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op-ed
The Cancer LetterAs AI becomes integrated into different facets of our lives, Data & Society Researcher Kadija Ferryman joins Robert A. Winn in considering what this means for the field of health. "How can we bring together the excitement ... Read on The Cancer LetterNovember 2018 -
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DatabitesData & Society Fellow Jeanna Matthews speaks about algorithmic accountability and transparency within the context of the criminal justice system. Important decisions in our society are being made evermore frequently by o... Read moreJune 2018 -
blog post
PointsData & Society Research Analyst Melanie Penagos summarizes three blogposts that came as a result of Data & Society's AI & Human Rights Workshop in April 2018. "Following Data & Society’s AI & Human Rights... Read on PointsJune 2018 -
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DatabitesIn Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination... Read moreMay 2018 -
Academic Article
Fordham Law ReviewThis paper is a response to calls for explainable machines by Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Andrew Selbst and Affiliate Solon Barocas. "We argue that calls for explainable machines have failed to recognize the connec... Read on Fordham Law ReviewMarch 2018 -
report
Data & SocietyWhat is Precision Medicine? is a general audience white paper by Dr. Kadija Ferryman and Mikaela Pitcan that introduces and outlines the emerging field of precision medicine; the effort to collect, integrate and analyze multiple sources of data in order to develop individualized insights about health and disease. Read moreFebruary 2018 -
blog post
PointsD&S founder and president sings praise for Virginia Eubank's new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. "This book should be mandatory for anyone who works in social service... Read on PointsJanuary 2018 -
podcast
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DatabitesData & Society Fellow Ravi Shroff studies the development and implementation of predictive models for decision making in city and state government. This talk covers Shroff’s research on improving decision making within poli... Read moreJune 2017 -
blog post
Ford Foundation blogD&S affiliate Wilneida Negrón details the role of bots and automation in activism today. As everyone from advertisers to political adversaries jockey for attention, they are increasingly using automated technologies and pr... Read on Ford Foundation blogMay 2017 -
podcast
Data & SocietyD&S advisor Claudia Perlich discusses modeling, transparency, and machine learning in a new episode of the Partially Derivative podcast. “One pitfall I see is that it’s easy from a social science perspective to condemn all... Read on Data & SocietyJanuary 2017