Blogs
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Modifying category icons in smartphone app stores for better understanding: A user-centric approach
Eshtiak Ahmed, Ashraful Islam, Farzana Anowar Posted: Fri, February 25, 2022 - 12:30:00
Recent increases in smartphone users have resulted in a great diversity of backgrounds and cultures among these users. Designers of smartphone elements need to address this diversity by making design…
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Tangible XAI
Maliheh Ghajargar, Jeffrey Bardzell, Allison Smith Renner, Peter Gall Krogh, Kristina Höök, Mikael Wiberg Posted: Tue, February 15, 2022 - 4:11:15
Computational systems are becoming increasingly smart and automated. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems perceive things in the world, produce content, make decisions for and about us, and serve as emotional companions.…
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We need to get rid of significance in A/B testing, seriously!
Maximilian Speicher Posted: Tue, February 08, 2022 - 11:20:00
In my previous job, I was responsible for all A/B testing in an e-commerce department. We worked with an external partner and took care of the whole package—from generating hypotheses…
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Could tech upgrades increase Covid risk? Covid-19 risk in public washrooms
Ilona Posner Posted: Wed, February 02, 2022 - 10:40:43
Dyson AirBlade Wash + Dry faucet instructions in English and French. Photo by Ilona Posner Many airports closed drinking fountains for fear of spreading Covid-19. Or perhaps they did it…
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Rethinking the Participatory Design Conference experience
Rachel Clarke Posted: Mon, January 31, 2022 - 4:07:02
I read an article recently that suggested with the growth of online and hybrid conferences in response to Covid-19, there were more opportunities for everyone. The focus of the article…
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Black literary technoculture and Afrofuturist rupture
Kristen Reynolds Posted: Wed, October 20, 2021 - 10:31:41
As an epigraph to her incomplete book, Parable of the Trickster, Octavia Butler writes, “[T]here’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” I take this to be…
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Where is the transparency of the new ACM Violations Database?
Angelika Strohmayer Posted: Thu, September 23, 2021 - 10:28:16
After a summer of discussions and action about racism in our community in 2020 (see, e.g., [1]), the spring of 2021 raised further concerns about harassment and oppression. Long before…
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Artificial intelligence is changing the surveillance landscape
Arathi Sethumadhavan , Esra Bakkalbasioglu Posted: Wed, June 30, 2021 - 12:46:38
The following is a review of recent publications on the issue of AI and surveillance and does not reflect Microsoft's opinion on the topic.The termsurveillanceis derived fromsur, which means from…
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The labor behind the tools: Using design thinking methods to examine content moderation software
Caroline Sinders, Sana Ahmad Posted: Thu, June 24, 2021 - 10:02:38
Content moderation is widely known to be hidden from the public view, often leaving the discourse bereft of operational knowledge about social media platforms. Media and scholarly articles have shed…
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Covid-19, education, and challenges for learning-technology adoption in Pakistan
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Abraham Campbell Posted: Fri, February 05, 2021 - 2:14:12
Creating educational disruption everywhere, the Covid-19 pandemic has hindered the lives of students and, sadly, will probably have a lasting impact on their future academic lives. What has gone relatively…
