2022 Politics of Emerging Technologies Mini-Conference (September 1, 2022)
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The 2022 Politics of Emerging Technologies Mini-Conference will take place virtually on September 1, 2022. We welcome any interested researchers to attend! Each panel is around 90 minutes and there will be a Q&A session within each panel.
Please register to receive the Zoom link[edit | edit source]
Registration link: https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkcuyhrDotHdXNJpxZttrqiOPGphpqyTnD
Mini-Conference schedule[edit | edit source]
| Panel | Time (Eastern) | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES | 9am-10:10am | Karen Nershi (Stanford University) | How Strong Are Anti-Money Laundering Laws in Practice? Evidence from Cryptocurrency Transactions |
| Sarah Bauer Danzman (Indiana University Bloomington) | Protecting or Stifling? The Effect of Investment Screening on Technology Firms | ||
| Raymond Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | Cheap Thrills: Audience Costs in the Age of Social Media | ||
| GOVERNING ALGORITHMS | 10:20am-11:50am | Swati Srivastava (Purdue University) | The Pragmatist Algorithm and the Challenge of Responsible AI |
| Robert Trager (University of California, Los Angeles) | Better Together: Industrial Policy and a 3rd Party AI Safety Organization | ||
| Baobao Zhang (Syracuse University) | An Integrative Theory of Trust in AI Systems | ||
| Nicholas Emery (University of California, Los Angeles) | Information Hazards in Races for Advanced Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Break | 11:50am-12:30pm | Break | Break |
| MODELS OF CYBERSECURITY IN A CONTESTED WORLD | 12:30pm-2pm | Rachel Hulvey (University of Pennsylvania) | Authoritarian World Orders: How China’s Persuasive Use of Ideology Shapes Order in Cyberspace |
| Katharin Tai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | From Network Security to National Security: The Genesis of Chinese Cybersecurity | ||
| Reyhan Topal (State University of New York at Albany) | Counterterrorism or Techno-Authoritarianism? Toward A Model of China’s Repression of Uyghurs | ||
| Nadiya Kostyuk (Georgia Institute of Technology) | Diffusion of State Military Cybercapacity: Learning from Allies | ||
| ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION | 2:10pm-3:40pm | Chloe Ahn (University of Pennsylvania) | Let Man Have Dominion: The Influence of Perceived Status Threat from Automation on Redistribution and Technology Attitudes |
| Diana Hicks (Georgia Institute of Technology) | Preparing for the Arrival of Autonomous Vehicles | ||
| Nicole Wu (University of Toronto) | The Politics of Automation and Special Interest Groups | ||
| Erik Gartzke (University of California, San Diego) | Robots and Democracy: How Military Automation threatens the Liberal World | ||
| TECHNOLOGY, UNCERTAINTY, AND CONTROVERSY | 3:50pm-5:20pm | Cleo O'Brien-Udry (Yale University) | Winning the Future: International Competition and Public Support for Controversial Technology |
| Julie George (Cornell University; Stanford University) | Emerging Technologies: Implications and Prospects of their Proliferation | ||
| Justin Canfil (Harvard University) | Red Lines in the Gray Zone: Technological Ambiguity and Foreign Policy Restraint | ||
| Stephen Herzog (ETH Zurich; Harvard University) | Beyond the Dome: Cross-System Exposure and Public Perceptions of Missile Defense |
Conference organizers:
- Justin Canfil (Harvard University)
- Jeff Ding (George Washington University)
- Julie George (Cornell University; Stanford University)
- Nicole Wu (University of Toronto)
- Baobao Zhang (Syracuse University; Cornell University)
Please contact Baobao Zhang at baobaozhangreseearch@gmail.com if you have questions.