{"id":2445,"date":"2020-03-22T20:41:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/?page_id=2445"},"modified":"2022-03-23T06:36:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:36:55","slug":"tspoa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/teaching\/tspoa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Social Power of Algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Brief description<\/h4>\n<p>This 6\u2011hour cour\u00adse is offe\u00adred for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soi.unitn.it\/\">School of Innovation<\/a> of the University of Trento.<\/p>\n<h4>Objectives<\/h4>\n<p>Algorithms are eve\u00adry\u00adwhe\u00adre. They deci\u00adde what is rele\u00advant when we search the Internet, which friends we should have, which part\u00adner we should ask on a date, and which road we should take. But they are also increa\u00adsin\u00adgly good at trans\u00adla\u00adting docu\u00admen\u00adts, detec\u00adting can\u00adcer in dia\u00adgno\u00adstic ima\u00adges,&nbsp;etc.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the\u00adse lec\u00adtu\u00adres is to intro\u00addu\u00adce stu\u00adden\u00adts to the social impact that algo\u00adri\u00adthms are having on our lives. Students will learn about the enor\u00admous power that is con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adting in the hands of the few com\u00adpa\u00adnies that con\u00adtrols the algo\u00adri\u00adthms and the total lack of trans\u00adpa\u00adren\u00adcy that sur\u00adrounds them. Furthermore, they will learn how the gro\u00adwing com\u00adple\u00adxi\u00adty of algo\u00adri\u00adthms is such that even their authors are not able to con\u00adtrol them anymore.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the cour\u00adse, stu\u00adden\u00adts are expec\u00adted to be able to discuss the impact that algo\u00adri\u00adthms are having on the socie\u00adty and the eco\u00adno\u00admy, and under\u00adstand why the legi\u00adsla\u00adti\u00adve systems has dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties kee\u00adping up with the recent advan\u00adces of algo\u00adri\u00adth\u00admic applications.<\/p>\n<h4>Partecipation<\/h4>\n<p>No more stu\u00adden\u00adts are accep\u00adted at this&nbsp;time.<\/p>\n<h4>Material<\/h4>\n<p>The mate\u00adrial of the cour\u00adse is con\u00adtai\u00adned in this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1EmIwBoqkJVmlcFnHrFD0-xdrar_ivkrYy20XCwEydds\/edit\">Google Doc<\/a>.<br>The file to self-orga\u00adni\u00adze groups is this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1kPurbAbwlKhzVy1tKwStpWKW6Ks6mRe19XoNQkDLzYI\/edit?usp=sharing_eil&amp;ts=5e7dbf54\">Google Sheet<\/a>.<br>Student pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1X2sEJ7qpfL2T4flzQwktMBib5NcZgSjA\">Google Folder<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Schedule 2020<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>23\/03 (17.30\u201319.30)<\/li>\n<li>10\/04 (17.30\u201319.30)<\/li>\n<li>Students pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions: 14\/05 (17.30\u201319.30), 21\/05 (17.00\u201319.00)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brief descrip\u00adtion This 6\u2011hour cour\u00adse is offe\u00adred for the School of Innovation of the University of Trento. Objectives Algorithms are eve\u00adry\u00adwhe\u00adre. They deci\u00adde what is rele\u00advant when we search the Internet, which friends we should have, which part\u00adner we should ask on a date, and which road we should take. But they are also increasingly&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2445","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4371,"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2445\/revisions\/4371"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cricca.disi.unitn.it\/montresor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}