CMCI colloquium digs into hidden world of algorithms with NYU Associate Professor Meredith Broussard

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CMCI colloquium digs into hidden world of algorithms with NYU Associate Professor Meredith Broussard Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/03/2022 - 16:01

Join the upcoming CMCI One College Colloquium for a deep dive into the hidden world of algorithms—including how they reflect, and impact, our society.

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What: CMCI One College Colloquium: Racialized Algorithms—A Conversation with Meredith Broussard
When: Thursday, Feb. 17, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Where: Virtually via Zoom
Who can come: Free to all students, faculty, staff and the public

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On Feb. 17, the College of Media, Communication and Information is hosting its next colloquium, titled Racialized Algorithms—A Conversation with Meredith Broussard. The free, virtual event will feature Bryan Semaan, associate professor of information science, Shamika Klassen, PhD student in information science, and special guest, Meredith Broussard. Broussard is an associate professor at New York University and the author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.

The speakers will discuss their experiences with technology and racism in their daily lives in order to increase awareness and understanding of a topic that is unfamiliar to many: algorithms. The conversation will tackle pertinent questions about the racialization of algorithms such as “How does something like an algorithm come to have a bias?” and “How can algorithms perpetuate racism and stereotyping?”

“There’s a nice metaphor for society in this event. When we talk about race and social systems in general, there are very strong senses of both power and vulnerability. These are both normalized, but are invisible to some populations and highly visible to others, such as Black, indigenous and persons of color,” Semaan said. “Algorithms are very much both visible and invisible as well. They are acting in the background to shape our daily experiences, but a lot of people don’t know that they’re there or how they work. Yet, for others, they are mediating their everyday experiences in deleterious ways such as in what they see online to what jobs or opportunities they can obtain.”

The CMCI One College Colloquium series is one of several ways in which the college seeks to foster and support interdisciplinary engagement and a vibrant intellectual community of artists, humanities scholars, social scientists and designers within the college, across the campus and beyond the university.

Past colloquia have focused on environmental communication and immigration. This year’s colloquia bring an interdisciplinary focus on the many ways that media, communication and information relate to racial justice.

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Upcoming CMCI One College Colloquium offers insight into wave of anti-Asian racism during pandemic

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Upcoming CMCI One College Colloquium offers insight into wave of anti-Asian racism during pandemic Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/18/2021 - 13:46

The College of Media, Communication and Information invites you to join the conversation about anti-Asian racism with Professor Jennifer Ho during its upcoming One College Colloquium.

What: CMCI One College Colloquium: A Conversation with Professor Jennifer Ho on Anti-Asian Racism
Who: Jennifer Ho, professor of ethnic studies and director of ��Ƶ’s Center for Humanities and the Arts, and Angie Chuang, an associate professor of journalism in CMCI
When: 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2
Where:Virtually, on Zoom. The free event is open to students, faculty, staff and the public.

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The event will feature an audience Q&A and a discussion between Angie Chuang, associate professor of journalism and award-winning reporter, and Ho, professor of ethnic studies and a leading voice on campus and beyond in discussions of racism and racial justice.

Since the spread of COVID-19, anti-Chinese and anti-Asian harassment has been on the rise globally. Ho’s analysis of these incidents has furthered national conversations on the climate of racism through interviews, publications in major news outlets, speaking engagements and more.

“No matter who you are, no matter where you work, no matter what your discipline is in, you can do something about anti-Asian racism,” said Ho, president of the Association for Asian American Studies.

Together, Ho and Chuang will delve into the current wave of anti-Asian racism, particularly its roots in historic discriminatory legislation, policy and stereotypes. They will discuss the political and cultural climate of racism toward Asians and Asian Americans and analyze the impacts of news coverage of high-profile events affecting these communities.

“We’ll never get to where we want to be as a society if we don’t understand how race plays a role in it,” Chuang said. “It’s hard to talk about, and we’re going to give people some vocabulary to talk about it.”

Past colloquia have focused on environmental communication and immigration. This year’s colloquia will bring an interdisciplinary focus on the many ways that media, communication and information relate to racial justice.