Kate Starbird was named as one of the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellows. ACM Fellows are selected by their peers for achieving remarkable results through their technical innovations and/or service to the field.
Chirag Shah’s books, titled A Hands-On Introduction to Data Science with Python, 2nd Edition and A Hands-On Introduction to Data Science with R, 2nd Edition, were both published by Cambridge University Press this month.
Soham De (PhD Student) and co-authors Lodewijk Gelauff, Ashish Goel, Smitha Milli, Ariel Procaccia, and Alice Siu’s paper titled “Question the Questions: Auditing Representation in Online Deliberative Processes” was accepted to the Web Conference (WWW) 2026.
Jevin West and co-authors Joseph Bak-Coleman, Cailin O’Conner, and Carl T. Bergstrom’s paper titled “Industry Influence in High Profile Social Media Research,” was written about in an article titled “Nearly One-Third of Social Media Research Has Undisclosed Ties to Industry, Preprint Claims,” published in Science.
Chirag Shah was mentioned in an article titled “ChatGPT’s First Hardware Product Could Be an Ear-Worn Device” published on CNET.
Ben Lee gave the opening keynote titled “What Librarians Talk About When They Talk About AI,” at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Fall 2025 Membership Meeting.
Amelia Dogan (PhD Student) gave a presentation titled “Radical Imagination as a Tool for Envisioning Climate Technology Futures,” in the session titled “Frontline Community-Driven Approaches to Climate and Environmental Change: Theory, Narrative, and Practice” at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (AGU25).
Ryan Calo joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) 2026 Board of Directors, an organization guided by leading scholars, practitioners, and advocates in the fields of privacy, technology law, and civil rights.
Kate Starbird was quoted in an article titled “Pro-Trump Influencers Take a Victory Lap Amid Fallout from Viral Video Alleging Fraud,” published by NPR.