take place in Tallinn, 6-7 June and will be hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia. EuroDIG is not a conference, it is a year round dialogue on politics and digitisation across the whole European continent which culminates in an annual event. More about EuroDIG. Pre- and side-events A number of pre and side events will be enriching the EuroDIG programme. European organisations will organise meetings on day zero 5th June and…
Find out more »2nd UnBias stakeholders workshop
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd UnBias stakeholder workshop this June 19th (2017) at the Wellcome Collection in London, UK. In this workshop we will build on the outcomes of the previous workshop, moving from the exploration of issues to a focus on solutions. Aims of stakeholder workshops Our UnBias stakeholder workshops bring together individuals from a range of professional backgrounds who are likely to have differing perspectives on issues of fairness in relation to…
Find out more »IEEE P7003 Working Group conference call
Conference call to catch up on recent updates to the outline document for the P7003 IEEE Standard on Algorithm Bias Considerations. The main item on the agenda for this call was identifying working group members who would want to volunteer to take the lead on developing specific sections of the outline document. The list of past meeting minutes and agendas is available here.
Find out more »AMOIA workshop at ACM Web Science 2017
AMOIA (Algorithm Mediated Online Information Access) – user trust, transparency, control and responsibility This Web Science 2017 workshop, delivered by the UnBias project, will be an interactive audience discussion on the role of algorithms in mediating access to information online and issues of trust, transparency, control and responsibility this raises. The workshop will consist of two parts. The first half will feature talks from the UnBias project and related work by invited speakers. The talks by the UnBias team will…
Find out more »9th International ACM Web Science Conference 2017
The 9th International ACM Web Science Conference 2017 will be held from June 26 to June 28, 2017 inTroy, NY (USA) and is organized by the Rensselaer Web Science Research Center and the Tetherless World Constellation at RPI. The conference series by the Web Science Trust is following events in Athens, Raleigh, Koblenz, Evanston, Paris, Indiana, Oxford and Hannover. The conference brings together researchers from multiple disciplines, like computer science, sociology, economics, information science, or psychology. Web Science is the…
Find out more »July 2017
Fair Use by Design
An international workshop co-organized by LINKS, and the Center for Cyber, Law and Policy, University of Haifa, Israel in collaboration with UCLA Program on Understanding Law, Science, & Evidence (PULSE) July 9, 2017 University of Haifa Can fair use be implemented by design? Could artificial intelligence (AI) capability enable algorithms to identify fair use with a reasonable degree of accuracy? How can we ensure the accountability of such systems? The purpose of this interdisciplinary workshop is to address these questions.…
Find out more »IEEE P7003 Working Group Conference call
Conference call to catch up on recent updates to the outline document for the P7003 IEEE Standard on Algorithm Bias Considerations. The main item on the agenda for this call was identifying working group members who would want to volunteer to take the lead on developing specific sections of the outline document. The list of past meeting minutes and agendas is available here.
Find out more »September 2017
USACM Panel on Algorithm Transparency and Accountability
USACM, the ACM U.S. Public Policy Council, will be hosting a panel event on “Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability.” The event will provide a forum for a discussion between stakeholders and leading computer scientists about the growing impact of algorithmic decision-making on our society and the technical underpinnings of algorithmic models. Panelists will discuss the importance of the Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability and the opportunities for cooperation between academia, government and industry around these principles.
Find out more »November 2017
ESRC Festival of Science
Festival of Sciences As part of the ESRC Festival of Science the UnBias research team will run two Youth Juries on Saturday 11th of November 2017 at the Nottingham Broadway cinema. Saturday 11th November 10:00 - 12:00 and 14:00-16:00 UnBias Youth Jury: Who is in charge? You or the algorithm? A youth-led discussion about algorithm fairness. The UnBias Youth Juries are interactive and participative events to allow young people to reflect, understand and have a say about how the…
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