Microsoft pushes for states to tackle software piracy
A recent Seattle Times article discusses Microsoft’s push on Washington’s state legislators to pass a law that makes it illegal for manufacturers that use pirated software to sell goods in the US. The angle from which the discussion comes from is “[…] unfair competition that occurs when stolen or misappropriated information technology is used to manufacture products sold or offered… [Read more...]
Report from the first AFOG Summer Workshop
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In June of 2018, the Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity Working Group (AFOG) held a summer workshop with the theme “Algorithms are Opaque and Unfair: Now What?.” The event was organized by Berkeley I School Professors (and AFOG co-directors) Jenna Burrell and Deirdre Mulligan and postdoc Daniel Kluttz, and Allison Woodruff and Jen Gennai … [Read more...]
The Impact of Oracle v. Rimini on Data Professionals and the Public
To view the full article I wrote about the Impact of Oracle v. Rimini on Data Professionals and the Public, please visit:
http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/w231/2018/01/23/oracle-v-rimini/
Of particular interest to Data Scientists was the question of whether using “bots and scrapers” for automated collection of data was deemed a violation of the law if it violated a Terms of Service. An important tool… [Read more...]
Standing up for truth in the age of disinformation
Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan and PhD student (and CTSP Co-Director) Daniel Griffin have an op-ed in The Guardian considering how Google might consider its human rights obligations in the face of state censorship demands: If Google goes to China, will it tell the truth about Tiananmen Square?
The op-ed advances a line of argument developed in a recent article of… [Read more...]
Article published in Nature
Dr. Blumenstock’s article, “Don’t forget people in the use of big data for development,” was published in the journal Nature… [Read more...]
Blumenstock receives Hellman Award
Prof. Blumenstock was named as a 2018 Hellman Fellow for his project, “Evaluating Community Cellular Networks: How Does Mobile Connectivity Affect Isolated Communities?”… [Read more...]
Paper published in the American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings
Dr. Blumenstock’s paper, “Estimating Economic Characteristics with Phone Data“, was published in the American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings… [Read more...]
Madeleine Clare Elish
Post written by: Zoe Kahn and Emma Lurie
On February 24th, the Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity Working Group (AFOG) hosted Madeleine Clare Elish, who leads the AI on the Ground Initiative at Data and Society. Elish shared two papers, “The Human Body is a Black Box”: Supporting Clinical Decision-Making with Deep Learning as well as an early draft … [Read more...]
How to move into a career in Healthcare Data Science
This is about pursuing healthcare data science career, and it applies to all fields.
You have an exciting time ahead of you! Every single healthcare company, from big to small, needs data scientists!… [Read more...]