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Neil Gaikwad recognized by MIT and University of Chicago

Named Human Rights & Technology Fellow by MIT Center for International Studies, and a Rising Star by UChicago Center for Data & Computing.

Nov. 10, 2021
in Space Enabled
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AI researchers say scientific publishers help perpetuate racist algorithms

“This is why we keep seeing race science emerging time and again," writes Chelsea Barabas. "It’s because publishers publish it."

via MIT Technology Review · June 23, 2020
in Civic Media
#artificial intelligence #civic technology #publishing +1 more
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The quest to topple science-stymying academic paywalls

Joi Ito's latest WIRED Ideas story tackles academic profit margins, impact factors, and the Open Access movement.

via Wired · Jan. 4, 2019
in Director's Office · Knowledge Futures
#academia #open access #publishing
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The MIT Press and the MIT Media Lab launch the Knowledge Futures Group

Leveraging the web’s power to create open, community-sourced access to knowledge

via MIT Press · Sept. 25, 2018
in Knowledge Futures
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