Events

We organise a range of research seminars, lectures and conferences relating to the Internet; the majority open to the public, and many of them webcast. Please register for events by contacting: events@oii.ox.ac.uk, tel: +44(0)1865 287210.

Our events take place in a range of locations, often at the Oxford Internet Institute.

• OxDEG – The Moral Machine Experiment

  Date: Wednesday 29 January 2020

  Speakers: Edmond Awad

  OXDEG presents the first Hilary Term seminar - The Moral Machine Experiment with Edmond Awad

• Algorithmic or human bias? Understanding discrimination in the gig economy

  Date: Tuesday 4 February 2020

  Speakers: Hernán Galperin

  The OII is pleased to present Hernán Galperin for a talk in the Seminar Room, followed by a drinks reception, for his talk on the rapid expansion of the gig economy, and the concerns about the role of algorithms in labour markets.

• Music Videos and Prosthetic Memories in Pakistan’s Coke Studio

  Date: Wednesday 26 February 2020

  Speakers: Dr Richard Williams

  The OII is delighted to present Dr Richard Williams (SOAS University of London) for the next Digital Ethnography Group session, discussing The Coke Studio in Pakistan, and it's effects on the arts in the country's narrative.

• What Is Needed to Build and Sustain Public Software for Government and Civil Society?

  Date: Thursday 5 March 2020

  Speakers: Todd Davies

  The OII welcomes Todd Davies from Stanford University, for his talk on his paper discussing the creation of a corporation for public software.

• Data Work: The hidden talent and secret logic fuelling artificial intelligence

  Date: Thursday 5 March 2020

  In this talk Gina will examine publicly known “failures” of AI systems to show how this gap between design and use creates dangerous oversights and to develop a framework to predict where and how these oversights emerge.