Category: Events

  • Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back

    Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back

    Hear from the authors of Data Grab about how the extractive practices of today’s tech giants are the continuation of colonialism—and how we should structure structure our collective resistance.

  • AIAI Kickoff Event ’24

    AIAI Kickoff Event ’24

    Please join us on Wednesday, September 25th, at the Atlanta Contemporary, for our Fall 2204 kickoff event! Hear Dr. Brandeis Marshall and Dr. Lauren Klein share highlights from the first year of the AIAI Network, and other members of the AIAI Steering Committee discuss what is to come. We’ll also hear from the 2023-24 Seed Grant…

  • Exploring Data and AI Ethics through Public Data Workshop

    Exploring Data and AI Ethics through Public Data Workshop

    On March 29, we held a public workshop attended by 50 participants in the Spark Center at Georgia Tech. Participants ranged from members of Google’s Trust and Safety team, planners from the City of Atlanta, and community organizers.

  • Accessible Data Representations for Screen Reader Users

    Accessible Data Representations for Screen Reader Users

    The AIAI Speaker Series will continue on Wednesday, April 3rd at 4pm at Clark Atlanta, with a lecture by Dr. Marisa Parham, Professor of English & Digital Studies and Director of AADHum (African American Digital Humanities Initiative) at the University of Maryland, College Park.

  • Black life, Black data, and other stories about AI and desire

    Black life, Black data, and other stories about AI and desire

    The AIAI Speaker Series will continue on Wednesday, April 3rd at 4pm at Clark Atlanta, with a lecture by Dr. Marisa Parham, Professor of English & Digital Studies and Director of AADHum (African American Digital Humanities Initiative) at the University of Maryland, College Park.

  • Works in Progress

    Works in Progress

    AIAI / Atlanta Studies Works-in-Progress Series AIAI and Atlanta Studies are joining forces to present the first event in our works-in-progress series, featuring Dr. André Brock (Associate Professor of Media Studies, Georgia Tech) and Anh Ton Tran (Ph.D. Candidate in Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech). Dr. André Brock and Anh Ton Tran on February 29th at…

  • Talk by Deborah Raji

    Talk by Deborah Raji

    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH | 4PM | EMORY UNIVERSITY (ATWOOD 360) Join us for a talk by Inioluwa Deborah Raji at Emory University! This in-person event will be held on Thursday October 19th, 4 pm till 5:15 pm, at the Atwood Cheminstry Building, Room 360. (Note change in room location!) Raji will share her insights on “Audits and Accountability in the Age…

  • AIAI Kickoff Event ’23

    On October 4th, we kicked off the AIAI Network with an evening event at the Science Gallery Atlanta. We welcomed over seventy people into our network, drawing from educational institutions across the city as well as from local nonprofits, professional organizations, and small businesses. We ate delicious food, toured the JUSTICE exhibit, and–thanks to the DIY heroics of…