Rensselaer for Ethics in Science, Engineering, and Technology

Wednesday, February 19, 2:00 PM, DCC 236

Topics:

• Last meeting:
  • Bridging the gap between humanities and STEM, opening up communication and understanding.
  • Challenging ingrained biases in STEM departments and fields.
  • Reasons for lopsided demographics in STEM fields and ways of mitigating it.
  • Solidarity and unionization as the most effective tools for bringing about change.
• This meeting:
  • The Politics of Vision: How computer vision can shape what we see and how we see it. Lecture by Audrey Beard, Computer Science Ph.D. student.
  • Q&A and group discussion to follow.
  • PLEASE NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE TO DCC 236

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