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SUMMARY:Multithreaded Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Kristian Lum spoke about her recent work exploring the consequences of police using predictive models.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/multithreaded-speaker-series/
LOCATION:Stitch Fix Algorithms\, 731 Market Street\, San Francisco\, CA\,  94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics
DESCRIPTION:HRDAG’s director of research\, Patrick Ball\, explores the assumption that nearly every project using data must make: that the data are representative of reality in the world.The talk illustrates how biases in raw data can be addressed through estimation\, and explain why it matters. Please book your ticket for this event via Eventbrite by 20 September\, as a light lunch reception will be provided. Follow on Twitter via @EssexHRC. \nThe talk is chaired by  Professor Lorna McGregor\, Director of Human Rights Centre\, Co-Director of ESRC Human Rights\, Big Data and Technology Project\, Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/digital-echoes-understanding-patterns-of-mass-violence-with-data-and-statistics-3/
LOCATION:Human Rights Centre University of Essex\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO4 3SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:Multiple Systems Estimation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:HRDAG’s director of research\, Patrick Ball\, explores capture-recapture\, a statistical method that enables the estimation of a total population using a set of intersecting\, partial lists. This workshop follows a seminar on Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics\, also by Patrick. Registration for this seminar will close at 17:00 on Friday 9 September 2016. Follow on Twitter @CamBigData.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/multiple-systems-estimation-workshop/
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics
DESCRIPTION:HRDAG’s director of research\, Patrick Ball\, explores the assumption that nearly every project using data must make: that the data are representative of reality in the world.The talk illustrates how biases in raw data can be addressed through estimation\, and explain why it matters. This talk will be followed by a Multiple Systems Estimation workshop\, also by Patrick. Registration for this seminar will close at 17:00 on Friday 9 September 2016. Follow on Twitter @CamBigData.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/digital-echoes-understanding-patterns-of-mass-violence-with-data-and-statistics-2/
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:PyData San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:HRDAG executive director Megan Price delivers the keynote: Using the Python Data Science Stack to Determine How Many People Have Been Killed in Syria. Open to anyone registered for PyData San Francisco. Follow on Twitter @PyData.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/pydata-san-francisco/
LOCATION:Galvanize\, 44 Tehama St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:Quantitative Data and Human Rights Conference: Duke University
DESCRIPTION:Presentations by HRDAG team members Megan Price\, Kristian Lum and Patrick Ball\, as well as colleagues as James Johndrow\,Daniel Manrique\, Robin Mejia and Beka Steorts. Hosted by HRDAG Advisory Board member David Banks.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/conference-at-duke/
LOCATION:Duke University\, Durham\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:Seeing the Forest: Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:Patrick Ball\, director of research at HRDAG\, discusses how to analyze hidden patterns using (mostly) public data  about people killed in Syria\, 2011-2015. This is part of the Disrupting Unity and Discerning Ruptures: Focus Aleppo lecture series\, with Laura Kurgan and Avinaom Shalem. Please register: info @ c4sr.columbia.edu by March 24\, 2016.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/seeing-the-forest-columbia-university/
LOCATION:Brown Institute for Media Innovation\, Pulitzer Hall\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights,Syria
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160610T190929Z
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SUMMARY:Strata + Hadoop Conference
DESCRIPTION:Megan Price\, executive director of Human Rights Data Analysis Group\, delivers the keynote speech at the Wednesday morning session. Video footage of the talk: https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/data-and-human-rights
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/strata-hadoop-conference/
LOCATION:San Jose Convention Canter\, 150 W San Carlos St.\, San Jose\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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SUMMARY:Data & Society: understanding patterns of mass violence with data and statistics
DESCRIPTION:Databite No. 74: Patrick Ball presents Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics. This talk will explore the assumption that nearly every project using data must make: that the data are representative of reality in the world. Using analysis of killings in Iraq\, homicides committed by police in the US\, killings in the conflict in Syria\, and homicides in Colombia\, we will contrast patterns in raw data with data in estimated total patterns of violence. The talk will show how biases in raw data can be corrected through estimation\, and explain why it matters in these countries\, and more generally. RSVP required! Lunch is provided. \nVideo footage of the talk: youtu.be/z7U9w-q0yAY
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/data-society-understanding-patterns-of-mass-violence-with-data-and-statistics/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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ORGANIZER;CN="Unnamed Organizer":MAILTO:events at data society dot net
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SUMMARY:Tyranny of the Algorithm?
DESCRIPTION:The Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at New York University Law School held a two-day conference exploring predictive analytics and human rights. HRDAG director of research Patrick Ball and lead statistician Kristian Lum spoke about Data Hygiene and Algorithmic Oversight. “Data-driven risk assessments raise difficult issues of oversight\, since they rely on data sets and algorithms that may be hidden\, opaque\, or misunderstood by the general public.  Many of the actors who usually play a role in the detection of human rights violations by governments do not have the technical expertise to understand\, let alone challenge\, the quality of the data and fairness of the algorithms behind data-driven risk assessments.”
