Jacob Thebault-Spieker
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Expert in online social systems. Research focuses in human computer interaction, and on information gaps, bias, disparity
Assistant Professor, Information School College of Letters and Science School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences jacob.thebaultspieker@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Causes of information gaps (individual and community-level causes), and software tools to help fill information gaps
- Urban-rural information gaps, and software tools to support rural community needs
- Geographic biases and disparities in technological settings where people work (Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Uber, TaskRabbit)