Social Impacts of Computing (SioC)
SioC comprises Boise State faculty from a wide range of disciplines, including data management and visualization, business management, computer science, public policy and administration, philosophy, nursing, history, and cultural studies, as well as industry/community partners with interests in the social impacts of computational innovations, particularly in fields such as machine learning, robotics and generative AI.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SioC 2024 is a two-day workshop designed to enhance communication and collaboration between Treasure Valley IT consumers, creators and faculty and staff from Boise State and other higher ed institutions in the region working on the broad societal implications of new computational technologies (e.g. generative AI, ubiquitous data, virtual and augmented reality etc.).
PAST EVENTS
Jason Blomquist (School of Nursing)
Spring 2024: Love Data Week
The Social Impacts of Computing (SIoC) group and the Library are pairing up to host a roundtable luncheon in celebration of International Love Data Week.
The theme of the roundtable discussion: Data Justice: Inclusion or Exclusion? aims to explore the motivations and potential harms and benefits for collecting and sharing data. The conversation will center around (a) the implications of living in a datafied society, especially for disenfranchised individuals and communities and (b) how we might rise to the challenge of utilizing data in more conscientious ways.
Fall 2023 Speaker Series
09/11: Dr. Steven Hyde, Management, "A machine learning model for text-based deception detection"
10/02: Brittany O'Meara & Jenny Lawrence, Writing Studies, "Rethinking Writing and Learning in a Generative AI World"
10/30: Dr. Leif Nelson, OIT, "One hundred (+) years of behaviorist technology in education: where is came from and why it persists"
11/13: Dr. Ellie Dworak, Research Data Librarian, "Robot at the Reference Desk"
L-R: Casey Kennington (Department of Computer Science), Shawn Brenner (College of Innovation and Design), Steven Hyde (Department of Management), Edward Ferrier (Department of Philosophy), Tod Colegrove (Albertsons Library), Brett Shelton (Department of Educational Technology), Craig Peariso (Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies), Leslie Madsen (Department of History), Melissa Keith (Department of Writing Studies)