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Algorithms aren't fair. Robin Burke wants to change that

Nov. 11, 2021

The machine-learning systems that help your phone recommend music, movies, news and more can be biased in ways that leave out artists from underrepresented groups or foster polarization. Professor Robin Burke is working to change that.

CU Boulder Today: 鈥淎lgorithms aren鈥檛 fair. Robin Burke wants to change that鈥

Nov. 11, 2021

Featuring Robin Burke (Information Science)

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How Black Twitter has become the new 鈥楪reen Book鈥欌攁nd more

Oct. 27, 2021

Fifty-five years after a Black postal worker produced the inaugural issue of 鈥淭he Green Book鈥 to help African Americans navigate a racist society, Black Twitter is playing a similar and even broader role, suggests a new CU Boulder study.

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Information Science at CSCW 2021

Oct. 22, 2021

Faculty, students, and researchers affiliated with the Department of Information Science at CU Boulder will be presenting work at the CSCW 2021 conference , the premier venue for research on computer-supported cooperative work and social computing. The conference will be held virtually Oct. 23 - 27. Full papers are published...

Fox31 News: 鈥溾嬧婤usiness impacted by Facebook outage? There鈥檚 insurance for that鈥

Oct. 4, 2021

Featuring Casey Fiesler (Information Science)

Fast Company: 鈥淗ow 9/11 turned a new site called Wikipedia into history鈥檚 crowdsourced front page鈥

Sept. 11, 2021

Featuring Brian Keegan (Information Science)

Denver Post: 鈥淐olorado Ped Patrol chases internet child predators along the Front Range as an audience watches online鈥

Aug. 11, 2021

Featuring Casey Fiesler (Information Science)

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CU Boulder CMCI scholars take top awards and present research at AEJMC 2021

July 21, 2021

CU Boulder CMCI students and faculty from four departments represented 16 divisions and interest groups during this year鈥檚 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, held virtually from Aug. 4 through 7.

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$2.3 Million Grant Aims to Engage Youth and Families in Creating with Code

June 8, 2021

Children gather around a table filled with objects鈥攎ulti-colored clear plastic cups, a sieve, foil wrapping paper and toys are joined by paper cutouts of fantastic tree houses, animals and buildings. These are arranged, rearranged and lit up with lights of different colors that the children manipulate using a simple coding...

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CMCI Now: #TunedIn

June 7, 2021

A curated list of CMCI research and creative work for your reading, watching and listening pleasure from this past spring. Dig in!

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