[Air-L] Symposium - Face-Off: Facial Recognition Technologies and Humanity in an Era of Big Data

[Sarah Krongard]

*Apologies for cross-posting*


Please join us on April 18th from 9:30am - 3:20pm for Boston University's
international symposium Face-Off: Facial Recognition Technologies and
Humanity in an Era of Big Data.  Speakers and panels are as follows:

Panel 1: Understanding Facial Recognition

How Does the Face Recognition Technology Work?
*Margrit Betke, Boston University*

The Biology of Facial Recognition

*Mark Frank, University at Buffalo*
Panel 2: Ethical Concerns and Practical Benefits

The Risks and Benefits of Facial Recognition? A New Direction Needed
*Vanessa Nurock, Epidapo CNRS-UCLA & Université Paris 8*

The Ethical Significance of the Face and AI Facial Recognition
*Laura Specker Sullivan, Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics*

An Industry Perspective on Facial Recognition Technology

*Derek Christensen, Accenture*
Panel 3: Historical and Contemporary Uses and Abuses

Alphonse Bertillon: Issues in the “Scientific” Identification of Persons by
Means of Facial Features at the Turn of the 20th Century
*Pierre Piazza, Cergy-Pontoise University*

The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America

*Clare Garvie and Alvaro Bedoya, the Center on Privacy and Technology at
Georgetown LawJonathan Frankle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*

Panel 4: Applications and Perceptions

Emotion, Classification, and Race in Facial Recognition Systems

*Luke Stark, Dartmouth College*
Public Perceptions and Concerns: A View from Chile
*Daniel Halpern, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile*

Putting a Face to a Name in Clinical Settings: Recognizing Faces in
Manifestation and Outcomes of Clinician Anonymity

*Lora Appel, OpenLab University Health Network, TorontoYork University,
Toronto*

For additional details and registration information, please visit the event
website <https://www.mellonphilemerge.com/events/face-off>.  Be sure to
click Read More for full details.  Space is limited, so please be sure to
register!

Contact Sarah Krongard at krongard at bu.edu with any questions.

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Sarah Krongard
Doctoral Student
College of Communication, Division of Emerging Media Studies
Boston University
508.361.9304 | krongard at bu.edu | @sarahkrongard
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