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This virtual conference was a kick-off event for the Data Science Institute at SMU. For two afternoons, we heard speakers from across the country and close to home, working in non-profits and academia, applying data science tools to complex human rights and social justice problems. Videos of the talks and discussion are accessible below.
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Session 1: Thursday, February 25, 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
- Megan Price (Keynote speaker), Executive Director, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
- How do we achieve the most good and the least harm?
- Caitlin Augustin, Senior Director, DataKind
- Art of the Possible – using data science, machine learning, and AI to advance positive social impact
- Shannon Loomis, Founder and CTO, Community Lattice
- Using Data Science to Promote Environmental Justice
- David Corliss, Founder, Data Scientist, Chrysler Fiat and Founder, Peace-Work
- Measuring Bias in Machine Learning Algorithms
Session 2: Thursday, February 25, 2021, 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM CST
Q&A with Leaders in Human Rights and Social Good Non-profits/Volunteer organizations, including HRDAG, DataKind, Community Lattice, Peace-Work, and Statistics Without Borders
Session 3: Friday, February 26, 2021, 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM CST
- Andrew Davies, Victoria Smiegocki, & Gregory Guggenmos, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Law School
- Data Science Approaches to Criminal Justice Research at the Deason Center
- Robin Mejia, Director of the Statistics and Human Rights Program, Center for Human Rights Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- Understanding mortality in correctional institutions: From description to assessment
- Idean Salehyan, Dept. of Political Science, University of North Texas
- Coding Protest Event Data with Incomplete and Conflicting Media Coverage
Session 4: Friday, February 26, 2021, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
- Tony Ng, Dept. of Statistical Science, SMU
- Data-Driven Network Predictive Modelling for Human Trafficking Network
- Davina Durgana, American University and Vice Chair, Statistics without Borders
- Finding Today’s Slaves: Lessons Learned From Over A Decade of Measurement in Modern Slavery
- Vanessa Bouche, Dept. of Political Science, Texas Christian University
- Mining Human Trafficking Prosecutions Data: Insights from structuring the unstructured
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