Online Seminar | Algorithmic Governance: AI, agency & ethics in strategic decision-making
03 February 2021, 11:30 am–12:30 pm
Zeynep Engin, Founder & Director of Data For Policy and Senior Researcher in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Computer Science will introduce the emerging field of Algorithmic Governance. An increasingly important field reflecting on the agency and ethics in human-machine collaboration. Zeynep will shine particular emphasis on the implications to strategic decision-making in the public sector
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff | ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Robert Thompson – Institute of Communications and Connected Systems
Algorithmic Governance - Artificial Intelligence, Agency and Ethics in Strategic Decision-making
Humans are becoming increasingly dependent on algorithm assistance in everyday operations, also outsourcing important decisions to self-learning and constantly evolving algorithms in a range of social, economic and policy contexts.
This has already given rise to a new field of study broadly referred to as Algorithmic Governance, but the term is currently lacking a universal definition. Different interpretations emerged in recent literature – ranging from improving existing governance processes with algorithmic assistance mainly supporting human decision-makers, to the governance principles and practices of such complex and opaque systems, and even to models in which humans fully or partially transfer their decision-making power to the new algorithmic agents.
This talk will introduce an overview of this emerging field – looking into the concepts of intelligence, agency and ethics in human-machine collaboration for strategic decision-making, with an emphasis on public sector applications.
ICCS Chair
This session will be chaired by: Izzat Darwazeh
Attending the seminarÌý
The Seminar will be held on the Zoom platform.
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Webinar ID: 930 5623 2366
Password: Will be distributed to ICCS members, others are welcome to join andÌýthe password can be requested by email.
About the Speaker
Zeynep Engin
Senior Research Associate at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
Dr Zeynep Engin is a Senior Research Associate based at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Computer Science. She has established multiple disciplinary and cross-sector recognition for leading the global debates in two key fields,ÌýData for PolicyÌýandÌýAlgorithmic Governance.
Supported by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº-EPSRC grants, she is also leading the GovTech Lab, a national knowledge transfer consortium focusing on government digital transformation; and the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Digital Ethics Forum, a cross-disciplinary collaboration to generate ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº wide responses to some of the most pressing social and policy challenges under the ongoing digital revolution.
Zeynep is also the Founder and Chair of the internationalÌýData for PolicyÌýconferences (); and the Editor-in-Chief forÌýtheÌýData and PolicyÌý(), an open-access peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press.
She has over ten years of executive experience in the non-profit sector and obtained her PhD in statistical pattern detection from Imperial College London.