1. Proposal (1 page)
Select a research subject. If you’re stuck, consider the following examples :
“EU’s Right to Explanation”
“Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy”
“The Dystopian Path to Bicycle Safety”
“On the Perils of Automated Face Recognition”
“Algorithms aren’t racist. Your skin is just too dark.”
Explain to a general audience how your chosen system works.
You may assume the audience is college educated, but be sure to carefully explain any jargon. Feel free to include diagrams if they help your explanation.
Consider questions such as:
What’s the conceptual or theoretical background on which this technology or system is based?
What data does the system require as inputs? What are its outputs?
(if it’s a cyber-physical system) How does it interact with the physical world?
What types of sensors does it use? What are their limitations?
What algorithms does it use? How does it work?
What is the current state of the art of this technology? What are its current limitations?
Articulate a sequence of events that brought it into existence in its current form.