Blogs
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The best tech for contact tracing? Systems designed for healthcare workers
Margaret Bourdeaux, Mary Gray, Barbara Grosz Posted: Fri, June 26, 2020 - 2:37:22
Given the ongoing sense of urgency, some, particularly in technology circles, wonder if waiting for a healthcare worker to track down the virus makes sense. In a fight that depends…
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Listen, learn, respond, act
Lucy Suchman Posted: Thu, June 25, 2020 - 11:32:41
For those of us who occupy the closed worlds of privilege, it is time to listen. I write as a cisgender woman who has lived my life as White, academically…
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A call to action for the ACM
Christina Harrington, Yolanda Rankin, Jasmine Jones, Robin Brewer, Sheena Erete, Tawanna Dillahunt, Quincy Brown Posted: Mon, June 22, 2020 - 5:49:56
On June 8, 2020, several Black scholars, academic researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and other members and affiliates of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) gathered to write a letter to…
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A challenging response
Jennifer Mankoff Posted: Wed, June 17, 2020 - 2:32:05
Being an ally means being uncomfortable. —R.A.C.E. team, addressing institutional racism within initiatives for SIGCHI’s diversity and inclusion I write this to support the courageous R.A.C.E. Diversity and Inclusion team…
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We need to talk about digital contact tracing
Ali Alkhatib Posted: Mon, June 15, 2020 - 4:34:49
Recently, Apple and Google discussed developing and distributing a digital contact-tracing system that will inform people when they’ve been exposed to someone who’s contracted Covid-19, and communicate to people that…
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Comics as Covid-19 response: Visualizing the experience of videoconferencing with aging relatives
Ernesto Priego, Peter Wilkins Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 - 10:40:33
In the period between March and May 2020, we have been working on simultaneous projects employing qualitative methods to create comics in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been…
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Addressing institutional racism within initiatives for SIGCHI’s diversity and inclusion
Siobahn Day Grady, Pamela Wisniewski, Ron Metoyer, Pamela Gibbs, Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Salma Elsayed-Ali , Eiad Yafi Posted: Thu, June 11, 2020 - 11:00:32
Realizing that All Can be Equal (or R.A.C.E) was the name that we gave ourselves when we volunteered in November 2018 to be ACM SIGCHI Innovators for Diversity and Inclusion…
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How can designers fight the coronavirus?
Nikhil Welankar Posted: Wed, June 10, 2020 - 9:41:53
Most of us had never imagined that countries would have to declare lockdowns to protect their citizens from the coronavirus outbreak. In its wake, government authorities, health departments, doctors, nurses,…
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What Is the future of data sharing for research?
Giovanna Vilaza Posted: Mon, June 08, 2020 - 9:30:55
Digital data collection for health research usually follows well-established methods. In many of the labs that work with mobile sensing, research subjects are provided with consent forms, task instructions, and…
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A solution without a problem? Seeking questions to ask and problems to solve within open, civic data
Caroline Sinders Posted: Mon, June 01, 2020 - 10:16:42
The city of Amsterdam is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help sort through and triage their version of 311 calls. Chicago is using AI to help analyze and decrease rat…
