Means to an end
Safety predicated on police terror is neither safe nor sustainable.
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Interview 27: Racial discrimination and fair machine learning
Originally posted on Boris Gorelik:
I invited Dr. Charles Earl for this episode of my podcast “Job Interview” to talk about racial discrimination at the workplace and fairness in machine learning. Dr. Charles Earl is a data scientist in Automattic, my previous place of work. Charles holds a Ph.D. in computer science, M.A. in education,…
U.S. Police Can’t Stop Killing
Map: 1,500 people killed during interactions with police in the 9 months since the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Data from Fatal … U.S. Police Can’t Stop Killing For anyone holding in to the delusion that a new administration would mean the end of the on going war on Black life, a […]
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The Black Revolution in Data Science has begun
Read More The Atlanta University Center Data Science InitiativeUnderstanding the Ongoing Farmers’ Protest in India
Panchali Kar gives a deep and thoughtful analysis of the on going farmer’s protest taking place in India. The scale od solidarity in the midst of oppression is truly inspiring. by Panchali Kar If we take a close look at the BJP government, we get a clear picture of its thoroughly reactionary stance. Working class […]
Read More Understanding the Ongoing Farmers’ Protest in IndiaBlack In AI 2020 call for papers
The call for papers for the Fourth Black In AI conference is out! Submissions are due on October 2. If you’re not familiar with the Black In AI conference, its primary goal is to promote and sustain the development of Black and African researchers in the data science, machine learning, and AI communities. From the […]
Read More Black In AI 2020 call for papersSurveillance Capitalism and the working data scientist
A data scientist reviews Shoshana Luboff’s book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Read More Surveillance Capitalism and the working data scientistChristo Wilson Discusses the Ethics of Online Behavioral Experiments
If your company runs A/B tests involving it’s user community, this talk is a must see. Christo Wilson at Northeastern University discusses an analysis his lab ran on how companies use the Optimizely platform to conduct online experiments. Although these experiments tend to mostly be innocuous, there’s a tremendous need for transparency and mechanisms for […]
Read More Christo Wilson Discusses the Ethics of Online Behavioral ExperimentsBlack In AI workshop call for papers
Participate in the Black in AI workshop
Read More Black In AI workshop call for papersBlack data science book giveaway
Celebrating a data science initiative at Atlanta University Center
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