The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State

The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State
Author: Rita Matulionyte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2024-02-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 100932120X

In situations ranging from border control to policing and welfare, governments are using automated facial recognition technology (FRT) to collect taxes, prevent crime, police cities and control immigration. FRT involves the processing of a person's facial image, usually for identification, categorisation or counting. This ambitious handbook brings together a diverse group of legal, computer, communications, and social and political science scholars to shed light on how FRT has been developed, used by public authorities, and regulated in different jurisdictions across five continents. Informed by their experiences working on FRT across the globe, chapter authors analyse the increasing deployment of FRT in public and private life. The collection argues for the passage of new laws, rules, frameworks, and approaches to prevent harms of FRT in the modern state and advances the debate on scrutiny of power and accountability of public authorities which use FRT. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State

The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State
Author: Rita Matulionyte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2024-03-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 100932117X

In situations ranging from border control to policing and welfare, governments are using automated facial recognition technology (FRT) to collect taxes, prevent crime, police cities and control immigration. FRT involves the processing of a person's facial image, usually for identification, categorisation or counting. This ambitious handbook brings together a diverse group of legal, computer, communications, and social and political science scholars to shed light on how FRT has been developed, used by public authorities, and regulated in different jurisdictions across five continents. Informed by their experiences working on FRT across the globe, chapter authors analyse the increasing deployment of FRT in public and private life. The collection argues for the passage of new laws, rules, frameworks, and approaches to prevent harms of FRT in the modern state and advances the debate on scrutiny of power and accountability of public authorities which use FRT. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Monitoring Laws

Monitoring Laws
Author: Jake Goldenfein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2019-10-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 110842662X

Explores the historical origins and emerging technologies of government profiling and examines law's role in contemporary technological environments.

The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience

The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
Author: Jorge Armony
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 983
Release: 2013-01-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1107310709

Neuroscientific research on emotion has developed dramatically over the past decade. The cognitive neuroscience of human emotion, which has emerged as the new and thriving area of 'affective neuroscience', is rapidly rendering existing overviews of the field obsolete. This handbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative survey of knowledge and topics investigated in this cutting-edge field. It covers a range of topics, from face and voice perception to pain and music, as well as social behaviors and decision making. The book considers and interrogates multiple research methods, among them brain imaging and physiology measurements, as well as methods used to evaluate behavior and genetics. Editors Jorge Armony and Patrik Vuilleumier have enlisted well-known and active researchers from more than twenty institutions across three continents, bringing geographic as well as methodological breadth to the collection. This timely volume will become a key reference work for researchers and students in the growing field of neuroscience.

Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science

Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science
Author: James N. Druckman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2011-06-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0521192129

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of how political scientists have used experiments to transform their field of study.

Algorithms and Law

Algorithms and Law
Author: Martin Ebers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1108424821

Exploring issues from big-data to robotics, this volume is the first to comprehensively examine the regulatory implications of AI technology.

Our Biometric Future

Our Biometric Future
Author: Kelly A. Gates
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2011-01-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0814732798

Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them from one another—commonly known as Facial Recognition Technology. While computer scientists are developing FRT in order to design more intelligent and interactive machines, businesses and states agencies view the technology as uniquely suited for “smart” surveillance—systems that automate the labor of monitoring in order to increase their efficacy and spread their reach. Tracking this technological pursuit, Our Biometric Future identifies FRT as a prime example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as shortsighted solutions to complex social problems. Culling news stories, press releases, policy statements, PR kits and other materials, Kelly Gates provides evidence that, instead of providing more security for more people, the pursuit of FRT is being driven by the priorities of corporations, law enforcement and state security agencies, all convinced of the technology’s necessity and unhindered by its complicated and potentially destructive social consequences. By focusing on the politics of developing and deploying these technologies, Our Biometric Future argues not for the inevitability of a particular technological future, but for its profound contingency and contestability.

The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms

The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
Author: Woodrow Barfield
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1327
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108663184

Algorithms are a fundamental building block of artificial intelligence - and, increasingly, society - but our legal institutions have largely failed to recognize or respond to this reality. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms, which features contributions from US, EU, and Asian legal scholars, discusses the specific challenges algorithms pose not only to current law, but also - as algorithms replace people as decision makers - to the foundations of society itself. The work includes wide coverage of the law as it relates to algorithms, with chapters analyzing how human biases have crept into algorithmic decision-making about who receives housing or credit, the length of sentences for defendants convicted of crimes, and many other decisions that impact constitutionally protected groups. Other issues covered in the work include the impact of algorithms on the law of free speech, intellectual property, and commercial and human rights law.

The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition

The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition
Author: Allison B. Kaufman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1032
Release: 2021-07-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 110856125X

This handbook lays out the science behind how animals think, remember, create, calculate, and remember. It provides concise overviews on major areas of study such as animal communication and language, memory and recall, social cognition, social learning and teaching, numerical and quantitative abilities, as well as innovation and problem solving. The chapters also explore more nuanced topics in greater detail, showing how the research was conducted and how it can be used for further study. The authors range from academics working in renowned university departments to those from research institutions and practitioners in zoos. The volume encompasses a wide variety of species, ensuring the breadth of the field is explored.