Keynote: The Politics of Online Information: Algorithmic Ethics, Privacy, and the Commodification of Big Data in Higher Education
Dr. Safiya Noble, UCLA
Professor Noble will share her research in socio-cultural informatics. Her keynote will focus on the rise in corporate mediation of computing platforms and software and the implications for discovery, equal access, privacy, and representation. Dr. Noble will provide a critical perspective on the connection of these trends to higher education and the crucial role of academic libraries in defending technology/software in the public interest.
