Registration Open: Big Data Alliance Event on Privacy, Ethics and Algorithms

Big Data Alliance Event on Privacy, Ethics and Algorithms

Date: Thursday 30 November

Time: 15:00-18:00

Registration: HERE

Programme
15.00 – 15.10 Opening by Alexander Rinnooy Kan, Professor at University of Amsterdam and Member Executive Board Big Data Alliance
15.10 – 15.35 Bernd Stahl, Professor at the De Montfort University and Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, on “The ethics of computing: A survey of the computer-oriented literature”
15.35 – 15.45 Questions / Discussion, moderated by Marc Salomon
15.45 – 16.00 Break
16.00 – 16.25 Maurits Kaptein, Professor at Tilburg University on “Data Science without prejudice: How to avoid unfair conclusions even if they are true?”
16.25 – 16.50 Jack van Wijk, Professor at TU Eindhoven on “Data visualization for transparency”.
16.50 – 17.00 Questions / Discussion
17.00 – 18.00 Networking and drinks

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