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Elissa Redmiles

Clare Luce Booth Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University

Dr. Elissa M. Redmiles is the Clare Luce Boothe Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in the Computer Science Department and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She was previously a faculty member at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and has additionally served as a consultant and researcher at multiple institutions, including Microsoft Research, Meta, the World Bank, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the Partnership on AI. Dr. Redmiles uses computational, economic, and social science methods to understand users’ security, privacy, and online safety-related decision-making processes. She particularly focuses on designing systems that improve safety & equity for members of marginalized communities. Dr. Redmiles has presented her research at the White House, European Commission, and the National Academies and her work has been featured in venues such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Rolling Stone, Wired, and Forbes. She is the recipient of the 2024 ACM SIGSAC Early Career Award for exceptional contributions to the field of computer security and privacy and her research has received multiple paper recognitions at USENIX Security, ACM CCS, ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, and ACM EAAMO.

The Latest From Elissa Redmiles

Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First

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Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First

As state, federal, and global policymakers grapple with how to address concerns about the link between online algorithms and a variety of harms, KGI’s latest report authored by a distinguished group of researchers, technologists, and policy leaders is a roadmap for design and governance solutions that put users first. Product designers and policymakers can promote better algorithms through detailed design transparency, user choices and defaults, and assessments of long-term impact.

Alex Moehring, Alissa Cooper, Arvind Narayanan, Aviv Ovadya, Elissa Redmiles, Jeff Allen, Jonathan Stray, Julia Kamin, Leif Sigerson, Luke Thorburn, Matt Motyl, Motahhare Eslami, Nadine Farid Johnson, Nathaniel Lubin, Ravi Iyer, Zander Arnao

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