AALAC Workshop on Data Ethics

February 10-11, 2017

Sponsored by the AALAC and Pomona College

Friday, February 10

8:15 Registration and coffee
8:45 Welcome

Yi Chen and Mark Andrejevic

9:00-10:00 Keynote

Algorithmic Accountability, Julia Agwin

10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Algorithmic Bias

Algorithmic Fairness, Sorelle Friedler, Haverford College

Understanding and Reducing Unfair Bias in Machine Learning Algorithms, Anna Rafferty, Carleton College

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in DNA Sequencing Data and the Potential Impact on Computational Cancer

Research, Leyla Oesper, Carleton College

The Problem of Nonresponse: Evidence from a Survey in China, Kerry Ratigan, Amherst College

12:00 Lunch

1:30-2:30 New Ethical Frameworks

Data Ethics from a Statistical Perspective, Daniel T. Kaplan, Macalester College and Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst College

Big Data and Democracy: Facts and Values, Ashley Gorham, University of Pennsylvania

Beyond Unfairness: Identifying Problems in Data Ethics, Owen King, Oberlin College

2:30-3:00 Break

3:00-3:45 Internet of Things

Designing for DataEthics, Diane Michelfelder, Macalester College

IoT Device Surveillance in the Home, Aarathi Prasad, Amherst College

3:45-4:00 Break

4:40-4:45 Anonymization

Unintended Consequences of (Attempted) Anonymization, David Liben‐Nowell, Carleton College

The Synthetic Data Approach to Data Confidentiality, Jingchen (Monika) Hu, Vassar College

4:45-5:30 Brainstorming

What we want to think about for tomorrow

Saturday, February 11

9:00 Welcome back

Yi Chen and Mark Andrejevic

9:30-10:30 Politics

Data and Politics (Pedagogy), Barbara Trish, Grinnell College

How Algorithmic Bias Changes the Reality, Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College

Trafficking, Technology, and “Data Driven” Justice, Jennifer Musto, Wellesley College

10:30-11:30 Keynote

Miley Dickerson

11:30 Wrap-up

Where to go from here

12:00 Lunch