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Benjamin Laufer

Ph.D. student, Information Science
Benjamin Laufer

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Ben is interested in the values and politics embedded in technological systems, particularly those deployed in high-impact, high-complexity domains in the public realm. He graduated from Princeton University, where he majored in Operations Research & Financial Engineering, with certificates in Urban Studies and Environmental Studies.

Areas of Interest: Socio-technical systems, Values and technology, Machine learning, Data Science, Computational Social Science, Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Privacy, Data Governance Critical Data Studies
 

Contact
bdl56@cornell.edu
Location
NYC
Profile Type
PhD
Information Science
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