As we look at the events of 2020, we cannot ignore how issues of race, representation, and justice intersect with the growing reliance on data, algorithims, and computational approaches in nearly all aspects of our lives. Big data increasingly impacts how information flows across networks, how law enforcement and the criminal justice system operate in our communities, how individuals and communities are made visible (or invisible), how public & social services are dispersed, and, most fundamentally, how justice might be possible in our society.
The 5th Annual Marquette “Ethics of Big Data Symposium” explores how data intersects with critical issues race, representation, and justice in and across our communities. Please join us for this important discussion.