The scope of criminal legal surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields, including finance, politics, health, and criminal justice. Drawing on fieldwork conducted within the Los Angeles Police Department, I show how law enforcement uses predictive analytics and new surveillance technologies to allocate resources, identify criminal suspects, and conduct investigations.

Planet Texas 2050’s annual symposium brings together university faculty, researchers, staff, students, practitioners, artists, and community members interested in applied interdisciplinary research on climate resilience, adaptation, and equitable and just transition strategies.

Join us for a roundtable discussion on the ways in which creative interventions help foster both introspection and public discourse surrounding sense of place, place memory, and the experience of rootedness or dislocation.

Parents, do you know how to tell if your child is at risk for Type 2 Diabetes? Learn what signs to watch out for, how to care for children with Type 2 Diabetes, and what you can do to prevent it from progressing into adult diabetes. Featuring a live cooking demonstration.

Panel: Coexisting with AI: Embedding Ethics in Education and Practice Why is it important for artificial intelligence systems to prioritize ethics?

This roundtable discussion, the first event in our Spring 2023 Cultures of Environmental Justice colloquium and co-sponsored by Planet Texas 2050, will feature local activists and organizations discussing the ongoing justice implications of Winter Storm Uri.

Artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being used by artists, architects, and designers in creative work. And, these days, it’s not uncommon to see NFTs and AI-generated art making media headlines.

Dr. Lipton’s research spans core machine learning methods and theory, their applications in healthcare and natural language processing, and critical concerns, both about the mode of inquiry itself, and the impact of the technology it produces on social systems.

While the recent boom in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has given rise to the technology’s use and popularity across many domains, the same boom has exposed vulnerabilities of the technology to many threats that could cause the next “AI winter." AI is no stranger to “winters," or drops in funding and interest in the technology and its applications. Many in the field consider the early 1970’s as the first AI winter with another proceeding in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s.

Event description and co-sponsor information are forthcoming.