30-31 Mar 2015
London, England
Seventh Workshop on the Philosophy of Information
"Conceptual challenges of data in science and technology"
30-31 March 2015
University College London
Run by the Society for the Philosophy of Information
http://www.socphilinfo.org/
Organised by
Phyllis Illari (Science and Technology Studies, UCL)
Giuseppe Primiero (Computer Science, Middlesex University)
Invited speakers
William Wong (Middlesex University) http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-
people/staff-directory/wong-william
Emma Tobin (UCL) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/tobin
Judith Simon (IT University of Copenhaghen) https://univie.academia.
edu/JudithSimon
Rob Kitchin (Mynooth University, Ireland) http://www.maynoothuniversity.
ie/progcity/
Submission information
Send your 500-1000 words abstract by 23rd January 2015 in doc, docx, txt, rft
or pdf format, suitable for anonymous review, to phyllis.illari@ucl.ac.
ukphyllis.illari@ucl.ac.uk.
Issues of interest include (but are not limited to):
Causality: how should we find causes in the era of ?data-driven science??
do we need a new conception of causality to fit with new practices?
Quality: how should we ensure that data are good enough quality for the
purposes for which we use them? What should we make of the open access
movement; what kind of new technologies might be needed?
Security: how can we adequately secure data, while making it accessible to
those who need it?
Big data: what defines big data as a new scientific method?; what is it
and what are the challenges?
Uncertainty: can big data help with uncertainty, or does it merely
generate new uncertainties? what technologies are essential to reduce
uncertainty elements in data-driven sciences?
All good quality abstracts on the broad areas described above will be given
serious consideration. Abstracts will be refereed by members of the board of
the Society.
Important Dates
23 January 2015: Deadline for submission
13 February 2015: Notification of acceptance
Further information
phyllis.illari@ucl.ac.uk
G.Primiero@mdx@ac.uk
See previous workshops: http://www.socphilinfo.org/workshops
Each workshop is a small scale gathering, with an open Call for Papers to
present works in the large variety of research areas that focus on information,
both in scientific and conceptual terms. This includes works in progress and we
aim at discussing open problems in the area. For a brief presentation of the
topics covered by this branch of philosophy, see http://www.socphilinfo.
org/about-pi/about-pi.
The Workshop series has had publications in the following Journals: Synthese,
Logique & Analyse, Minds & Machines, Topoi. We hope to offer presenters to the
Seventh Workshop the chance to submit papers for the Special Issue of
Information, Communication & Society (Taylor & Francis)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/current#.VGSjyHVtPUY
edited by Federica Russo and Andrew Illiadis, on Critical Data Studies.
With thanks to the School of Science & Technology at Middlesex University, the
British Society for the Philosophy of Science, and the Department of Science
and Technology Studies, UCL for financial support.
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