Faculty of ArtUpcoming Talk : Characterizing Algorithmic Unfairness: From Compounding Injustices to Social Norm Bias
March 7, 2023
When: March 16 at 3:30 p.m. Where/How: Visit Abstract In this talk, I will characterize different dimensions of algorithmic unfairness. I will first show how societal biases encoded in data may be compounded by machine learning models. I will relate this to the political philosophy notion of compounding injustices and illustrate it in the context […]All Training Events for winter/spring 2023
March 6, 2023
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March 2, 2023
Engage in discussions with departments across the social sciences to expand the breadth of CCSS Facilitate faculty and students on computational social researches Encourage computational studies on social issues and exploring changes in social systems Reach out to other units at UBC to ensure our approach appropriately and advantageously alignsA Center for Computational Discoveries
March 2, 2023
Director: Laura K. Nelson (Department of Sociology) We plan to offer a space for faculty and students to connect across disciplines through regular meetings where we will share projects and find common threads among our work and to share relevant resources available across campus, we will bring leading computational social science scholars to campus (in […]Centre for Computational Social Science launches at UBC
October 19, 2022
The Faculty of Arts newsletter covered the launch of the new Centre for Computational Social Science at UBC. Read the article here. https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/centre-for-computational-social-science-launches-at-ubc/ (Image credit: Dave Gray)https://ccss.sites.olt.ubc.ca/news-2/events/