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PointsD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston details his exploration of The Glass Room exhibit. "I want to see The Glass Room everywhere there is an Apple Store…And anyone founding or working for a tech company should have to prove th... Read on PointsDecember 2016 -
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PointsD&S founder danah boyd's prepared remarks for a public roundtable in the European Parliament on algorithmic accountability and transparency in the digital economy were adapted in this Points piece. "I believe that algori... Read on PointsNovember 2016 -
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PointsD&S post-doctoral scholar Julia Ticona responds to “Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing” from Pew Research Center. "Contingent work has always been prevalent in communities where workers have been historically excl... Read on PointsNovember 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Anne L. Washington published a Points piece responding to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "Complex models with high stakes require rigorous periodic taste tests. Unfortunately most organizations us... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Ravi Shroff examines Cathy O'Neil's analysis of criminal justice algorithms, like predictive policing. "There are a few minor mischaracterizations and omissions in this chapter of Weapons of Math Destruction t... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Mark Ackerman develops a checklist to address the sociotechnical issues demonstrated in Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "These checklist items for socio-technical design are all important for polic... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S affiliate Angèle Christin writes a response piece to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "One of the most striking findings of my research so far is that there is often a major gap between what the top admini... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S researcher Josh Scannell responds to Georgetown Center on Privacy & Technology's "The Perpetual Line-Up" study. "Reports like 'The Perpetual Line-Up' force a fundamental question: What do we want technologies lik... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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Dmlcentral.netD&S researcher Claire Fontaine looks at how school performance data can lead to segregation. In our technocratic society, we are predisposed toward privileging the quantitative. So, we need to find ways to highlight what i... Read on Dmlcentral.netOctober 2016 -
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AnilDash.comAnil Dash analyzes how 'teaching kids to code' does not address the wider inequities that prevent diversity in tech. Many tech companies are still terrible at inclusion in their hiring, a weakness which is even more unacceptab... Read on AnilDash.comSeptember 2016