{"626083":{"#nid":"626083","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts NSF-funded Workshop on Computing and Ethics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith an increasing number of stories in the news about privacy violations on the Internet, identity theft, and algorithmic bias, ethical concerns related to computing-based education, research, and practice are growing and intensifying.\u0026nbsp;To help address such concerns, a workshop funded by the \u003Cstrong\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/strong\u003E was hosted on the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E campus on August 29 and August 30, 2019.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop was organized by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/79e785b1-0bad-5022-9bee-7126ced2c846\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJason Borenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, principal acad professional at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EOffice of Graduate Studies\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAyanna Howard\u003C\/strong\u003E, chair of\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EKinnis Gosha\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMorehouse College\u0026nbsp;Department of Computer Science\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop convened over 30 experts from across four topical realms.\u0026nbsp;These realms were Fairness, Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency, or \u0026ldquo;FEAT\u0026rdquo; for short.\u0026nbsp;The workshop had diverse representation as\u0026nbsp;the invited experts work in various sectors, including academia, industry, and for government agencies.\u0026nbsp;Many types of academic organizations, including R1 institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and liberal arts colleges, were represented at the event. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral important themes emerged during the FEAT workshop.\u0026nbsp;First is the importance of addressing fairness in computing.\u0026nbsp; Fairness can be difficult to define precisely. The term has many candidate definitions in the scholarly literature. But the concept often refers to avoiding inappropriate forms of discrimination.\u0026nbsp;Inappropriate discrimination has allegedly manifested itself when \u003Cstrong\u003EArtificial Intelligence\u003C\/strong\u003E (AI) has been used, for example, to determine who is a suitable candidate for a job or a home loan.\u0026nbsp;The negative consequences are often experienced by historically disadvantaged groups.\u0026nbsp;Given that the use of AI is becoming pervasive, the unfairness that the public experiences from the technology may sharply increase unless appropriate measures are put in place by the computing community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second main theme is the importance of diversity and inclusion in computing education and research. This theme not only refers to improving the pipeline of individuals who have meaningful opportunities and access to pursuing a degree in a computing field, but it also includes trying to ensure that computing technologies more fully represent and include the broad and diverse base of individuals who interact with those technologies.\u0026nbsp; For example, many recent news stories reveal that facial recognition devices have difficulty recognizing people from minority groups in part because efforts to test such devices have not been inclusive enough.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop attendees and organizers worked together, including during panels and breakout sessions, to identify challenges and opportunities related to FEAT in computing-based education, research, and practice.\u0026nbsp;A key outcome will be a workshop report describing best practices to address FEAT.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of \u003Cstrong\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith an increasing number of stories in the news about privacy violations on the Internet, identity theft, and algorithmic bias, ethical concerns related to computing-based education, research, and practice are growing and intensifying.\u0026nbsp;To help address such concerns, a workshop funded by the \u003Cstrong\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/strong\u003E was hosted on the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E campus on August 29 and August 30, 2019.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The workshop was organized by faculty from the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, Office of Graduate Studies, School of Interactive Computing, and Morehouse College Department of Computer Science."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-09-12 15:32:48","changed_gmt":"2019-09-17 13:59:45","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591252":{"id":"591252","type":"image","title":"Jason Borenstien","body":null,"created":"1493755751","gmt_created":"2017-05-02 20:09:11","changed":"1493755751","gmt_changed":"2017-05-02 20:09:11","alt":"Jason Borenstein, Director Georgia Tech Center for Ethics and Technology","file":{"fid":"225292","name":"download.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/download_3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/download_3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9195,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/download_3.jpg?itok=GHn1gdx0"}}},"media_ids":["591252"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"42641","name":"Jason Borenstein"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"182322","name":"Kinnis Gosha"},{"id":"1496","name":"Ethics"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"2556","name":"artificial intelligence"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}