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First ever Microsoft Research Summit explores science and technology aimed at big challenges

October 18, 2021 | Ashley Llorens

For 30 years, Microsoft Research has brought together great minds from around the world to take on the biggest research challenges facing society. As we enter our fourth decade, the need for collaborative research—and the…

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Custodians of the Internet

October 7, 2021 | Tarleton Gillespie

Tarleton Gillespie, principal researcher at Microsoft Research, affiliated associate professor in the departments of Communication and Information Science at Cornell University, and author of Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions…

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Time and Money: How Public Sector Agencies Resist Organizational Failure

danah boyd, Janet Vertesi

Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) | October 2021

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“The Smartest Decision for My Future”: Social Media Reveals Challenges and Stress During Post-College Life Transition

Crystal Gong, Koustuv Saha, Stevie Chancellor

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction | October 2021, Vol 5(CSCW2)

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The Invisible Work of Maintenance in Community Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Health to Support Frontline Health Workers in Karnataka, South India

Nervo Verdezoto, Naveen Bagalkot, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Swati Sharma, Nicola Mackintosh, Deirdre Harrington, Paula Griffiths

CSCW 2021 | October 2021

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Remote, but Connected: How #TidyTuesday Provides an Online Community of Practice for Data Scientists

Nischal Shrestha, Chris Parnin, Titus Barik

October 2021

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MINDNOTES: A Mobile Platform to enable users to break stigma around mental health and connect with therapists

Prateek Chanda, Amogh Wagh, Jemimah A Johnson, Swaraj Renghe, Vageesh D C, George Mathews, Sapna Behar, Poornima Bhola, Girish Rao, Paulomi Sudhir, T K Srikanth, Amit Sharma, Seema Mehrotra

October 2021

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