EVENT: 10/28: Dr. Brandeis Marshall Joins the Black Beyond Data Reading Group #BlackBeyondData
Event on ZOOM
About the Black Beyond Data Reading Group
The aim of the Black Beyond Data Reading Group is to gather people (researchers, faculty, community activists) who have an interest in Black community-based data analytics to critically research and study social issues to initiate transformative change in Black communities. What are data? Data are facts, statistics, and other basic units of information about a people, place, or community. They are the building blocks elected officials, policy-makers, organizers, and educators use to draw conclusions about how a community functions. Data are collected all the time, often without our conscious awareness of it and it could be anything from your birth date on a form to social media likes on Facebook. However, data can be so much more. That’s what we hope to explore in the readings. Last year’s speakers included André Brock, Kenton Rambsy, Stacie Williams, and Kimberly D. Deas.
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About Dr. Brandeis Marshall
Dr. Brandeis Marshall teaches, speaks and writes about the impact of data practices on technology and society. Her work contributes to the data engineering, data science, and data/computer science education fields. Through her DataedX Group organization, she guides current tech workers in building data equity skills. Her first book, Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on our Humanity, is expected to be released later in 2022. It unearths the interlocking computational and civic implications of data on digital processes, structures and institutions. Dr. Marshall holds a Ph.D. and Master of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. Currently, she is a Stanford PACS Practitioner Fellow and Partner Research Fellow at Siegel Family Endowment. Dr. Marshall is on sabbatical leave from Spelman College, where she is a Full Professor of Computer Science.
Link to the readings: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zoe00a3k2qibjjs/AADwqZIt9ykOBUlM4mvGARiAa?dl=0
We'll discuss three articles written by Dr. Marshall: "3 Tips on Staying Digitally Unbothered," "Algorithms Never Sleep...Until They Mess Up," and "Recognizing the Standard Discrimination in Datasets."
This virtual event will take place via Zoom. Register here at this link!
Open to all!!!
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