J. Nathan Matias, Author at Citizens and Technology Lab

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Call for Collaboration: Seeking Researchers to Develop New Studies with Communities

June 2022

Are you interested in working with online communities to test interventions that help them achieve pragmatic goals like reduce harassment, […]

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Path Independent: Public-Interest Research Engineering & Data Science & RightsCon

June 2022

How can the engineers and data scientists who work on public-interest research offer mutual support in our work to create […]

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A Community of Practice for Public-Interest Research Engineers & Data Scientists

June 2022

Are you an engineer or data scientist working on software infrastructures and processes for independent, public-interest research on technology and society? […]

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Test & Protest: A Conversation With Consumer Reports Digital Lab

May 2022

As our lives become more and more shaped by digital technologies, how can consumer protection organizations work together with the […]

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Developing Trustworthy Community Research Collaborations

March 2022

How can researchers do right by communities when collaborating on research? Social scientists are increasingly collaborating with communities – volunteer […]

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Three Suggestions for the US Federal Strategy On AI R&D

March 2022

In March 2022, the U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy requested comments on how to revise the […]

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Why We Co-Create Research Systems with Communities

February 2022

Have you ever gotten a finger squeeze from a pulse oximeter? This device can measure your blood-oxygen without a painful […]

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Crowdsourced Audits of Algorithmic Decision-Makers

November 2021

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

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Do Automated Welcomes Improve Newcomer Retention on French Wikipedia?

September 2021

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

We’re Recruiting PhD Students!

September 2021

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