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Slate2017-2018 Fellow Jeanna Matthews and Research Analyst Kinjal Dave respond to Deji Olukotun's story about an algorithmic tennis match. "The answer can’t be derived from the past alone: It depends on what we collectively decide... Read on SlateAugust 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 -
podcast
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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
ACM.orgD&S founder and President danah boyd & affiliate Solon Barocas investigate the practice of ethics in data science. "Critical commentary on data science has converged on a worrisome idea: that data scientists do not r... Read on ACM.orgNovember 2017 -
podcast
WNYC The TakeawayD&S lawyer-in-residence Rebecca Wexler describes the intersection of automated technologies, trade secrets, and the criminal justice system. For-profit companies dominate the criminal justice technologies industry and prod... Read on WNYC The TakeawayJune 2017 -
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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 -
Longform
Washington MonthlyD&S lawyer-in-residence Rebecca Wexler unpacks how private companies hide flaws in software that the government uses to convict and exonerate people in the criminal justice system. What’s alarming about protecting trade se... Read on Washington MonthlyJune 2017 -
Longform
The New York TimesD&S resident Rebecca Wexler describes the flaws of an increasingly automated criminal justice system The root of the problem is that automated criminal justice technologies are largely privately owned and sold for profit... Read on The New York TimesJune 2017 -
Harvard Business ReviewJongbin Jung, Connor Concannon, D&S fellow Ravi Shroff, Sharad Goel, and Daniel G. Goldstein explore new methods for machine learning in criminal justice. Simple rules certainly have their advantages, but one might reasona... Read on Harvard Business ReviewApril 2017
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PointsThis piece is adapted, with permission, from “Data, Algorithms, Fairness, Accountability,” danah boyd’s talk at the October 28, 2016, meeting of the U.S Department of Commerce Data Advisory Council. Read on PointsApril 2017