Algorithms in decision-making examined with academics
14 November 2017
Science and Technology Committee holds its first evidence session for its algorithms in decision-making inquiry. The topic was pitched to the Committee earlier this year by Sense About Science, as part of the Committee's "My Science Inquiry" initiative.
- Watch Parliament TV: Algorithms in decision-making
- Inquiry: Algorithms in decision-making
- Science and Technology Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 14 November 2017, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
At 10.00am
- Hetan Shah, Executive Director, Royal Statistical Society
- Professor Nick Jennings, Royal Academy of Engineering
- Dr Adrian Weller, Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute
- Professor Louise Amoore, Durham University
At 11.00am
- Silkie Carlo, Senior Advocacy Officer, Liberty
- Dr Sandra Wachter, Lawyer and Researcher in Data Ethics, AI, and Robotics, Oxford Internet Institute
- Dr Pavel Klimov, Chair, Law Society's Technology and the Law Group
Purpose of the session
The first panel will examine both the current and future uses of algorithms in decision-making, as well as looking at algorithmic bias, and whether and how algorithmic decision-making can be conducted in a ‘transparent' and ‘accountable' way.
The second panel will consider some of the methods for providing oversight of algorithms, including the role of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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