Social sciences
Our Genomes, Our Selves?
The initial draft sequence of the human genome, published in 2001, promised to usher the world towards personalized medicine, in which a patient’s genome is used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness. Almost twenty years…
Pursuing a resilient and sustainable global society
To mark the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Research, Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer, co-moderates a series of panel discussions on the “Generations of Inspirational and Impactful Research”. The panelists, comprised of current and past Microsoft…
Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity
Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity Souti Chattopadhyay, Denae Ford, Thomas Zimmermann CSCW’21: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Session: Online Identities Abstract Developers are more than “nerds behind…
On Race and Technoculture
Where does Blackness manifest in Western technoculture? Technoculture is our modern ideology; our world structured through our relationships with technology and culture. Once enslaved, historically disenfranchised, and never deemed literate, Blackness is understood as the…
Research talk: New Future of Work Overview
Our experience in the past year with virtual events has emphasized that planning an event in the virtual world must take into account the span of attention of the audience. We are implementing a new…
Panel: Perspectives on the new future of hybrid meetings
Hybrid meetings—meetings in which there is a mix of remote and in-person participants—aren’t a new phenomenon, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought their opportunities and challenges to center stage. The Microsoft approach…
Panel: Monitoring for environmental equity: A hyperlocal air quality network in Chicago
Air pollution is an invisible health hazard, responsible for an estimated 10 million premature deaths annually. Pollution is also unequally distributed within cities, producing inequitable exposures that are a key environmental justice concern. This panel…
