Kat Roemmich

I research ethical and privacy risks with emotion AI.

[Abraham Mhaidli @AbrahamMhaidli]

Hi all! Returning from #CHI2024, and just wanted to readvertise the paper @KatRoemmich and I worked on, titled "Overworking in HCI: A Reflection on Why We Are Burned Out, Stressed, and Out of Control; and What We Can Do About It" A thread:

[School of Information @umsi]

Your employer could already be surveilling your emotional state — and there's no requirement for them to tell you 👁️ 😰
UMSI PhD student Kat Roemmich speaks with @BusinessInsider about emotion AI in the workplace: https://t.co/5NOca7qiZz
@KatRoemmich

[Sachin Pendse @SachinPendse]

Important note: many of the crisis centers mentioned had no idea that sensitive data from users was being shared via the Meta Pixel, and four centers immediately acted to stop data sharing.

https://t.co/sdpTWo3MaT

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

@jshermcyber @DukeCyberPolicy @AlistairSimmons large & well-resourced companies have a shamefully poor handle on their enterprise data flows (including HR/employee data). outbound interfaces are messy and de-centralized. those surveyed may not know the answer, and may be unfamiliar with data practices from third party vendors

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

Shout out to my incredible advisors and co-authors @naz_andalibi and @floschaub!

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

AI could be monitoring or manipulating your emotions at work. Our #CHI2023 paper studies this topic from worker perspectives. https://t.co/k9bQRBFHfV We call for a right to “emotional privacy,” finding that emotion AI at work may:

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

We discuss the need to recognize, protect, and preserve what we term "emotional privacy" within and beyond the workplace.

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

1) deeply violate worker privacy over emotional information; 2) function to enforce workers’ compliance with emotional labor expectations; and 3) expose workers to a wide range of privacy harms.

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

Huge thanks to my co-first author for #2, @shanleycorvite, and our advisor @naz_andalibi <3

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

Thrilled to share our 2 papers forthcoming in #CSCW23: 1) analysis of EAI service claims, revealing unfairness & deception in its use in hiring https://t.co/nQ4P6DwSpV; and 2) https://t.co/4HVhDHH56z, finding EAI use in the workplace may magnify data subjects' existing challenges

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

Excited to share that my paper co-authored with @naz_andalibi exploring how data subjects think about emotion recognition-enabled wellbeing interventions on social media received an @acm_cscw Honorable Mention Award at #CSCW2021 this year. Read more here: https://t.co/CFK8N0X6SM

[Kristen Barta, PhD @kbarta]

Have you joined or considered joining a support group on social media following pregnancy loss? We @umsi are conducting a study about what makes online groups helpful for some and unhelpful for others. Check out the screening survey: https://t.co/T9L2HlxOqQ
Please share!

[CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute @cmuhcii]

ICYMI our HCII Seminars are free & open to the public. Anyone interested in HCI is invited, and we hope you will join us! Click the Seminar Video link on the web page below to watch the livestream at 1:30pm. We're looking forward to learning from @naz_andalibi of @umsi today.

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

Please share with others who may be interested! (3/3)

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

*Research study recruitment* 18+ current or recently (w/in 1 yr) worked in US workplace that records, measures, analyzes, or responds to the things they say, the things they write, how they look, or how they feel for a 90 minute interview. $35 Amazon gift card compensation (1/3)

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

If interested, fill out this 2-minute survey so that the research team may contact you if eligible and selected to participate https://t.co/6txAd8bOzz (2/3)

[Kat Roemmich @KatRoemmich]

Our paper exploring how data subjects conceptualize automatic emotion recognition-enabled wellbeing interventions on social media has been accepted to #CSCW21, co-authored with @naz_andalibi. Read more about our work here: https://t.co/e2YgtfYAaH

[Ryan Calo @rcalo]

Woah, woah, WOAH. An official @FTC blog post by a staff attorney noting that "The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive practices. That would include the sale or use of – for example – racially biased algorithms." https://t.co/kM4u3gOEC5

[EFF @EFF]

Vendors of software used to convict people of crimes can’t keep their code secret from those who are accused https://t.co/S7wXhLbqdO