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Prioritizing privacy, sustainability, and inclusion
"...The cross-functional, linchpin role of product managers makes them particularly well-positioned to navigate these complex issues. But McKinsey research has found that privacy, sustainability,...
April 10, 2022
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6:43 PM
A more thoughtful mode of AI research
Alex Hanna: "...I’m not necessarily thinking about it from the perspective of the precautionary principle. I’m thinking of it more from the perspective of developing technology that works for...
April 3, 2022
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12:40 PM
Rooting out requires addressing human and systemic biases
“Context is everything,” said Schwartz, principal investigator for AI bias and one of the report’s authors. “AI systems do not operate in isolation. They help people make decisions that directly...
March 21, 2022
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4:45 PM
Algorithmic Justice League to create a world with more ethic
"...If you are able to say technology on the whole has done well, it probably means you're in a fairly privileged position" (Joy Buolamwini, NPR, 14 March 2022)
March 14, 2022
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3:29 PM
Teaching to think about those for whom they design
"...Yet, one of the first things I was taught as an engineering trainee was how to be an “objective” practitioner, suppressing personal experience, bias and emotion about research questions and...
March 6, 2022
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10:43 AM
Dr. Christina N. Harrington Discusses the Power of Co-Design
"So I think there's something there we have to start to negotiate or reason with. How do we own what we've learned as designers without the design narcissism? How do we change the way we think...
February 25, 2022
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9:37 AM
Best things happen on the exit ramp of your comfort zone
"Spending time with art, especially with works that we don’t like, gets us out of our comfort zone. And how you look at art is a template for thinking about problem solving. Use your inherent...
February 21, 2022
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9:43 AM
Virtual Launch of the Anthology on 12 February
Woodrow W. Winchester, III, PhD, CPEM, UMBC Professional Engineering Programs (PEP) Director, is a contributing author in a new anthology, “The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Reflection...
February 6, 2022
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11:46 AM
We must have awareness, care and respect
"...Because of its specificity with regard to individual enslaved people, this new information is as pathbreaking for lay researchers and genealogists as it is for scholars and historians. It is...
January 28, 2022
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9:28 AM
Challenges with hiring sociocultural workers to correct bias
"...But you can add all of the soft data workers you want and little will change unless the industry values that kind of data and expertise. In fact, many academics, policy wonks, and other...
January 24, 2022
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5:50 PM