Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communications


The Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication (SSSMC) is intended to facilitate the international advancement of cross-disciplinary mobile communication studies. It is intended to serve as a resource and to support a network of scholarly research as to the social consequences of mobile communication.




Tuesday, April 17, 2018

OII hiring two Senior Researchers



Senior Research Fellow (two posts)


Grade 9: £46,336 - £53,691 per annum (discretionary range up to £58,655)
Vacancy Reference No.: 132751
Posted Date: 
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Face-Off: Facial Recognition Technologies and Humanity in an Era of Big Data.

 
Please join us on April 18th from 9:30am - 3:20pm for Boston University's international symposium Face-Off: Facial Recognition Technologies and Humanity in an Era of Big Data.  Speakers and panels are as follows:

Panel 1: Understanding Facial Recognition

How Does the Face Recognition Technology Work?
Margrit Betke, Boston University

The Biology of Facial Recognition
Mark Frank, University at Buffalo


Panel 2: Ethical Concerns and Practical Benefits

The Risks and Benefits of Facial Recognition? A New Direction Needed
Vanessa Nurock, Epidapo CNRS-UCLA & Université Paris 8

The Ethical Significance of the Face and AI Facial Recognition
Laura Specker Sullivan, Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics

An Industry Perspective on Facial Recognition Technology
Derek Christensen, Accenture


Panel 3: Historical and Contemporary Uses and Abuses

Alphonse Bertillon: Issues in the “Scientific” Identification of Persons by Means of Facial Features at the Turn of the 20th Century
Pierre Piazza, Cergy-Pontoise University

The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America
Clare Garvie and Alvaro Bedoya, the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown
LawJonathan Frankle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Panel 4: Applications and Perceptions

Emotion, Classification, and Race in Facial Recognition Systems
Luke Stark, Dartmouth College

Public Perceptions and Concerns: A View from Chile
Daniel Halpern, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Putting a Face to a Name in Clinical Settings: Recognizing Faces in
Manifestation and Outcomes of Clinician Anonymity
Lora Appel, OpenLab University Health Network, TorontoYork University,
Toronto

For additional details and registration information, please visit the event
website <https://www.mellonphilemerge.com/events/face-off>.  Be sure to
click Read More for full details.  Space is limited, so please be sure to
register!

Contact Sarah Krongard at krongard@bu.edu with any questions.

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