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Academic Article
NatureSorelle FriedlerPaul RaccugliaKatherine C. ElbertPhilip D.F. AdlerCasey FalkMalia B. WennyAurelio MolloMatthias ZellerD&S fellow Sorelle Friedler's latest research appears in Nature. She and her team document their creation of a machine-learning algorithm that accurately predicts new ways to make crystals. The team trained the algorithm u... Read on NatureMay 2016 -
Longform
The New York TimesD&S Fellow Natasha Singer reports on Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, and Dr. Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician who is his wife, and their recent hire of James H. Shelton III, a former deputy secretary of the ... Read on The New York TimesMay 2016 -
video
Data & SocietyGregory situates the privatization of space and information as core components of “smart urbanism” and invite us to critically consider a more participatory and equitable mode of development that accounts for both a “right to t... Read moreApril 2016 -
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Data & SocietyNews headlines are filled with examples of organizations struggling with data breaches and related hacks. Many of these incidents could be prevented were organizations to evaluate possible risks and have guidelines and best pra... Read moreApril 2016 -
Resource
Data & SocietyThe Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society has released three case studies (with more on the way) and has set a deadline of June 1, 2016, for any new submissions to its call for cases. 1) The Ethics of Using Hacked Data: ... Read moreApril 2016 -
blog post
London School of Economics blogD&S Affiliate Seeta Peña Gangadharan discusses how automated systems have transformed the ways in which our data is processed, analyzed, and used by companies that are not held to account for the potential uses of data that... Read on London School of Economics blogApril 2016 -
op-ed
The AtlanticD&S Advisor Ethan Zuckerman pushes back against a new myth developing around Bitcoin as a ready-made solution to complex humanitarian and international development problems around the globe: Is Bitcoin really the best way ... Read on The AtlanticApril 2016 -
podcast
video
Data & SocietyIn this Databite, Neil Selwyn works through some emerging headline findings from a new three year study of digital technology use in Australian high schools. In particular, Neil highlights the ways in which sch... Read moreApril 2016 -
op-ed
Harvard Business ReviewD&S Researcher Alex Rosenblat examines how Uber’s app design and deployment redistributes management functions to semiautomated and algorithmic systems, as well as to consumer ratings systems, creating ambiguity around who ... Read on Harvard Business ReviewApril 2016 -
blog post
Points"Over the last two years, Data & Society has been convening a Council on Big Data, Ethics, and Society where we’ve had intense discussions about how to situate ethics in the practice of data science. We talked about the imp... Read on PointsApril 2016