Performance/Exhibition

IAS Annual Theme Launch Event - AI: Facts, Fictions, Futures

  • 17 November 2021 - 17 November 2021
  • 3:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Loughborough Design School - LDS.0.17

To kick start our annual theme for the academic year, the IAS is hosting a screening of the film "Coded Bias", followed by a panel discussion featuring our new Vice Chancellor, Nick Jennings.

Launch of the IAS Annual Theme AI: Facts, Fictions, Futures
Film Screening, followed by a Panel Discussion 

Coded Bias (2020)

A documentary by Shalini Kantayya

We are delighted to announce that the IAS annual Theme of 2021-22 will be launched in November with an in person screening of Shalini Kantayya’s multi-award-winning documentary Coded Bias, followed by a panel discussion Chaired by Professor Jin Xuan (AACME), Co-Lead of the IAS Theme, that will include IAS Visiting Fellows, invited scholars and Loughborough’s new Vice Chancellor, Professor Nick Jennings.

Focusing on MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s discovery that many facial recognition technologies misclassify women and darker-skinned faces, Coded Bias raises compelling issues regarding the ubiquity of AI in everyday life and the impact of widespread algorithmic bias on matters of social justice, equity and governance. W‌atch the Coded Bias trailer.

The launch event will take place on Wednesday 17th November from 3pm to 6pm; light refreshments will be provided. Places are limited, to book, please use the booking link below.

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Contact and booking details

Name
Kieran Teasdale
Email address
k.teasdale@lboro.ac.uk
Cost
Free
Booking required?
Yes