Data 2/2

Jun 9, 20204 min read

When who gets to define the problem is the problem...

This past week has been a tough one. It's forced us to look at systemic issues of racism and inequality which we have not been able to...

May 23, 20204 min read

Research update: collecting data, prepping for a presentation and "COVID-izing" my work

Generally when things are quiet on the blog, it means I'm really busy with my research. That's certainly been the case this past month....

May 4, 20203 min read

Counting COVID: The politics of data collection and reporting

There’s something about seeing the hard, cold numbers globally tracking the coronavirus that’s turned average people into armchair...

Feb 7, 20204 min read

Mend it or end it, who decides? Day One of the AI, Ethics and Society Conference

It's been a super full day exploring the landscape surrounding the many societal questions relating to artificial intelligence and...

Feb 2, 20204 min read

Setting the stage for AI in healthcare: CIFAR's AI for Health Townhall

Recently, I participated in CIFAR's AI for Health townhall. The purpose of the meeting was to gather feedback on a draft framework that...

Jan 25, 20204 min read

Your toaster is the weakest link

In a post-Christmas shopping spree, my husband brought home "an amazing deal" - a Ring doorbell bundled with an Amazon Echo. He had no...

Jan 17, 20205 min read

Scenes from a Literature Review: Healthcare and AI

I'm having that moment of guilt when you realize that your last blog was close to two months ago! Time to dust off the cobwebs with an...

Nov 29, 20191 min read

How am I biased?

Last night I was at a talk on ethics and bias hosted by Women in Big Data. One of the presenters mentioned the Harvard Implicit...

Nov 25, 20193 min read

Becoming an informational person

A month ago, I attended a masterclass with author Candace Savage. It was a primer on historical research and how to use fragments of data...

Nov 12, 20194 min read

The data and processes we don't question

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says,...

Nov 3, 20195 min read

In too Deep: Are we missing the bigger picture for AI?

If I were writing an equation to summarize the general state of artificial intelligence today it might look like this: AI = ML = DNN...

Oct 23, 20193 min read

The Orangetheory of Data Religion

I hate working out. But I dutifully drag myself to the gym a couple times a week. Recently, I’ve been going to Orangetheory Fitness. For...

Oct 16, 20193 min read

Walking naked through the Googleplex

I can’t take credit for the title of this post but it sums up an issue that we all face - we trade our privacy for convenience. This line...

Oct 10, 20193 min read

Blackface, #MeToo, Alan Turing and super-ethical AI

Ethical behaviour is culturally contextual and constantly evolving. Our not too distant past is filled with discriminatory behaviours and...

Oct 9, 20193 min read

When data knows us better than we know ourselves

A few months ago, I was enticed by a special offer from 23andMe. I'd been on the fence about genetic testing for some time. Like the...

Oct 7, 20192 min read

The ethics surrounding data collection

I’ve been talking with a lot of different people - pretty much anyone who will listen – about where to focus my research. One piece of...

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