Events

At different stages of the criminal justice system, from policing, bail hearings, and sentencing, computerized algorithms are replacing human decision-making in determining where to police, who to arrest, who goes to jail, and who goes free. This talk will introduce people to how these algorithms work, the under-appreciated moral problems with their implementation, and how […]

Elizabeth Marcus is a Mellon Fellow in the Scholars in the Humanities program for 2017-2019. She received her BA from the University of Oxford in Modern History and French, and completed her PhD in French and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in 2017. Her research and teaching focus on the francophone and Arab worlds, with a […]

Today many of the concepts, consequences, and possibilities involved in a future with advanced AI feel distant, uncertain, and abstract. No one has all the answers about how to ensure that powerful AI in the future is beneficial, either in terms of technical implementation or in terms of transference to the domains of law, regulations […]

  The Maghrib Workshop: "Sovereignty, Crisis, and Narratives of Belonging Part II" Program:  UCSC Humanities 1, Room 210 Morning 8:30 - Transportation from Hotel to Humanities 1 by carpool. 9:00 - Coffee and Introduction 9:15 - Samia Errazouki (UC Davis, History) “Morocco’s Bloody ‘Golden Age’: Race, Slavery, and Capitalism in the 16th Century African Atlantic” […]

Helene Moglen (March 22, 1936 – October 18, 2018) Please join us in the celebration of Helene's life as friend, colleague, teacher, community activist, mother, grandmother, spouse, former Provost of Kresge College, and former Dean of Humanities and Art. The celebration will include invited speakers, and an open microphone for individuals who want to share their […]

World of Robots: Child-Robot Interactions How do children interact with a robot? What features does a robot need to have to appeal to children? Will children help a robot complete a task? The project investigates child-root interactions- specifically how a robot's behavior will influence how a child responds. The designers which features should be included […]

Increasingly accessible Virtual Reality technologies allow course content to be presented in context, at human scale, and responsive to the wide range of body-centered interactions. These representational characteristics, which define our engagement with real-world objects and environments, have been shown in the literature to improve performance on activities that overlap significantly with target learning outcomes […]