MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium

Join the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing for an extraordinary series of 15 thought-provoking TED-style talks exploring the intersection of technology, ethics, and social responsibility in computing. Born from MIT’s Institute-wide commitment to responsible innovation, this groundbreaking event showcases research supported by the SERC seed grant program.
Selected by a distinguished committee of 20 representatives spanning MIT’s five schools and the Schwarzman College of Computing, these talks feature cutting-edge research that addresses pressing questions in computational ethics. The unprecedented collaboration between MIT’s schools, the college, and Provost’s Office demonstrates the Institute’s unified commitment to fostering responsible technological advancement.
Through engaging presentations, speakers will explore topics ranging from algorithmic bias and privacy, to the societal impacts of artificial intelligence and the future of human-computer interaction. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to engage with pioneering researchers who are shaping the ethical foundations of tomorrow’s technological landscape.

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• 8:00 am | Registration & Breakfast
• 8:50 am | Opening Remarks
• 9:00 am-5:00 pm | Main Program (lunch will be provided)

The program includes presentations from leading MIT researchers in the following categories. Detailed agenda and full list of speakers are below (subject to change).

• 9:00-9:25 am | Analytics for Fair and Efficient Kidney Transplant Allocation, Bertsimas
• 9:25-9:50 am | Leveraging small cohort studies to expand insights from diverse
  genetic ancestries, Olivia Corradin
• 9:50-10:15 am | Towards Equitable and Efficient Organ Transplantation through Longer Preservation Times, Swati Gupta
• 10:15-10:30 am | Break
• 10:30-10:55am | Code-Side Manner: Evaluating Generative AI's Role in Clinician/Patient Conversations, Marzyeh Ghassemi

• 10:55-11:20 am | Aligning AI with Human Cooperative Norms, Joshua Tenenbaum
• 11:20-11:45 am | Designing and Evaluating Regulatory Mechanisms to Empower and Constrain AI Supply Chains, Susan Silbey
• 11:45 am-12:10 pm | Information Sharing, Competition, and Collusion via Algorithms, Manish Raghavan and Ashia Wilson
• 12:10-1:20 pm | Lunch Break & SERC Scholars Poster Session
• 1:20-1:45 pm | Minimum Standard of Care for AI: Ethical Risk Assessment for Latin America, Sarah Williams
• 1:45-2:10 pm | Labeling AI-Generated Content Online, Adam Berinsky and David Rand

• 2:10-2:35 pm | The Mathematics of Law-Making in the U.S., In Song Kim and Jörn Dunkel
• 2:35-3:00 pm | Experiments on Generative AI and the Future of Digital Democracy, Lily Tsai
• 3:00-3:10 pm | Break
• 3:10-3:35 pm | Teacher Perspectives on the Arrival of Generative AI in a Watershed School Year, Justin Reich

• 3:35-4:00 pm | Empowering Blind/Low-Vision People to Conduct Interactive Data Analysis with LLM-Generated Textual Descriptions, Arvind Satyanarayan
• 4:00- 4:10 pm | Break
• 4:10-4:35 pm | A Framework for Participatory Methods and Community Engagement Across the AI/ML Pipeline, Catherine D'Ignazio
• 4:35-5:00 pm | The Fairness-Efficiency Frontier in Humanitarian Immigration, Daniel Freund

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Host or Publisher MIT Schwarzman College of Computing