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Data & Society"Online Harassment, Digital Abuse, and Cyberstalking in America" examines American teens’ and adults’ experiences with witnessing, experiencing, and responding to the aftermath of online harassment and abuse. Read moreNovember 2016 -
ArtSlantD&S artist-in-residence Heather Dewey-Hagborg's work was recently profiled in ArtSlant. At the same time, DNA extraction and sequencing has never been cheaper or easier. In light of this and the continued reliance on DNA a... Read on ArtSlantOctober 2016
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Enabling Connected LearningD&S research analyst Mikaela Pitcan discusses how missing data can impact how students with mental health conditions. The areas in which data are lacking communicate priorities. However, without concrete data to show a nee... Read on Enabling Connected LearningOctober 2016 -
Academic Article
Journal of Law, Medicine and EthicsD&S affiliates Ifeoma Ajunwa and Kate Crawford, with Joel Ford, co-wrote this piece discussing how big data is used in wellness programs instituted by large corporations and how that can impact workers' privacy and can spark em... Read on Journal of Law, Medicine and EthicsSeptember 2016 -
Academic Article
arXivD&S fellow Diana Freed co-authored a health technology piece that introduces an approach called YADL (Your Activities of Daily Living), which 'uses images of ADLs and personalization to improve survey efficiency and the pat... Read on arXivAugust 2016 -
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DatabitesAs an increasing number of industries digitize, the economy around data analysis – particularly predictive modeling – has exploded. The problem is, we don’t have any real way to understand, analyze, or predict the accuracy of t... Read moreJuly 2016 -
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Data & SocietyWhen Karen discovered she had a life threatening heart condition, the last thing she expected was to have to worry about software. Now, with a heart device implanted in her body, she has come to understand not only how vulnerab... Read moreJune 2016 -
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DatabitesHealth information technology can save lives, cut costs, and expand access to care. But its full promise will only be realized if policymakers broker a “grand bargain” between providers, patients, and administrative agencies. I... Read moreMay 2016 -
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Data & SocietyPart talk, part science experiment, and part conversation, in this Databite, Daniel Grushkin explores how contemporary biotechnology melds data and biology, and creates a living medium, whose function in our society is only now... Read moreFebruary 2016 -
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Data & SocietyIn this era of increasing ubiquity of sensing and computing devices, we still struggle mightily engaging people with systems designed to evaluate and improve health. Several fundamental challenges face developers, clinicians, r... Read moreJanuary 2016