CUSP Research Seminar: Vivek Singh
The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon invites you to attend a lecture by Vivek Singh, associate professor in the School of Communication and Information and the director of the Behavioral Informatics Lab at Rutgers University, as part of the Fall 2024 CUSP Research Seminar Series. This event is open to the public with advance registration.
Lecture Title
Behavioral Data: A Torch, Magnifying Lens, and Mirror for Bias.
Lecture Abstract
This talk explores how behavioral data can serve as a “torch,” “magnifying lens,” and “mirror” to address societal and algorithmic biases. As a “torch,” data analytics shines light on existing societal inequities. As a “magnifying lens,” it allows close observation of third-party algorithms at an unprecedented scale and resolution. As a “mirror,” it facilitates self-reflection, evaluation, and sometimes, mitigation of bias in self-created algorithms. We will present case studies in applications such as privacy, ride-sharing, and mental health assessment, to illustrate the above roles (torch, magnifying glass, mirror) of behavioral data and analytics, and paint a vision for the next steps.
About the Speaker
Dr. Vivek Singh is the founding Director of the Behavioral Informatics Lab and an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine and received his post-doctoral training at MIT. His work has appeared in leading disciplinary and interdisciplinary publication venues (e.g., Science, ACM Multimedia, ACM CHI) and has been covered by popular media (e.g., The New York Times, BBC, Wall Street Journal). His work has received best paper awards from ASIS&T SIG-Social Media'22, IEEE Intelligent Systems'22, and ACM Web Science'24.
Visitor Information
Please visit the NYU Tandon website for directions and a campus map. Advance registration through Eventbrite is required for campus access at NYU for external guests. Attendees who are not current students, faculty, or staff at NYU, including alumni, are asked to register using a personal email address.
About the Urban Science Research Seminar Series
The Center for Urban Science + Progress’s annual Research Seminar series features leading voices in the growing field of urban informatics examining real-world challenges facing cities and urban environments around the world. The Fall 2024 series is organized by Urban Science Faculty Fellows Mehak Sachdeva and Zhaoxi Zhang together with Assistant Professors Takahiro Yabe, Qi Sun, and Graham Dove.
Speakers for the Fall 2024 series include Yuki Miura (NYU), Prince Michael Amegbor (NYU), Vivek Singh (Rutgers University), Geoff Boeing (University of Southern California), Robert Goodspeed(University of Michigan), ChengHe Guan (NYU Shanghai, NYU Wagner, East China Normal University), Yanxiao Feng (New Jersey Institute of Technology), and Dharik Mallapragada (NYU).