We’re Talking About the Wrong Error: Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI (A Speaker Series Talk)
Feb 25, 2026
4:30PM to 6:00PM
Event Categories Departmental Event and Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor Speaker Series
Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/02/2026
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
McMaster University
Join the Department of Sociology for a speaker series talk to hear how Dr. Laura Nelson argues for shifting the focus among computational social scientists and data scientists from bias to variance within AI use.
February 25th, 2026, 4:30-6:00pm
McMaster University, LRW 1003
RSVP by February 20th: maritsc@mcmaster.ca
For more information, please contact deptsoc@mcmaster.ca