Books
Innovation Through Practice
Purpose: Through the study of visualizations, virtual worlds, and information exchange, this research reveals the complex connections between technology and the work of design and construction. The authors apply the socio-technical view of technology and the ramifications this view has on successful use of technology in design and construction. Approach: This is a discussion paper […]
Book Review: Self-Tracking in Contemporary Sociology
Thank you for this generous review in Contemporary Sociology. Elizabeth Popp Berman and Daniel Hirschman. 2018. “The Sociology of Quantification: Where are we now?” Contemporary Sociology 47, 3: 257–266.
Does AI Have Gender?
Machine learning and artificial intelligence make extraordinary discoveries possible, and autonomous systems are being rolled out in vital business and social settings including healthcare, policing, and education. Assumptions about the neutrality and objectivity of data may encode serious social and political bias into the results. High-profile examples show how these systems already incorporate into their […]