Carissimi, spero di fare cosa gradita nel segnalarvi questo workshop sugli aspetti etici del machine learning. Sotto trovate i dettagli. Un saluto caro Teresa Scantamburlo ==== *Call for Participation** and Grant Application* * IEEE SMC Workshop* *The Human Use of Machine Learning* European Centre for Living Technology Venice, Italy December 16, 2016 http://www.dsi.unive.it/HUML2016/ We are delighted to announce an interdisciplinary workshop on "The Human Use of Machine Learning," which will be held in Venice, Italy, on *December 16, 2016.* The​ ​workshop, which is sponsored by the IEEE SMC Society,​ ​aims​ ​to solicit an open discussion on the social and ethical challenges posed by the ​recent​ explosion of machine learning ​​research a​nd ​its​ ​applications. The discussion​ ​is expected to focus on topics such as fairness, accountability, transparency and privacy, but also on general issues concerning, e.g., responsibility, human factors, values in design, etc.​ The workshop​ ​will be held at the *European Centre for Living Technology* (ECLT)​, a research center devoted to complex system studies located in central​ ​Venice (http://www.ecltech.org/) and​ ​is planned to be a one-day meeting with​ ​a number of​ ​invited​ ​contributions from different backgrounds and perspectives, such as machine learning​ and​ AI, computer ethics,​ ​law,​ ​philosophy of science​ ​and technology, etc. Attendance is *free of charge*, but due to limited space *registration** is mandatory.* To register please send an email to: teresa.scantamburlo@unive.it. A first-in first-served policy will apply. *Young researchers grants* A small number of grants are available for *young researchers* (PhD students or post-docs) and will cover accommodation and living expenses. Applicants should send an email to teresa.scantamburlo@unive.it along with their CV. We also encourage young researchers to submit *a 1-page abstract* (references included) on a published or ongoing research. Selected submissions will be considered for *either* an oral or a *poster presentation. * *Deadline for application and for abstract** submission:* November 20, 2016 *Notifications** of acceptance:* November 24, 2016 For further information feel free to send an e-mail to teresa.scantamburlo@unive.it. -- Teresa Scantamburlo, PhD DAIS, Università Ca' Foscari Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy url : www.dais.unive.it/~scantamburlo <http://www.dais.unive.it/%7Escantamburlo> e-mail: teresa.scantamburlo@unive.it