Almost every news cycle delivers headlines alerting readers to yet another tech transgression. In each case, by the time an issue is reported, damage has already been done.

Since the founding of early Silicon Valley companies like Apple, Atari and Oracle in the 1970s, the tech industry has expanded to shape almost every aspect of people’s lives––from the ways we connect and communicate to how police investigate crimes to the tools we use to learn and work. 

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After beginning college with an interest in studying data science, senior Clark Mousaw found that there was so much more to explore. Originally from Long Beach, California, Mousaw’s time in Boulder has allowed him to learn more about the human side of data, which relates to everything from design to politics. Soon, he’ll dive even deeper into the interdisciplinary field of Information Science by continuing his studies through CMCI’s master’s program in the fall. With a major in Information Science and a minor in Space, Mousaw is the Department of Information Science’s William W. White Outstanding Senior.

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It’s inevitable that at some point we must all “get our affairs in order,” and when we do, there are checklists, policies and professionals to help create everything from wills and trusts to advance directives. 

But a key element––guidance surrounding technology and end-of-life planning––is missing, says Jed Brubaker, an assistant professor in Information Science. To close this gap, Brubaker is embarking on a five-year research project supported by a $549,985 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation––one of the most prestigious awards given to faculty in the early phases of their careers.

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Growing up in a traditional blue-collar family in one of the most conservative counties in Maryland, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman knew early on what it’s like to feel marginalized.

He opted to wait until his mid-20s to come out. High school, he recalls, was filled with dark days.

“There were things said, without knowing I was queer, that were really upsetting. I felt pretty hopeless at times.”

Four-year college seemed out of reach, as no one in his family had gone before and money was tight. So, after graduation, Scheuerman took a customer service job at the local Best Buy, started saving, and tried to imagine a future beyond a hometown that many peers never left.

“I honestly thought that would be me,” he says.

Instead, Scheuerman, now 29, is among the most coveted young minds in the field of social computing. With stints at Google and Facebook already under his belt, and his facial analysis research earning international accolades, he was just awarded Microsoft’s prestigious 2021 Research Fellowship. That includes two paid years to finish his PhD in Information Science at CU Boulder and a chance to collaborate with Microsoft researchers.

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Faculty and students affiliated with the Department of Information Science at CU Boulder will be presenting work at the ACM  SIGCSE 2020 conference, a premiere venue for research on computer science education. The conference will be held in Portland, OR, March 11-14.

Papers

Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty), Natalie Garrett (INFO PhD student), Nathan Beard (ATLAS MS-ICTD alum)
Presentation: Thursday @ 2:10pm, B118

Chris Hovey (INFO/NCWIT research scientist), Lecia Barker (INFO faculty)
Presentation: Friday @ 10:45am, C120

Chris Hovey (INFO/NCWIT research scientist), Kathleen Lehman, Tiffani Riggers-Piehl
Presentation: Friday @ 11:35am, C120

Pre-Conference Symposia

NCWIT: Resources for Equity-Focused CS Education @ 
Lecia Barker (INFO faculty)
Wednesday @ 4 pm, B115

Code, Cambridge Analytica, and Unintended Consequence @ Integrating Ethics and Social Responsibility in Computing Curricula Symposium
Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty)
Wednesday @ 1:30, D136

Posters

 
Brianna Dym (INFO PhD student), Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty)
Friday @ 10am, Hall E

 
Natalie Garrett (INFO PhD student), Mikhaila Friske (INFO PhD student), Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty)
Friday @ 3pm, Hall E

Sessions

 
Stacey Doore, Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty), Michael Kirkpatrick, Evan Peck, Mehran Sahami
Thursday @ 3:45pm, B113

Ethics and Social Responsibility in Computer Science Curricula (Birds of a Feather)
Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty)
Thursday @ 5:30, B115

Exhibits

Broadening Participation in Computing
Lecia Barker (INFO faculty) representing , along with partners ; ; ; ; The Early Research Scholars Program; ; ; ; ; ; and 
Exhibit Hall, Booth #308

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Faculty and students affiliated with the Department of Information Science at CU Boulder will be presenting work at the , the premiere venue for research on computer-supported cooperative work and social computing. The conference will be held in Austin, TX, November 9 - 13. Full papers are published in the journal Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction.

