Ethical Issues in Data Science

Computing applications involving large amounts of data – the domain of data science – impact the lives of most people in the U.S. and the world. These impacts include recommendations made to us by internet-based systems, information that is available about us online, techniques that are used for security and surveillance, data that is used in health care, and many more. In many cases, they are affected by techniques in artificial intelligence and machine learning. This course examines some of

• Learners will be able to Identify and manage ethical situations that may arise in their careers.
• Learnerrs will be able to apply ethical frameworks to help them analyze ethical challenges.
• Learners will be familiar with key applications of data science that are commonly linked to ethical issues.