Coded Bias Film Screening

Join us for a free hybrid screening of the Sundance Documentary film, Coded Bias on Wednesday, July 21^st in the Wells Fargo Auditorium, MIKC 124. Light refreshments will be served at 3:00 p.m. with the screening starting at 3:30 p.m. You can attend in person or virtually.

Coded Bias explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini´s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces and women accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.

You can watch the trailer for the film here: Coded Bias.

This screening is free and open to all University students, faculty, and staff as part of the University’s Dialogue, Equity and Democracy Series brought to you by the Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Office of Information Technology.

Register to attend either in person or virtually here: Eventbrite registration for Coded Bias