Faculty of Art
TrustML Workshop @ UBC | June 23, 2023 | KAIS 2020-2030, 9-6pm
The TrustML Workshop brings together leading researchers and practitioners interested in building trustworthy machine learning systems: systems that are reliable, secure, explainable, and ethical. The workshop will feature invited talks, technical briefings, poster sessions, mingling opportunities, and delicious food. Register to participate!
Upcoming Talk : Characterizing Algorithmic Unfairness: From Compounding Injustices to Social Norm Bias
When: March 16 at 3:30 p.m. Where/How: Visit Abstract In this talk, I will characterize different dimensions of algorithmic unfairness. I will first show how societal biases encoded in data may be compounded by machine learning models. I will relate this to the political philosophy notion of compounding injustices and illustrate it in the context […]
All Training Events for winter/spring 2023
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Role of CCSS
Engage in discussions with departments across the social sciences to expand the breadth of CCSS Facilitate faculty and students on computational social researches Encourage computational studies on social issues and exploring changes in social systems Reach out to other units at UBC to ensure our approach appropriately and advantageously aligns
A Center for Computational Discoveries
Director: Laura K. Nelson (Department of Sociology) We plan to offer a space for faculty and students to connect across disciplines through regular meetings where we will share projects and find common threads among our work and to share relevant resources available across campus, we will bring leading computational social science scholars to campus (in […]
Centre for Computational Social Science launches at UBC
The Faculty of Arts newsletter covered the launch of the new Centre for Computational Social Science at UBC. Read the article here. https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/centre-for-computational-social-science-launches-at-ubc/ (Image credit: Dave Gray)