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SUMMARY:Summer School - Towards Responsible Machine Learning
DESCRIPTION:This part-time\, five-day course offers foundational Artificial Intelligence\, Machine Learning and Data science concepts that are applicable in the humanities and social sciences. Offered by SFU’s Digital Democracies Institute and SFU’s Big Data Initiative\, this course will have you examine best practices to critically evaluate and mitigate unwanted bias from sources such as data\, algorithms or users. Through collaborative hands-on labs guided by SFU experts\, you will come away with the kind of data science experience and knowledge that organizations and recruiters value. \nDate: \nThis workshop will be held from June 21-25 everyday from 9am-2:30pm Pacific Time \nPrice: \n$695 CAD (Taxes and fees included) \n$500 Scholarship \nOur partner Athena Pathways is offering a $500 scholarship designed to lower barriers for women pursuing careers in the AI and data science fields. This scholarship will be awarded after completion of the workshop. Any person who identifies as female and resides in British Columbia will qualify. \n$350 Grant \nYou may qualify for the $350 Scale AI grant. Apply for the grant.You will be sent a discount code for this course after applying. This grant cannot be combined with the Athena Pathways scholarship. \nLink to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sfu-data-fellowships-towards-responsible-machine-learning-tickets-146802515275 \n 
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SUMMARY:Nathan Schneider talks to the Institute
DESCRIPTION:The implicit feudalism of online communities\n\nAn “implicit feudalism” informs the available options for community management on the dominant platforms for online communities. It is a pattern that grants user-administrators absolutist reign over their fiefdoms\, with competition among them as the primary mechanism for quality control\, typically under rules set by platform companies. Implicit feudalism emerged from technical conditions dating to early online networks. In light of alternative management mechanisms with more democratic features\, it becomes all the more clear that implicit feudalism is not a necessary condition. This talk will both diagnose the problem and explore some possible avenues for fostering a more diverse\, accountable\, and participatory range of governance options for online communities. \nNathan Schneider is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where he leads the Media Enterprise Design Lab. His most recent book is Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy. \n 
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