Nearly every aspect of our lives is now touched by digital technologies. While information systems have enabled humans to flourish, societal concerns over privacy and abuses of algorithmically driven systems are greater than ever. We are exposed at work, at play, and at rest by our relationships with those who use technology to shape what we see, what we can choose, and what opportunities we have in an increasingly online world. Our growing awareness of this surveillance and harmful automated decision-making has spawned new discussions and policies around the “algorithmic accountability” required of corporations and other entities employing this type of technology.
At this Research on Tap, we will have a conversation with BU experts in the law, policy, science, theory, and practice of privacy and algorithmic accountability. We will explore how people and institutions are thinking about information law and ethics for algorithmically powered systems and how they are coming to understand the risks and benefits of complex and automated digital tools. View event agenda and slides.
Featuring: Stacey Dogan (host) | Woodrow Hartzog (host) | Mark Crovella | Tesary Lin | Ioannis Paschalidis | Christopher Robertson | Andrew Sellars | Adam Smith | Chris Chao Su | Marshall Van Alstyne
This event is additionally co-hosted by the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering.
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The Research on Tap series, sponsored by the BU Office of Research, brings together groups of BU researchers around important topics. At each event, 10-12 researchers present a maximum of four slides and deliver a four-minute “elevator pitch” of their work. Research on Tap events are open to faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students. Each presentation is followed by refreshments and lively discussion with colleagues and potential collaborators.
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