https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/live-event-privacy-is-power

In conversation with author, Dr Carissa Veliz (Associate Professor Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Ethics in AI, Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College University of Oxford). The author will be accompanied by Sir Michael Tugendhat and Dr Stephanie Hare in a conversation about privacy, power, and democracy, and the event will be chaired by Professor John Tasioulas (inaugural Director for the Institute for Ethics and AI, and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford).

Panel Debate: “Digital Sovereignty – NavigatingBetween Scylla and Charybdis”(scroll down for more information)

Panelists: Paul Timmers, Ciaran Martin, MargotDor and Georg Serentschy
Moderation: Lynda Hardman
(scroll down for affiliations)

To participate go to: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09
(Password: 0dzqxqiy)

The talk will be streamed andrecorded on the DIGHUM channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-oCPW9l7IuDvu_J30tqMVw

Please join us!

Paul Timmers, on behalf ofHannes Werthner, TU Wien, Austria

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PANEL DEBATE: “DigitalSovereignty – Navigating Between Scylla and Charybdis”

This panel debate will have ahard and critical look at the sense and nonsense of digital sovereignty.

We will debunk some of theterminology that is being thrown around in debates on digital sovereignty,analyse the good, the bad, and the ugly of geopolitical technology battlesbetween the USA and China and provide specific look insight into two harbingersof the emerging perceptions of sovereignty in cyberspace: globaltelecommunications and global standardization.

We invite the audience to bepart of the debate to increase with the panel our understanding how Europe canbest navigate the good, the bad and the ugly of geopolitics and the digitalworld.

Prof Paul Timmers will setthe scene by a critical reflection where we are in the debate on ‘digitalsovereignty’ and consequences for EU policy development. Paul Timmers is at theEuropean University Cyprus, Research Associate at Oxford University, Senior Advisorat EPC, former Director European Commission, and leading thinker on strategicautonomy and digital sovereignty.

Subsequently, we will engagein a panel and audience discussion where three leading cybersecuritypersonalities will put forward their response to the scene setter:

Prof Ciaran Martin, OxfordUniversity, former head UK NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre), a world topperson in cybersecurity, recent interview by the Financial Times on east-westsplit over the internet.

Margot Dor, Strategy Directorof ETSI a European Standards Organization, driver of the Carl Bildt Report onStrategic Standardisation for Europe in the Digital Era

Dr Georg Serentschy, advisoron telecoms and IT, senior advisor SquirePattonBoggs, Board of DirectorsInternational Telecommunications Society, former Head of BEREC (EuropeanTelecoms Regulators).

Moderator: Lynda Hardman (CWI– Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam)

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https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/privacy-is-power/

Join the author of Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data, Carissa Véliz and Professor Rasmus Nielsen, Lead Researcher on the Oxford Martin Programme on Misinformation, Science and Media, as they discuss the need to understand the power of data better, how we can start protecting our privacy and how we need regulation.

Contact philippa.towler@cs.ox.ac.uk for details and invitation.

Moderator: Prof Basie von Solms, (Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of
Oxford, University of Johannesburg)
Speakers:

Dr Eva Nagyfejeo (Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford) will speak on 'Why do national cybersecurity awareness programmes often fail?'

Prof Elmarie Kritzinger (University of South Africa) will present 'South Africa's Cyber Safety Awareness Toolkit' and

Dr Lennon Y.C. Chang (Oceania Cyber Security Centre, Monash University) will discuss ‘Building cybersecurity awareness in a developing country: Lessons from Myanmar’

Three (15 minutes each) presentations will be given followed by a Q&A session.
You are invited to submit written questions in advance to cybersecurity@cs.ox.ac.uk but questions will also be taken via the ‘chat’ facility at the meeting.

https://www.anthtechconf.co.uk/

The 2020Anthropology + Technology Conference is takingplace this Friday 9 October and Monday 12 October. It will be getting to the heart of the debates around the social andeconomic impact of algorithmic decision-making and algorithmic bias, acrossthree streams: Fintech, Health Tech and Smart Cities, plus arange of workshops on day 2.

