Mon December 3, 2018
Is Technology Inheriting Our Biases? A film screening & panel discussion
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Join Ericsson & AT&T Foundry December 3, 2018 at 5:30pm for refreshments and an evening screening of the documentary film bias followed by a panel discussion at 7:30pm on the implications of unconscious bias and how we may be passing it on to technology with award-winning bias film director & producer Robin Hauser, Ron Tyler, Professor of Law Director, Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford University, and Jerry Kang, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law.
About the film:
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us. The documentary feature bias follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. bias contemplates the most pressing question: can we de-bias our brains?
About the Panelists
Robin Hauser - Award-winning Director/Producer Robin Hauser
Robin is the director and producer of cause-based documentary films at Finish Line Features and President of Unleashed Productions. Robin’s award-winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2015, and has caught the attention of the international tech industry and of policy makers and educators in Washington, DC and abroad. Robin’s most recent documentary, bias, explores unconscious bias and how it affects us socially and in the workplace. She delivered a TED talk about the impact of unconscious bias on artificial intelligence, and has spoken at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and at conferences worldwide on topics including diversity and inclusion, the importance of ethical AI, and gender equality. Robin has been featured in international publications: Forbes, Fortune, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, USA Today, Wired, Marie Claire, San Francisco Business Times and has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, NPR, CNBC. Robin is currently a diplomat for American Film Showcase and has screened her films at US embassies on multiple continents.
Ronald C Tyler -Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford University
Ron Tyler is a Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. The Clinic represents clients in the superior courts of California. Prof. Tyler’s scholarly agenda focuses on self-care skills for lawyers and criminal practice and procedure. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty, Professor Tyler was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 22 years in the Northern District of California.
Jerry Kang- Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at UCLA
Jerry Kang is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and academic administrator. He is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he also taught Asian American Studies. Since 2015, he has served as is UCLA's first vice chancellor for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
James Zou- Assistant Professor at Stanford University and leads the Stanford Laboratory of Machine Learning, Genomics and Health.
Dr. Zou is a part of Human-Centered AI initiative at Stanford University, which works to advance AI research, education policy, practice to benefit humanity. His group develops a wide range of state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms motivated by biotech and healthcare challenges. He is also very interested in the broad social impact of AI and is developing a framework to detect and reduce human biases in algorithms.
Alka Roy- Moderator, AT&T Foundry
Alka served as lead technology strategist for wireless core networking for Cingular Wireless. She has led numerous technology initiatives and published position papers for areas such as video streaming and video delivery for AT&T and holds patents for security gateway and data policy management. She has also advised non-profits and startups and is passionate about mentoring, coaching and exploring the intersections between art and technology. Alka holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and was one of the recipients of the Rising Star, National Women of Color in Technology Outstanding Contribution Award.
Join the Discussion
Join us Monday, December 3rd at 5:30pm for refreshments. Screening of bias begins at 6:00pm followed by a panel discussion starting at 7:30pm.
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About the film:
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us. The documentary feature bias follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. bias contemplates the most pressing question: can we de-bias our brains?
About the Panelists
Robin Hauser - Award-winning Director/Producer Robin Hauser
Robin is the director and producer of cause-based documentary films at Finish Line Features and President of Unleashed Productions. Robin’s award-winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2015, and has caught the attention of the international tech industry and of policy makers and educators in Washington, DC and abroad. Robin’s most recent documentary, bias, explores unconscious bias and how it affects us socially and in the workplace. She delivered a TED talk about the impact of unconscious bias on artificial intelligence, and has spoken at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and at conferences worldwide on topics including diversity and inclusion, the importance of ethical AI, and gender equality. Robin has been featured in international publications: Forbes, Fortune, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, USA Today, Wired, Marie Claire, San Francisco Business Times and has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, NPR, CNBC. Robin is currently a diplomat for American Film Showcase and has screened her films at US embassies on multiple continents.
Ronald C Tyler -Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford University
Ron Tyler is a Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. The Clinic represents clients in the superior courts of California. Prof. Tyler’s scholarly agenda focuses on self-care skills for lawyers and criminal practice and procedure. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty, Professor Tyler was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 22 years in the Northern District of California.
Jerry Kang- Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at UCLA
Jerry Kang is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and academic administrator. He is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he also taught Asian American Studies. Since 2015, he has served as is UCLA's first vice chancellor for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
James Zou- Assistant Professor at Stanford University and leads the Stanford Laboratory of Machine Learning, Genomics and Health.
Dr. Zou is a part of Human-Centered AI initiative at Stanford University, which works to advance AI research, education policy, practice to benefit humanity. His group develops a wide range of state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms motivated by biotech and healthcare challenges. He is also very interested in the broad social impact of AI and is developing a framework to detect and reduce human biases in algorithms.
Alka Roy- Moderator, AT&T Foundry
Alka served as lead technology strategist for wireless core networking for Cingular Wireless. She has led numerous technology initiatives and published position papers for areas such as video streaming and video delivery for AT&T and holds patents for security gateway and data policy management. She has also advised non-profits and startups and is passionate about mentoring, coaching and exploring the intersections between art and technology. Alka holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and was one of the recipients of the Rising Star, National Women of Color in Technology Outstanding Contribution Award.
Join the Discussion
Join us Monday, December 3rd at 5:30pm for refreshments. Screening of bias begins at 6:00pm followed by a panel discussion starting at 7:30pm.
