Facial Safety and Racism, When Will We Solve the Eternal Algorithmic Bias?

New Frontier Awareness Futuro Diversidade e Inclusão Inovação Tecnologia Impacto Social

Racism reflected in technology is a problem to be resolved and discussed urgently and the innovation ecosystem is an important ally in this regard. Facial safety raises concerns about algorithmic racism. As facial recognition systems become ubiquitous, the accuracy and fairness of these algorithms are questioned. How can we move towards solutions that guarantee equity and justice implementing these technologies?

Speakers

Andressa Freires | Palestrante

Black, peripheral, scientist and teacher. Physics by training and former scientific researcher in Computational Neuroscience. Specialist in Diversity Management from PUC-SP, in Deep learning from DeepLearning.AI, in Data Science from the University of Michigan. Senior Data Scientist. Postgraduate and open course teacher at Conquer and Tera. Founder of diversiData. Volunteer and activist in communities. Valuable Young Leader by Instituto Anga and MIT Sloan Review. 1st place in the Ada Lovelace Global recognition for women in technology. Member of the Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum.

Dalila Angelo/ Wakanda Gossip | Moderadora

Dalila Angelo is a Black Woman, Historian, public servant, creator of Wakanda Gossip. A place on the internet where entertainment and black “gossip” are talked about.

Nina da hora | Palestrante

Computer Scientist from PUCRio. Founding Director of Instituto da Hora. Responsible Technology Consultant for Thoughtworks. Technology Columnist at MITTechReviewBrasil Member of the TikTok Brasil Security Council and of the TSE 2022 Transparency Council. AI Ethics Researcher at CTS/FGV.