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Ethics in Computing, from Academia to Industry
Summary
Kathy Pham highlights considerations of ethics, social responsibility, and long-term impacts of software industry products. Pham discusses actions being taken in academia and industry today, as well as actionable paths forward to create cultures that build more responsible software and services for all people.
Bio
Kathy Pham is a computer scientist, software engineer, and product leader who has spent over 12 years building products at Google, IBM, and the federal government at the United States Digital Service at the White House. She is currently researching the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center and MIT Media Lab.
About the conference
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