²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù’s Center for Data, Ethics, and Society works to address the social and ethical dimensions of our increasingly data-driven society.

 

Grounded in the university’s Jesuit mission of social justice, the Center for Data, Ethics, and Society focuses on confronting the ethical consequences & controversies of our increasingly data-driven lives and spaces, including unfair algorithmic biases, the uneven impacts of computational decision-making, the privacy threats of ubiquitous surveillance systems, the growth of artificial intelligence and its impacts across society, and corporate social responsibility and accountability. 

The Center takes up these concerns through an applied and interdisciplinary approach to research, pedagogy, and engagement with impacted communities, data professionals, and industry. The center is directed by Dr. Michael Zimmer.

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2024 AI ETHICS SYMPOSIUM: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE

The , in partnership with the Center for Data, Ethics, and Society, hosted the 2024 AI Ethics Symposium at ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù on November 21, 2024. The event featured keynote addresses from, former deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as well as , associate professor of information science at the University of Colorado Boulder. An overview of the event is .