It’s a conference that is a little bitdifferent, a little bit unique.

What makes this conference different from otherAI conferences is:

· Social sciences: It emphasises thecontribution of social scientists, particularly anthropologists andsociologists, to the design, development and deployment of emergingtechnologies. We need the experts in people and society to help us address thesocial and economic impact of emerging tech. Speakers include Prof SusanHalford, Bristol University; Dr Gemma John (Human City, London); Dr Erin Taylor(Canela Consulting, Amsterdam); Dr Kadija Ferryman (NYU Tandon School ofEngineering); Lisa Talia Moretti (Goldsmiths). The conference is beingsupported by funding from UKRI (ESRC).

· Interdisciplinarity: The conference bringstogether people from very different disciplines and perspectives. Over 23speakers from academia, business, and the public sector will address topics infinancial services, disease detection, data privacy and cybersecurity,human-centred design in smart cities, ethical best practice in tech, humanisingdata and AI and much more.

· Tired of Zoom? So are the organisers andthat’s why the conference encourages active participation. Grab the virtual micand join the speakers on stage to share your knowledge and exchange ideas. Plusthere are over 10 workshops on the second day (Monday 12 October) included inthe ticket price.

· Tired of all the AI ethicstalk and no action? Join in the debates, ask questions, network, participate in thefree workshops. Come away inspired and with practical tips and tools to applyto your work and research. Demand them at the mic!

The 2020 opening keynote isNani Jansen Reventlow, a human rights lawyer and Director of theDigital Freedom Fund. Reventlow will address dismantling the systems of racismand colonisation embedded in digital technologies and how societies can createa better future for everyone.

In the evening, delegates are invited toexperience a pioneering use of AI in a live, interactive, special performanceof IAm Echoborg. 

Ticket prices for the fulltwo days range from only £20 for students to £95 for corporate delegates. Purchases: www.anthtechconf.co.uk. And while we actively encourage attendants toparticipate in the two live days in real-time, the ticket also includes exclusive access to the recordings after the event.

https://www.anthtechconf.co.uk/

The 2020Anthropology + Technology Conference is takingplace this Friday 9 October and Monday 12 October. It will be getting to the heart of the debates around the social andeconomic impact of algorithmic decision-making and algorithmic bias, acrossthree streams: Fintech, Health Tech and Smart Cities, plus arange of workshops on day 2.

It’s a conference that is a little bitdifferent, a little bit unique.

What makes this conference different from otherAI conferences is:

· Social sciences: It emphasises thecontribution of social scientists, particularly anthropologists andsociologists, to the design, development and deployment of emergingtechnologies. We need the experts in people and society to help us address thesocial and economic impact of emerging tech. Speakers include Prof SusanHalford, Bristol University; Dr Gemma John (Human City, London); Dr Erin Taylor(Canela Consulting, Amsterdam); Dr Kadija Ferryman (NYU Tandon School ofEngineering); Lisa Talia Moretti (Goldsmiths). The conference is beingsupported by funding from UKRI (ESRC).

· Interdisciplinarity: The conference bringstogether people from very different disciplines and perspectives. Over 23speakers from academia, business, and the public sector will address topics infinancial services, disease detection, data privacy and cybersecurity,human-centred design in smart cities, ethical best practice in tech, humanisingdata and AI and much more.

· Tired of Zoom? So are the organisers andthat’s why the conference encourages active participation. Grab the virtual micand join the speakers on stage to share your knowledge and exchange ideas. Plusthere are over 10 workshops on the second day (Monday 12 October) included inthe ticket price.

· Tired of all the AI ethicstalk and no action? Join in the debates, ask questions, network, participate in thefree workshops. Come away inspired and with practical tips and tools to applyto your work and research. Demand them at the mic!

