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 Computing & Artificial Intelligence 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)