CMU and Pitt Launch Center Dedicated to Combating Extremist Hate
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PITTSBURGH, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are jointly launching a new center to study extremist hate. Scholars at both universities will partner through the Collaboratory Against Hate Research and Action Center to develop effective tools that inhibit hate s creation, growth and destructive consequences.
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The center will bring together the collective expertise from all relevant disciplines including computer science, data science, social sciences, psychology, psychiatry and the law as collaborators seek to better understand and combat hatred based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation and other prejudices.
February 26, 2021
The Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity is hosting two events this semester open to the public.
“A Life Making Your Software Secure and Your Data Private… or Trying To,” an “In Focus” talk with Ulfar Erlingsson PhD ’04, is scheduled for March 2, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Erlingsson is the former head of security research at Google Brain and Machine Learning Privacy Technologies at Apple, now chief architect at a cloud security company called Lacework. He is also a Milstein Program advisory board member.
Ulfar Erlingsson, Nonny de la Pena
Erlingsson focuses on utilizing artificial intelligence to design secure, dependable software and privacy protections. With a long-time interest in programming languages and systems, he holds a PhD in computer science and a PhD minor in English literature with a focus on modernism, both from Cornell. This event is powered by eCornell. Register here.