Who Controls the Data? An Economic Exploration of the Right to Consumer Privacy
By Sakshina Bhatt & Barrett Redmond In his book Seeing Like a State, author James Scott points out that “the roots of the word ‘statistics’ […]
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Three things that flood analytics providers should do to track their impact
A flood response operation in Southeast Asia, circa 2016, Source: Cloud to Street By Sri Ramesh Frequent catastrophic flooding affects millions of people every year. […]
An AI Maturity and Readiness Model for Governments
By Jigyasa Sharma & Dr Brandie Nonnecke In the midst of the pandemic, over a million Californians’ unemployment claims remained unprocessed as of October 2020.[1] […]
Fall 2020 Journal | Algorithms and Child Welfare: The Disparate Impact of Family Surveillance in Risk Assessment Technologies
By Emnet Almedom, Nandita Sampath, Joanne Ma Abstract In this report, we examine the use of algorithm-based risk assessments in the U.S. child welfare system, […]
The Data Science Movement: Reflections for Policymakers
By Anneliese Luck The rapid growth of information technologies has changed the structure of our world— shifting the landscape of communication, behavior, identity, and decision-making. […]
Spring 2019 Journal: Driving Through Crisis – Gig Work During Recession
This article is the fourth article featured in our Spring 2019 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Current Issue” tab above. By Heather […]
Spring 2019 Journal: Abuse of Our Genetic Data Is the Next Privacy Scandal
This article is the first article featured in our Spring 2019 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Current Issue” tab above. By Andreas […]
We Can’t Let Silicon Valley Regulate Itself
By Nandita Sampath Last November, The New York Times published a damning report on Facebook once again identifying the company’s alleged misdeeds. The report claimed […]
Aligning the Interests of Private Tech and the Public to Reduce Political Polarization
By Henriette Ruhrmann Technological progress, from the development of an alphabet to live streaming, has always shaped the way we communicate our private thoughts in […]
Combating Carbon Emissions on the Road through Car Sharing
By KJ Keijan Zhao At the 2015 Paris climate conference, 195 countries set out to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. […]
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