The 2020 opening keynote isNani Jansen Reventlow, a human rights lawyer and Director of theDigital Freedom Fund. Reventlow will address dismantling the systems of racismand colonisation embedded in digital technologies and how societies can createa better future for everyone.

In the evening, delegates are invited toexperience a pioneering use of AI in a live, interactive, special performanceof IAm Echoborg. 

Ticket prices for the fulltwo days range from only £20 for students to £95 for corporate delegates. Purchases: www.anthtechconf.co.uk. And while we actively encourage attendants toparticipate in the two live days in real-time, the ticket also includes exclusive access to the recordings after the event.

Online: see https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/oiis-wednesday-webinar-week-1/ for details

Register: https://oii.zoom.us/webinar/register/7715994636867/WN_W8aHgL11SYSTBphkgHdY5w

Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI
This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the
future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.

Details/joining link: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/event/live-event-cass-sunstein-in-conversation-with-nigel-shadbolt-and-ruth-chang

Speaker

Professor Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School)

Commentators: Professor Ruth Chang (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) and Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt (Jesus College, Oxford and Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford)
Chaired by Professor John Tasioulas (inaugural Director for the Institute for Ethics and AI, and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford).

Summary

Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients — or that two judges in the same courthouse give different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different food inspectors give different ratings to indistinguishable restaurants ‑‑ or that when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to be handling the particular complaint. Now imagine that the same doctor, the same judge, the same inspector, or the same company official makes different decisions, depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather than Wednesday. These are examples of noise: variability in judgments that should be identical. Noise contributes significantly to errors in all fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, police behavior, food safety, bail, security checks at airports, strategy, and personnel selection. Algorithms reduce noise - which is a very good thing.

Background reading: two papers (i) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300171; (ii) https://hbr.org/2016/10/noise

The OII is delighted to welcome Tom Boellstorff for this digital ethnography session. He is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine.

In this talk, I present work in progress related to the book manuscript Intelligent Visions: The Intellivision System, Video Games, and Society, which I am coauthoring with Braxton Soderman (Department of Film and Media Studies, University of California, Irvine). Intellivision, developed by Mattel Electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is an important but understudied home video game system. In this informal talk I will first discuss the concepts and methods used in the research, which thus far includes over 120 interviews and 20,000 pages of archival data. I will then provide an overview of our project, which brings a systems approach to the field known as “platform studies” and includes detailed attention not only to game design and programming, but marketing, testing, advertising, quality assurance, corporate structure, and competition. The many concepts we are developing in this project include “productive constraint,” “affordance zones,” and “transplatform.” To illustrate some aspects of our analysis, I will discuss two case study examples: the turning of a bug into a feature in Utopia, one of the first world-building games, and PlayCable, likely the first downloadable game technology. Throughout I will discuss the implications of our methods and theories for game studies, the history of technology, and social inquiry in the broadest sense.

Details/register: https://oii.zoom.us/webinar/register/6616021541580/WN_H226bObWT9ycoFLE3k6w-A

Details/register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-epsrcs-engineering-programme-october-tickets-123492171409

The Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Meredith Broussard, Associate Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University. Hosted by Professor Philip Howard, Director of the OII. Professor Broussard is a data journalist and author of “Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.”

Details/register: https://oii.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416021535755/WN_e8p9pPPzQPKI-fHofqkJEA

Title: What is Fintech and why should I care?
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2020 at 5pm

Abstract:
Domenico Piers De Martino, former president of the Oxford Fintech & Legaltech Society (OFLS), will be speaking about what Fintech is and why it is important. This will be followed by panel discussion between Domenico and Vardaan Ahluwalia, the current President of OFLS and a Fintech Partner at a leading Indian law firm.

A central topic will be open banking – an API to integrate the services of different banks and result of deep collaboration between experts in finance and computer science.

Zoom details:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82609938081?pwd=b2YzWGpKMys5ZG5SdTdtS3Z0c2sxdz09
Meeting ID: 826 0993 8081
Passcode: 756821
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