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/tyranny-of-the-algorithm/
LOCATION:Bernstein Institute for Human Rights NYU Law\, 40 Washington Square South\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160317T081500
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SUMMARY:International Studies Association Conference 2016
DESCRIPTION:ISA’s 57th Annual Convention: Exploring Peace. Megan Price\, executive director of HRDAG\, will participate as a panelist in “A Million Deaths is a Statistic: New Findings from the Archives of Political Conflict.” Her talk will be “Exploring the Contents of the Historic Archive of the National Police in Guatemala.” This session is open to anyone attending ISA.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/international-studies-association-2016/
LOCATION:Hilton Atlanta\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151102T120000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Innovators Under 35
DESCRIPTION:In September\, our colleague Beka Steorts was named an Innovator Under 35 by MIT Technology Review. Two months later\, she delivered a talk at EmTech — at the MIT Media Lab — on how “big data” could cut through the fog of war. Here’s a link to her three-minute talk\, and here’s more information on Beka’s award. #EmTechMIT
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/meet-the-innovators-under-35/
LOCATION:MIT Media Lab\, EmTech\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150903T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150903T120000
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SUMMARY:Policing in the dark? Observed homicides and the Colombian peace process\, 2003-2011
DESCRIPTION:At the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)\, HRDAG colleagues Jule Krüger and Amelia Hoover Green will discuss “Filling in the Blanks: Data Problems and Solutions in the Study of Violence” as part of the HIDDEN VIOLENCE DURING ARMED CONFLICT: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS panel. The panel will be chaired by Christian Davenport. From the program: “The aim for this panel is to take stock of data and methods used to understand hard-to-study phenomena in conflict settings\, and discuss innovations in data-generation and analyses in challenging conflict settings. Data on violence from conflict settings is problematic for several reasons.”
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/2015-filling-in-blanks/
LOCATION:Parc 55 San Francisco\, 55 Cyril Magnin St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150825T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150825T170000
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SUMMARY:Big Data Promises and Pitfalls: Examples from Syria
DESCRIPTION:On August 25\, 2015\, at #HLF15\, director of research Megan Price explained how HRDAG relies on many data sources in the documentation of human rights\, such as bureaucratic or border crossing records. Quantitative analyses have the potential to contribute to transitional justice mechanisms\, via empirical evidence—but most data available in transitional justice settings are incomplete. Using conventional “big data” approaches can lead to not only incomplete but often incorrect analytical results. Her presentation explored how information is generated about killings in conflict\, and how the process of generation shapes the statistical patterns in the observed data. This was The Heidelberg Laureate Forum’s Hot Topic 2015\, #BraveNewDataWorld\, and co-panelists included Michele Cantanzaro\, Ciro Cattuto\, Jeremy Gillula\, Kristen Tolle\, and Alessandro Acquisti. Photo by Peter Saueressig.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/big-data-promises-and-pitfalls-examples-from-syria/
LOCATION:Heidelberg Laureate Forum\, Neue Universität\, University Square “Universitätsplatz\,” 69117 Heidelberg\, Heidelberg\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150528T200000
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SUMMARY:Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Open Society Foundations with Elizabeth Eagen. Statistical patterns in raw data tend to be quite different than patterns in the real world: patterns in data tend to reflect how the data was collected rather than changes in the real-world phenomena the data appears to represent. Using analysis of killings in Iraq\, homicides committed by police in the United States\, killings in the conflict in Syria\, and homicides in Colombia\, Patrick Ball will explore how biases in raw data can be corrected through estimation\, and why understanding the accurate statistical patterns of violence is essential to the project of advancing rights and justice.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/digital-echoes-understanding-patterns-of-mass-violence-with-data-and-statistics/
LOCATION:Open Society Foundations–New York\, 224 West 57th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150515T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150515T183000
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SUMMARY:“Big Data” Plenary Panel
DESCRIPTION:On May 15\, 2015\, HRDAG executive director Patrick Ball addressed a crowd of more than 100 people at Claremont Graduate University during a forum on the potential and limitations of big data. Patrick was one of five headline speakers at the event\, which was moderated by Thomas Horan\, CGU Professor and Director\, Center for Information Systems and Technology. Here’s Patrick’s 12 minutes on “big data.” In addition to Patrick\, the panel included: \n\nMukesh Aghi\, President of the United States-India Business Council\nJean-Baptiste Michel\, leading data scientist and founder of Quantified Labs\nFernanda Viégas\, co-leader of Google’s “Big Picture” data visualization group in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\nJeff Jonas\, IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist of Context Computing\n\nCGU Big Data-Big Data Commencement panel discussion and dinner at Claremont Graduate University\, May 15\, 2015. \n 
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/big-data-plenary-panel/
LOCATION:Claremont University – Albrecht Auditorium\, 925 North Dartmouth Avenue\,  Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data
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