Announcing Does Not Compute
Does Not Compute is a new podcast from CITAP about technology, people, and power. Technology — even when “sufficiently advanced” — isn’t magic. Algorithms aren’t spells cast by programmers. When we imbue tech with mystical powers, we lose sight of the human factors, from economics to culture, and politics, that shape how it’s actually designed…
Call for 2021-22 CITAP affiliates
Should you be a part of the CITAP affiliate community? We’re now accepting applications for both Faculty and Graduate Student Affiliates for the 2021-2022 academic year. Affiliates can come from a broad range of academic and research institutions, especially in North Carolina. We invite applications from people working on issues related to CITAP, broadly focused…
SILS and CITAP congratulate Zeynep Tufekci on visiting professorship at Columbia
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) congratulate Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci on joining the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at the Columbia University School of Journalism as a visiting professor for the 2021-22 academic year. A principal researcher with CITAP,…