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This is the Ethics in Computer Science and Linguistics reading circle at Brandeis.
The Ethics in Computer Science and Linguistics reading circle is a graduate student led reading group housed in the Department of Computer Science at Brandeis University. While the group is centered around the computational linguistics community at Brandeis, anyone interested in the topic is welcome to join us!
PDFs for all readings are accesible in the readings repository on our GitHub.
Recurring Zoom link for meetings
Spring 2021 Schedule
Meetings are every other Friday, from 2-3:30pm. Sometimes we may not use the entire 90 minute block.
3/12 - Social Impact of NLP (Derek McCarthy)
3/26 - Fake News and Fake News Detection (Parker Glenn)
4/9 - Content Moderation (Kelley Lynch)
4/23 - Guest Speaker: Lotus Goldberg
Due to the current pandemic situation with COVID-19, the reading circle will be meeting via Zoom.
Upcoming Meeting
4/23 - Language Endangerment (Guest Speaker: Lotus Goldberg)
Readings
Ken Hale, On endangered languages and the safeguarding of diversity
Suzanne Romaine, Preserving Endangered Languages
Previous Meetings
4/9 - Content Moderation (Kelley Lynch)
Readings
Vidgen et al., Challenges and frontiers in abusive content detection
Binns et al., Like trainer, like bot? Inheritance of bias in algorithmic content moderation
3/12 - Social Impact of NLP (Derek McCarthy)
Readings
Hovy and Spruit, The Social Impact of NLP
Leins et al., Give Me Convenience and Give Her Death: Who Should Decide What Uses of NLP are Appropriate, and on What Basis?
3/26 - Fake News and Fake News Detection (Parker Glenn)
Readings
Etienne Brown, “Fake News” and Conceptual Ethics
Oshikawa et al., A Survey on NLP for Fake News Detection