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 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
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
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
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
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.
