September 2018
Colin F. Camerer – Using Visual Salience in Game Theory
Dr. Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology) will discuss using visual saliency in game theory.
Find out more »Jeannette M. Wing – Data for Good (or Scary AI and Other Dangers of Big Data)
In this talk, under the acronym FATES, Wing will focus on these aspects of the responsible use of data: fairness, accountability, transparency, ethics, safety and security.
Find out more »Exploring the Poetical Sciences: The Story of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock
This half-day symposium is presented in collaboration with the exhibit "Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863)" which explores the confluence of art, love, science, and religion in the art of Orra White Hitchcock, one of America’s first female scientific illustrators. Scholars will examine the lives and work of the Hitchcocks through different lenses, including poetry, geology, and paleontology.
Find out more »Claudio Benzecry – The World at Her Fit: Scale-Making, Uniqueness and Standardization
Claudio Benzecry (Northwestern University) will present research findings as part of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology workshop (SKAT) series.
Find out more »Catherine Monk – Opposite to a Halo Effect? Impacts of Variants of Uncertain Significance on Parental Perceptions of Children after Prenatal Chromosome Microarray Testing
Catherine Monk (Columbia) will speak as part of the Seminar on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genetics series.
Find out more »From the Faculty Lounge: Biology and the Sexes
Alison Pischedda, assistant professor of biology, and Rebecca Jordan-Young, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, come together for an intriguing conversation.
Find out more »Nick Chater – The Mind is Flat: Thought as Case-Law Not Naïve Science
Join Columbia Business School as Dr. Nick Chater argues the mind is analogous to case-law---in which each new case is addressed by finding links with past cases.
Find out more »Art, Film, and Feminist Futures
Please join us for a special evening of artist talks and a collective conversation with Chitra Ganesh, Shai Heredia, and Priya Sen who are coming together in New York this month in conjunction with Ganesh's exhibition, Her Garden, A Mirror, opening at the Kitchen.
Find out more »Global Radicalism: Solidarity, Internationalism, and Feminist Futures
This one-day conference recovers the histories and possible futures of anti-imperialist struggle.
Find out more »Frankenstein and AI at Story I/O
Frankenstein AI challenges commonly dystopian narratives surrounding artificial intelligence, and seeks to provoke and broaden conversation around the trajectory of this rapidly emerging technology.
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