{"id":16213,"date":"2016-04-04T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=16213"},"modified":"2018-09-28T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:02:41","slug":"16213_creative-research-center-presents-weapons-of-math-destruction-what-is-an-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2016\/04\/04\/16213_creative-research-center-presents-weapons-of-math-destruction-what-is-an-algorithm\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Research Center Presents “Weapons of Math Destruction: What is an Algorithm?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montclair State’s Creative Research Center,\u00a0the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship and Residence Life\u00a0present the Fifth Annual Symposium on the Imagination “Weapons of Math Destruction: What is an Algorithm<\/strong>?” on Thursday, April 14th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in the 7th floor conference center at\u00a0University Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Which students should be accepted into which colleges?
\nWhat political messages should campaigns send to people on Facebook?
\nHow long should prisoners go to jail?
\nWhat advertisements will appeal to you?
\nWhat kind of person would you like to date?<\/p>\n

These questions used to be determined by\u00a0people<\/em>. But in the age of \u201cbig data,\u201d they are increasingly being decided by\u00a0algorithms<\/em>. In Cathy O\u2019Neil\u2019s talk at Montclair State — a special preview of her next book, coming out in the fall — she will explore what algorithms are (and\u00a0aren\u2019t<\/em>!), how they are built, their positive and negative effects, and the ways we can examine them for fairness and ethical behavior.<\/p>\n

A lively Q&A will follow.<\/p>\n

Cathy O’Neil<\/strong>\u00a0is a data scientist, writer, and activist. She received a math Ph.D. from Harvard University and was a math professor for a time at Barnard College. In 2007 she went to work as a \u201cquant\u201d in finance for a few years before switching over to the tech world. After starting a blog at\u00a0mathbabe.org<\/a>, she joined Occupy Wall Street and started writing books about data science. Her new book,“Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,<\/strong>” will be released on Sept. 6, 2016 by Crown Books. On Twitter:\u00a0@mathbabedotorg<\/a><\/p>\n

Agenda:
\n6:00-6:45 p.m. Networking with pizza
\n6:45-7:00 p.m. Welcome
\n7:00-8:30 p.m. Cathy O’Neil presentation with audience Q&A<\/p>\n

Event is presented by\u00a0Creative Research Center<\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Residence Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Event is free and open to the public, but please pre-register at:http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Montclair-Entrepreneurs\/events\/229041239\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Directions and parking info: Park in the Red Hawk Deck on campus, exit the deck on Level 5 and proceed straight up the walkway (soccer field will be on your left). At the new Feliciano School of Business building, turn right and go up the outdoor staircase. University Hall will be straight ahead once you reach the top of the steps.<\/p>\n

Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram:\u00a0#MSUmeetup<\/a>\u00a0and@FelicianoCenter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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