This is conference is open and free. It will take place on May 2nd, 2023 at Tufts University or on Zoom. Much of the time will be spent discussing short, fictional case studies about dilemmas relevant to data science. The in-person location: Joyce Cumming Center 177 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155
PROGRAM
Morning Session: Rooms 260 and 265 Joyce Cumming Center 8:30 am-9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am-9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am: Welcome greetings
9:15 am – 9:45 am: Beyond case studies: Teaching data science critique and ethics through sociotechnical surveillance studies (Nicholas Rabb and Desen Ozkan)
9:45 am – 10:15 am: Discussion (Chair: Peter Levine)
Coffee Break: 10:15 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:00 am: Data Science Ethos: A tool for operationalizing ethics in Data Science (Micaela Parker)
11:00 am-11:30 am: Discussion (Chair: Benedetta Giovanola)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: “What’s next for MTEDS24” (Chair: Sarah Hladikova)
Lunch break: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: Rooms 260 (Track 1/in person) and 265 (Track 2/hybrid) Joyce Cumming Center
Track 1 (in person):
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Case Study: The Lakeview Times (Lenore Cowen)
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Chatbots: A Case Study (Karin Knudson)
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Who owns our data? Indigenous data sovereignty (Kyle Monahan and Joseph Robertson)
Track 2 (zoom):
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Irena at HelpMe! (Robin Tharakan)
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Case Study: Artful Ventures (Sarah Hladikova)
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Towards Ethics of Materiality in Data Science (Madeline Tachibana )
Coffee and cookies: 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Please register (lunch count for in-person participants & zoom:
https://go.tufts.edu/mteds2023
Password: (provided upon registration)