Don't miss your chance to attend our Best Practices in Artificial Intelligence workshop. Our speaker, David Corliss, has tailored this workshop for the statistical practitioner with any level of experience. He will cover the issues surrounding AI and will present the ASA guidelines to help ensure its ethical use within our profession. David is an engaging and informative speaker that you won't want to miss. Registration will remain open until noon ET Friday, Sept 05.
workshop: Modern Ethical Issues and Best Practices in Data, Analytics, and AI
instructor: David Corliss, PhD
Principal Data Scientist, Grafham Analytics
dates: Friday afternoon, September 05, 2025 (first half-day session)
Friday afternoon, September 12, 2025 (second half-day session)
===> This full-day course will be split into 2 half-day sessions <===
cost: student $25 / Central Indiana member $30 / ASA member $35 / Guest $45
registration: register here on Zeffy
Workshop Objectives
This workshop discusses emerging issues for ethical best practices in data, analytics, and AI. The course includes a half day on data issues such as court cases that are shaping data practice standards, learning from standards in other professions, and the impact of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on ethical practices around the world. The second part of the course presents a half-day on issues in analytics and AI such as model bias mitigation, the rapidly evolving federal landscape, and the ASA’s new guidelines for ethical practices in AI. The workshop teaches a practical understanding of ethical issues in data and analytics, presenting concrete examples of both good and bad practices, enabling course attendees to better understand the changing ethical landscape and address potential questions and issues.
Speaker
David J Corliss, PhD is the Principal Data Scientist at Grafham Analytics. His work in best ethical practices for AI includes presenting on ethics at local and international conferences, to university and user groups, and writing a column on Data for Good in Amstat News. Dr. Corliss serves on the ASA board as a representative for the Council of Chapters and is the founder of Peace-Work, a volunteer cooperative of statisticians, data scientists and other researchers applying analytics in issue-driven advocacy.
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Ed Brizendine
Secretary, Central Indiana Chapter
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