The conference starts with two opening keynotes on Thursday, May 16, 2013, and continues with a full day of talks and discussions on Friday, May 17, 2013. You can also download the latest version of the program.
Discussion papers are available for download here.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 206, 40 Washington Sq. South
4:30 – 6:30 pm | Opening Talks
Algorithms as a Computer Scientist Sees Them
Robert E. Tarjan
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
How Big Data touches YOU – tales from the digital advertising world
Claudia Perlich
Chief Data Scientist, m6d
Friday, May 17, 2013
D’Agostino Hall, Room: Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street
08:30 – 09:00 am | Coffee and Tea
09:00 – 09:30 am | Welcome and Introduction
Helen Nissenbaum
New York University
Malte Ziewitz
New York University
09:30 – 10:45 am | Session 1
The Relevance of Algorithms
Tarleton Gillespie
Cornell University
Discussants:
- Kate Crawford, Microsoft Research/University of New South Wales
- Martha Poon, London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderator: Heather Patterson, New York University
10:45 – 11:00 am | Break
11:00 – 12:15 pm | Session 2
The Emperor’s New Codes: Reputation and Search Algorithms in the Finance Sector
Frank Pasquale
Seton Hall Law
Discussants:
- Moritz Hardt, IBM Research Almaden
- Tal Zarsky, University of Haifa
Moderator: Katherine Strandburg, New York University Law School
12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch break
1:30 – 2:45 pm | Session 3
Algorithms, Performativity and Governability
Lucas Introna
Lancaster University Management School
Discussants:
- Lisa Gitelman, New York University
- Matthew Jones, Columbia University
Moderator: Solon Barocas, New York University
2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm | Session 4
Bearing Accountable Witness to the Ethical Algorithm
Daniel Neyland
Goldsmiths, University of London
Discussants
- Mike Ananny, University of Southern California
- Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Moderator: Phoebe Sengers, Cornell University
4:15 – 5:30 pm | Closing panel
Evgeny Morozov
Author of The Net Delusion and To Save Everything, Click Here
Paul Dourish
UC Irvine
Moderator: Sophie Hood, New York University