Join Ericsson & AT&T Foundry December 3, 2018 at 5:30pm for refreshments and an evening screening of the documentary film bias followed by a panel discussion at 7:30pm on the implications of unconscious bias and how we may be passing it on to technology with award-winning bias film director & producer Robin Hauser, Ron Tyler, Professor of Law Director, Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford University, and Jerry Kang, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law.
About the film:
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us. The documentary feature bias follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. bias contemplates the most pressing question: can we de-bias our brains?
About the Panelists
Robin Hauser - Award-winning Director/Producer Robin Hauser
Robin is the director and producer of cause-based documentary films at Finish Line Features and President of Unleashed Productions. Robin’s award-winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2015, and has caught the attention of the international tech industry and of policy makers and educators in Washington, DC and abroad. Robin’s most recent documentary, bias, explores unconscious bias and how it affects us socially and in the workplace. She delivered a TED talk about the impact of unconscious bias on artificial intelligence, and has spoken at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and at conferences worldwide on topics including diversity and inclusion, the importance of ethical AI, and gender equality. Robin has been featured in international publications: Forbes, Fortune, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, USA Today, Wired, Marie Claire, San Francisco Business Times and has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, NPR, CNBC. Robin is currently a diplomat for American Film Showcase and has screened her films at US embassies on multiple continents.
Ronald C Tyler -Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford University
Ron Tyler is a Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. The Clinic represents clients in the superior courts of California. Prof. Tyler’s scholarly agenda focuses on self-care skills for lawyers and criminal practice and procedure. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty, Professor Tyler was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 22 years in the Northern District of California.
Jerry Kang- Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at UCLA
Jerry Kang is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and academic administrator. He is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he also taught Asian American Studies. Since 2015, he has served as is UCLA's first vice chancellor for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
James Zou- Assistant Professor at Stanford University and leads the Stanford Laboratory of Machine Learning, Genomics and Health.
Dr. Zou is a part of Human-Centered AI initiative at Stanford University, which works to advance AI research, education policy, practice to benefit humanity. His group develops a wide range of state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms motivated by biotech and healthcare challenges. He is also very interested in the broad social impact of AI and is developing a framework to detect and reduce human biases in algorithms.
Alka Roy- Moderator, AT&T Foundry
Alka served as lead technology strategist for wireless core networking for Cingular Wireless. She has led numerous technology initiatives and published position papers for areas such as video streaming and video delivery for AT&T and holds patents for security gateway and data policy management. She has also advised non-profits and startups and is passionate about mentoring, coaching and exploring the intersections between art and technology. Alka holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and was one of the recipients of the Rising Star, National Women of Color in Technology Outstanding Contribution Award.
Join the Discussion
Join us Monday, December 3rd at 5:30pm for refreshments. Screening of bias begins at 6:00pm followed by a panel discussion starting at 7:30pm.
read more
About the film:
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us. The documentary feature bias follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. bias contemplates the most pressing question: can we de-bias our brains?
About the Panelists
Robin Hauser - Award-winning Director/Producer Robin Hauser
Robin is the director and producer of cause-based documentary films at Finish Line Features and President of Unleashed Productions. Robin’s award-winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2015, and has caught the attention of the international tech industry and of policy makers and educators in Washington, DC and abroad. Robin’s most recent documentary, bias, explores unconscious bias and how it affects us socially and in the workplace. She delivered a TED talk about the impact of unconscious bias on artificial intelligence, and has spoken at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and at conferences worldwide on topics including diversity and inclusion, the importance of ethical AI, and gender equality. Robin has been featured in international publications: Forbes, Fortune, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, USA Today, Wired, Marie Claire, San Francisco Business Times and has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, NPR, CNBC. Robin is currently a diplomat for American Film Showcase and has screened her films at US embassies on multiple continents.
Ronald C Tyler -Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford University
Ron Tyler is a Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. The Clinic represents clients in the superior courts of California. Prof. Tyler’s scholarly agenda focuses on self-care skills for lawyers and criminal practice and procedure. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty, Professor Tyler was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 22 years in the Northern District of California.
Jerry Kang- Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at UCLA
Jerry Kang is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and academic administrator. He is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he also taught Asian American Studies. Since 2015, he has served as is UCLA's first vice chancellor for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
James Zou- Assistant Professor at Stanford University and leads the Stanford Laboratory of Machine Learning, Genomics and Health.
Dr. Zou is a part of Human-Centered AI initiative at Stanford University, which works to advance AI research, education policy, practice to benefit humanity. His group develops a wide range of state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms motivated by biotech and healthcare challenges. He is also very interested in the broad social impact of AI and is developing a framework to detect and reduce human biases in algorithms.
Alka Roy- Moderator, AT&T Foundry
Alka served as lead technology strategist for wireless core networking for Cingular Wireless. She has led numerous technology initiatives and published position papers for areas such as video streaming and video delivery for AT&T and holds patents for security gateway and data policy management. She has also advised non-profits and startups and is passionate about mentoring, coaching and exploring the intersections between art and technology. Alka holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and was one of the recipients of the Rising Star, National Women of Color in Technology Outstanding Contribution Award.
Join the Discussion
Join us Monday, December 3rd at 5:30pm for refreshments. Screening of bias begins at 6:00pm followed by a panel discussion starting at 7:30pm.
show less
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