Speaker: Prof. Gordon Pennycook. Time: 3:30 pm-5:00 pm. Questrom’s Susilo institute is hosting the upcoming Cyber Alliance talk, featuring Gordon Pennycook. Pennycook will discuss how, contrary to the narrative that social media algorithms impact cognition, his research shows that people can and do override their intuitions and that reasoning often facilitates accurate belief formation. Although […]
” AI Malpractice?” by Bryan Choi (The Ohio State University). Time: 3:30 pm-5:00 pm. In this talk, Bryan (Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science & Engineering) explores whether professional malpractice law can offer a useful framework for staging the discourse on AI ethics. Should AI developers be held to a professional standard of care? […]
“Is Tricking a Robot Hacking?” by Ryan Calo (University of Washington Law). Time: 3:30 pm-5:00 pm. The term “hacking” has come to signify breaking into a computer system. A number of local, national, and international laws—among them, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act—seek to hold hackers accountable for breaking into computer systems to steal information or […]
Valuing Intrinsic and Instrumental Preferences for Privacy by BU Questrom Assistant Prof. Tesary Lin — This Cyber Alliance talk featuring Marketing Prof. Tesary Lin centers on her paper, in which she empirically separates two motives for consumers to protect privacy: an intrinsic motive, which is a “taste” for privacy; and an instrumental motive, which […]
Susilo Fellow and Chair of the United Nations’ PRI Academic Advisory Committee, Prof. Caroline Flammer announced the UN PRI Academic Seminar Series. This multidisciplinary virtual seminar series will feature ESG thought leaders and is open to academics, investors, students, and others. The aim of this seminar series is threefold: To give world thought leaders in […]
Prof. Johnson gave the opening talk in our Cyber Alliance speaker series 2020-21 (Sept 9) on the intended & unintended consequences of the GDPR. Click to view the video recording. The talk centered on Prof. Johnson’s paper showing how the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) reduced data sharing online, but had the unintended […]