BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Angelo State University//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20171016T190000Z DTEND:20171016T200000Z LOCATION:C.J. Davidson Conference Center\, Houston Harte University Center GEO:31.441091;-100.46645 SUMMARY:E. James Holland University Symposium on American Values DESCRIPTION:Dr. Zeynep TufekciTufekci's presentation\, "Machine Intellige nce and Humanity: An Alien in Our Midst\," will be covered in two session s at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the University Center's C.J. Davidson Confer ence Center. The evening session will also feature a public question-and- answer forum moderated by Dr. Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai of the ASU history faculty. \; Informal receptions will be held following each session at 3:15 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the University Center Tower Lobby. Both the s essions and the receptions are open free to the public. \; An associ ate professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the Uni versity of North Carolina\, Tufekci's research interests revolve around t he intersection of technology and society. Her academic work focuses on s ocial movements and civics\, privacy and surveillance\, and social intera ction. \; Also on the UNC sociology faculty\, Tufekci is a faculty a ssociate at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society\ , and was previously a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Po licy at Princeton University. She is becoming increasingly known for her work on "big data" and algorithmic decision making\, and she writes a pop ular blog titled http://technosociology.org/ (http://technosociology.org/ ). \; Originally from Turkey and formally a computer programmer\, Tu fekci became interested in the social impacts of technology and began to focus on how digital and computational technology interact with social\, political and cultural dynamics. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and recently published her first book titled "Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest." She was nam ed a 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York\ , and Business Insider named her one of "The 100 Most Influential Tech Pe ople on Twitter." She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Tufekci 's presentation\, "Machine Intelligence and Humanity: An Alien in Our Mid st\," will be covered in two sessions at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Univ ersity Center's C.J. Davidson Conference Center. The evening session will also feature a public question-and-answer forum moderated by Dr. Kanisor n Wongsrichanalai of the ASU history faculty. \;
Informal rec eptions will be held following each session at 3:15 p.m. and 9 p.m. in th e University Center Tower Lobby. Both the sessions and the receptions are open free to the public. \;
An associate professor in the Sc hool of Information and Library Science at the University of North Caroli na\, Tufekci's research interests revolve around the intersection of tech nology and society. Her academic work focuses on social movements and civ ics\, privacy and surveillance\, and social interaction. \;
A lso on the UNC sociology faculty\, Tufekci is a faculty associate at Harv ard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society\, and was previo usly a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeto n University. She is becoming increasingly known for her work on "big dat a" and algorithmic decision making\, and she writes a popular blog titled http://technosociology.org/. 160\;
Originally from Turkey and formally a computer programmer\, Tufekci became interested in the social impacts of technology and began to focus on how digital and computational technology interact with social \, political and cultural dynamics. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and recently published her first book titled "Twit ter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest." She was named a 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New Yo rk\, and Business Insider named her one of "The 100 Most Influential Tech People on Twitter." She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas.
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\n Writer\, academic and "techno-sociologist" Dr. Zeynep Tufekci will be the featured speaker for ASU's 2017 E. James Holl and University Symposium on American Values Monday\, Oct. 16\, in the Hou ston Harte University Center\, 1910 Rosemont Drive.\n
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