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I encourage you to enroll in the RENESAN course on BIG DATA that I will teach online during March. The course information is below. To learn about RENESAN and its Spring course offerings see http://renesan.org. MATHEMATICS MATH S21-01 Data Rights and Wrongs Instructor: George Duncan Zoom Format: Presentation Wednesday: Mar 17, 24, 31 1–3PM 3 sessions: $60 Data, especially Big Data measured in terabytes of terabytes, is no longer restricted to scientists, economists, policy analysts, and other specialists. Instead, it has become ubiquitous, affecting — even shaping — our personal, professional, and political lives. This course will examine the ethics of Big Data and the search for truth in a media-saturated age. We will explore answers to the question: How can we ensure the beneficial uses of Big Data (“Data Rights”) while avoiding its harmful uses (“Data Wrongs”)? Data Rights provide the foundation for evidence-based decision-making and include issues of data access, open data, privacy, and confidentiality. Data Wrongs subvert ethical decision-making and encompass data practices that are inadequate, faux, biased, and ignore inherent uncertainty. Do not be daunted: This course requires no background in mathematics or statistics. George Duncan is Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned BS and MS degrees at the University of Chicago and a PhD at the University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Royal Statistical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. His most recent course for RENESAN was “Citizen Politics and Political Polling” in Fall 2020. George Duncan See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
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My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.
"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn. "It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy. |
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