Schedule
Day 1
Friday, February 9, 2024
8:00 am-8:30 am – Continental breakfast and mingling (1117, 11th floor, Cathedral of Learning)
8:30 am-9:00 am – Welcome and introductions (501, 5th floor, Cathedral of Learning)
- Dasha Pruss, Berkman Klein Center and Philosophy, Harvard University
- Colin Allen, Philosophy, University of California Santa Barbara
- Danielle Wenner, Center for Ethics and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
- Gayle Rogers, English, University of Pittsburgh
- Beth Schwanke, Pitt Cyber, University of Pittsburgh
9:00 am-9:50 am – Session 1: Critical perspectives on evidence-based policy (501 CL)
Chair: Dasha Pruss, Berkman Klein Center and Philosophy, Harvard University
- “High-risk, because they say so – How risk assessment tools may produce rather than predict criminal behavior.” Donal Khosrowi – Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover.
- “Bridging Informational Divides: A Community-Centered Analysis of ‘Public Safety’ Surveillance Technology.” Clara Belitz – Department of Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- “Lifting the Veil on Algorithm Design and Deployment in the Criminal Legal System.” Tobi Jegede, Marissa Gerchick and Amreeta Mathai – ACLU; NYCLU.
9:55 am-10:45 am – Session 2: Carceral AI and human decision-makers (501 CL)
Chair: Conny Knieling, Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
- “‘Is Your Accuser Me, or Is It the Software?’ Ambiguity and Contested Expertise in Probabilistic DNA Profiling.” Hannah Pullen-Blasnik – Department of Sociology, Columbia University.
- “Risk Roulette: How Lawyers Make Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools Matter in Criminal Court.” Cierra Robson – Department of Sociology, Harvard University.
- “Infrastructural spillover effects: how algorithms beget themselves in the criminal legal system.” Sarah Riley – Department of Communication, Stanford University.
10:45 am-11:10 am – Coffee break (1117 CL)
11:10 am–12:00 pm – Session 3: Carceral AI beyond the prison (501 CL)
Chair: Lydia X. Z. Brown, Disability Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies, Georgetown University
- “Navigating the Ecosystem of Big Data and Algorithms after Incarceration.” Annika Pinch – School of Communication, Northwestern University.
- “The Carceral Home.” Kate Weisburd – George Washington University School of Law.
- “Carceral Care Tech: How Predictive Technologies Strengthen Policing in Care Domains.” Logan Stapleton – Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota.
12:00 pm-1:30 pm – Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm-2:30 pm – Keynote 1: Megan Stevenson, University of Virginia Law School. “Origins of Predictive Algorithms in Criminal Justice.” (10th floor, 1008 Cathedral of Learning) (via zoom)
2:30 pm-3:20 pm – Session 4: Tracing the history of carceral AI (1008 CL)
Chair: Caitlin Mace, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
- “Fixing Race Through Informational Criminal Legal Practices.” Jessica Eaglin – Cornell Law School. (via zoom)
- “Combine data, control crime? Early imaginaries of predictive policing under the
Johnson Administration, 1963-1969.” Frances Corry – Department of Information Culture & Data Stewardship, University of Pittsburgh. - “Surveillance in Transit: A Chronology of Power, Complicity, and Policing in the Indian Ocean World, c. 1850-Present.” Nikhil Dharmaraj – Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Cambridge University.
3:20-3:45 pm – Coffee break (1008 CL)
3:45 pm-4:45 pm – Keynote 2: Clifton “Skye” Williamson, Transforming Lives, REFORM Alliance. “The ESR Strategy for Preserving Freedom in the Digital Age: The Transformative Resonance of Collective Wisdom in Action.” (1008 CL)
4:45 pm-5:35 pm – Session 5: Questioning the assumptions of carceral AI (1008 CL)
Chair: Dzintra Ullis, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
- “Modeling Abolition: Building a New World from the Data of the Old.” Nikki Stevens – Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT.
- “The Algorithmic Accuracy Obsession.” Erin Collins and Ngozi Okidegbe – Richmond School of Law; Boston University School of Law and Department of Computing & Data Sciences.
- “Assessing Eugenic Logics Behind Carceral AI: Perspectives from Theological and Religious Studies.” Jason Sexton – Department of Sociology and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA.
6:30pm-8:30pm – Dinner at Hilton Garden Inn, 3454 Forbes Avenue (by invitation)
Day 2
Saturday, February 10th
8:30 am-9:00 am – Continental breakfast and mingling (1117 CL)
9:00 am-10:00 am – Keynote 3: Pablo Nunes, Centro de Estudos de Segurança e Cidadania (CESeC). “Surveillance and Police Brutality in Brazil: Notes on the Use of Facial Recognition.” (1008 CL)
10:05 am-11:05 am – Session 6: Surveillance and resistance (1008 CL)
Chair: Nuhu Osman Attah, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
- “Between ‘efficiency’ and failures: a critical analysis of the use of facial recognition in Brazil.” Thallita G. L. Lima – Department of International Relations, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro; Centro de Estudo de Segurança e Cidadania (CESeC).
- “Organizing for Epistemic Justice: Emergent Coalitions and Anti-Surveillance Resistance in San Diego.” Lian Song – Department of Communication and Science Studies, UC San Diego.
- “Flipping the script on the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections: counterdata and counteranalysis.” Nathan Ryan, Darakhshan Mir – Department of Mathematics, Bucknell University; Department of Computer Science, Bucknell University.
- “Bahia as an experiment at digitizing racial state terror in Brazil: Investigating the law enforcement application of facial recognition in Brazilian state of Bahia through racial lens.” Pedro Diogo – Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN). (via zoom)
11:05 am-11:30 am – Coffee break (1117 CL)
11:30 am-12:30 pm – Keynote 4: Shakeer Rahman, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. “Reform and Revolt.” (1008 CL)
12:30 pm-2:00 pm – Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm-3:00 pm – Keynote 5: Gabbrielle Johnson, Claremont McKenna College, Department of Philosophy. “Precarious Predictions in Automated Immigration Decision-Making.” (1008 CL)
3:00 pm-3:50 pm – Session 7: Carceral AI and migration (1008 CL)
Chair: Bixin Guo, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
- “‘They Caught Me and Took My DNA’: The Advancement of Technology at the U.S. Southern Border and its Implications.” Angie Belen Monreal – Department of Sociology, UC Irvine.
- “Humanitarian Experimentation with Predictive Technologies.” Alphoncina Lyamuya – Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California.
- “The Everywhere Border.” Laura Bingham, Mizue Aizeki and Santiago Narváez – Temple University School of Law; Surveillance Resistance Lab; Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D).
- “Refugee Camps as Prisons: Carceral Technologies of Immigration Detention.” Petra Molnar – Refugee Law Lab, York University; Migration and Technology Monitor Project.
3:50 pm-4:05 pm – Coffee break (1117 CL)
4:05 pm-6:00 pm – Workshop activity and closing remarks (1008 CL)
We are deeply grateful to the Center for Philosophy of Science staff who have made this event possible: Chantel Snodgrass, Samuel J. Wessell, and Kelsey Muchnok.