Delighted to announce 1st speaker in our virtual speaker series. Talks social Nov 7 @ 1p ET & biweekly onwards! Speaker @ShirKi will introduce @DisabledInCS & speak about "Fairness via AI". Register: bit.ly/3NQFgZQ. Huge thanks @AccessCompUW for generous support.
ALT Disabled in Computing is proud to announce:
Virtual Speaker Series
Dr. Shiri Dori-Hacohen [image shows 5’2” woman with bronde hair, light skin, wearing rimless glasses.]
UCONN Reducing Information Ecosystem Threats (RIET) Lab
Nov 7 @ 1-2:30p ET / 10-11:30a PT / 7-8:30p CET
1:00pm: Introduction to Disabled in Computing
1:15pm: Technical Talk:
Fairness via AI: Reducing Biases towards Minoritized Populations in Medical Curricular Content via Artificial Intelligence for Fairer Health Outcomes
2:00pm: Social Gathering
Registration free and required: https://bit.ly/3NQFgZQ
Join for the talk, social, or both!
Mark your calendar for upcoming talks @ 1p ET / 10a PT / 7p CET
Nov 21 @ 1-2:30p ET: Dr. Andrew Hundt
Dec 5 @ 1-2:30p ET: Dr. Fabricio Murai
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ALT Seven people (5 men, 2 women) are standing together and smiling.
Shiri, a light-skinned bronde is standing in the middle, and is wearing a T-shirt that bear the following writing:
DISABILITY
DISABILITY
**DISABILITY**
DISABILITY
DISABILITY
DISABILITY
is not a bad word
ALT Seven people (5 men, 2 women) are standing together and smiling.
Shiri, a light-skinned bronde is standing in the middle, and is wearing a T-shirt that bear the following writing:
DISABILITY
DISABILITY
**DISABILITY**
DISABILITY
DISABILITY
DISABILITY
is not a bad word
ALT Shiri is a light skinned petite curly bronde woman wearing burgundy glasses, a blue-and-white striped dress, teal and blue cardigan, and blue flats.
ALT Shiri’s medical device is visible through gray-and-black pantyhose. She is wearing blue flats.
ALT Shiri is wearing a canvas bag on which is hand lettered “nothing about us without us”. Shiri is a light skinned petite curly bronde woman wearing burgundy glasses, a blue-and-white striped dress, teal and blue cardigan, and blue flats.
ALT The canvas bag is hand lettered in black, blue and purple. The writing says “Nothing about US without US”. The O in “Nothing” is the wheelchair symbol in cyan with the wheelchair user drawn in purple. “US” is written once in large next to the words “about” and “without” which are placed one above the other.
ALT Shiri is showing off her Quell Relief device through a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress with a black-white-beige basketweave print. The device is worn on her right leg below the knee underneath a geometric-shaped, sheer black pantyhose and a black-and-white checkered ballet flat. On the right edge of the photo, a black bag with gold trim is visible.
Meet Prof Shiri Dori-Hacohen, an Assistant Professor in computer science and engineering at the University of Connecticut! @ShirKi leads the @RIETLab, focused on reducing information ecosystem threats surrounding mis/disinformation. #DisabledInSTEMstemwithdisabilities.com/sto…