Past Events

Jan 23, 2019 | Finance Moves West: Disruption or the Rise of the Machine?

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:00-6:00pm Engineering 2, room 180 Today Silicon Valley is leading a supposed democratization of the financial sector. Now no longer will one have to rely on an expert financial advisor to invest their money, one can invest themselves. This transformation is happening right at the moment when women take over as… Continue Reading Jan 23, 2019 | Finance Moves West: Disruption or the Rise of the Machine?

Nov 28, 2018 | Algorithms, Mobility, and Justice

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:00-6:00 PM Engineering 2, Room 599 Are moral algorithms a reasonable solution for taking advantage of life-saving potentials of self-driving cars? In this talk, Nassim JafariNaimi (Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology)  engages the utilitarian framings that are dominant in the discourses on self-driving cars inclusive of the assumptions that are folded into… Continue Reading Nov 28, 2018 | Algorithms, Mobility, and Justice

March 5, 2018 | Can We Build a Trustworthy and Trusted Press: The Trust Project Challenge

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:00pm (reception to follow) Kresge Town Hall We all think we can tell the difference between information designed to deceive and journalism designed to inform. But how do we really know? Join Sally Lehrman in a discussion of this critical question in a climate of mistrust and misinformation. Lehrman, an award-winning… Continue Reading March 5, 2018 | Can We Build a Trustworthy and Trusted Press: The Trust Project Challenge