Hello, The call for the FAT*2020 conference is out: https://fatconference.org/2020/callforpapers.html The Social Sciences and Humanities, Practice and Experience, and Education tracks are all new; looking at previous years' papers, people in SSH fields might feel this is not for them. But we really want to encourage people working in SSH fields, social movements, education etc feel that they can and should submit their work. So please do share this with colleagues who you think could apply. And, full length papers (8000 words) are required, not abstracts. There are some great scholars on the SSH, Practice, and Education tracks, many of them are on this list too I'm sure, and we will be happy to respond off-list if anyone has questions about submitting to this conference. Best wishes, Maya On 19/06/2019 23:25, Maya Ganesh wrote:
Hello,
The annual Fairness Accountability Transparency (FAT*) conference has a new look: first time in Europe, with a (soon to be announced) new name, and a brand new Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) track: https://fatconference.org/2020/callforpapers.html
Primarily a Computer Science + Law conference, FAT* is now evolving in response to critical scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities about the algorithmic shaping of everyday life and social and political institutions; that there needs to be more than just a computational tweak to ensure fairness and manage bias in these socio-technical systems.
I am honoured to be part of the SSH track committee this year. The CfP is not formally out yet, but on behalf of the SSH team I am sending out an advance notice for people in this community. Please look out for the CfP in the coming weeks (on Twitter follow @fatconference). Full papers are due August third week, which is not a very long time away. So please start thinking about that half-written paper you have tucked away and that can be finished in time for this call. The SSH track is looking for submissions from STS, History of Science, critical Tech/Media studies, big data + algorithm studies, Philosophy etc.
We are hoping to give the reviewers a very hard time choosing between the many brilliant submissions we get to the SSH track!!
Best wishes, Maya
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