October 2021
MIT Policy Hackathon 2021: Connecting Through Challenges
This year’s hackathon will be a bright weekend of collaborating and brainstorming over pressing policy issues. While we are planning for a hybrid online/in-person event, this is subject to change based on the latest COVID guidelines. Save the date and stay updated via the website FAQ, email listserv, and social media!
Find out more »May 2021
Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session Five
online
- Race and Health Jasmine English, Fotini Christia, Evan Lieberman Work in Progress presentation by Marzyeh Ghassemi on Race and Health - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session Four
online
- Systemic Racism and the Administration of Elections in the United States Charles Stewart III Work in Progress presentation by IDSS research group on Race and Social Media - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session Three
online
- Making, Unmaking, and Hacking Race and Data: Views from Anthropology Héctor Beltrán, Beth Semel, Marc Aidinoff, Stefan Helmreich, Heather Paxson A Computational Media-based Approach to Supporting Antiracism and the Social Good D. Fox Harrell, Danielle M. Olson - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session Two
online
- Race and Policing Asya Magazinnik Work in Progress presentation by Devavrat Shah's research group on Race and Policing - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »MIT AI Policy Forum
online
The symposium is the first public event of the AI Policy Forum (AIPF), a new global effort launched in 2020 designed to connect high-level principles of AI policy with the practice and trade-offs of governing
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session One
Online
- Opening Remarks Dean Melissa Nobles, Dean Dan Huttenlocher Encoding Race and Structural Racism: Philosophical Perspectives Arden Ali, Sally Haslanger, Jerome Hodges, Lily Hu Data, Computation, and Racial Capitalism Jason Jackson - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »April 2021
Paths from Research to Impact – Workshop
Online
The Paths from Research to Impact workshop brings together a breadth of experts to highlight how data-driven research on COVID-19 has informed policy decisions and impacted the pandemic response on both local and global scales.
Find out more »AI for Healthcare Equity Conference
online
The potential of AI to bring equity in healthcare has spurred significant research efforts across academia, industry and government. Racial, gender and socio-economic disparities have traditionally afflicted healthcare systems in ways that are difficult to detect and quantify. New AI technologies, however, provide a platform for change.
Find out more »March 2021
WiDS Cambridge 2021
Online
For the fifth year in a row, Harvard, MIT, Microsoft Research New England, and Broad Institute are proud to collaborate with Stanford University to bring the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference to Cambridge, Massachusetts. This virtual, one-day technical conference will feature an all-female line up of speakers from academia and industry to talk about the latest data science-related research in a number of domains, to learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success, and to connect with potential mentors, collaborators,…
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