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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