Welcome to SIGCAS!
SIGCAS is the Special Interest Group for Computing and Society. Our community members engage in research, practice, and ideas, that aim to have computing be a positive force in society.
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Upcoming or Recent Events and News from SIGCAS
SIGCAS Computers and Society Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief, Chinasa T. Okolo
In August 2024, Chinasa T. Okolo started in the capacity of the new Editor-in-Chief of ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society. We are grateful to former Editor-in-Chief and Executive Board Member Richard Blumenthal for his service to ACM SIGCAS over the past years. Below, you can find Chinasa’s welcome letter to the SIGCAS community, which is…
May 3, 2024: Double Feature–Fine-Grained Air Quality Sensing with Internet-of-Things & Soothsayers, Illusionists, Con Artists, and ‘Artificial Intelligence’
In our second 2024 SIGCAS WIP talk, we will have two presenters: Julia Gersey will give a short talk on “Fine-Grained Air Quality Sensing with Internet-of-Things” Dr. Trystan Goetze will give a longer talk on “Soothsayers, Illusionists, Con Artists, and “Artificial Intelligence” At the end of the session, we will have approximately 15 minutes of…
March 13, 2024: Social Bias in AI Systems
Dr. Chiara Gallese University of Turin Virtual Event: Wednesday, March 13,2024 12 PM EDT or (UTC−04:00) Description Research has shown how data sets convey social bias in AI systems, especially those based on machine learning. A biased data set is not representative of reality and might contribute to perpetuate societal biases within the model. To…
Registration Now Open: 2024 SIGCSE Affiliate Event
Strategies for Operationalizing the CS2023 Society-Ethics-Professionalism Recommendations Computing for the Social Good (CSG) and Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) are pleased to invite you to their Affiliate Event, which will take place Wednesday March 20, 2024, as part of the 2024 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). Date: March 20, 2024…