BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1356@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190502T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190502T170000 DTSTAMP:20190329T230316Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/fake-news-telling-fact-from-fiction SUMMARY:Fake News - Telling Fact from Fiction - ASU Psychology Library - 2 May 19 09:00 DESCRIPTION:\n\nFake news? ASU symposium to suggest solutions to tell fact from fiction in the age of information\n \; \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo es instant access to huge amounts of information help or hinder how we det ermine what is real? What impact does social media have on how we distingu ish truth from deception? What can we learn from how information has been used by life since our very beginnings to help solve the problems of today ?\n\nAt the second annual Cooperation and Conflict Symposium\, hosted by t he \;Arizona State University Department of Psychology \;and the&n bsp\;Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative\, experts and scholars will come together to answer these questions by discussing fact and fiction in the age of information. The symposium will take place May 2 in the psychol ogy library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. \;\nRSVP for the event.\nThe second annual Cooperation and Conflict Symposium will take place May 2. \;\n\ n \;\n\nThe event is hosted by \;Athena Aktipis\, \;assistant professor of psychology \;and co-director of the Human Generosity Proj ect\, and will feature experts from across ASU: \;Sara Walker \;fr om the School of Earth and Space Exploration\, \;Paul Davies \;fro m the Beyond Center\, \;Roger White \;from the W. P. Carey School of Business\, \;Virginia Kwan \;from the Department of Psychology\ , \;Carlo Maley \;from the School of Life Sciences and the Biodesi gn Institute\, \;Mike Angilletta \;and \;Jennifer Fewell \ ;from the School of Life Sciences\, \;Ted Pavlic \;from the School of Computing\, Informatics\, and Decision Systems Engineering\, and \ ;Kristy Roschke \;from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Ma ss Communication.\n\nExperts from other universities like Chris Adami from Michigan State University\, Joe Alcock from the University of New Mexico\ , Jessica Brinkworth from the University of Illinois and Greg Bryant from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, will also speak.\n\nEach spea ker will give a short talk that presents a solution to the problem of tell ing fact from fiction in the age of information. The symposium will addres s this issue from an interdisciplinary perspective\, drawing from informat ion theory in physics\, signaling theory in evolutionary biology and commu nication science.\n\n“What’s most exciting to me about the symposium i s how we are bringing together scholars from across the disciplines to ans wer this question of how we tell what is real\," Aktipis said. "We have sp eakers from physics talking about information theory\, evolutionary biolog ists talking about how deception manifests across the tree of life\, paras itologists talking about how infectious agents ‘lie’ to our bodies\, a nd journalists talking about fake news. I can’t wait to learn from so ma ny diverse scholars about how we distinguish fact from fiction and what we might learn from looking into the history of life on earth about how to d eal with the problems of today."\n\nInterdisciplinary Cooperation Initiati ve and Winter School\nThe intersection of Aktipis’ broad interests gave her the idea to foster cooperation across different academic disciplines. After the success of the inaugural \;Cooperation and Conflict Symposiu m \;and the \;Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting\, Aktipis started a new strategic initiative\, the Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative (ICI). The ICI is a strategic initiative supported by the Office of the P resident to establish and support a field of cooperation research and to f oster interdisciplinary cooperation to tackle the broader challenges that face humankind.\n\n“The ICI is a collaborative effort to look at coopera tion from a variety of perspectives\,” Aktipis said. “Our goal is to b e a place where researchers can come together and share ideas about cooper ation.”\n\nThe ICI supports a faculty working group which meets twice a semester to discuss a specific topic related to cooperation. The group is always looking fro new members to \;participate in the next working gr oup.\n\nThe Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative will host a \;Win ter School \;in January 2020. At the school\, students will learn abou t the fundamental processes underlying cooperation in diverse systems. The lectures and seminars will be taught by leading cooperation researchers f rom psychology\, evolutionary biology\, anthropology\, sociology and compu tational modeling. The Winter School on the Interdisciplinary Study of Coo peration is open to advanced undergraduates\, graduate students and postdo cs that will cover the basic frameworks for cooperation and key tools and methods from each participating discipline. Students will be able to apply for scholarships to assist with the cost of attendance and travel. \; \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Ewing\nMarketing and Communic ations Manager\, Department of Psychology\n480-727-5054 \;robert.ewing @asu.edu\n\n\n\n\n LOCATION:ASU Psychology Library\, 950 S McAllister Ave\, Tempe\, AZ\, Unite d States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=950 S McAllister Ave\, Temp e\, AZ\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=ASU Psychology Library:g eo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20180502T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR