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DESCRIPTION:Morgan Klaus Scheuerman on How We Teach Computer Vision To See 
 Race and Gender\n\nThis is a free\, virtual event with professional live c
 aptions\, open to the public. Please register for the free event on Eventb
 rite.\n\nTalk Description:\n	Race and gender have long sociopolitical histo
 ries of classification in technical infrastructures-from the passport to s
 ocial media. Facial analysis technologies are particularly pertinent to un
 derstanding how identity is operationalized in new technical systems. This
  talk will cover two studies on gender and race representations in facial 
 analysis technology. First\, I sought to understand how gender is concrete
 ly conceptualized and encoded into commercial facial analysis and image la
 beling technologies available today. Findings show how gender is codified 
 as a binary into both classifiers and data standards. Second\, I examined 
 how race and gender are defined and annotated in image databases used for 
 training and evaluating models. Though race and gender decisions are rarel
 y justified or defined\, they are discussed as apolitical\, obvious\, and 
 neutral. These two studies show not only how race and gender are represent
 ed in facial analysis models\, but also the value-decisions made at the da
 ta level and how inclusion and exclusion of certain identities are propaga
 ted through the model pipeline.\n\nMorgan Klaus Scheuerman is a PhD Studen
 t of Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder. His research f
 ocuses on the intersection of technical infrastructure and marginalized id
 entities. In particular\, he examines how gender and race characteristics 
 are embedded into algorithmic infrastructures and how those permeations in
 fluence the entire system. His recent work explores how gender and race cl
 assification in computer vision technologies excludes and endangers at-ris
 k individuals.\n\nThis event is part of the 2nd Season of the Feminist and
  Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Worksho
 p Series (https://www.feministandaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com)\, 
 organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. This series was made possible thanks to our
  sponsors: SSHRC (and the Initiative for Digital Citizen Research)\, the I
 nstitute for Gender\, Sexuality\, and Feminist Studies (IGSF)\, Milieux\, 
 Initiative for Indigenous Futures\, Algorithmic Media Observatory\, MILA\,
  Cinema Politics\, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of History and Classical Studies\, 
 Black Feminist Futures Working Group\, the Sustainability Projects Fund\, 
 Moving Image Research Laboratory\, The 黑料不打烊 Writing Centre\, MUTEK IMG\,
  the Intersectionality Research Hub\, and Machine Agencies.\n\n\n	There is 
 no fee required to attend this event. We will provide live professional ca
 ptions. The event will be recorded and the video will be made available on
  our website a few days after the event.\n
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SUMMARY:Morgan Klaus Scheuerman on How We Teach Computer Vision to See Gend
 er and Race
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