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February 2017
1st UnBias Stakeholder workshop
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 algorithmic practices and algorithmic design. The workshops are opportunities to share perspectives and seek answers to key project questions such as: What constitutes a fair algorithm? What kinds of (legal and ethical) responsibilities do internet companies have to ensure their algorithms produce results that are fair and without bias?…
Find out more »Explorers Fair Expo
As part of the Explorers Fair Expo at the Nottingham Broadway cinema UnBias will run public engagement activities on Friday 1oth and Saturday 11th of February 2017. All ages welcome. Our program for the event is as follows: Friday 10th Febr 9.45 - 15.15 Drop in activity: Interacting with different web browsers & search engines – Do you care? E. Pérez-Vallejos, UoN Hands-on exercises comparing results when using different browsers and/or search engines. To enquiry and discuss about their online…
Find out more »Internet Society UK England – User Trust Webinar
In preparation for the European Chapters meeting (22-23 February 2017) we will have a 90 minutes Webinar / Conference call on Tuesday 14 February 2017 from 6pm to collect input from participants about the ways in which ISOC UK can/should engage with the theme of User Trust. In June 2016 ISOC published a working paper “A policy framework for an open and trusted Internet” outlining the four interrelated dimension to be considered when developing policies for the internet. http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/policy-framework-open-and-trusted-internet The aim…
Find out more »University of Strathclyde – Algorithms Workshop
Algorithm Workshop 15 February 2017 1230 hours Coffee, tea and biscuits INTRODUCTIONS: POLICY, LAW, TECHNOLOGY 1300 hours Introduction to algorithms and their place in governance - Michael Veale, UCL 1330 hours Law and algorithmic governance—some war stories and some solutions? - Lilian Edwards, University of Strathclyde 1410 hours Algorithms—a technical perspective—are they really a black box? - Ansgar Koene, Unbias 1440 hours Questions 1450 hours Coffee TYPES OF ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE AND POSSIBLE REMEDIES 1505 hours Algorithms, media governance and political…
Find out more »Internet Society – European Chapters meeting
Agenda and Details Wednesday 22 February 12:00 Lunch at the venue Welcome and introductions, Frederic Donck Introduction to trust, based on 2016 ISOC report (and discussion), Richard Hill Editorial responsibility for online content - platform neutrality, recommender systems and the problem of 'fake news’ (and discussion), Ansgar Koene Future Internet Scenarios, Konstantinos Komaitis 17:30 Day 1 ends 19:00 Dinner (On Canal Boat leaving from Oosterdok in front of the hotel) Thursday 23 February 9:00 Day starts Collaborative security introduction, Olaf…
Find out more »April 2017
The Human Standard: Why Ethical Considerations Should Drive Technological Design Webinar
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Corporate Membership Program invites you to join an exclusive webinar. The Human Standard: Why Ethical Considerations Should Drive Technological Design Webinar Follow this link to register 18 April 2017 at 12:00PM- 1:00PM EDT In the age of autonomous and intelligent machines, it is more important than ever to help technologists and organizations be cognizant of the ethical implications of the products, services or systems they are building and how they are being built before making…
Find out more »When AI goes to War: public opinion, modern conflict, and autonomous weapons
Weaponisation of artificial intelligence presents one of the greatest ethical and technological challenges in the 21st century and has been described as the third revolution in warfare, after the invention of gunpowder and nuclear weapons. Despite the vital importance of this development for modern society, legal and ethical practices, and for technological research, there is little systematic study of public opinion on this critical issue. Our interdisciplinary project, sponsored by CHERISH Digital Economy, addresses this gap. Our objective is to…
Find out more »May 2017
TRILCon 2017
The 4th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Our overall theme for this conference will be: Artificial and De-Personalised Decision-Making: Machine-Learning, A.I. and Drones Programme in brief Plenary Address: Prof. Katie Athkinson 'Arguments, Values and Baseball: AI support for Legal Practice' Stream 1A: Automated weapons & automated investigations Stream 1B: Smart retail & behavioural advertising Stream 2A: Algorithms & criminal justice Stream 2B: Data power & its regulation Stream 1C: Artificial intelligence, decision-making & the protection of…
Find out more »The first IEEE P7003™ Working Group meeting
IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) invites your participation in the IEEE P7003™, Standard for Algorithmic Bias Considerations Working Group. Why get involved: The goal of this Standard Project is to describe specific methodologies that can help users certify how they worked in order to address and eliminate issues of negative bias in the creation of their algorithms. “Negative bias” refers to the usage of overly subjective or uniformed data sets or information known to be inconsistent with legislation concerning certain protected…
Find out more »UnBias project meeting in Edinburgh
Project update meeting in Edinburgh
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