NYU WagnerTech

WagnerTech is a student group @NYUWagner fostering collaboration among students, #NYU faculty, and professionals driven to leverage technology for social good.

[Politics Society At NYU @NYUPolSoc]

"I think it's a mistake to try and solve social problems with technology." -@RobynCaplan @NYUwagnertech @WagnerSCJR

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"There's a danger in seeing justice as the same as fairness in decision making." -@s010n

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Have more diverse teams behind machine learning/algorithms cc @bencasselman

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Algorithms make assumptions and are not objective cc @hannawallach

[Fernanda Villaseñor @fernandavlop]

Not more data, but thicker description/context of data cc @RobynCaplan @NYUwagnertech #HowBigDataDiscriminates

[Sheba Rivera @ShebaOnIt]

"Who gets caught is not random. Risk assessment models are asking who gets caught"#bigdata @bencasselman @NYUWagner

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Using the data to identify the problem is just to very beginning #howbigdatadiscriminates https://t.co/HuSDqLqdWF

[Fernanda Villaseñor @fernandavlop]

New argument: machine learning is perfect (math) but is the data that is corrupted #HowBigDataDiscriminates

[Fernanda Villaseñor @fernandavlop]

Algorithms are inherently imperfect, just like humans cc @bencasselman @NYUwagnertech #HowBigDataDiscriminates

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Another example of big data discrimination: streetbump app (focus only on affluent tech-users) cc @hannawallach

[Dana Laventure @DanaLaventure]

Top of mind examples of #algorithmicdiscrimination: Google images & search results, predictive policing...

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Iconic example of big data discrimination: hotspot policing cc @RobynCaplan

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Data mining can reproduce persisting patterns of discrimination cc @s010n #HowBigDataDiscriminates

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About to start our panel on algorithmic discrimination w/ @RobynCaplan @bencasselman @s010n @hannawallach cc @PoliticsNYU

[Ben Casselman @bencasselman]

Does big data discriminate? Looking forward to this discussion next week @NYUwagnertech. Join us!
https://t.co/VFzI82uVUH

[Justin Salamon @justin_salamon]

Thanks @NYUwagnertech for organizing an awesome tech meetup. Great people, great ideas.

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Our 2016-17 co-chairs @fernandavlop and Ashely Smith close up and prepare for a night of networking, NYU-style

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"The devils in the data!" @chris_whong @NYUWagner #techmeetup shows his beautiful #opendata viz built off @cartoDB

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NYU's own data hero @chris_whong opens w his "1 day taxi" data which went viral in 2014&featured on @FiveThirtyEight https://t.co/KwDnRzhqwV

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These @heatseeknyc sensors take readings every hr not just when landlords alerted to inspectors #nyu #techmeetup

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.@heatseeknyc ceo @Noelle_Francois says fellow spkr @justin_salamon spot on abt data for cities: both use hardware & data to solve probs!