Author: J. Nathan Matias

How can independent researchers reliably detect bias, discrimination, and other systematic errors in software-based decision-making systems?  Austin Hounsel, Nick Feamster […]

Does receiving a welcome message increase how many newcomers to Wikipedia make their first edit, and influence them to keep […]

CAT Lab is recruiting PhD students into the Communication and Information Science Departments at Cornell University (application 2021, start 2022)! […]

How can we foster meaningful dialogue and create shared knowledge in a digital world shaped by algorithms? What do we […]

What does it mean to own your vehicle, when tech companies use copyright law to control who has the right […]

What impact do the copyright industry’s robot lawyers have on freedom of expression? And in a complex ecosystem where algorithm […]

What can the public do to change unjust collection and use of data? In January 2019 when IBM published roughly […]

How can we advance human understanding on the internet when so many people are left out of the conversation? And […]

How can we address online harms such as revenge porn? And how can lessons and procedures from restorative justice apply […]

What is data feminism? And how can feminism inform the power of data in the 21st century? In recent years, […]