Faces in the Crowd: Facial Recognition Technologies and Monitoring Crowds at Public Events
Salle des Conseils - Centre Panthéon (esc. M, 2e étage)
12 place du Panthéon
75005 PARIS
The Law & Humanities research center, affiliated with CERSA, in collaboration with ETHICS (EA 7446, Catholic University of Lille) and FACETS (University of Turin), is organizing an international conference on December 7 and 8, 2023, titled: "Faces in the Crowd: Facial Recognition Technologies and Monitoring Crowds at Public Events."
Program
THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER
8.30-9.00 : Welcome
9.00-10.00 : Keynote: Caroline LEQUESNE, Université de Nice
10.30-11.30 : FRT and the Law
Chair : Malik BOZZO-REY, Catholique de Lille University
- Connal PARSLEY, Kent Law School, “In the Interests of the Community? The Limits of Liberal Legal Responses to Facial Recognition Technology and the Promise of a Techno-social Paradigm”
- Yvonne-Marie ROGEZ, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, “The use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement during public protests in California: debates and tensions”
12.00-13.30 : Issues in Technologies of Facial Recognition
Chair: Yvonne-Marie ROGEZ, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
- Massimo LEONE, Turin University, “Training and Doping in Automatic Face Recognition”
- Madeleine DONNELLY, University Catholique of Lille, “Experimenting with ‘smart cameras’: predicting risky behavior at mega-events in real time”
- Julien ONNO, University Catholique of Lille, “Anticiper la surveillance événementielle : enquête en cours sur la surveillance algorithmique déployée dans le cadre des Jeux Olympiques 2024”
15.00-16.00 : FRT, Individual and Identity
Chair : Cristina VOTO, Turin University
- Gabriele MARINO, Turin University, “‘I’ve seen that face before’: Concerts, Faces, and Power”
- Tyler REIGLUTH, University Catholique of Lille, “Blending in and standing out: on two relationships between individuals and crowds”
FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER
9.00-9.30 : Welcome
9.30-10.30 : FRT, Arts and Humanities
Keynote : Paolo CIRIO, plasticien/artist “Art Surveils”
11.00-12.00 : FRT, Arts and Humanities
Chair : Armelle SABATIER, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
- Alexis TADIE, Sorbonne Université, “What’s in a crowd ?”
- Suhasini VINCENT, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, “Facial Recognition, Ambiguity Machines and Hyperobjects in Vandana Singh’s Science Fiction”
12.30-13.30 : FRT, Arts and Humanities
Chair: Claire WROBEL, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
- Bronach RAFFERTY, Trinity College Dublin, “Surveillance in the Context of Northern Ireland and Troubles Era Poetry”
- Mehdi GHASSEMI, University Catholique of Lille, “FRTs as surveillance assemblages, discourses and imaginaries : the Case of The Capture (2019)”
15.00- 16.00 : FRT, Arts and Humanities
- Cristina VOTO, Turin University, “In-between Self-Perception and Machine-Classified Gender: Archiving Identity in Facial Recognition Technologies”
- Malik BOZZO-REY, Université Catholique of Lille, “Pour une éthique de l’anonymat”
16.00-16.15 : Concluding Remarks
With the support of CERSA (Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas), ETHICS (Université Catholique de Lille), FACETS (Université de Turin) and European Research Council.