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Ben Green

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy Email: [email protected] Phone: 000/000-0000
Office: School of Information/105 S State St Faculty Role: Faculty Potential PhD Faculty Advisor: Yes Personal website News About Ben Green

Biography

Ben Green is an assistant professor in the University of Michigan School of Information and an assistant professor (by courtesy) in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, with a secondary field in Science, Technology, and Society. Ben studies the ethics of government algorithms, with a focus on algorithmic fairness, human-algorithm interactions, and AI regulation. Through his research, Ben aims to support design and governance practices that prevent algorithmic harms and advance social justice. His first book, The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future, was published in 2019 by MIT Press. He is working on a second book, Algorithmic Realism: Reimagining Data Science to Promote Social Justice. Ben is also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard and a fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology.

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Education

PhD in Applied Mathematics (Secondary Field in Science, Technology, & Society), Harvard University
BS in Mathematics & Physics, Yale University

News about Ben Green

UMSI research roundup. 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW). Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.
UMSI at CSCW 2024: Awards, Workshops and Papers

UMSI research and workshops for the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). 

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Quoted by Smart Cities Dive. Assistant Professor Ben Green. A hit show on Toronto's failed smart city project may encourage us to think about technology.
Green: What smart cities can and can’t do for residents

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green talks about the opportunities and challenges of smart cities. 

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