Papers

 [Diversity & Inclusion Award]
Chris Bopp (ATLAS PhD candidate), Lehn Benjamin, and Amy Voida (INFO faculty)
Presentation: Wednesday @ 11am, room 408

 [Best Paper Honorable Mention]
Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty), Gillian Hayes, Melissa Mazmanian
Presentation: Monday @ 4:30, room 415AB

 
Brianna Dym (INFO PhD student), Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty), Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty), and Bryan Semaan. 

Presentation: Monday @ 11am, Salon E

[Best Paper Honorable Mention]
Seth Frey, P.M. Krafft, Brian Keegan (INFO faculty)
Presentation: Wednesday @ 9am, room 415AB

Aaron Jiang (INFO PhD student), Charles Kiene, Skyler Middler (INFO undergraduate), Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty), and Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty)

Presentation: Tuesday @ 11am, room 406

Brian Keegan (INFO faculty)
Presentation: Monday @ 2:30, room 412

Charles Kiene, Aaron Jiang (INFO PhD student), and Benjamin Mako Hill

Presentation: Monday @ 11am, Salon D

Wendy Norris (INFO PhD student), Amy Voida (INFO faculty), Leysia Palen (INFO faculty), and Steve Voida (INFO faculty)
Presentation: Tuesday @ 9am, Salon E

Anthony Pinter (INFO PhD student), Aaron Jiang (INFO PhD student), Katie Gach (ATLAS  PhD student), Jim Dykes (INFO PhD student), Melanie Sidwell (Media Studies MS student), and Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty)

Presentation: Tuesday @ 4:30, Salon E

[Best Paper Award]
Morgan Klaus Scheuerman (INFO PhD student), Jacob Paul (INFO undergraduate), and Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty)

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Presentation: November 11 @ 2:30, Salon E

Kumar Bhargav Srinivasan (CS MS student), Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Chenhao Tan (CS faculty, INFO affiliate faculty)
Presentation: Tuesday @ 11am, room 406

Jason Shuo Zhang (CS PhD Candidate), Chenhao Tan (CS faculty, INFO affiliate faculty), Qin Lv (CS faculty)

Presentation: Tuesday @ 4:30, room 406

Workshop Papers

Doing "Good" with Data? Understanding and Working Around Data Doubles in Human Services Organizations
CSCW 2019 Doctoral Consortium
Chris Bopp (ATLAS PhD candidate)

A Case for Reimagining the UX of Post-Mortem Profile Deletion
CSCW 2019 Workshop on Life Transitions and Social Technologies
Katie Gach (ATLAS PhD student)

Designing and Carrying Out Conscientious Research With Marginalized Groups
CSCW 2019 Workshop on Social Technologies for Digital Wellbeing Among Marginalized Communities
Anthony Pinter (INFO PhD student), Morgan Klaus Scheuerman (INFO PhD student), and Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty)

Operationalized Sentience for a Networked World
CSCW 2019 Workshop on Good Systems: Ethical AI for CSCW
Dianna Radpour (INFO PhD student)

Contesting Efficacy: Tensions Between Risk and System Efficacy in Facial Analysis Software
CSCW 2019 Workshop on Contestability In Algorithmic Decision Making
Morgan Klaus Scheuerman (INFO PhD student)

Researcher Positionality for Qualitative Interviews within Diverse Populations
CSCW 2019 Workshop on Qualitative Research for CSCW: Challenges and Opportunities
Kandrea Wade (INFO PhD student)

Workshops Organized

Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty), Jed Brubaker (INFO faculty), Andrea Forte, Shion Guha, Nora McDonald, and Michael Muller

Charles Kiene, Shagun Jhaver, Eshwar Chandrasekharan, Bryan Dosono, Brianna Dym (INFO PhD student), Sarah Gilbert, Aaron Jiang (INFO PhD student), Kat Lo, Joseph Seering, Kenny Shores, Yvette Wohn

Oliver Haimson, Bryan Semaan, Brianna Dym (INFO PhD student), Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao, Daniel Herron, Wendy Moncur

Ken Fleischmann, Sherri Greenberg, Danna Gurari, Abby Stangl (ATLAS  PhD alum), Nitin Verma, Jaxsen Day, Rachel Simons, Tom Yeh (CS faculty, INFO affiliate  faculty)

CSCW 2019 Doctoral Consortium
Shaowen Bardzell and Bryan Semaan (Chairs); Casey Fiesler (INFO faculty), Steve Jackson, Neha Kumar, Andrea Parker Grimes (Mentors)

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