The mission of the Center is to redefine computer science education, research, and technology to center the needs, problems, and aspirations of all – and especially those that technology has left behind.
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Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination and Redesign
Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign (CNTR)
We reimagine how to design, build and govern technology in ways that put people first.
Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign (CNTR)
We reimagine how to design, build and govern technology in ways that put people first.
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National Academies
Improving How State and Local Governments Use AI
CNTR Director Suresh Venkatasubramanian recently co-authored a recent National Academies rapid expert consultation on AI use by state and local governments, urging state and local leaders to avoid extreme hype about AI, both its promise and dangers, and instead to use a careful, experimental approach.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Director of the Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign and Professor of Computer Science and Data Science recently published an opinion piece in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist.
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The CNTR is engaged in a range of research projects addressing technological responsibility from different disciplinary perspectives.
The mission of the Center is to redefine computer science education, research, and technology to center the needs, problems, and aspirations of all – and especially those that technology has left behind.
We're interested in collaborating with people at all stages of their education and in a wide range of disciplines.