Webinar: Recommender Systems for Social Good with Dr. Silvia Milano

The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is pleased to welcome Dr. Silvia Milano, Head of Research at EDI Munich (Ethical Data Initiative), a valued RDA affiliate member organisation.

Dr. Milano will share her research on recommender systems, the algorithms used by platforms like Netflix, Spotify, and social media to suggest content to users. While these systems are often designed to keep us engaged, they tend to prioritise business goals such as clicks and revenue over what is actually good for users or society. Dr. Milano argues that we need to move beyond simply making these systems more accurate, and instead design them to better support fairness, a diversity of viewpoints, and people’s ability to make their own informed choices.

The webinar will run twice to welcome attendees from as many time zones as possible:

Presentations will be recorded and published on the RDA website following each event.

For more information, contact [email protected].