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Media Lab alum + MIT DUSP Prof Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data—and why we lack it for many things
Dr. Buolamwini will receive this award at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
These grants aim to inspire MIT researchers to make a meaningful contribution to responsible technology development and deployment.
On NPR’s Fresh Air, alum Dr. Joy Buolamwini (Civic Media) talks about the social implications of artificial intelligence.
Media Lab alum, Dr.Joy Buolamwini spoke to IEEE Spectrum about her work and her recent book, Unmasking AI.
Media Lab alums, Rob Morris (Affective Computing) and J. Nathan Matias (Civic Media), are among 25 honorees for Mozilla's Rise 25 awards.
David Nuñez, an alum of the Media Lab’s Personal Robots research group, takes MIT Technology Review on a tour of the re-imagined Museum.
The awards recognize, support, and amplify the voices of extraordinary women who are dedicated to improving the lives of other women.
Media Lab alum Dr. Joy Buolamwini has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023.
The AJL, a nonprofit founded by alum Joy Buolamwini, is one of the 10 most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2020/2021.
Joy Buolamwini talks with Molly Wood about bias research that’s built into artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology.
Taxpayers should be wary of the U.S. government for pushing ID.me’s face-based biometric technology on them.
Congratulations to Daniella DiPaola., current research assistant in the Personal Robots group!
Media Lab alum, Arwa Michelle Mboya, wins Black Immersive Creators Grant for her "immersive Pole Show."
The field of public health has transformed medicine, yet failed the most vulnerable. This trajectory can be avoided.
The segment highlighted Dr. Buolamwini's work on bias in AI.
Four Emmy nominees in this year’s Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary category feature MIT students, faculty, and alumni.
Professors D'Ignazio and Klein received the award for their book, Data Feminism.
We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!
The honorees will be included in the October 2022 print issue of Fast Company Magazine.
Civic Media alum Charlie DeTar talks to the MIT Alumni Association about his work with Literati, using technology for social good, and more.
Arwa Michelle Mboya talks about her interests and specifically her passion for working with and empowering women.
The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic
Chelsea Barabas shares her thoughts on these topics in an episode of the Philosophical Disquisitions podcast.
Joshua B. Hoe interviews Chelsea Barabas of MIT about criminal justice monitoring, surveillance, and algorithms
Recognizing individuals who demonstrate a real commitment to building a diverse and inclusive tech community and making a Better World
These awards recognize outstanding achievement and innovation in the field.
“This is why we keep seeing race science emerging time and again," writes Chelsea Barabas. "It’s because publishers publish it."
The rise of data privacy breaches and a look into policies that address these challenges
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy announces its newest cohort of Technology and Human Rights Fellows.
With large-scale gatherings being put on-hold, it's proving time for digital engagement tech.
The University of South Carolina profiles its alum Blakeley Payne, now a master’s student in the Personal Robots group.
How Fresh Is Your Feed? Social media promises to show you what's happening right now. We checked. It isn’t.
Civic Media head Ethan Zuckerman and others discuss how increasing team diversity can improve outcomes.
The 2020 MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) runs from January 6–January 31.
What would social media look like if it served the public interest?
Congratulations to Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen for being recognized in the "Advocates" category.
Joy Buolamwini talks to Frontline about bias in AI, and what can be done about it.
The Root 100 is our annual list of the most influential African Americans, ages 25 to 45.
Commending a formidable variety of international change-makers driving digital transformation in government.
These 50 women made bold moves, raised major capital, and wowed us with their fearless vision.
Cindy Sherman Bishop developed a new method for image analysis to analyze the spring 2019 abortion legislation and related news coverage.
Joy Buolamwini was honored for her work exposing race and gender bias in commercial artificial intelligence (AI).
Humanity is facing thorny problems on all fronts. These folks are working to solve them—and trying to avoid the unintended consequences.
RETOS—an AI-powered web platform to facilitate, enhance, visualize, and predict connections between thousands of challenges posted by rural…
New research published in the International Journal of Communication
The Association of Internet Researchers has recognized alum Erhardt Graeff, now an assistant professor of social and computer science at Ol…
An exhibition at the Barbican in London features work from OpenAg, the Mediated Matter group, Joy Buolamwini, and more.
Ethan Zuckerman speaks at a gathering of Senators and Representatives who came to MIT for an Aspen Institute event in May, 2019.
Cristina Quinn shares what she learned in a visit to the AI + Ethics summer camp run by Personal Robots group student Blakeley Payne.
Joy Buolamwini has been selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “40 Under 40.”
The MIT Media Lab is setting out to reimagine the tired old monthly enterprise with a “period hackathon."
Civic Media PhD student Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar serves as president of the association.
Richie Mehta’s show balances negative media narratives of the Indian police & catalyses empathetic conversations on their working conditions
Ethan Zuckerman reflects on a year of research with collaborators to determine how the French media landscape differs from that of the US.
Create, Explore, Connect
What are the fundamental questions that need to be answered within the next decade so that humanity and technology can grow side by side?
The following Media Lab groups and projects are represented at CHI 2019
Congratulations!
Excited to launch You:Plural. The first installation on the ArtCube!
Fortune Magazine has named Joy Buolamwini to its 2019 list of the World's Greatest Leaders.
Joy Buolamwini talks to the AP about her work on algorithmic bias.
An open letter asking Amazon to stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement agencies.
More than three dozen AI researchers have signed an open letter asking Amazon to stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement agencies.
The LEGO Papert Fellowships support three graduate students working at the intersection of creativity, play, learning, and new technology.
Researchers detail a study's results to help determine how successfully newsrooms in five countries covered the shootings in New Zealand.
Communicating a message through entertainment can be difficult, because you have to be careful not to preach to the audience.
Public talk outlines ambitious plans to make his nation a hub for technology and innovation.
Now activists are working to bring women, and feminism, back to Silicon Valley.