I’m late to this - but very happy to announce this best-paper award winning work with @kevinbryson_ Alek Binion Ahmad Bamba Luca Dovichi Arthur Borem and Blase Ur at #CHI2024
We look at how data scientists make fairness related decisions throughout the DS cycle
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The Student Application Support Program is live! As a Ph.D. applicant in computer science, you can receive feedback on your statement of purpose from current Ph.D. students as part of efforts to increase access to opportunities in CS. Apply by Nov 25th. https://t.co/muUp4yOJ65
we're running the student application support program for computer science phd student applicants at @UChicagoCS again this year! apply by nov 25th! https://t.co/ecirVxi1h0
TikTok users feel its algorithm is eerily accurate. But from everything we know about the algorithm, it's a pretty standard recommender system of the kind that every major social platform uses. TikTok's real innovation is something else.
Just posted: https://t.co/eP9KsgNeEr
so happy to see brown cs utas unionizing! so long overdue given how central student workers are to literally every part of the department! https://t.co/8RCYLYWvDA
Applying to a CS PhD? You should be aware of graduate application support programs!!
These programs give applicants informal feedback (on statements, etc) from current PhD students before formally applying. Fairly new, but amazing stuff.
I'm tracking them below:
Announcing our new Student Application Support Program, which allows prospective students from marginalized or underrepresented populations in CS to receive feedback on their applications before submitting them to the university. Apply by November 15th.
https://t.co/shJbDk8R9I
“Diversifying” graduate student cohorts without recruiting, retaining, and promoting faculty of color who work on relevant topics who can teach and advise incoming students is unethical.
I always appreciate those who take time to write out tips for the hidden curriculum of graduate school and faculty life, especially when they do it succinctly. In this vein, I enjoyed the 7 min read on How to (CS) PhD by @JChanenson https://t.co/JmtFZ5LlbG 1/n
ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT): Ban Carceral Technology @ ACM FAccT - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/CBFoH60Tk9 via @Change
Ever wondered how TikTok recommends videos? We are conducting a research study to understand recommendations by asking people to donate their TikTok data!
Sign up: https://t.co/uzIYiGoUmM
More info: https://t.co/YiC13FL0LC
soo @kellybwagman is at it again with a *brilliant* zine titled "Gender, Power, + Tech!" It's such a crisp distillation of feminist theory and how it applies to all things race / tech / computing...with incredible illustrations to boot. https://t.co/LZr0rbkC8X
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@salvara1_ @sibelitaz idk if this is also a problem (it used to be with me), but firefox is much lighter and won't make your computer's fan scream constantly! OneTab is also helpful because it closes but saves tabs you want to keep around but doesn't keep them open using up computer resources