Jed Brubaker
@whatknows
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Associate professor at @cuinfoscience. Identity tech, digital identity, LGBT+ tech, mortality + tech, and post-mortem data.
Boulder, CO
Joined February 2008
I am thrilled to share I was selected for an @NSF CAREER grant to launch a new phase of work on mortality + tech. Huge thanks to the Identity Lab and the support of my collaborators, @cuinfoscience, and @CUBoulderCMCI. Here is a write up, thread follows. https://t.co/6uElf8ObAS
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It’s inevitable that at some point we must all “get our affairs in order,” and when we do, there are checklists, policies and professionals to help create
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Each of us will die, and data about our death will travel through vast information systems. In this #cscw2024 paper, @dylantdoyle @cfiesler @whatknows and @jesspater map the mortality data ecosystem and suggest how to improve it.
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Thanks to the CU Boulder media team @cuinfoscience @CUBoulder for covering our research on improving suicide bereavement support on social media platforms. Studies linked in 🧵Thanks as always to the research team 🙌🙌@whatknows @bkeegan @svoida
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New CU Boulder research suggests that while bereavement support spaces like Reddit can be therapeutic, they can potentially traumatize users.
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Thrilled to announce our @acm_chi #CHI2024 workshop, AI and the Afterlife! Spend a day with an emerging community, learn from interdisciplinary experts, and engage in design explorations. Check out https://t.co/AS1AHBwGzK for more details, or contact me directly.
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Still one of my favorite collaborations to date. A lot of work surrounds death, even on Wikipedia.
See also: "‘Is’ to ‘Was’: Coordination and Commemoration on Posthumous Wikipedia Biographies" https://t.co/YjxqTUwsg4 (@bkeegan and @whatknows, CSCW 2015)
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Falk prompts us to “dream of a queer computer” — hitting at the underlying motivation of our work. If structured databases are “straight” (I might use the term “normative”) what might queer data and computing look like? Have some examples? I’d love to see them!
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@cap_and_gown asks “[We should] ask of Wikidata, what work is standardisation doing and for whom at this moment in time?” <- A question we should ask about all data and tech at all times.
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Our original article (open access) can be read here:
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The collection, organization, and retrieval of data about queer individuals and their identities challenge the creators and curators of highly structured database systems. While prior research in...
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Touched by the thoughtful responses from @wikihistories on my recent article (w/ @katyweathington) on queer identities in @wikidata. @cap_and_gown and Michael Falk provide some generous thoughts: https://t.co/dCkjldP0LG Provocative questions follow.
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🎉 Please join me in welcoming the newly minted Dr. @morganklauss who just successfully defended his dissertation “Envisioning Identity: The Social Production of Computer Vision Systems.” @cuinfoscience @CUBoulderCMCI
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As a qualitative-leaning scholar, I tend to think of my computational tools as collaborators that let me see the world through different lenses. I am so excited that this work on Qual+ML+Vis is getting out there!
How can ML+VIS support qualitative data analysis? Scholastic, a tool developed at @cu_visualab, unites interactive text clustering with interpretive research! Link to pre-print: https://t.co/3iyEFFqljv
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Not ready for another week? Dr. Nellie is here to remind you that all you need are the right accessories. @ Boulder, Colorado
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Hanging in SoCa with Linda, but also at the Noguchi Garden. I can’t believe I live 7 minutes from this place for years and never knew it was here. @ Noguchi Garden
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🔥 Such great news!!
#MackenzieScott gift to will have a big impact on the youth facing multiple systemic barriers. Our youth have better outcomes because of 12.5 yrs with our professional mentors. More children in #Boston will be able to realize their dreams with this gift. #bostonpoli #nonprofit
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I learned this morning that two conservative former Boulder City Council members have launched a campaign to oppose new funding Boulder's public libraries. When people ask "who would oppose libraries?" we now have our answer.
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.@concept3d_maps, I think your service is down or struggling. @CUBoulderOIT and @uofsandiego's maps seem to not be loading correctly. E.g.:
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Campus map of the University of Colorado Boulder
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It’s graduation day at CU and we’re here in person to hood our PhD students! #InfoBuffs #CelebrateCMCI @ Boulder, Colorado
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Come hang with CHI.Queers at #chi2022! 🦄🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Wed at 8PM at Good Friends Bar. Everyone is welcome, so share with all your besties! #QueerInHCI #CHI More details: https://t.co/PaohonANXz
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Are you looking for a post-doc position? Interested in HCI and design research around health and caregiving? You should join us! We’ve got some great projects going on in the Identity Lab! Read more and/or DM me for details! https://t.co/N7uA9T5aBo
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We study how identity is designed, represented, and experienced through technology. The Identity Lab is led by Jed Brubaker, Assistant Professor of Information Science in CU Boulder’s college of...
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