DEI Special Events

Sunday, October 24

Virtual Session – VSD54 Diversity/PSOR/MIF – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OR/MS/Analytics. Innovations in Research and Practice I

2:45-4:15pm PDT
Virtual Room 54

Session Chairs: Michael P. Johnson & Gabriela Gongora-Svartzman

We’re Here: Interviews with LGBTQ+ Members of the INFORMS Community
Tyler Perini

Challenges Faced by Black Applicants to Graduate Programs in Computing
Ezinne Nwankwo

Diversity and Inequality in Social Networks
Ana-Andreea Stoica

Centering Racial Equity in Research and Data Practice
Alex Jackson

2021 Minority Issues Forum and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Annual Reception

7-8:30pm PDT
In person: CC – Ballroom E, LEvel 3

The Minority Issues Forum (MIF) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee invite you to the MIF/DEI Ambassadors 2021 Annual Reception to network and enjoy drinks and food among friends and colleagues. You’re also encouraged to join us for a screening of the documentary “Coded Bias” directly after the reception. Open to all attendes.

2021 Minority Issues Forum & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Movie Screening – Coded Bias

8:30-10pm PDT
IN PERSON: CC – Ballroom D, Level 3

The DEI Committee and MIF invite you to a screening of the documentary, “Coded Bias,” which investigates the bias, prejudices, and threats to civil liberty identified in facial recognition and artificial intelligence algorithms by MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini. Open to all attendees.

Coded Bias

While working on an assignment involving facial-recognition software, the M.I.T. Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini found that the algorithm couldn’t detect her face — until she put on a white mask. Buolamwini soon discovered that most such artificial-intelligence programs are trained to identify patterns based on data sets that skew light-skinned and male.