Beyond the Black Box: Approaches to Scrutinizing and Governing Automated Automated Decisions
Channel: CASCI | Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information
Date: 2018-10-04

CASCI Talk, April 10, 2018: Miranda Bogen - Beyond the Black Box: Approaches to Scrutinizing and Governing Automated Decisions

Abstract: Automated decisions increasingly mediate civic life. Governments use algorithms to screen immigrants and allocate social services. Corporations rely on software to help make decisions in vital areas like hiring, credit, and political discourse. There is a growing desire to “open the black box” of complex algorithms and hold the institutions using them accountable. But across the globe, researchers face a range of challenges as they pursue these goals. This talk will introduce a new framework to understand different, important components of automated systems, as well as highlight methods for public scrutiny of these components. The discussion will also describe current legal and regulatory approaches to governing these systems.

Speaker: Miranda Bogen is a Policy Analyst at Upturn, where she focuses on the social implications of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the effect of technology platforms on civil and human rights. Her academic research has focused on policy behavior of global technology companies and the evolution of corporate social responsibility in the digital age. Miranda holds a Masters degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with degrees in Political Science and Middle Eastern & North African Studies

More on the Spring 2018 CASCI Talk Series: https://casci.umd.edu/casci-events-2/casci-talks/spring-2018-talk-schedule/