Social sciences
Studying how people, societies, and technology shape one another to create more equitable and effective computing experiences.
X: The Experience When Business Meets Design
In an always-on world where everyone is connected to information and also one another, customer experience is your brand. And, without defining experiences, brands become victim to whatever people feel and share. Why are great…
The New ABCs of Research: Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations
The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us. Be it students, academics, business researchers of government policy makers. Hopes for improving our healthcare, food supply, community safety and…
TechFest Workshop – Theory Day – Session 1
We explore the misalignment of incentives in systems that use crowdsourced effort to solve large problems made up of smaller tasks, for example aggregating millions of reviews to create a system for recommending products or…
The rise of the humans: at the intersection of society and technology
Technological developments have fundamentally changed the way we live, play and work and many of us have seen huge benefits as a result. But are we letting machines take over our lives? A discussion including…
