Mon 04.03.23
2:00P EDT/11:00A PDT | 1 Hour 30 Minute Event
Mon 04.03.23
2:00P EDT/11:00A PDT
1 Hour 30 Minute Event
Mon 04.03.23
2:00P EDT/11:00A PDT | 1 Hour 30 Minute Event
Mon 04.03.23
2:00P EDT/11:00A PDT
1 Hour 30 Minute Event
Christo Wilson, Associate Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, has been selected as the 59th Robert D. Klein Lecturer. Professor Wilson’s talk, “Towards Transparency of the Algorithmically Mediated World” will be delivered in person at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute Cabral Center on the Boston campus, and via live stream on the Northeastern University Facebook page.
Professor Wilson will explore how empirical studies can help us understand the algorithms that shape our lives. He will present case studies investigating real-world systems for consequential harms, drawn from the domains of online hiring, web search, and social media. His findings demonstrate the power and promise of “algorithm auditing” techniques to improve transparency while complicating prevailing narratives about algorithmic harms. He will discuss how these techniques may help us navigate the coming wave of generative AI-powered systems.
The Klein University Lecturer Award was established in 1964, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, and honors a faculty member who has contributed with distinction to their own field of study. The Klein University Lecture enables faculty members to share the fruits of their scholarship with the university community and the general public. In 1979, the award was renamed in tribute to the late Robert D. Klein, professor of mathematics, chair of the Faculty Senate Agenda Committee, and vice chair of the Faculty Senate.
Professor Wilson is a founding member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern and serves as director of the BS in Cybersecurity program. His research focuses on online security and privacy, with a specific interest in algorithmic auditing. Algorithmic auditing is an emerging, interdisciplinary area that uses experimental techniques to measure the black-box algorithmic systems that pervade daily life in order to increase the transparency and accountability of these systems. Professor Wilson’s work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a Sloan Fellowship, Underwriters Laboratories, the Mozilla Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Anti-Defamation League, the Data Transparency Lab, the European Commission, Google, Pymetrics, and Verisign Labs.
Christo Wilson, Associate Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, has been selected as the 59th Robert D. Klein Lecturer. Professor Wilson’s talk, “Towards Transparency of the Algorithmically Mediated World” will be delivered in person at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute Cabral Center on the Boston campus, and via live stream on the Northeastern University Facebook page.
Professor Wilson will explore how empirical studies can help us understand the algorithms that shape our lives. He will present case studies investigating real-world systems for consequential harms, drawn from the domains of online hiring, web search, and social media. His findings demonstrate the power and promise of “algorithm auditing” techniques to improve transparency while complicating prevailing narratives about algorithmic harms. He will discuss how these techniques may help us navigate the coming wave of generative AI-powered systems.
The Klein University Lecturer Award was established in 1964, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, and honors a faculty member who has contributed with distinction to their own field of study. The Klein University Lecture enables faculty members to share the fruits of their scholarship with the university community and the general public. In 1979, the award was renamed in tribute to the late Robert D. Klein, professor of mathematics, chair of the Faculty Senate Agenda Committee, and vice chair of the Faculty Senate.
Professor Wilson is a founding member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern and serves as director of the BS in Cybersecurity program. His research focuses on online security and privacy, with a specific interest in algorithmic auditing. Algorithmic auditing is an emerging, interdisciplinary area that uses experimental techniques to measure the black-box algorithmic systems that pervade daily life in order to increase the transparency and accountability of these systems. Professor Wilson’s work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a Sloan Fellowship, Underwriters Laboratories, the Mozilla Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Anti-Defamation League, the Data Transparency Lab, the European Commission, Google, Pymetrics, and Verisign Labs.
Christo Wilson, Associate Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, has been selected as the 59th Robert D. Klein Lecturer. Professor Wilson’s talk, “Towards Transparency of the Algorithmically Mediated World” will be delivered in person at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute Cabral Center on the Boston campus, and via live stream on the Northeastern University Facebook page.
Professor Wilson will explore how empirical studies can help us understand the algorithms that shape our lives. He will present case studies investigating real-world systems for consequential harms, drawn from the domains of online hiring, web search, and social media. His findings demonstrate the power and promise of “algorithm auditing” techniques to improve transparency while complicating prevailing narratives about algorithmic harms. He will discuss how these techniques may help us navigate the coming wave of generative AI-powered systems.
The Klein University Lecturer Award was established in 1964, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, and honors a faculty member who has contributed with distinction to their own field of study. The Klein University Lecture enables faculty members to share the fruits of their scholarship with the university community and the general public. In 1979, the award was renamed in tribute to the late Robert D. Klein, professor of mathematics, chair of the Faculty Senate Agenda Committee, and vice chair of the Faculty Senate.
Professor Wilson is a founding member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern and serves as director of the BS in Cybersecurity program. His research focuses on online security and privacy, with a specific interest in algorithmic auditing. Algorithmic auditing is an emerging, interdisciplinary area that uses experimental techniques to measure the black-box algorithmic systems that pervade daily life in order to increase the transparency and accountability of these systems. Professor Wilson’s work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a Sloan Fellowship, Underwriters Laboratories, the Mozilla Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Anti-Defamation League, the Data Transparency Lab, the European Commission, Google, Pymetrics, and Verisign Labs.
Christo Wilson, Associate Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, has been selected as the 59th Robert D. Klein Lecturer. Professor Wilson’s talk, “Towards Transparency of the Algorithmically Mediated World” will be delivered in person at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute Cabral Center on the Boston campus, and via live stream on the Northeastern University Facebook page.
Professor Wilson will explore how empirical studies can help us understand the algorithms that shape our lives. He will present case studies investigating real-world systems for consequential harms, drawn from the domains of online hiring, web search, and social media. His findings demonstrate the power and promise of “algorithm auditing” techniques to improve transparency while complicating prevailing narratives about algorithmic harms. He will discuss how these techniques may help us navigate the coming wave of generative AI-powered systems.
The Klein University Lecturer Award was established in 1964, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, and honors a faculty member who has contributed with distinction to their own field of study. The Klein University Lecture enables faculty members to share the fruits of their scholarship with the university community and the general public. In 1979, the award was renamed in tribute to the late Robert D. Klein, professor of mathematics, chair of the Faculty Senate Agenda Committee, and vice chair of the Faculty Senate.
Professor Wilson is a founding member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern and serves as director of the BS in Cybersecurity program. His research focuses on online security and privacy, with a specific interest in algorithmic auditing. Algorithmic auditing is an emerging, interdisciplinary area that uses experimental techniques to measure the black-box algorithmic systems that pervade daily life in order to increase the transparency and accountability of these systems. Professor Wilson’s work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a Sloan Fellowship, Underwriters Laboratories, the Mozilla Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Anti-Defamation League, the Data Transparency Lab, the European Commission, Google, Pymetrics, and Verisign Labs.
