Dissertation Proposal Defense - Mike Katell
You are cordially invited to join us for the Dissertation Proposal Defense of Mike Katell, to be held on Friday, March 1, 2019, beginning at 3 p.m. in Allen Library Auditorium. Below, you will find the dissertation proposal abstract and the Supervisory Committee.
Title: Algorithmic Reputation: Toward a Political Philosophy of Information Infrastructures
Abstract:
Information systems and practices offer a mix of benefits, risks, and harms to those who use them and those whose lives are affected by others using digital tools. I examine specific artifacts and practices of information systems and contextualize them as the digital instantiations of reputation, a familiar, if imperfect social process that is widely employed as a tool of mutual evaluation, cooperation, and relationship building. The goal of this project is to gain an understanding about how reputation, in the context of information systems, reflects and enforces moral, social, and legal norms. I also attempt to address the overall justice implications of employing algorithmic profiling in the information society and the information marketplace. This exploration offers a valuable lens through which to raise and address questions about algorithmic fairness, informational privacy, information justice, social power, and marginalization, and the commodification of people as information.
Supervisory Committee:
- Adam Moore (chair)
- Anna Hoffmann (member)
- Batya Friedman (member)
- Ryan Calo (GSR)