Articles Tagged: Social and professional topics
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How to choose a conference
Bigger is not always better when building an academic reputation.
By Andrew J. Hunsucker, June 2017
How to manage your advisor
Getting a Ph.D. is a challenge, but in theory at least, students have a lot of support.
By Andrew J. Hunsucker, April 2017
DEPARTMENT: Updates
Uppsala University ACM-W
Gender equality in computer science
By Anshuman Majumdar, April 2017
COLUMN: Careers
In praise of soft skills
Consider what it takes to stand out as more than just a "good" candidate.
By Christopher Hazlett, April 2017
SECTION: Features
Serving people in crisis to make the world a better place
Carolin Silbernagl, who leads betterplace lab, the research arm of betterplace.org in Berlin, Germany, is a social technologist, as well as co-founder of dotHIV. Here, she shares what it takes to make betterplace, the first mover in the area of digital social startups in Germany.
By Nidhi Rastogi, Rahul R. Divekar, April 2017
The Heidelberg Laureate Forum on the moving frontier between mathematics and computer science
Young and early-career researchers at the 2016 Heidelberg Laureate Forum discuss how the frontier between mathematics and computer science is shifting, what the future promises, and the implications the frontier's shape and dynamics will have on both fields.
By Edmon Begoli, Vincent Schlegel, Michael Atiyah, Praise Adeyemo, Tim Baarslag, April 2017
COLUMN: Letter from the editors
A shrimp's tale: why we need to fund research
By Sean Follmer, Inbal Talgam-Cohen, December 2014
SECTION: Features
Seeing is believing
Why visualization will play a critical role in bringing big data decision making to a hospital bed near you.
By Megan Monroe, December 2014
Wearable technologies
Wearable computing has the potential to fundamentally alter healthcare by enabling long-term patient monitoring and rehabilitation outside of the lab.
By Sinziana Mazilu, Gerhard Tröster, December 2014
DEPARTMENT: Labz
The Regenstrief global health informatics group
By Suranga Nath Kasthurirathne, December 2014
COLUMN: Letter from the editor
Towards a critical debate about technology and its impact
By Sean Follmer, Inbal Talgam-Cohen, June 2014
SECTION: Features
Pattern recognition
Most people like to believe they judge others on their merits, and not by their gender or ethnicity. Neuroscience has shown this isn't always the case, so what can we do about it?
By Freada Kapor Klein, Ana Díaz-Hernández, June 2014
In search of diverse students
In Germany, the IGaDtools4MINT research project aims to integrate gender and diversity in STEM subjects.
By Tobias Berg, Rebecca Apel, Carmen Leicht-Scholten, June 2014
Hackers!
From the early 1980s to the present day, the tech industry, the law, and media representations have evolved in tandem, all hypnotized by the myth of "The Hacker"---an ideal coder, stereotyped as an exceptional young white man.
By Sarah Jeong, Colin McSwiggen, June 2014
All hands on deck!
Ten action items for attracting and retaining more women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields of study.
By Grace Woo, June 2014
Profile: Peter Havelock
How does the world's largest IT company understand diversity?
By Adrian Scoică, June 2014
COLUMN: Letter from the editors
Enriching your network via diversity
By Inbal Talgam-Cohen, March 2014
SECTION: Features
Fitness trackers
Digital activity sensors are no longer confined to research labs; they're in the wild and they come in lime green. They offer the promise to improve our health and even to affect the ways that we interact with others.
By Andrew Miller, December 2013
COLUMN: Letter from the editors
Equip Yourself for Creativity
By Peter Kinnaird, Inbal Talgam-Cohen, September 2013
SECTION: Features
Personal, Pseudonymous, and Anonymous Data: The problem of identification
Why defining what counts as personal data is important for data protection and information sharing.
By Iain Bourne, September 2013
Talking 'Bout Your Reputation
People think they want anonymity, but actually desire privacy. But how do we reframe the debate surrounding privacy and security? Perhaps technology is the answer.
By David Birch, September 2013
COLUMN: INIT
Information technology and international development
By Shikoh Gitau, Nithya Sambasivan, December 2012
SECTION: Features
Seven factors for designing successful mHealth projects
Although mobile technology has the power to vastly improve healthcare delivery in developing regions, many issues can affect the success of mHealth systems.
By Atanu Garai, December 2012
Designing and developing an open source medical informatics module
Lessons learned in planning and managing a development sprint to build a flexible, open source HL7 query service while successfully collaborating with diverse stakeholders and volunteers.
By Suranga Nath Kasthurirathne, December 2012
Crime prevention technologies in low-income communities
Using collaborative technology as a grassroots effort to reduce violent crime in Chicago.
By Sheena Lewis Erete, December 2012
Online education for developing contexts
A personal experience with academia in Pakistan leads to using online education initiatives as an opportunity for massive improvement.
By Arjumand Younos, December 2012
ICTD at the University of California Berkeley
Several leading researchers from UC Berkeley share their personal research stories, opinions about the field, and advice for students interested in ICTD.
By Nithya Sambasivan, December 2012
A social scientist sits among ICTD workers
Reflections on the place of qualitative methods in ICTD work.
By Sumitra Nair, December 2012
Voices in ICT for development
Researchers from around the world tell us about their personal and institutional efforts in international development.
By Nithya Sambasivan, December 2012
An interview with Dr. Beth Simone Noveck
The former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer and the author of Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger and Citizens More Powerful discusses open government and what it really means.
By Peter Kinnaird, December 2011
Trends in BCI research
It would be wise for stakeholders to organize and establish guidelines in order to prevent BCI from becoming a passing fad.
By Brendan Allison, September 2011
SECTION: Features
GrowFood.org
New social media is helping connect students to apprenticeships in the practice of organic farming.
By Ethan Schaffer, June 2011
Let's split!
Going sustainable by dividing personal transportation into two categories.
By Dan Sturges, June 2011
The networked vehicle 1.0
The electric car revolution is back in gear and ready to plug into the mass market.
By Steven Letendre, Willet Kempton, Jasna Tomić, June 2011
OPOWER
Energy efficiency through behavioral science and technology.
By Alex Laskey, Ogi Kavazovic, June 2011
SECTION: Features
Ethics and tactics of professional crowdwork
Paid crowd workers are not just an API call---but all too often, they are treated like one.
By M. Six Silberman, Lilly Irani, Joel Ross, December 2010
Running the turk
To find out how Amazon.com runs its marketplace for crowdsourced labor, we spoke to the vice president at the company responsible for it.
By Nelson Zhang, December 2010
Literary freedom
By Bryan Stroube, September 2003
Web site review: the Ada project
By Lynellen D. S. Perry, September 1998
Down the road: getting women involved
By Sara Carlstead, November 1996
Ethical considerations in gender-oriented entertainment technology
By Melissa Chaika, November 1995
Review:Minerva's Machine
By Sara M. Carlstead, November 1995