# Event Details - **Event Name**: MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am – Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for a daylong symposium exploring how artificial intelligence is shaping our world and what it means for all of us.About this EventOn April 30, the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) will host the third annual MIT Ethics in Computing Research Symposium. This day-long event will feature MIT faculty research presentations, a keynote address by , Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University, and panel discussions on AI alignment and the future of education with participants from OpenAI and Google DeepMind.Speakers will examine foundational and applied challenges in AI, including collective harms from individually beneficial systems, fairness-constrained machine learning for public policy, ethical computer vision, human-robot interaction, environmental forecasting, virtue-based AI policies in schools, and model verification—bridging technical advances with questions of accountability and social impact.The symposium will also feature a SERC Scholars poster session showcasing student research from first-year undergraduates to PhD candidates. Poster topics will range from chatbot friends and risk-averse AI systems to the environmental impacts of AI, highlighting the breadth of emerging scholarship in ethical computing.The symposium will conclude with a keynote address by Kleinberg, whose research explores networks, algorithms, and the social and information systems that underpin the Web and other online media.Agenda8:00 AM | Breakfast9:00 AM | Welcome Remarks9:10 AM | Faculty TalksPersonal Benefit, Collective Harm: Differential Impact of AI on Individual and Crowd Wisdom JudgmentDrazen Prelec, Digital Equipment Corp. Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAddressing Regressive Property Taxation with Fairness-Constrained Differentiable Machine LearningHaihao Lu, Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Assistant Professor, MIT SloanEthical Frameworks for Responsible Deployment of Computer Vision in Public Interactive InstallationsJoshua Higgason, Professor of the Practice, Music and Theater Arts Section10:25 AM | Break10:40 AM | A New Criterion for AI Alignment: Moral MeshingBernardo Zacka, Associate Professor, Political ScienceBailey Flanigan, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)11:00 AM | AI Alignment PanelBernardo Zacka, Associate Professor, Political ScienceBailey Flanigan, Assistant Professor, Political Science and EECSBoaz Barak, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Technical Staff, OpenAIIason Gabriel, Philosopher and Research Scientist, Google DeepMindModerated by Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Associate Professor, EECS12:00 PM | Lunch & SERC Scholars Poster Session1:15 PM | Faculty TalksShow, Tell, and Adapt: Aligning Robot Behavior via Multimodal CommunicationAndreea Bobu, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and AstronauticsA Framework for Machine-Learned Forecasts of Air Pollution in the Contiguous United StatesTamara Broderick, Associate Professor, EECS, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS); Arlene Fiore, Peter H. Stone and Paola Malanotte Stone Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesToward Responsible, Virtue-Based AI Policies in SchoolsCynthia Breazeal, Professor, MIT Media Lab2:30 PM | Break2:40 PM | AI Education PanelJustin Reich, Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/WritingEric Klopfer, Professor and Director of the Scheller Teacher Education ProgramPat Pataranutaporn, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Asahi Broadcasting Corporation CD Prof of Media Arts and SciencesSam Madden, Faculty Head, CS; Distinguished College of Computing Professor, [CS and AI+D]Marta McAlister, Director, Gemini for Education3:30 PM | Faculty TalkLabel-Efficient Selection and Verification of AI ModelsSara Beery, Assistant Professor, EECS3:55 PM | Break4:15 PM | Keynote AddressJon Kleinberg, Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and Information Science, Cornell UniversityFor the most up to date agenda, please visit: - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/mit-ethics-of-computing-research-symposium/100001984820504559 - **Event Categories**: it, nonprofit, art, business, theatre, artificial-intelligence - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: 51 Vassar St building 45 8th floor - **lat**: 42.3616134 - **long**: -71.0922926 - **full address**: 51 Vassar St building 45 8th floor, 51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e1a4793deaa670ceb078641fc8a894dfb99b82a21563b85247904d60a75a05b9-rimg-w1200-h672-dc06111c-gmir.jpg?v=1774563078 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium being held? - **A:** MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium takes place on Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am to Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm at 51 Vassar St building 45 8th floor, 51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium? - **A:** MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium is organized by MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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